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Getting rid of rats from compost bins!!!

We had 3 wooden compost bins made this year (before this we just had a compost heap)We only compost raw vegetable waste as well as tea bags and grass cuttings as well as garden cut …
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2 year old Redcurrant bush, not many berries

I planted a redcurrant bush 2 yrs ago and expected an abundance of berries this year... there is a lot of foliage and some berries around the bottom of the bush but thats all right …
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What makes my garden “officially” organic?

I live in Mn. and wonder what qualifies my garden as an "organic garden"? What are the regulations I have to follow?
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moth balls in the garden

A friend told me that if I put moth balls in my garden about every two or three feet, the cats and dogs would not dig in the soft soil and uproot my seedlings. Will moth balls affe …
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Slugs on potatoes

I think I have a load of slugs around my potatoe plants. How can I be sure, is this harmful for the plants, can the slugs get into the ground and eat the tubers and how can I ge …
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Vine tomatoe plants out of control

How do I keep my vine tomatoe plantsfrom growing taller than I'm and produce more ?IN FLORIDA HOT SUN
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principles of organic growing

I have heard a lot about organic gardening but I can't really get my head around it. What about a summary - What do you think the main principles of organic growing are?
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How to get rid of vine weevil?

I think i have vine weevil. I planted some pansys and they're dying. The roots seem to be gone. I used some stuff to get rid of vine weevil but don't think its working, have yo …
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Caring for Sunflowers

I have 2 sunflowers that I only just planted. The main flower on them are dead. can you cut off the dead ones so that the new shoots will thrive. If you can, what is the best posit …
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weedkiller that doesn’t harm mature shrubs

Is there a weedkiller available that doesn't harm mature shrubs
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Growing salad leaves indoors

What are the best salad leaves to grow indoors at this time of year? I dont have a huge amount of space, maybe 2 sq. metres but it gets lots of sunlight and is well ventilated. I'm …
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Are you interested in keeping this site going?

I think the site has done ok and there is some good content here but it never got the critical mass to get to the desired level of activity where questions were asked regularly and …
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How to grow tall verbena (Verbena Bonariensis) from seed

I want to grow a few of these plants. How can I grow from seed? Am I too late?
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Growing Lemongrass sucessfully in Ireland

Year after year I buy a sturdy plant in the garden centre, but then from the day of purchase onwards it tends to thrive poorly and without fail is killed by frost in the winter, ev …
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Moles in the garden

A friend who lives in the eastern part of Germany has a mole problem and asked me this question so here it is. The moles moved in last year - there are molehills on the lawn and t …

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