All my onions have done well this year i have about 70 red ones drying at present as well as shallots and 2 other variety of onions,i like the reds nice on salads or a cheese sandwich

I bought a call blocker about a month ago its the best 50 pounds i have spent , to get it to work i had to get on to the line company in our case virgin and ask for call recognition this was provided free, when the occasional nusence call gets through if we dont recognise the number we dont answer t...

Happy birthday to the both of you hope you both have a good un

My grandaughter who is 10 years old brought part of a cake she baked to our house last night it was really good she got the recipe from here http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/cour ... e-frosting

Hi primrose, if you break the male flowers off that will stop them pollinating that should help you get smooth skins, although to be honest its been over 30 years since ive grown ordinary cucumbers

We are lucky we get ours delivered free by our council

Last year i froze about 70 tomatoes, in packs of 6, they are no good for salads but for cooking with a knob of butter then poured on to a couple of rounds of toast for breakfast in the middle of winter takes some beating

We have had 8 break inns on our allotment in the last twelve months ,as you say the police are good at catching anyone going over the speed limit but no use for anything else we cannot even get a visit from them when we report another incident all you get is a crime number, about three break inns ag...

I grew them last year , they are supposed to be the right size for fitting into kids packed lunch boxs , they have a slight nutty flavour but both my granddaughters did not llike them i thought they where ok all of mine this year succumbed to a late frost

All mine are doing well, i have 2 rows of 6 in each the first row all came from the first sowing covered with plastic bottles cut in two the second row are the second sowing as the first ones all succumbed to frost , im only growing yellow ones this year but im already suppling 3 daughters and half ...

I fell foul with the first thing I planted for some reason I planted about six rows of Pease down the middle of a raised bed I designated for salad planting, no matter what reason I keep telling myself why I did it I know I made a big mistake even though the Pease that where supposed to grow to arou...

Very sorry for your loss westi

Our council have very kindly entered our allotment into Britain in bloom again, they do this with out asking any plot holder whether they want to be involved or not ,this year the judges have asked permission to have lunch in our communal barn ,this was built by a few of us using old scaffold planks...

Best of luck westi , but i would hazard a guess all the promises vanish into the either, and when push comes to shove there will be no money available

Our are still dark green no sign of them ripening but they are getting nice and big