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If you need to get rid of bugs, soapy water helps but is a bit labour intensive, there are organic slug pellets available which help with one of the major pests and you can find out more info at gardenorganic.org.uk have fun !!
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we used nematodes on our garden, kills all the baby slugs before they can eat your lovely veggies, and worked really well
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Never use pesticides. Use the no dig approach to vegetable beds, it stops the weeds spreading, simply hoe weeds from the patch on a regular basis.
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Baked egg shells to keep slugs off. Maybe rescue an orphaned hedgehog to up the ante, theres plenty looking for a good home. Get on to the Battery Hen rescue center and save a couple of chickens.nRemember to set up a good composting area. Any food scraps etc can either go to the chickens or straight into the compost. Urine is a good additive to the compost. Depends how comfortable you feel doing that.nThe rest is about garden an plant management. nIf you can leave an area, however small, in your garden that can be made into a kind of unkept meadow area with a variety of flowers and grasses. This will do you no end of good by attracting lots of different insects, most of which pollenating. If your lucky some ladybugs to keep the aphids.nTry and find somewhere thats selling composted horse manure (might take a drive to the country to find it). This is brilliant for the growing stages of all plants due to the nitrogen. When digging your garden over before putting the plants in spreads this over the top and dig it in.nThen as has already been said, take weeds out regularly.nnYou might want to set up a small poly tunnel for more exotic varieties or for some amazing tomatoes.nnIt takes a little bit more work than the simple pesticide and chemical fertiliser option but promotes a healthy area for a small eco system to exist (give it a couple of years and you'll notice a lot more birds and wildlife hanging around your garden) and i think the fruit tastes nicer with out chemicals. This might just be my heavily organic biased opinion tho :PnnEnjoy
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6 months agoneeds help with I need help building my resume. I assume the one i have already is not adequate. I also need help figuring out what jobs to apply for and what companies i should be looking at
9 months agoHi When you say that your resume isn't adequate I am assuming that you feel it hasn't done you any favours on the getting a job front. I'm not an expert and without seeing it I cannot comment on your particular resume but I do get to see a lot from young poeple and here are few thoughts. Most people have a huge range of skills and assets to offer its just a case of making them stand out. Have a look at other people that you know and see what they have done but be yourself and make sure that you get across your unique qualities. Don't give up, its hard being young in a job market full of experience but its very rare that persistance and a 'go get it attitude' remains unrewarded for long. The other thing to note is that just because you weren't the right person for that particular job it doesn't mean that you were in any way second best, I have had to turn away perfectly capable applicants just because they aren't quite who we needed at that time so don't give up! Good luck, the more doors you push against the more likely one will swing wide open for you. Bran
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needs help with I would love to undertake some work experience, particularly if it is research oriented within an environmental science. I feel that I have a broad range of knowledge and the ability to turn my hand to many skills.
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3 months agoneeds help with I would love to undertake some work experience, particularly if it is research oriented within an environmental science. I feel that I have a broad range of knowledge and the ability to turn my hand to many skills.
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needs help with I'm looking for experience working with social enterprise and ethical companies. What kind of skills would be helpful and where would I be best of looking?
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