Pentillie yes are site does get chippings it is great that is why bark chipping paths are what I want, it is a big allotment site as my plot is number 179 and there are 200 and more plots on site
Can't have carpet in my site rules
GWRS I found this flower below was not sure what it was then after a visit to Loseley gardens in Surrey I found a plant similar and looked at the label ish near by which said Chicory so looked it up online and that is what my flower plant is. also looked up in garden book and think it said you can eat the flowers as well
Really pretty as flowers
Here is a pic of some of the skip fishing I done from neighbours near by home, quite a few good bits, will use them some how
and some breeze blocks and all these bits of board
have got a bit of guttering now and a few more bits of wood, also 2 - 1 tonne bags but will have to cut into bits as they were cut open to get the stuff out they will be put on the allotment as ground cover
Gardengirl you have been busy in skip dipping , it is surprising what people throw away that can be reused
Never really been into eating flowers , I known there are a lot but !
been up to allottment again this afternoon , lots of little jobs
have been harvesting beetroot , carrots , French beans , courettes , squash and started digging up early and secound early potatoes and the last of broad beans
had a bonfire of stuff I had cut down before holiday
Nasturgum flowers are nice to eat, so are the seeds when green, they have a peppery taste, excellent on a salad. I can't bring myself to eat the leaves though
I'm curious about the photos of the fox. Our foxes have big bushy tails - very beautiful. Is the one you have usual or are there different species? Never thought of it before.
Wild blackberries at chickenville are very popular with a few certain feathered ladies Thornless blackberries at the other site are doing great, some are just coming up ripe enough for picking
Cabbages at one site have been left for too long but the chickens absolutely love it when I chuck one in the run, they get all the little slugs in them too. Sweet corn doing ok but we are already saying we should have planted more. Gonna be a fight between us and the chooks as to who gets them lol.
Second sowings of peas are coming up to being ready now too, as well as the sarpo Mira spuds. The king eddies are way off yet.
At home, we are FINALLY seeing the tomatoes start to change colour! We are fully prepared for the fact that they'll probably all be red while we are on holiday next month. That's always the way.
I bought some sunflower seeds while in Greece last year. They are in full flower now and are absolutely fab! They are very mini and have a very fluffy appearance. I'll try and get a pic but I want to wait until the sun is on them for full effect
We have wild blackberry bush on other side of beck , however, the Enviroment Agency strimmed the bank while we where on holiday and throw all the waste on to them , b..... vandals ! Will need to get in there some time and tidy up
got some giant sun flowers on allottment and have just shot up , going up there tomorrow will put picture on site
need to dig up first earlies , should keep me busy
Fruitcake they look great - are they Teddy Bear sunflowers they are dwarf - glad the chickens liking them
GWRS what a bummer - you think they would leave it tidy - have you a nursery bed or using seed compost for your rocket? - me not sown any this year
Finally got to the allotment plot today first time for a few weeks grass and brambles a bit taller, did a lot of cutting down and covered bits with the part 1 tonne bags, bit of weeding and also watering - well two of my cauliflowers have little heads now - slugs eaten most of the swede plants
The neighbour with the skip near by is having a extension on ground level at back of house spotted a few more bits of wood in the skip so will get sometime -most of it all new bits but they don't need them which is great for me
Went to the allotment show had cake and got to enjoy looking around giving me ideas what to grow and what and how to show things
Gardengirl , put rocket straight into ground , win some lose some Glad you enjoyed show and cake , does that mean you are going to have ago next year ?
Swede , I have growing under fleece , with 2 glass jars with slug pelletts and it looks good under fleece , will have a look tommrow
The broccoli has shot up through some fleece , which covered it and cabbages to keep the bugs off , might have to spray ?
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Pentillie yes are site does get chippings it is great that is why bark chipping paths are what I want, it is a big allotment site as my plot is number 179 and there are 200 and more plots on site
Can't have carpet in my site rules
GWRS I found this flower below was not sure what it was then after a visit to Loseley gardens in Surrey I found a plant similar and looked at the label ish near by which said Chicory so looked it up online and that is what my flower plant is. also looked up in garden book and think it said you can eat the flowers as well
Really pretty as flowers
Here is a pic of some of the skip fishing I done from neighbours near by home, quite a few good bits, will use them some how
and some breeze blocks and all these bits of board
have got a bit of guttering now and a few more bits of wood, also 2 - 1 tonne bags but will have to cut into bits as they were cut open to get the stuff out they will be put on the allotment as ground cover
Gardengirl you have been busy in skip dipping , it is surprising what people throw away that can be reused
Never really been into eating flowers , I known there are a lot but !
been up to allottment again this afternoon , lots of little jobs
have been harvesting beetroot , carrots , French beans , courettes , squash and started digging up early and secound early potatoes and the last of broad beans
had a bonfire of stuff I had cut down before holiday
need to renew paths but no hurry
What a find Gardengirl.
Nasturgum flowers are nice to eat, so are the seeds when green, they have a peppery taste, excellent on a salad. I can't bring myself to eat the leaves though
Anybody grown rocket , no seeds have germinated ? Any tips
Blackberries , lots on bush at home but only a few starting to turn ? Could be a bumber crop , fingers crossed
I'm curious about the photos of the fox. Our foxes have big bushy tails - very beautiful. Is the one you have usual or are there different species? Never thought of it before.
Wild blackberries at chickenville are very popular with a few certain feathered ladies
Thornless blackberries at the other site are doing great, some are just coming up ripe enough for picking 
Cabbages at one site have been left for too long
but the chickens absolutely love it when I chuck one in the run, they get all the little slugs in them too. Sweet corn doing ok but we are already saying we should have planted more. Gonna be a fight between us and the chooks as to who gets them lol.
Second sowings of peas are coming up to being ready now too, as well as the sarpo Mira spuds. The king eddies are way off yet.
At home, we are FINALLY seeing the tomatoes start to change colour! We are fully prepared for the fact that they'll probably all be red while we are on holiday next month. That's always the way.
I bought some sunflower seeds while in Greece last year. They are in full flower now and are absolutely fab! They are very mini and have a very fluffy appearance. I'll try and get a pic but I want to wait until the sun is on them for full effect
We have wild blackberry bush on other side of beck , however, the Enviroment Agency strimmed the bank while we where on holiday and throw all the waste on to them , b..... vandals !
Will need to get in there some time and tidy up
got some giant sun flowers on allottment and have just shot up , going up there tomorrow will put picture on site
need to dig up first earlies , should keep me busy
Fruitcake they look great - are they Teddy Bear sunflowers they are dwarf - glad the chickens liking them
GWRS what a bummer - you think they would leave it tidy - have you a nursery bed or using seed compost for your rocket? - me not sown any this year
Finally got to the allotment plot today first time for a few weeks grass and brambles a bit taller, did a lot of cutting down and covered bits with the part 1 tonne bags, bit of weeding and also watering - well two of my cauliflowers have little heads now - slugs eaten most of the swede plants
The neighbour with the skip near by is having a extension on ground level at back of house spotted a few more bits of wood in the skip so will get sometime -most of it all new bits but they don't need them which is great for me
Went to the allotment show had cake and got to enjoy looking around giving me ideas what to grow and what and how to show things
Gardengirl , put rocket straight into ground , win some lose some
Glad you enjoyed show and cake , does that mean you are going to have ago next year ?
Swede , I have growing under fleece , with 2 glass jars with slug pelletts
and it looks good under fleece , will have a look tommrow
The broccoli has shot up through some fleece , which covered it and cabbages to keep the bugs off , might have to spray ?