Tims Gardening Column
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Sniff before you buy - Sep 25, 2011
Last week I noticed some cow manure bags had holes in them. People won't buy damaged bags so I decided to take them home to use in my vegetable garden. It was about 2pm so I put them in my car boot so I wouldn't forget them. At 5pm I got in the car to drive home. It had been hot that afternoon and the smell of the cow manure had permeated int...
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Kevin the Lemon is back! - Sep 20, 2011
A new dwarf growing lemon tree called Kevin has just been released in time for spring. Named after a former Prime Minister it is said to be the greatest lemon ever! Kevin the Lemon can produce up to 200 of the juiciest thin skinned lemons you have ever tasted each and every year! Kevin only grows one and a half metres ...
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Don't eat maggots! - Sep 19, 2011
Growing fruit trees is all the rage but when you bite into a piece of fruit and discover you have eaten half a maggot the novelty soon wears off. Chemicals are available from nurseries that control fruit fly but wouldn't it be better if we didn't have to use these.The good news is an organic fruit fly trap has just been released that kills bo...
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Time to plant tomatoes! - Sep 2, 2011
Dear gardening friends We have been so busy in the nursery again this week it seems everybody has fallen in love with gardening. The weather has been so nice and the soil is still moist from all the rain. But the main reason we have been so busy is that spring has started. Pig has given his milkcrate a spring makeove...
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Tim gets the bug - Aug 28, 2011
Dear gardening friends We have had fantastic gardening weather this week so many of our regulars are popping in to see us. It seems everyone is getting the gardening bug early this spring. Yes I know spring doesn't officially start until next week but have a look at all the blossom trees in flower. My Manchurian Pear trees are covered...