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Mission Statement
26-10-2020, 01:35 AM by Can the Man
Mission Statement
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Mission Statement
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Introduce Yourself
New member? Say hello, sit back and enjoy the advice and humour
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It’s me again from irelan...
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It’s me again from irelan...
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Happy Birthday Garden and Gossip

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Our first birthday...wher...
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House warming gift for Proserpina

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A house warming gift for ...
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A house warming gift for ...
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Harvest Festival 2021
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Easter Crafts 2022
Poll now open.
Time for a competition wi...
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Time for a competition wi...
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Time for a competition wi...
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Harvest Festival 2022
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The winners are....
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The winners are....
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Harvest Festival 2023
All the best in Show for 2023
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The build
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The build
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The build
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Weather
All about the weather.
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2025 - How's your weather...
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2025 - How's your weather...
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Nutty as a fruit cake

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2025 doing something new ...
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Something for the bookshelf
Recommendations for good gardening books
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Newly acquired gardening ...
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Newly acquired gardening ...
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Bargain basement

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Special Offers
15-07-2025, 12:08 PM by toomanytommytoes
Special Offers
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Special Offers
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Competitions
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Seed saving and swapping

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Seed Saving??
21-03-2025, 03:14 PM by Small chilli
Seed Saving??
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Seed Saving??
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Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle....
How to tread more lightly on the earth
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Recommendations
Whatever you want, just ask!
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Sarah Raven
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Sarah Raven
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Sarah Raven
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What I did today

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2025 - What I did today
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2025 - What I did today
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What I sowed today

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2025 - What I sowed today
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2025 - What I sowed today
07-07-2025, 06:26 PM by Bren 		1,494
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2025 - What I sowed today
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What I harvested today

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My little shop

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Time to reopen the Little...
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Time to reopen the Little...
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Time to reopen the Little...
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What seeds and garden stuff I bought today
For anyone who wants to confess - like JJB
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Working the plot

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2025 grow list
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2025 grow list
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2025 grow list
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Growing at home

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Traffic Lights and Zones
14-07-2025, 09:49 AM by SarrissUK
Traffic Lights and Zones
14-07-2025, 09:49 AM by SarrissUK 		1,314
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Traffic Lights and Zones
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Potty corner

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Plant labels
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Plant labels
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Plant labels
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Greenhouse/polytunnel chat
Show us whats growing
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Let's see inside 2021/22/...
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Let's see inside 2021/22/...
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Let's see inside 2021/22/...
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Compost Corner
For all your compost questions!
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Hotbins
10-07-2025, 09:44 AM by Small chilli
Hotbins
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Hotbins
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Everything Alliums

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Elephant Garlic bulbils?
10 hours ago by Vinny
Elephant Garlic bulbils?
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Elephant Garlic bulbils?
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Everything Brassicas

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Everything Potatoes

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2025 spuds
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2025 spuds
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2025 spuds
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Everything about Nuts
No, not that sort, the ones that grow on trees.
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Growing Nut trees
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Growing Nut trees
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Growing Nut trees
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Everything Roots
Carrots, swede, parsnips............any roots (not trees).
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Growing Carrot tops
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Growing Carrot tops
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Growing Carrot tops
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Everything Chilli
Questions, pests and disease, how, when & where to grow. Literally everything chilli!
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Chilli Seeds
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Chilli Seeds
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Chilli Seeds
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Everything Cucurbit
Cucumbers, Courgettes, Squash and Pumpkins. What are you growing?
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2025 & 2024 - How many c...
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Everything Herbs

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Herbs to sow in Autumn
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Herbs to sow in Autumn
16-10-2023, 10:08 AM by Farendwoman 		291
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Herbs to sow in Autumn
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Everything Legumes

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Mangetout
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Mangetout
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Mangetout
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Everything Tomato
 A place to discuss your tomatoes
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Adora tomato
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Adora tomato
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Adora tomato
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Everything Fruity

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Raspberry Hedge
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Raspberry Hedge
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Raspberry Hedge
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Everything Veggie

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Growing for PAPA or CACA
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Growing for PAPA or CACA
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Growing for PAPA or CACA
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Vegetable Showcase
Somewhere to share pictures of your crops
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2024 - Showcase
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2024 - Showcase
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2024 - Showcase
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All about Flowers and Ornamentals
From Aquilegias to Zinnias
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Multi-purpose Sunflowers
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Multi-purpose Sunflowers
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Multi-purpose Sunflowers
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When to sow vegetable seeds, a downloadable guide

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Seeds with the same name
Helpful information on seeds that have different names
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New Seed catalogues - be ...
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New Seed catalogues - be ...
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Where it all began
Somewhere for you to catalogue your garden or allotment transformation
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Vinny's Allotment Plot
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Vinny's Allotment Plot
16-07-2025, 04:43 PM by Vinny 		1,128
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Vinny's Allotment Plot
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Dear Diary
Somewhere for you to record garden diary
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The garden from scratch
29-06-2025, 06:44 PM by Small chilli
The garden from scratch
29-06-2025, 06:44 PM by Small chilli 		853
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The garden from scratch
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Ponds and pond life

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Frogs and Frog spawn
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Frogs and Frog spawn
14-03-2024, 08:45 PM by Small chilli 		70
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Frogs and Frog spawn
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Wildlife pictures and discussion

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What's flying near you?
Yesterday, 10:39 AM by Veggie
What's flying near you?
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What's flying near you?
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Wild flowers

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Dog Daisy, Dog Violet & D...
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Dog Daisy, Dog Violet & D...
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Annual and perennial weeds
To help new gardeners identify common weeds
Weed? ID?
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Weed? ID?
12-03-2024, 12:39 AM by Scarlet 		44
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Weed? ID?
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Garden pests
A brief guide to some of the most common garden pests
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Slugs
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Slugs
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Meet my pets

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Doing a Veggie
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Doing a Veggie
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Doing a Veggie
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Feathered Friends
geese, chooks, ducks...
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New coop
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New coop
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New coop
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DIY Kitchen
Whether you forage for ingredients, hot & cold smoking, drying, cheese making, we want to learn too.
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2025 - Today's Recipe
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Forager's Corner
All about foraging for edible wild food; when and what to pick, how to use it. No advice given on identifying Fungi as iwe don't want anyone poisoned.
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Elderflower champagne
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Elderflower champagne
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Elderflower champagne
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Christmas 2020
Useful Christmas presents
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Useful Christmas presents
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Useful Christmas presents
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Harvest Festival 2020
Congratulations to our 20...
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Congratulations to our 20...
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Congratulations to our 20...
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Competitions 2020
Congratulations to our wi...
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Congratulations to our wi...
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Competitions 2021
Archive
And the winners are.....
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And the winners are.....
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And the winners are.....
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