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Thank you for your warm welcome. Yes, I am a Brit living in Germany, been here over 20 years, but still getting used to having a German garden, as up to 4 years ago I lived in a little flat. The one thing I really miss is the Horticultural Societies and Flower Shows and the fact that most German gar...

If you've got a problem with fruit flies, I found a wonderfully effective fly trap described on a site from the US. Put a lump of over ripe banana in the bottom of a jam jar, half cover with vinegar with a drop of washing up liquid in, this causes a film on the vinegar and the flies can't get out ag...

:flower: Hello from Germany. I've only just found you, but would like to introduce myself. Having finally officially become a senior citizen, which even for women doesn't happen in Germany till you're 65, I've now got time for myself, my little garden and my search for as much self sufficiency as po...