Hello Tony I suspect you are right about the social media aspect and my experience seems to be much the same as yours about such forums in general. Sounds like you've seen the same cat picture share as I have I shall plod away making my own posts and hope that some find them useful, interesting or i...

Admittedly I have only been a member for a few months since Dec 2014 and winter months are not the busiest but I can't help thinking this forum board seems a great form of sharing information that is under utilised. There are over 3000 members registered but at the moment you could count on fingers ...

Thanks for the picture Peter

I now understand what you are doing whereas before I couldn't figure out why you were applying a Russian doll principle to gardening and building a shed to completely cover a shed

Richard mentioned about plastic handles going brittle. Only time I have ever experienced a plastic D handle breaking was when I noticed a rat on a neighbours plot as it dived under a piece of carpet. Stealth was called for and as silently as I could I approached the carpet and watched the movement t...

Peter, sounds just the sort of post that would be good with an accompanying picture or two.
You have me intrigued

Thanks for the input Westi.

I understand that you can get quite a high yield off each plant so this year I will give a small number a try I think

oldherbaceous wrote:Well i just happen to like a good armful.

Of Custard Creams ???

Do you dunk ?

Has anybody any experience of growing sweet potato slips. Since they do provide a tasty alternative to standard potatoes I am thinking of giving them a try but do not have the luxury of a polytunnel or space in the greenhouse. Have you gown them ? Success or failure? Undercover or open ground? Be in...

Nothing Ventured...................
as they say

Never tried it myself and not sure if garlic does sprout or not if kept in chilled conditions in the fridge with no soil warmth or surface sunlight to encourage it

Await to hear your results

Thank you Elaine , Right now the plot looks awful to me. Bare and awaiting my proper attention as soon as spring arrives. I confess I have thought about posting some pictures of how each section of my plot looked on the day I took each part over with a comparison of more recent pictures. Same applie...

OH, posting pictures on here is a little bit of a rigmarole but easy once you do it on a regular basis and can remember which bit you have to click next. Over the years I have found the method of uploading of pictures to different websites, and ease/difficulty of doing so, to be highly variable Are...

lol westi , big ones with extra long legs. Hope your shed is well away from your bathroom, and keep the bath plug in

OH, that's not being awkward....its being perverse

Westi is right about some types of garlic needing a cold snap to get it to form cloves As long as the ground is not excessively wet, so the cloves don't rot, they can be planted out from late autumn/early winter right through to March/April. As is the usual proviso this is subject to variety and loc...

OH

They used to say the camera never lies ................... and In this case it was just a question of angles



coupled, I suspect, with the fact the greenhouse panels were ribbed polycarbonate not glass

Weeding !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's like painting the forth bridge. You know full well that the damn things, or their successors, will come back. When I look at photographs of when I took the plot sections on I know I am winning but it seems a never ending task that I find the most soul destroying p...