Allotments Discussion

@Allex50 , I forgot to say earlier, from your description of your Allotment soil it sounds like clay based. Highly probable as many plots are. Although it has its challenges one advantage of clay is that it's naturally fertile so may not require so many inputs as other soils. That said...

In case this helps anyone, I borrowed a battery operated strimmer from a friend (it was a top of the range one) and it did a sterling job on all the uneven paths. I will now invest in one myself (we don't have electricity on the allotment). I wont get such an expensive strimmer but I think...

Thanks for the advice will put the wheelbarrow right at the back out of sight.

How tall will it get ie can i grow it in a pot ?

Only just spotted your thread @Sienna's Blossom - what a fabulous allotment you have created - productive and pretty. I expect those potatoes were delicious.

That will be the biggest problem for you @kristie davies . If you have difficulty breaking the soil up, it would be worth adding some manure/compost first so that the growing medium is more suitable. Unfortunately, that would have been better done earlier, but if you add some now, that should...

I left it be that night, was too lazy to make a photo under the torch light . And yesterday I went out early - no one was on plants.

I grow all my veg in veg trough's, find it enough for just me, and nice to go out in the garden and pick just one or two, tomatoes and cucumber in greenhouse. Photos below, also have another on all ready for my runner beans.

A little tip I was given is put a few drops of cooking oil in the water butt and keep a tight lid on.

I've been quite shy with my neighbours so this is probably my sign to just go for it because that sounds like a great idea. So amazing that you have such a helpful community!I will definitely keep this in mind, thank you!

@Jacqueline Reid & @Pete8 I am going to ask Father Christmas to consider you both for a copy

I never compost bindweed or blight ridden tomatoes @Allotment Boy. You are lucky to be able to have bonfires. Bonfires are forbidden in France, which is where my vegetable garden is. There is no garden rubbish collection either, has to be taken to the tip or composted. Luckily I have room for...

Well what alot of information, thank you. I didn't know about severing the plant at the bottom, that makes sense. I am happy to leave the pods on the vine till they get papery as you say, so will do that and hope they don't just get mouldy! Some finer weather is on its way I believe. Fingers...

I've grown quite a number of garlic varieties over the last few years and the most consistent has been the popular Germidor variety, which was from Drôme in France. It's a softneck, autumn planted, ready by end of June which is pretty early usually and survives our very wet winters here. Plus...

The potatoes need to be cold but frost free, not sure how easy that will be for you.

Having read partially down the document it does refer only to 'captive' birds.Otherwise they're welcome to all our pigeons, masses of starlings and the odd seagull as I'm not going to register them They all eat the food I provide so could be classified as being 'kept'. I may also try to...

I'm expanding an established bed. I purchased from James McIntyre & Sons in the end. www.james-mcintyre.co.uk V good crowns like the example picture in my opening post.

It is always possible that a past tenant of your allotment deliberately created a poor soil bed to grow the fig. It sounds as if they knew what they were doing and were successful if the fig is cropping well. Just what was wanted. Fig tree roots are very invasive in "fat" soil, it also means...