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- Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:55 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Floral Christmas Gift
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8721
Hi, Lovely thought! My son broke up for the school holidays last Friday and we sent in boxes of seasonal fruit and veg plus some herbs in pots and half a dozen eggs from his and his Nan's free range hens for both his teacher and the teaching assistant. A bit more tricky at Christmas but with luck yo...
- Sun Jun 29, 2008 1:21 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Humid greenhouse
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3813
- Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:00 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Humid greenhouse
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3813
- Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:53 am
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Humid greenhouse
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3813
Humid greenhouse
Hi folks, Got a dilemma. I'm lucky to have a 6 by 8 greenhouse to dedicate to cucumbers and melons. I have 8 cucumber plants down one side and 7 melon plants down the other. In between there is a 3 x 2ft gap begging to be planted with something. The general advice seems to be that aubergines enjoy s...
- Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:17 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Lemon tree
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2867
Thanks for all your responses and support folks. I am happy to report considerable regrowth of foliage. I know it will need pruning now but having come so close to losing it, I am reluctant to lose any of it! It has lost it's wine glass shape so I guess I will have to be brave and get in there with ...
- Sat May 31, 2008 12:09 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: PUMPKIN...Where to plant?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5750
Ddiolch 'ch achos 'r bostio Alan. Hope that's translated! I should have persisted in my research but the plants were bursting out of the pots and my OH was pushing for a decision on what to plant where. It's a small block so I'm hoping to be able to access from all sides. Or it maybe another one of ...
- Fri May 30, 2008 11:51 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: PUMPKIN...Where to plant?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5750
- Fri May 30, 2008 10:15 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: PUMPKIN...Where to plant?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5750
I couldn't find any specific planting advice so I have planted them very close. My reasoning was that the beans need to be planted as close to the sweetcorn as you would plant them next to canes so they could use the sweetcorn as support. It seemed like a good idea to plant the courgette/marrow/pumk...
- Thu May 29, 2008 11:07 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: PUMPKIN...Where to plant?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5750
- Wed May 21, 2008 3:17 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Lemon tree
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2867
Lemon tree
Hi folks, The in-laws bought me lemon tree for Christmas, but despite being in a frost free greenhouse and being covered in fleece and surrounded by a sort of bubble wrap tent, the leaves slowly died starting with the new soft leaves then the older ones turning dry and brown the dropping off. I trie...
- Wed May 21, 2008 2:03 pm
- Forum: Readers Recipes
- Topic: Rhubarb recipes
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3085
Rhubarb recipes
Hi folks, Just thought I’d share these rhubarb recipes with you. First, I can’t claim them as my own as I got the original recipes from Tesco food club but I have adapted them to suit my own tastes, sensitivities (lactose) and budget. Butter or margarine can be directly substituted for the spreads. ...
- Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:39 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Hanging winter edibles
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4111
Thanks folks. It was a bit of a long shot. I have two baskets with alpine strawberries in so I might try a mixture of lettuces. I was planning to keep a succession going both on the plot and undercover anyway so that will just be an alternative. I guess I could bring them in when it's really cold. H...
- Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:06 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Innundated with "fruit flies"
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6476
- Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:44 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Hanging winter edibles
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4111
winter edibles
Okay, thanks Monika, just a thought
- Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:35 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Hanging winter edibles
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4111
Hanging winter edibles
I have just emptied tumbling tomatoes and nasturtiums from some hanging baskets and was wondering if there is anything edible I could plant in them over winter?