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I have heard of growing a some green stuff on your shed roof, but this is a wonderful unique idea.
Growing Jewelry is a redefinition of modern values. It is a clash of jewelry an gardening; couture and organism. The collection of this hand jewelry is designed for people in metropolitan cities and is an experiment in drawing nature toward man, as nature being the presupposition of life
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Special offers on Minster Pro turf (15% off) and Soil Improver (20% off) have been extended again until the end of September.
This will be the odd post in the style of home and garden (maybe not) that will be a post about me whingeing about my failues as a gardener.
Today it’s about slugs, in Welsh Wales we have been getting lots and lots and blod%y lots of slugs in the wilco garden (and elsewhere Iam told!)
My little gastropod mollusk enemies have done the following damage so far
1) Eaten my strawberries
2) Munched their way through my courgettes
3) Decemated my peppers
4) Starting making their evil way to shed to see if they can get my broadbean plants before I plant them out (ok Iam late but iam a total beginner)
This had to stop, so took the advice of Bob flowerdew
I bough some copper tape from ebay, this seems to have worked for my potatoes I grow them in bags, so put the tape on around the bag, but they pesky beggers are still around looking to nibble on any new plant.
So I have decided to take another more germ warefare route and bought some nematodes from Unwins, but you can buy it on ebay as well.
The control of slugs is very difficult, slug pellets are effective ,but can have serious effects on birds, pets and wildlife, They are also only effective on slugs at the surface. By treating with Nemaslug® it is specific to slugs and will not affect birds, pets or any wildlife and is effective both above and below ground. Nemaslug® is a naturally occurring parasitic nematode of slugs – Phasmarhabditis Hermaphrodita. The nematode enters the slug through the slug mantle – the saddle like structure on its back. Once inside, the nematode releases a bacterium which multiply and this is what the nematode feeds on. The nematodes multiply and within 3-5 days the slug stops feeding and will burrow underground to die.
I used the stuff last night so will let you know how I get on next week.
To go along with Simons allotment post, I thought a small post about my lack of gardening skills!
My first potatoes, grown in a black plastic bag in the garden, they tasted lovely BTW
I have planted some more, but its was so easy, wish I had done a whole trough of them (which is Mrs Uncle Wilco’s suggestion next)
I wont be doing much garden posting on this blog, but you never know.
The bug of sheds started on my grandfathers allotment many years ago, as the old fellas made sheds out of junk laying around… little did I know that 20 years later readersheds would be born.
unfortunely I dont have my grandfathers skills when it comes to gardening or being a DIY sheddi, but if people like the site and share their sheds, then my job is done.
The BBC Gardens Illustrated mentions National Shed week in their Dig in section, it’s in the upcoming June 2008 Edition out in the shops 30 May 2008.
If you can get a copy take a look, it has some great garden photos in it…and is a bit more upmarket then some garden mags…
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