Sorry, yes, I was sleep deprived (little girl hasnt slept more than 2 hours at a time all week) so that didnt really come out clear peter hit the nail on the head. I dig down 4'6" and then built up 1'6" in for the beds where my tomatoes are (the outside beds didnt actually get dug that dee...

I don't know about walnuts, but my general advice would be to mulch it. If nothing else it'll help keep weeds down

Personally, if they are in the ground, I don't use anything, but I have very fertile soil this year, having spent most of the last 2 years just digging in compost to the beds. They are currently 6 foot higher than the lowest point I dug them to, (dug down about 4.5 for, built up about 1.5) However t...

Westi, without a photo its impossible to assess the damage, but with an asparagus bed, usually if its getting weak, and its not depleted soil, digging the crowns and splitting them can help.

Other than that, skipping next years harvest will strengthen them no end

I just shake of the soil and hang them up in my blokes-cave ... I wouldn't say that the man-cave is tidy. Ever. Haha, I'm sorry Ricard, I'm loving the idea of hanging garlic in the man-cave, I suppose it stops batman moving in and taking over? I shouldnt laugh. My shed is my man-cave, and I have al...

My little girl (2) loves digging the raised beds, planting seeds and pulling everything up. And of course eating it. Mrs and I haven't seen a single strawberry because she just eats them straight off the plant

haha, got him hooked have you pa? That's amazing

westi you were right. The culprit had 2 legs, 2 wings and beady little eyes. Yup, a Crow.

As for shop galic, that's how I grow garlic. Just make sure its "local" garlic. For me, there's no point growing garlic from Spain as an example

I use salt like JB, that or I currently have a tub of "tough bits" hand putty from my local pound shop, works a treat, but I tend to leave that for when I've been working with oil, as thats what its really made for. However, next time I get slugs in my plastic shredder, it'll get rid of bo...

snooky wrote:Worked with a lad who had migraines so bad that he had to l go to bed in a darkened room to "recover".Migraines are not nice.

That's what I normally end up doing snooky...

JohnN, I've never heard of that before. Might have to give it a go.

Thanks both. I'm a lot better today thankfully For me a migrain involves flashing blobs and clouding of my vision, a splitting headache, and repeated throwing up Oh and a numbness across my whole skin... Not nice, but at least they only last a day (and groggy the next day from not eating). Actually,...

oldherbaceous wrote:
I did read the potato top trimming, question and reply

Potato trimming? Glad I'm not the only one who trims potatoes. I earth them up as much as I can, and then trim when needed to keep them under control

I asked a question recently and I have a thick skin, but the answer was quite .... How do I put it....... Well I can see why people don't ask questions again... Anyway, I just wanted to say I was always told to ask questions because you can gaurentee someone's thinking the same thing Oh gosh Pawty ...

Westi wrote:Dan Numbers - our local petition saved the Noddy Train! Still running - for those big & small! x

YAY, Right, planning a trip down now Wish I could actually, moneys tight at the moment. When things are sorted I'm definaitally going to come for the noddy train again

So, the first day I'm aloud back into the garden, and I've got a migraine. So off my feet throwing up all day
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