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Comparing Fly Catching Methods

July 29, 2009

Over the last couple of summers we have had our fair share of insects. It became so bad at one stage, I went online to see if I could find anyone who had a good solution.  That’s when I came across this solution on YouTube. I did a bit of a comparison to see if [...]

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How I Ended Up in the Bath with my Plants

July 19, 2009

Washing
After careful humming and hawing over insecticides, we decided to take the nobler course of action and bathe the insects off our plants.
A few days ago I noticed that some of the plants inside had discolouration on the leaves:
After putting this out to the crowds on Twitter, I got a number of hepful replies. In [...]

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Peas Sir, Can I Have Some More?

July 7, 2009

“Harvest” sounds a tad dramatic for what we did this week considering the number of peas we actually accumulated but here goes…

At the start of the season I set out to do some investigation into how efficient various plants can be grown in tight spaces, often with limited light and heat. We have seen good growth [...]

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