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STUFF: For the garden |
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Vermiculite,
sounds like some pesticide but is in fact a very strange mineral. Sold as a
garden product to mix with soil and help with water retention, it's light
but not fluffy but strangely springy and recommended for raising reptile
eggs in, I'll just use it in the soil then shall I. |
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Bottle propagator:
So simple and cheap, just cut a plastic bottle in half and use as a
mini-greenhouse/propagator. Ideal for frost protection or on the window sill
and annoys the hell out of snails and slugs. |
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Yes, egg shells.
Such a simple idea and very 'green' of
course. crush egg shells and place around base of plant, it adds calcium to
the soil but the bit I really like is . . . snails and slugs don't like
going over it, I'm looking forward to seeing that. |
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Plastic Milk Bottle:
Not quite recycling but extended use. First, cut in half, the
top half makes a great little scoop if you kept the lid of course. Plant
tags can be snipped from the middle and look, you're left with a little tray
to put them in . . . smashing. |
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Compost Creature:
No fairies at the bottom of our garden
but there is something living in our compost heap |
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Cable ties
It's that age old problem, trying to tie up a plant gently and it's all you can do to stop the string from sliding down the cane support, but help is at hand thanks too . . . cable ties.
they have more uses that just the bedroom alone, use them like I do to secure the string tightly to the cane (left) of hold a mini-pod to a firm base (right). |
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Cuckoo Spit It's a strange name but that's what we used to call it when I was a child. Turns out it's more or less harmless, it does suck the sap but doesn't really damage the plant. The bubbles are it's protective layer whilst young. |
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Promoted by
Richard Vobes: www.vobes.com |
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Also in the Worthing Herald
Blog section on line |
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