Slug Wars – The Finale
It’s well into October now and the slugs are still active so you can’t let up just yet! I have been experimenting with different beers in...
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- Aug 17, 2014
GIY August – The harvest begins!
But first, an up-date on the war on slugs: our little mucosy friends seem to have slowed down a bit with all this fabulous summer heat...
- Jul 8, 2014
Grow It Yourself – Slug Wars Part II: This time it’s personal
Despite massive attempts to rid my garden of slugs, using mostly ‘death by drowning in beer’ which is very effective, I have still lost...
- Jun 5, 2014
Grow It Yourself – June
By now your veg patch and fruit bushes should be flourishing, if the slugs haven’t ravaged the lot! It can be like a war zone out there,...
- May 7, 2014
Grow It Yourself – May
May came in with a ground frost which killed the nasturtiums but not my runner beans, which are still alive and kicking in the veg plot!...
- Apr 15, 2014
Grow It Yourself – April
Apologies for the lateness of the April GIY blog, I’ve been too busy planting and potting on my tomato seedlings and other newly sprouted...
- Mar 2, 2014
Grow It Yourself – March
March has to be the month when it all kicks off in the garden and the greenhouse. The weather can be very unpredictable though so you...
- Feb 11, 2014
Sustainable Gardening in LGC
Last week a few TTL’ers went to the Hub on Station Road to meet with Elizabeth Towler (Environment & Landscape Officer from the LGC...
- Feb 2, 2014
Grow It Yourself – February
I really must quote from a pamphlet I found in my Dad’s desk; a facsimile of “The Gardener’s Monthly Directions etc” published in 1688...
- Jan 1, 2014
Grow It Yourself – January
If you’re all worn out from Christmas and New Year celebrations, you’ll be pleased to hear that there’s not much to do at this time of...
- Dec 1, 2013
Grow It Yourself
This is the first in a series of monthly Grow It Yourself (GIY) blogs from Diane, one of TTL’s most keen and experienced fruit and veg...
- Mar 23, 2012
Time to get those seeds in
It is planting time already! It must be said I haven’t got very far yet this year but I am really relishing the idea of seeing those...
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