Good morning Barney, glad you had a lovely time in Bath! When I was about 11 or 12, the people from the Manor house, moved to Wiltshire and as I had been doing gardening for them for a few years by then, they asked me if I would like to go to their new house for a working holiday……I would work in th...

Been busy hoeing the allotments this morning and have cut all the grass….trying to get as much done, before the temperatures rise again, as just work will take some doing, without trying to work on the allotments.

Looks like Clive, is still unable to get on the forum…..must be so frustrating for him!

Think all the posts over the last few months, from new members, have all been checked in one go, then released!

Hello Compo, nice to see you…..hoping you are keeping okay!

Thank you for your reply and suggestions Turnet, much appreciated!

Hope you keep posting replies……

Good afternoon Peter, are you still about?
Clive can’t get get onto the forum, as he has been locked out…..

I don’t no why people think I like Potatoes!

I’m so glad my Son’s are really good with such things, as I know I would give up!
Just been and cut all the allotment grass, and it really does feel quite muggy…..not muggy enough for any blight, hopefully!

Yes, that’s what it was, Clive….

Not sure how I put that in here!

A lot drier today, thank goodness……got driven home by the torrential rain yesterday.

Picked the first Runner Beans this morning!

Dear Westi, have you got a piece of metal bar, that’s a little bigger than the poles that you are building you bean frames with…if you have, or you could buy, or borrow, you can make holes by knocking the bar into the ground with a hammer and then your poles will be a lot easier to get into the grou...

It’s raining steadily now and showing a fair drop tonight, so i’m very pleased!

I was just wondering if it could be the smell of the pellets, that made them dig everywhere, but it couldn’t have been that then!

Summer time again, where does the time go! Just planted lots of Brassica plants out….Purple sprouting broccoli, Tenderstem broccoli and Brussel sprouts……it’s showing a fair drop of rain tonight, so pleased they are in! Planted 12 Dwarf French bean plants out about 4 weeks ago…. Turns out, they are C...