I always seem to get rust on my leeks as well.

I've always just left them alone. It doesn't seem to stop them growing, just makes them look unsightly

Belated birthday greetings OH

Hope you enjoyed the day

Well done Westi

I bet you're already thinking about next years entries

Happy Birthday Primrose.

Hope you have had a great day

PLUMPUDDING wrote:I've not seen any ladybirds for months either have you?

I went for a walk along the wild bit alongside the beach yesterday, and said, oh look a ladybird!

Can't remember the last time I saw one

It's all very worrying isn't it.

I've got 2 large buddleia's in the garden, both flowering profusely in the sunshine. Over the last couple of days, I've seen 1 Peacock, 2 Red Admirals, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, and 1 Painted Lady. Very sad state of affairs isn't it :( Saw a few Painted Lady's over the beach on Monday, but not much els...

Have a great day, both of you

Has anyone grown garlic in an unheated greenhouse? Or on a windowsill in the house? I have 2 cloves just sprouting, so i'm thinking of growing one on each :) Hi Dan, When I had the allotment, I grew garlic in the polytunnel. Now that I am gardening at home, I planted the cloves in the unheated gree...

Lifted my two 6ft rows of charlotte a few days ago.
Very pleased with them. No damage at all

Thanks all

Back to normal today. Grass needs cutting. Peas need picking. Leeks need weeding

Many thanks for the birthday wishes

Had a nice day today. Lunch in the Harvester at Eastbourne.

Meeting all the family on saturday in Tonbridge. It's about the only day of the year we are all together!

Not much rain at all this weekend for a change :) Managed to get the grass cut and edged. Looks quite respectable again for 5 minutes :lol: The strawberries are almost over, but loads of flowers on the raspberries. New Polka plants this year and looking good so far. Peppers are looking good in the g...

Mildew on all of my gooseberries and shallots, potatoes are all blighted, strawberries rotting before they are ripe and to finish it off, i had a lovely row of broad beans just starting to crop and the deer got in a trashed the whole row. And now it's raining heavily out there at the moment. It cou...

Strawberries for tea again

Really pleased with the crop this year. Only a few have rotted as well, which is a bonus

Evening OH,

Lucky in some ways and unlucky in others then

I don't seem to get the mildew problem down here. Not on gooseberries anyway