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Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Hanneke Apr 2020 12:23am, 29 Apr 2020 70,555 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke I have seen voles drag a while leek under ground They are buggers for eating large seeds, so all my large seeds are now germinated in 9 cm pots on the high shelf of the greenhouse, out of reach of rodents...
jacdaw Apr 2020 7:02pm, 29 Apr 2020 3,026 posts	Quote Pin jacdaw Does anybody know of alternatives to newspaper for making the kind of pots that break down in the soil? I can't go to see my dad because of the lockdown (he's 91), and he is my only source of newspaper. I like to start the runner beans and French beans in the greenhouse in paper pots.
Lizzie W Apr 2020 7:22pm, 29 Apr 2020 22,951 posts	Quote Pin Lizzie W Loo roll middles
Lizzie W Apr 2020 7:23pm, 29 Apr 2020 22,952 posts	Quote Pin Lizzie W And egg boxes.
Rosehip Apr 2020 7:41pm, 29 Apr 2020 15,812 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip Loo roll middles work well -Pringle tubes cut into 3 have also been used here this year.
alpenrose Apr 2020 8:01pm, 29 Apr 2020 43,948 posts	Quote Pin alpenrose I've noticed all the beautiful flowers out everywhere over the last couple of weeks, all the May flowers. I'm wondering what we'll have left in the gardens to flower next month.
Angus Clydesdale Apr 2020 8:57pm, 29 Apr 2020 17,827 posts	Quote Pin Angus Clydesdale MY RUNNER BEANS ARE BREAKING THROUGH!! Sorry for shouting but I’m very happy!
D2 Apr 2020 10:18pm, 29 Apr 2020 11,656 posts	Quote Pin D2 Wow!
Angus Clydesdale Apr 2020 10:24pm, 29 Apr 2020 17,831 posts	Quote Pin Angus Clydesdale They’re indoors in pots mind. Next week or so they’ll go to the greenhouse for hardening (still getting frosts here) and then out to the bamboo sticks a couple of weeks after. Is the plan.
D2 Apr 2020 10:30pm, 29 Apr 2020 11,657 posts	Quote Pin D2 I planted some in pots this week and they are on the barn windowsills, nothing happening yet but like you AC much too early anyway to go outside yet. Exciting though!