Delinquent deer can't stand Radio 4

Gardeners have unleashed a secret weapon in their fight against delinquent deer – Radio 4.

Allotment owners in Pitstone, Buckinghamshire, have set up alarms that blast out the [BBC] station after realising the intruders could not stand human voices, especially those of Libby Purves and The Archers.

Without getting into a big discussion about rotating the place one plants tomatoes (although if you'd like to comment on that please do), this is a question I am asking not just for myself but for my sister.

Does anyone have any recommendations/information/stories on green manure? Do you plant it? It is to enrich the soil, yes? I have a decent sized garden and have been able to not plant tomatoes in *quite* the same place every year, but some people just don't, i.e. my sister.…

In a nutshell, the most useful gardening tool I have ever bought.

I'm a sucker for a gadget. I'm also a sucker for most of whatever my favourite kitcheny, gadgety store Lakeland sells. But this beauty, was a fantastic purchase. Like a lot of Londoners, I have very clay-ey soil. Not a problem. I used it all afternoon, weeding (cuts right through to the roots), making furrows for planting seeds, digging holes to plant some…

Hello all -

So I read a very interesting post by Melody in Texas in the "Bugs" group about dried molasses as general overall soil improvement. I have spent a good part of the afternoon pondering where on earth I could find this here but I don't think it's very likely. However, I have now read on other websites that sugar would do just fine if you can't find dried molasses. I am very interested in trying this! Does anyone have any experience? Also, thinking about it, although…