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Phil Gurr wrote: The one thing that no-one has asked is - where the heck are you? The advice that you get will be different depending on whether you are in Shetland or Cornwall. Or even Cambridge! The UK is pretty small, and there is little climatic variation compared to the rest of the world, but it is quite enough to have significant effects on what can be grown. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"'Mike'" wrote in message ... Phil if you would care to read my post I did ask what sort of garden/exposure she had and quoted inner city/Atlantic gales, that would have explained a little more. I could have gone into soil structure etc but Stacey is not a gardener. You have been in my killfile as long as spades have been made of flint. I do NOT care to read your posts. Phil |
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On 08/02/2013 09:21, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-02-08 08:08:39 +0000, said: In article , Phil Gurr wrote: The one thing that no-one has asked is - where the heck are you? The advice that you get will be different depending on whether you are in Shetland or Cornwall. Or even Cambridge! The UK is pretty small, and there is little climatic variation compared to the rest of the world, but it is quite enough to have significant effects on what can be grown. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Yes indeed. Here in South Devon we're near Dartmoor and can't grow outdoors, many of the things David Poole can grow in Torquay. But I think we should assure Stacey we don't need her actual address! West coast of Cornwall would do it! ;-) Remember Location, Location, Location |
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On 2013-02-08 12:22:24 +0000, David Hill said:
On 08/02/2013 09:21, Sacha wrote: On 2013-02-08 08:08:39 +0000, said: In article , Phil Gurr wrote: The one thing that no-one has asked is - where the heck are you? The advice that you get will be different depending on whether you are in Shetland or Cornwall. Or even Cambridge! The UK is pretty small, and there is little climatic variation compared to the rest of the world, but it is quite enough to have significant effects on what can be grown. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Yes indeed. Here in South Devon we're near Dartmoor and can't grow outdoors, many of the things David Poole can grow in Torquay. But I think we should assure Stacey we don't need her actual address! West coast of Cornwall would do it! ;-) Remember Location, Location, Location So true! I wonder if "where do you live?" is perhaps the most-asked question on urg! ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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"Rod" wrote in message ... On Thursday, 7 February 2013 13:48:54 UTC, Staceyxxx wrote: Hi all, i'm embracing gardening this year.. i have had my own house for 5 years now with 1 neglected garden ... the garden has lots of different bushes and trees (not sure what they are) and is enclosed, i have 3 dogs so nothing that will harm them.. the back garden is about 70ft long approx and the width of a house.. it has a shed & coal house.. the front garden has a big drive way and the spare space is 10 foot by 4 foot. Any ideas what i can do with these?? You need to give some thought to how you can protect the garden from the dogs, they can be trained to keep off borders - listen to GQT's Bunny Guinness on this. Kids playing on grass fouled by dogs is bad, so is strimming unawares through a pile of said mess (you soon will be aware). Dogs crashing through borders and digging in the lawns and borders can be very damaging and expensive and dispiriting if you've put a lot of work in. Don't get me wrong I quite like dogs but you do need to manage the interaction of dogs with the garden. My favourite image from years ago and in somebody elses garden and the dog was garden owner's dog thank goodness. A big fat Lab laughing all over it's face and carrying a mouth full of peacock plumes crashing back through the herbaceous border it had just crashed through in hot pursuit of the peacock from next door. Rod Several years ago Dr Ian Dunbar the dog psychololgist had a series of pexcellent programmes in which he gave invaluable advice on dog behaviour. One item was (dealing with a puupy) was to play with the puppy and let it see you burying a treat ( a Bonio maybe) The puppy can be encouraged to dig for it. Of course you should have buried the Bonio in a spot that you don't mind the puppy digging in. later in life the puppy will generally dig in the same spot hoping to find another Bonio. This really did work with both my Labradors. Bill |
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