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For the Best Gardeners in the Cardiff Area

   Oct 05

Your Questions About Gardening

Jenny asks…

Why don’t the UK government invest in inproving the existing railway infrastructure in London?

I’m sure it must be cheaper to improve the London railway network than build the new CrossRail. For example rebuilding a station where Park Royal West Station once stood, ie: where the Central and Piccadilly lines cross, to allow passengers to interchange. This is just one of many cost effective improvements that can be made to make travel easier. MP John Randel suggested another: to link the Central Line from Ruislip Gardens to Ickenham and on to the existing tracks to Uxbridge. There could than be direct trains to Northolt and Shepherds Bush from Uxbridge and if the Metropolitan &/or Piccadilly were down you could have an alternative. This would also ease the rail replacement bus services.
I’ve made suggestions to TFL but I’ve got back stupid answers.

GardenersCardiff answers:

I partly agree with you, there are all kinds of small extensions, reopening of tunnels and stations, and other improvements that could be made. I see your point that such improvements would be much cheaper than CrossRail. Unfortunately, Boris and Tfl just cancelled everything that was in the planning stage, such as the Croydon Tramlink extension.

But London really needs a deeper faster network like other cities do, as the existing underground is too slow. There have been plans for such since the 1950’s. CrossRail is one way towards solving that problem.

It also needs the Hackney-Chelsea line and more radial routes around outer London. The East London Line extension is good but it isn’t enough.

Daniel asks…

Are there tomato and pet-safe herbicides?

Okay, so I made a big mistake and neglected to weed the garden for a month. The only actual veggies in it are 6 tomato plants, and all are on one side of the rectangular garden. I weeded that half by hand. The other half had much larger weeds, I guess because they didn’t have to compete with the tomatoes for root space, and I couldn’t pull most of them up. I figured that if I weed whacked that half, then turned the soil it might help at least make it manageable. Unfortunately the soil is too dry to make this easy (I’m weak, what can I say?).

Anywho, my question is, is there a weed-killer that would take out the weeds on that side (only about two feet between where they start and the tomatoes end) without killing my tomatoes AND without harming my outdoor cat or myself? If not, would my original plan of turning the soil work out if I were to water it a bit and let it sit over night?

Or any other suggestions…

GardenersCardiff answers:

Any chemical will harm you, your pet, and the tomatoes. I had the same problem and we took a large piece of thick black plastic(like a contractor bag type material) you can find this at the hardware store it comes in rolls. Cut it to size and spread it over the plants you wish to get rid of. This will go faster if you cut the weeds first but it is not absolutely necessary. In about three weeks everything will be dead underneath with no ill effect where not intended. If you have ever passed a commercial “garden” you have probably seen them cover their rows before the planting season begins. When you go to the hardware store tell an employee that you need 3 or 4 mil black plastic in a roll. They will know where to find it.

Mary asks…

I have a moral delema. Easy 10 points for the best resolution.?

So my high school has what they like to call a garden. It consists of a dried up patch of grass and a bush.
On a Friday, quite a while after school, my friends and I thought it would be fun (and it was) to take a pumpkin that was sitting in the garden and smash it on the weekend. It was not growing in the garden, it was just sitting there and it was on the verge of rotting.
On monday the school recognized the pumpkins absence and made an announcement to not do that anymore. My friends then were passing notes in class talking about the weekend and the pumpkin. The teacher took the note away from my friend, Leah, and read it. she sent her to the principals office for the theft.
Leah is now supposed to write an apology and take care of the garden for a little while. (My school is a VERY tame high school so they were a bit harsh about a pumpkin they weren’t really even going to use)
Me and the rest of my friends now feel extreamly guilty for Leah taking all the blame and feel that we should come clean. Leah however really doesn’t want us too. She says that she would feel awfull if we did and that its just easier if she just left us out of it. So should we or shouldn’t we turn ourselves in?
on the one hand, we feel guilty.
on the other, Leah just wants this to blow over as fast as possible and doesn’t want to get us in trouble too.

10 points for best answer!!

GardenersCardiff answers:

No matter what she is your guys friend and even though she doesn’t want you to take some blame she probly does she just doesn’t want to say it because she cares about you…do the right thing it will make your friendships better on the long run.. And also you won’t have guilt hanging over you

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