my baby sweetcorn plants are a couple of inches high now, but look not very healthy and some of the leaves are going brown - I am thinking maybe I should just start again - am I too late to sow again now?

pigs can't fly then

I have heard that rhubarb leaves put in the soil where you are planting are a good way to stop clubroot.

I used seed tape for spring onions last year and they worked fine, and I've got some carrot seed tape this year as I thought it would be a lot easier for my 4 year old to use!

I have been doing just the same thing Jopsy!Phone in one hand and internet with the other but still no luck and now all the ones I could get too are sold out - I went last year to see them and they were amazing!

the first year I started to grow my own veg (2years ago now) I did it all in pots in the back garden - you'd be surprised how much you can do like that! I had new potatoes, courgettes, tomatoes, lettuce and peppers. Now I've just got my first allotment which I'm getting ready for apring - its defina...

good for you Steve. I certainly enjoy looking at your sie every week. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing it.

me too Jopsy, and they make scrummy soup but as ou say they are sooo pricey! How many plants do you need?

It was great thanks! We managed to get a good patch cleared, and found a rake and a hoe under all the weeds! Cleared the cold frame which we found up there so that'll come in handy. Also had a walk round the site to have a nosey at what other people have done. Came back, threw the kids in the bath a...

Thanks OH! I am so excited about it I think I might burst! We are going to dig up the remaining crops today and start cutting back the weeds so we can see exactly what we are dealing with. You are right about it being a good time of year - at least we have a good chance of getting the plot prepared ...

I am now the happy owner of an allotment (collected the key to the gate yesterday!). I'm really chuffed - I'm sharing a plot with a friend - its been grown this year but then neglected but it still has carrots, potatoes, parsnips, beetroot there to harvest, plus a cold frame, some cloche frames and...

Hi Chrissy, I'm in Thatcham, only a few miles from you! I've just put my name on the allotment waiting list here but there's 9 in front of me!
good luck if you go for one! I'm doing it with a friend so am hoping we can help each other out!

have found the jam sugar in Waitrose so I'm ready to go!!

that is the BEST idea I've heard in ages! I'm going to put silicone muffin trays right at the top of my shopping list.
I have to say I'm becoming slightly obsessive about cooking up as much as I possibly can to fill the freezer!

Chantal, is jam sugar the same as preserving sugar? I can't seem to find it anywhere