I'd use mesh instead - butterfly-proof!

Red clover for me - the cold kills it so it becomes a mulch overwinter. One of my friends grows spinach! Seriously, they get crops overwinter and into spring (under mesh), and figure that just growing something is good for the soil. When it bolts in spring, it goes into the compost heap If you're in...

You could try planting the cloves shallower than usual, and mulching heavily - during the long growing season the worms should drag a lot of it into the soil, and you'll be able to mix it in at harvest time

These are the growers who I believe supply Marshalls among others - you can buy from them direct
www.organicplants.co.uk

If you live nearby and can visit the nursery shop, you can buy vegge plug plants for 5p each

Hi vicki, July is a good month for sowing and planting out - the last of the crops for this year, and the first for overwintering.
I find this very helpful: http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/
If you enter your postcode, the list adjusts for your temps etc.
Happy gardening!

Keeping up with the modules sown for succession - the old onion bed is the only spare space, so in go the beetroot, chicory and lettuce. Back to the drawing board

oldherbaceous wrote:They always bring a smile to peoples faces, what i think, life is all about.

Strange and wonderful OH - they do!
Thank you for this description, you obviously know your onions

Yep skip, they taste very good, and someone on this forum says the flower buds of scorzonera taste good (they are a perennial and will continue growing in a 2nd year to fatten up). They are easy to grow or I wouldn't be growing them! If you'd like to try a few, send me a pm and I'll pop some in the ...

Yay catbud! A special moment when you get the first fruits - every time. Bonus points for growing something your household actually likes to eat (I'll do better next year)

My plot is nettle free pillbug - I got some nettle seed and sowed them by the fence, cos they make such a great tea and addition to the compost heap (not to mention an early 'spinach' for the household)

I wanted to try Hasta this year but was late ordering and they were out of stock! Will get an order in earlier this time. Ordinary Veg Spag are nice, but need a lot of butter and sauce - hoping that pyjamas and hasta will be more interesting in their own right

I've put in roots - scorzonera and salsify cos carrots just aren't growing for me this year

Or string them up and be the envy of the neighbours
http://www.powen.freeserve.co.uk/Guides ... onions.htm

Is stripetti pajamas a veg spag type sally?

Over the years I've learned to live with bindweed On thickly mulched beds in cultivation, I treat it as an annual weed - it's easily pulled up through the mulch with quite a bit of root which shrivels in the sun I put a black plastic path between me and my neighbour's lottie (which is smothered in t...