Recent content by Poppyseed

My mum used to put them in salads and drinks dandelion tea. It's supposed to be good for reducing cholesterol and water retention and is good for detoxing. These last two are probably because it is a diuretic. When I was growing up in the UK there was an old wives tale that playing with...

I know the patches on the shrubs aren't black spot, but don't know enough beyond that. I'll try to take some pictures later and see if anyone has any idea.

I've recently moved into a new house and am trying to get to grips with the garden. The lawn's a bit patchy with a few weeds I don't recognize and some of the shrubs have some patches on that I'm not sure about. I'm not sure where to start, any advice?

I'm pretty new to growing my own food, started off with things like carrots, potatoes, peppers etc after we also realized how unhealthy our diet was, we were eating a lot of convenience foods. We were spending a lot too. We've saved so much money since changing our diet and we all have much...

My grandad used to talk about the secret ingredient in his compost, turned out he peed in it! I use egg shells in mine but dry them out in the bottom of my oven first after I was told that if you leave a bit of yolk in, while this provides extra nutrients it can also attract rats. Suppose it...

Never thought of using junk mail like that, great idea!