Lowlander I am putting strawberys in the end of my beds(approx 5 plants per bed)after potatoes have been harvested and grubbing out before preparing the bed again for the next rotation of potatoes ( 4/5 year rotation), i have not heard of the problems in planting strawberrys after potatoes, with app...

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I will have to ask the local farmers When I have chance and they are not busy trying to get somthing out of this summers harvest, i just wonded if anybody else had tried this

round about this area the carrot crop is sometimes left in the ground, covered with black polethene and coverd with straw to over winter or take up mid winter(large carrot processing establishment nearby), has enybody tried this on deep beds? i presume the farmers must spray for slugs an the like be...

Johnboy It is definatly moles, the allotment is behind the cemetry and boarded on two sides by grass fields, also there was the run that the mole had made in the ground. Chantal Unfortunatly only about 1/2 doz seedlings have seeded in the place I want them, but on the ground where I do not require t...

I know you said it does not mean planting at midnight in your birthday suit, butdoes it help to increase the crop

I am using seed from two of last years parsnips this year, which will be pre-germinated and planted on n loo roll inners, which i replanted and grew on for the seed, some of which has geminated in the ground round about. the moles have eat out the inside of one of the parsnips which I have re-plante...

just pre-germinated some sweet pea seeds on kitchen paper in a clear plastic box, i will be doing the same with my parsnip seeds a bit later, this enables me to sow in to pots, root trainers etc individually as required.

I do not seal the bottom of the loo roll but put them in either mushroom containers, multi-bite sized bakery snack containers or butter type spred containers,this holds the water and contains the loo rolls in small enough numbers to sow small batches of seeds

I have three variertys of potato chitting, pink fir apple, duke of york and arron pilot, can i plant out all three under plastic to get early crops of each I know that PFA is a late/main crop but wold starting som of in the round at this time give me early crops

What is the best use of leaf mold, I have used it in the bottom of my potato trenches and also the bean trench, coud I use some as a mulch but for which vegetable

I have not tried paper pots but do use toilet roll inners, held in margerine type containers these seem to hold ther shape before the need to plant and rot down in the soil

Hello all I have just took over a very grassie allotment with a good covering of mares tail on sandy soil and intend to sett up raised beds, up to now i have constructed 4x6mtr beds with wood edging (aquired from my employer in 4 mtr lengths)and intended to manure all, but alas time overcame me and ...

hi all

we had an infestation of moles when a developer built housing behind us, but our valiant cat deliverd all the moes to our doorstep wen tey decided to enter our garden, unfortunatly he is now residing in cat heaven.

Will they all be on the Kitchen Garden plant swap!

my potato eyes are still white and small but have keot them coverd with flease to ward of the cold!