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Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Columba May 2022 9:46pm, 14 May 2022 21,740 posts	Quote Pin Columba Slug damage to my newly-planted-out courgette plants. I am about to go out into the dark garden with a torch, a long pair of tweezers and a jar of salt water.
3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) May 2022 10:55pm, 14 May 2022 18,153 posts	Quote Pin 3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) I've just wandered the garden in the dark with a head torch. No visible slugs. I've planted out my Spring cabbage and kale today. I have far more brassica seedlings than I remember planting! (I'll give the surplus away tomorrow at church, I think.) And netted them all in a cage to keep the cabbage whites out! Oddly none of the calabrese germinated. Also pumpkins out. 3 out of six plants. Courgettes aren't quite ready to face the world yet. I've harvested and lightly stewed the Spring rhubarb crop. In the freezer for now.
GimmeMedals May 2022 12:11am, 15 May 2022 22,723 posts	Quote Pin GimmeMedals My courgettes are very shy this year - both the outdoor and indoor planted seeds are yet to peek out of the soil. I don't think it's been quite warm enough for them until today.
Fragile Do Not Bend May 2022 6:27am, 15 May 2022 9,690 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend I germinated my courgettes on a heated thingy, quite decent sized plants now. I’m needing to put some sort of barrier on all my veg beds as the cat is being particularly persistent about using them as litter trays this year.
Mandymoo May 2022 7:44am, 15 May 2022 14,423 posts	Quote Pin Mandymoo My first lot of rhubarb in now soaking in gin..... My planting success has been very bizarre this year, 3 out of 24 sugar snaps! 1 out of 15 runner beans! Everything else has done really well even my chilli's- ended up with 21 out of 24 chilli's
UltraDunc May 2022 8:50am, 15 May 2022 14,815 posts	Quote Pin UltraDunc Can anyone help me to find a way of identifying a tree in my garden and also a small plant?
3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) May 2022 8:55am, 15 May 2022 18,156 posts	Quote Pin 3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) There's a few plantfinder apps on line (some you can upload a pic rather than trying to describe it!), or stick a picture of it on here and we can apply the collective knowledge of Fetch gardeners?
UltraDunc May 2022 9:28am, 15 May 2022 14,816 posts	Quote Pin UltraDunc Thanks 3M I’ll post pics as the apps I’ve seen end up costing £
UltraDunc May 2022 9:33am, 15 May 2022 14,817 posts	Quote Pin UltraDunc
UltraDunc May 2022 9:34am, 15 May 2022 14,818 posts	Quote Pin UltraDunc