Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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D2 May 2020 8:22pm, 2 May 2020 11,662 posts	0 D2 They will look lovely between the flowers!
Rosehip May 2020 8:27pm, 2 May 2020 15,850 posts	0 Rosehip I hope so!
Hanneke May 2020 10:24pm, 2 May 2020 70,557 posts	0 Hanneke Let the leeks flower, they are fabulous! I make compost. I am in Herefordshire and we don't have garden waste collectiosn. The binmen now also refuse to take my bin and empty it when it isn't actually full. I live on my own and create very little waste. They come once every fortnight. The bin is VERY unsavoury as it hasn't been emptied now for 6 weeks... This coming Thursday, I am going to bulk it out with something, as it is disgusting!
Fragile Do Not Bend May 2020 6:44am, 3 May 2020 5,860 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend They only empty your bin when it’s full? That’s bonkers. I’d email the council telling them you are actually having to put extra rubbish in your bin just to make sure you aren’t going 8 weeks without it being emptied.
Eynsham Red May 2020 9:57am, 3 May 2020 5,752 posts	0 Eynsham Red It’s a pretty inefficient operation if they’re driving to your property and doing nothing when they get there. I concur with FDNB. Contact the local authority. Suggest that the bin my become a health hazard if left unemptied.
Garfield May 2020 9:58am, 3 May 2020 12,637 posts	0 Garfield RH, you can cal it companion planting! Except in reverse, as it normally means planting flowers that deter pests from the vegetables in between the vegetables!
Flatlander May 2020 1:42pm, 3 May 2020 1,682 posts	0 Flatlander My Lily of the Valleys are smelling wonderful!
Diogenes May 2020 3:58pm, 3 May 2020 48,165 posts	0 Diogenes I’ve dug over a whole big area of garden that hasn’t been dug for years. It used to have some scruffy bushes in it. I plan to grass it over. In the mean time the local cats have a luxurious new toilet.
Rosehip May 2020 6:30pm, 3 May 2020 15,863 posts	0 Rosehip I hate cats for that very reason Dio! I have a corner of the garden that very much needs Lily of the Valley, Flatlander- I shall make sure I remedy that for next year
Angus Clydesdale May 2020 7:19pm, 3 May 2020 17,871 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale Seeds planted a week past Thursday. 100% germination from beans, 98% from brassicas. Toms and peppers about 35% so far. Onions much much slower, but starting to come today (and they’ve been in the greenhouse so more temp swing). Need to finish digging!!!