Don't you just love it when classic irony applies and bites someone bum. My hint is to mark everything you plant with its variety name. I have an allotment holder friend who whenever I asked what variety she had planted would reply, Tomato, Cabbage, Sprout or whatever. Recently she was offered some ...

Having had similar problems as others in regard to pea and bean germination this year, I have now found myself with a an abundance of french and runner bean plants. Arrived at plot just before 9am today intent on making some room to get another 44 runner beans transplanted. To achieve this I had to ...

The Mouse wrote:
I nearly made a very silly mistake today, too: I didn't read the label properly and nearly sprayed my broccolis with weedkiller instead of pesticide

Whoooops !!

Not received any survey request here, which I am quite happy about.

Have found in past that answering surveys resulted in an onslaught of unwanted mail

Morning OH, I know what you mean about meaning to visit somewhere and then finding you're too busy. I had seen the info about Barnsdale weekend and am also considering it. subject to how I am feeling at the time. If it was Malvern it is a wonderful place to have used to meet up, excellent shows both...

What book do you use most in relation to gardening. It may be a reference book or just be a factual story such as biography or auto biography, even a work of fiction. The book I refer to most is one I obtained when it was first published in 1975, seemingly by two publishers Mitchell Beazley or Littl...

From those with National (International even) Fame to Local, what shows are you visiting, or have you visited, this year. Once visited would you recommend them to others in future years. This weekend ( July 4th ) we will probably visit The Smallholders Show at South of England showground Ardingly , ...

20:00 hours tonight visited plot, temperature in shed when I opened the door
= 39 degrees.

Potatoes need watering, beginning to collapse.

Geoff wrote:As I said above, this is my first year of growing Lady Christl, does she normally play silly buggers?

Never had Lady ChristL do that Geoff, nor have we experienced them being that sort of weight after just 12 weeks

Dug our first Lady ChristL recently

its coming down in buckets fulls here no doubt tomorrow will be blue skies and within 2 days the weeds will be twice as high And there was I out on the plot in my short sleeved shirt enjoying the sunshine. Temperature was 18 when I arrived and when I went back in the late afternoon around 6ish it w...

Hi Diane Few days late in replying to this one, sorry. When you say 'Trugs' are you referring to items similar to the light blue items pictured here which are often referred to as Trugs in shops these days ? DSC_566912.jpg If so the first thing I had to do was drill decent size holes for drainage. I...

Thank you Westi The support on here, not just on gardening matters, is wonderful. I certainly enjoy the laughs, even if they do cause me to dribble more We are indeed a band and very often we are all on the same tune, Have you noticed though that some are playing the right notes but in the wrong ord...

Dammit I forgot to take a picture lol

Right folks, Grab a cuppa Sit down Prepare to be shocked Are you prepared, is the psyche ready for this Yesterday Mrs Snip picked our first raspberry !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know, amazing news isn't it. News only tempered by the fact it was Just the one raspberry Now please do me a favour, do...

Primrose, no words in reply to your post

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