thanks all, I'll make up a soil based mix for them

Happy birthday to you, Peter.

As I have given up my allotment, I have saved about 20 strawberry runners in pots for this year. My new plot at home is still hardstanding at the moment, and will be for some time. I am planning on potting up the runners in either troughs or bigger pots. My question is: what medium should I plant th...

hello P,Pea, thankyou for popping in to say hello. Please pass on my best wishes to your Pa.

welcome back OH, great to have you back posting again.

Jolly good news, looking forward to having him back on the forum

beautiful photos! So clear, amazing

Thankyou for taking the time to update us. Best wishes for a speedy recovery OH.

all the best for Monday OH. Has anyone warned the nurses you're coming in?

As we gave up our allotment in December, I've not done a thing. I still have concrete hardstanding where my new veg garden will be, just considering how to deal with it. Hopefully it's not too deep, it is all cracked and crumbling.

wow, looking good Geoff! its a long time since we've grown any that fabulous!

Happy Birthday Diane

I remember eating the centre of a raw cabbage when I was little. I used to bother my mother when she was chopping it up for the core!

we've never aerated our compost heaps in 27 years! They are made up of reclaimed corrugated metal and old doors. Always comes out fantastic.

There were open daffs on Christmas eve in Dorset (hedgerow). There are also some open in Middlesex near where I live (council green space)