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Cutting Out The Gall Wasp

General Garden, Lemon Tree
It’s nearly spring and our lemon tree is covered in citrus gall wasp lumps. The only way to treat this is to cut the affected branches off. It is not a nice thing to do as depending on the severity of the infestation there may not be much of the lemon tree lef... Read More...
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We Have a Small Greenhouse

General Garden
After seeing the lettuce seedlings on the windowsills getting a little leggy I figured it was time for a small greenhouse. It is small only two shelve s but definitely enough space for what we are growing at the moment. It fits perfectly in our little backyard... Read More...
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Tomato Transplant Fail

Garden Videos, Tomatoes, Vegetables
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I decided that it was time to transplant the tomato seedlings. They were around 25 days old and the first true tomato leaves had just appeared. After planting the nasturtiums and finding how easy they slipped out of the seedling trays I figured that wou... Read More...
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Planting Out The Nasturtiums

Flowers, Planting
After 24 days (7th August) the nasturtiums are ready to go into the garden. They are being planted in areas that are shady at the moment so hopefully they will get a great starts at life and we will have lovely flowers soon The roots look good and they ... Read More...
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Spring onion Harvest

Garden Harvest, Spring Onions, Vegetables
We were having dinner at my mother’s last Saturday so it was a great excuse to harvest some of our spring onions. I can’t remember when they were planted but they have grown nicely and were a perfect size to go with the meal peaking duck. We have more s... Read More...