Thanks all for the comments. The spots are occuring on my trombontino which are the curly green ones and I have them clmbing up and over arches. This rules out the slugs but the rain/sun answer is very plausible. As they are all edible I will carry on thinking of recipes to deal with 5 courgettes a ...

Any idea what has happened to my courgettes? I have been getting quite a few and in the last few weeks since it has been sunny and then wet and I gave them some food they have become prolific producers again. However they seem to be covered in brown spots. Is this due to the weather? Fungi? Me not b...

Has anyone come across these? m They are in my sweet peas which is a pain as they produce more if you pick them but I can't bring them in the house. I have planted them in with my veg to make more of a potager, kitchen garden look so am loathed to spray them as my 4 yr old uses the garden as a picni...

Well a few months on and I have had partial success. The Gromlin 10 crowns all produced spears this year and I could pick 1 spear per crown....which were delicious. The connovers collosal very disappointing show only 4 crowns out the 10 produced 1 spear each. What do I do next? Are the other 6 conno...

Sorry I was doing so well with all the other info. South Cotswolds in Nailsworth. We get no winter sun on our side of the valley so once frost sets in it does linger and we ahd 6 inches of snow on the ground for weeks. I wasn't expecting to see any asparagus for at least another couple of weeks so i...

In March 2009 I planted 20 asparagus crowns, 10 Grimlin and 10 connovers collosal. As per the instructions I picked none last year and cut them all to the ground in Nov. I put 4 bags of manure over the bed for winter and in Feb I mounded up to keep them a bit warmer. Now it is May, the connovers col...

Dear all, many thanks for your comments, I did in fact post a reply yesterday but must have had computer or finger problems as it never showed up, how irritating! Anyway what I meant to say was that I have put terram matting underneath the bins to stop the weeds and rats plus have a 6 inch lip at th...

Hubby has built me two lovely compost bins for me to use....which I have started to fill in earnest. They are square and next to each other but are open at the top and front. I know I need to cover them and after having a darling nephew leave some taps running I now have lots of spare carpet! My que...

Mike,

they are in root trainers in the potting shed. I could just move the outside until the weekend in ther root trainers and then plant. I do have fleece if need be to wrap them up...... I am guessing just around the roots is fine?

cheers

Hi Primrose, Advice I was given this year was to water the trees every day during the growing season and to ensure that they get enough to put a pipe down to their roots. This was because they were newly planted and young, only 5 years. Now we are in the autumn I am not watering them again until the...

JohnBoy, here's the extra info: I live in the South Cotwolds on a side of the valley that gets no winter sun so when the ground freezes it generally stays frozen from Dec to Feb. I did plant autumn/winter sowing varieties of both. Aquadulce for the beans and the peas I cannot remember off the top of...

Thanks all for the advice...what about frost? We do live in a frost pocket so would I need to protect the roots with carpet or anything?

I have planted both my broad beans and Peas at the start of Oct in root trainers in the potting shed. They are now getting quite tall. Should I keep them in the root trainers over winter or do i need to plant them out now?

cheers

I promise to come back with the results at Christmas! Thanks for all the advice.

As I am greenhouse less and my potting shed has a wooden floor hence I am worried about watering the spuds could I leave them outside but cover with fleece?