Been to the allotment I am building the pallet shed so good finally - lots getting figured out with measurements and a few injuries I hammered my thumb nail now a bit black and cut arm yesterday - what will be next
Quite a few things growing spotted a courgette and small cucamelons - need to cut my sweet peas flower side looking good
Neighbour did decide to have a bonfire right near us
Ginagibbs , is it ones in the shade , just a guess
Last year found that to be problem with courgettes
I made a mistake with apple trees , planted some Juresulm Artichoke as a wind brake at side of them and they have taken over , so need to get rid of them ASAP
Hoping to go to plot at weekend , dig up potatoes , as well as attacking Artichokes
Apple tree over arch sounds good , we planted climbing roses
Hi GWRS, alls well thanks. Courgettes that are not doing that well are in the bed where I had spuds. Had to take spuds out pronto as we had blight. Dug it over and added horse muck but its been quite dry although I have watered them. They did look a bit better yesterday, it might be that they need to settle in? Had a good crop off the other bed though.
I have jerusalem artichokes too, quite like the flowers and the taste of the roots but take forever to peel!
Been to the allotment most days got a 1/4 of a tonne of bark chippings not far from plot now on plot in a 1 tonne bag - we had two deliveries in two days bark chipping does have lots of green leaves in
yesterday building shed more bottom layer up
today digging up potatoes some had blight and lots had small holes in but think I have the 3 coloured potatoes and 3 white ones for the show about the same size difficult to find them have dug up lots of potatoes and now have two big bags worth, entering and paying the fee for them tomorrow and show next Saturday will enter more things
Ginagibbs thumb getting better more injuries along the way though
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Been to the allotment I am building the pallet shed so good finally - lots getting figured out with measurements and a few injuries I hammered my thumb nail now a bit black and cut arm yesterday - what will be next
Quite a few things growing spotted a courgette and small cucamelons - need to cut my sweet peas flower side looking good
Neighbour did decide to have a bonfire right near us
Hello , Gardengirl hope injuries get better , looking forward to picture of pallet shed when finished
Been up to plot this afternoon , cleaned a couple of beds ready for planting , hopefully this weekend
Lit fire in fire dustbin and left smoking , no body there , won't light fire if people working close by , not fare in my opion !
Took picture of sun flower for another thread but hear it is
Blueberry bushes have finally started to grow this year , hope might get some berries next year
Hope all well with everybody
GWRS that is tall and looking fab - your plot looking good like the flags
Bought bunting and flags for pence after Englands flop at the Euros , won't survive the winter but I thought why not
Got some more sun flowers but that's the biggest
Have a good day
Hope your injuries get better GG! We are not allowed bonfires during summer months here.
I use an arch like yours GWRS to train some apple trees over. Still short at the moment though.
Getting lots of squash, I have 2 beds and one is doing much better than the other, not sure why.
Ginagibbs , is it ones in the shade , just a guess
Last year found that to be problem with courgettes
I made a mistake with apple trees , planted some Juresulm Artichoke as a wind brake at side of them and they have taken over , so need to get rid of them ASAP
Hoping to go to plot at weekend , dig up potatoes , as well as attacking Artichokes
Apple tree over arch sounds good , we planted climbing roses
Hope alls well with you
Hi GWRS, alls well thanks. Courgettes that are not doing that well are in the bed where I had spuds. Had to take spuds out pronto as we had blight. Dug it over and added horse muck but its been quite dry although I have watered them. They did look a bit better yesterday, it might be that they need to settle in? Had a good crop off the other bed though.
I have jerusalem artichokes too, quite like the flowers and the taste of the roots but take forever to peel!
Ginagibbs , Jerusalem artichokes , o/h scrubs them ( obviously cuts any bad bits off ) and roasts them like roast potatoes , much easier than peeling
Been to the allotment most days got a 1/4 of a tonne of bark chippings not far from plot now on plot in a 1 tonne bag - we had two deliveries in two days bark chipping does have lots of green leaves in
yesterday building shed more bottom layer up
today digging up potatoes some had blight and lots had small holes in but think I have the 3 coloured potatoes and 3 white ones for the show about the same size difficult to find them have dug up lots of potatoes and now have two big bags worth, entering and paying the fee for them tomorrow and show next Saturday will enter more things
Ginagibbs thumb getting better more injuries along the way though
Gardengirl good look for the show , are you using bark clippings for paths ?
Been up this morning , pulled up some newly planted French beans that had been eaten
o/h weeded leek bed again , will not use clover as green manure again , just keeps growing !!and planted some turnip & spring onion seeds
I dug a bed and a few bits and pieces , pleasing morning
It was a bit overcast but warm , glorious sun shine now
Looking forward to seeing picture of pallet shed , recorded TV programme about sheds
best wishes everybody