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New allotment OMG...Part 2...

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  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267

    Scroggin. The variety is 'halloween', I bought it as a seedling, it"s orange on the label! Do you think the labels could have been switched at the nursery.. ?

    I'm also growing Rouge Vif d"Etampes, that's growing yellow.

    Baby bear though is growing green but orange on the packet.

    Have you thought about getting an allotment giddy123...

  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Zoomer , I think the label has got mixed up as well , can't remember a pumpkin ? turning orange so late on image

  • Gardengirl..Gardengirl.. Posts: 4,172

    Zoomer my pumkin is growing spotted another small one today, is it just when the pumkin ripens it goes orange

    Giddy123 you are growing a good lot there

    Been to the plot today lots more digging managed to fill the big ditch that was there to start with in - a bit to level ground, also done some strimming on the plot, found a slow worm and pretty caterpillar

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    Hampshire Gardener
  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267

    Gg. I've some gourds which are spotted and knobbly.

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     What a lovely Caterpillar shame something so small can cause such damage to plants 

  • Gardengirl..Gardengirl.. Posts: 4,172

    Zoomer very strange looking, I will have to get a photo of mine

    Hampshire Gardener
  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Never seen a slow worm 

    Off to buy some barking chippings for new fruit cage , need to finish digging out old rasberry roots before putting it up 

    Also going to try and take some Rose cuttings as per resent G/W program 

    Have a good dayimage

  • On Friday at allotment did a lot of pallet moving different area lots of stringy weeds under bits of cardboard now cleared a bit, found 2 slow worms under that area - weed matting down and pallets back bit neater with clear plastic over, going to be the kitchen cupboards in shed - I hope

    Tip trip yesterday few bits of garden waste from allotment

    Pricked out a few wallflower seedlings

    of to plot soon

    Hampshire Gardener
  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Hello , on Sunday managed to have a mega burn up of cuttings 

    Trimmed new strawberry ? bed as runners where spreading like made , still got to trim old bed 

    Still picking cucumbers ? . At least courgettes have nearly finished 

    Rather nice day , stayed longer than planned image

    Hoping to get there this week but weather a bit hit and miss 

    Heavy rain last night everything very wet today , have been for a long walk , overcast but very warm 

    abit of gardening this afternoon image

  • GWRS I wanted a bonfire but we had wet weather on Sunday, What do you do with your strawberries?

    I stayed longer on Friday and did a complete different thing than I wanted to do - I was going for digging but ended up sorting out the pallets - all I was going to do was cover with better plastic but then looked at them they were touching ground as cardboard has bio- degraded

    Harvested a cauliflower for dinner so nice with white sauce and some runner beans

    Hampshire Gardener
  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Gardengirl , hello , strawberry runners , there are so many , I just put them in rubbish pile for burning 

    Did I mention , several of our cauliflowers suddenly when to seed , so went in compost bin 

    Have put another bed of green manure down , have not forgotten to keep you all advised how they go 

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