GWRS, grow mangetout likes pea's, if not picked whilst flat though the pea's inside will start growing and then they turn into pea pods. You can still eat the pea's but not the pods
I'm trying small pumkins(free from a mag) and butternut squash for the first time.
Some vegs I find grow really well but other's which are surposed to be easy pezzie don't grow at all...I can't grow carrots, spring onions or lettuce...carrots no top growth and slugs tuck into spring onions and lettuce for fun...
Hope to grow some peas this year .Bought a new book yesterday "Allotment Handbook" says dig a 12in trench in autumn and put in compost , kitchen waste and newspaper.I haven't done that. Would digging the trench now and putting in compost work. GG - after all the digging (only one day left hopefully) I have to grow something ,anything .
Aldi have soft fruit bushes for £2.49- autumn amd summer raspberries, blackcurrants and gooseberries were what I picked up but they have thornless blackberries and redcurrants too
That sounds good fruitcake are they going to your allotment?
Roy that is good glad you are keeping your plot - peas are good I sowed mine in large row trays about begin of April last year and they did really well, Runner beans are good to grow - I am getting new seeds of those on the weekend they do them cheap for a lot at the Hampshire potato day
GWRS I will keep in touch with the council even just to find out if I have moved on the list
Just received potato delivery Nadine and Sarpo Axona. GW-I did manure and dug in a few weeks ago can't vouch for quality of manure GC bought.Suppose it's try it and see. With the amount of unwanted wildlife on the plot I plan to sow as much as possible in coir pots then plant them.Got a cloche yesterday don't know what I'l do with it yet. Finished my heavy digging today started to put down my wood edging.very pleased with myself.
one of my plot neighbours hasn't been anywhere near her plot since june or July time. My understanding is that she's gonna get kicked off next month because she's way past the three months for turning it into a workable plot. All she's done is cut the couch grass down, once.
My plot was in a worse mess when I took it on in May. I had the choice of both plots and know exactly what she has, or hasn't done. The one time I saw her there she was using a scythe to cut it all back and was wearing flip flops my name is still on the list for another plot at that site so hopefully I'll get offered it
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GWRS, grow mangetout likes pea's, if not picked whilst flat though the pea's inside will start growing and then they turn into pea pods. You can still eat the pea's but not the pods
I'm trying small pumkins(free from a mag) and butternut squash for the first time.
Some vegs I find grow really well but other's which are surposed to be easy pezzie don't grow at all...I can't grow carrots, spring onions or lettuce...carrots no top growth and slugs tuck into spring onions and lettuce for fun...
Butter squash for first time last year , only 2plants and loads of squashes in fact last one used last week , probably beginners luck
Total failure was Raddish , riddled with holes , previous year didn't grow , have to have a rethink
Thats the fun of Gardening
Winter definaetly here , cold , sleet & snow
Hope to grow some peas this year .Bought a new book yesterday "Allotment Handbook" says dig a 12in trench in autumn and put in compost , kitchen waste and newspaper.I haven't done that. Would digging the trench now and putting in compost work. GG - after all the digging (only one day left hopefully) I have to grow something ,anything .
Roy I thought you did that for runner beans not peas !
I would have thought that only well rotted manure would do now , other I would just put some on top of soil then dig it in , in the spring
Doing to try and put in shredded newspaper in a trench for one set of potatoes
If the ground is not frozen or water logged you could put in some onions and garlic , I have some early broad beans growing under couches
best of luck
Aldi have soft fruit bushes for £2.49- autumn amd summer raspberries, blackcurrants and gooseberries were what I picked up but they have thornless blackberries and redcurrants too
next Thursday they will have fruit trees too
My large peach tree came from Lidl
That sounds good fruitcake are they going to your allotment?
Roy that is good glad you are keeping your plot - peas are good I sowed mine in large row trays about begin of April last year and they did really well, Runner beans are good to grow - I am getting new seeds of those on the weekend they do them cheap for a lot at the Hampshire potato day
GWRS I will keep in touch with the council even just to find out if I have moved on the list
GG my dad had them for his garden but I've got another blackcurrant plant to stop my one at the allotment from getting lonely
Roy I will be growing runner beans this year but haven't dug a trench, at either plot. A lot of the guys at one of my sites have done so though
Just received potato delivery Nadine and Sarpo Axona. GW-I did manure and dug in a few weeks ago can't vouch for quality of manure GC bought.Suppose it's try it and see. With the amount of unwanted wildlife on the plot I plan to sow as much as possible in coir pots then plant them.Got a cloche yesterday don't know what I'l do with it yet. Finished my heavy digging today started to put down my wood edging.very pleased with myself.
one of my plot neighbours hasn't been anywhere near her plot since june or July time. My understanding is that she's gonna get kicked off next month because she's way past the three months for turning it into a workable plot. All she's done is cut the couch grass down, once.
My plot was in a worse mess when I took it on in May. I had the choice of both plots and know exactly what she has, or hasn't done. The one time I saw her there she was using a scythe to cut it all back and was wearing flip flops
my name is still on the list for another plot at that site so hopefully I'll get offered it
Personally I don't bother with a " runner bean trench " even when I grow them in the garden , always do a wigwham and always get a good crop
but everybody to there own way of doing things