Hello sometimes things work and sometimes they don't, that the beauty of gardening/ allottmenteering
I would give purple spouting ago ,planted some last year went really well
Good to see photos
sweet potatoes sound intresting , will have to look into that , would recommend " chick peas" grew them this year for first time , great or lucky will definitely do some more next year
I pulled up sweet potatoes yesterday. They didn't look like they were doing anything above the surface but below, they'd been quite busy
I've got PSB in, calabrese and kale. sprouts are in as are the Xmas potatoes. I'm hoping that we will be munching on them for dinner on Christmas Day
BizzieB you'll have oodles of fun with your plot my rule of thumb this year has been to plant as I clear. By doing that, I've come home with cabbages, sweetcorn, potatoes, peas, blackberries, rhubarb and lettuces. I'm sure there's more but my brains gone dead lol
one of the best tools I can recommend is an azada. It does all of the work of a spade, without the aching muscles. I've had to clear an entire half plot this summer and having an azada has been a complete back, and time saver!
No, but soon will be I read the info, use it overhead and down into the earth and as it clears the ground it will dig down to the blade depth. Looking for local supplier.
Thanks Fruitcake and for your advice about clearing and planting, think I'm doing that now a bit but was going to have a 'big dig' and leave most to overwinter.
Hi all, drove past my plot on Friday too see a big pile of wood chippings in the car park, courtesy of our local council. Managed to enlist help from hubby to wheelbarrow lots of it to my plot to cover the paths and other areas likely to get boggy in the winter.Also used it to mulch under the fruit bushes. Suddenly its all coming together and looking quite smart! (will take a photo soon)
Picked a bunch of turnips, garlic, onions, toms, courgettes, carrots, pak choi herbs etc and made a batch of what we now call "Allotment soup" It tasted fantastic
We have a regular (ish) delivery of wood chippings, which we use for our paths. But, at the moment no one wants any so its just been left there and there is bindweed growing through it! So, of course, no one wants it with bindweed so it just sits there. I'm waiting for the next delivery so I can get it down to my plot
I pickd my first savoy cabbage this weekend I was so disappointed with it. While it looked fab, it didnt taste of anything. Not even cabbage I only have eight more to get through lol
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Hello sometimes things work and sometimes they don't, that the beauty of gardening/ allottmenteering
I would give purple spouting ago ,planted some last year went really well
Good to see photos
sweet potatoes sound intresting , will have to look into that , would recommend " chick peas" grew them this year for first time , great or lucky will definitely do some more next year
Hello
Katie's allotment on you tube is good she grows small pumpkins not seen ones like that before and visits her dads plot sometimes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c-iwWyrlow
I pulled up sweet potatoes yesterday. They didn't look like they were doing anything above the surface but below, they'd been quite busy
I've got PSB in, calabrese and kale. sprouts are in as are the Xmas potatoes. I'm hoping that we will be munching on them for dinner on Christmas Day
BizzieB you'll have oodles of fun with your plot
my rule of thumb this year has been to plant as I clear. By doing that, I've come home with cabbages, sweetcorn, potatoes, peas, blackberries, rhubarb and lettuces. I'm sure there's more but my brains gone dead lol
one of the best tools I can recommend is an azada. It does all of the work of a spade, without the aching muscles. I've had to clear an entire half plot this summer and having an azada has been a complete back, and time saver!
I tried Christmas potatoes one year , the soil was to frozen to get them up and when it thawed they had all rotted , a bit of bad luck
sprout any advice this year , I have got black/soot on the leaves , thought about washing it off , any ideas would be welcome
I'm going to Goggle Azada never heard of it
Fruitcake , just goggled Azada , recognise it but never thought about using one
reminds me of a large potatoe hoe
can't figure how to use it instead of a spade ?
anybody else out there using one ?
No, but soon will be
I read the info, use it overhead and down into the earth and as it clears the ground it will dig down to the blade depth. Looking for local supplier.
Thanks Fruitcake
and for your advice about clearing and planting, think I'm doing that now a bit but was going to have a 'big dig' and leave most to overwinter.
GWRS, I will try chick peas, never thought of that, on the list
and purple sprouting again. Just going to grow what I know I will eat.
The sweet potatoe thread I picked up on was started by phillipa2 on 7/7/2014. Lots of good advice.
Hi all, drove past my plot on Friday too see a big pile of wood chippings in the car park, courtesy of our local council. Managed to enlist help from hubby to wheelbarrow lots of it to my plot to cover the paths and other areas likely to get boggy in the winter.Also used it to mulch under the fruit bushes. Suddenly its all coming together and looking quite smart! (will take a photo soon)
Picked a bunch of turnips, garlic, onions, toms, courgettes, carrots, pak choi herbs etc and made a batch of what we now call "Allotment soup" It tasted fantastic
Gina that sounds fab
We have a regular (ish) delivery of wood chippings, which we use for our paths. But, at the moment no one wants any so its just been left there and there is bindweed growing through it! So, of course, no one wants it with bindweed so it just sits there. I'm waiting for the next delivery so I can get it down to my plot
I pickd my first savoy cabbage this weekend
I was so disappointed with it. While it looked fab, it didnt taste of anything. Not even cabbage 
I only have eight more to get through lol