Allotments Discussion

With the scant resources they have makes you wonder how they will ever make this work...there must be so many tiny flocks allover the place.

Hello,Three years ago I purchased 12 asparagus crowns from Homebase that were on special offer. All were planted correctly but only five of them have grown spears.Two years ago I planted 10 crowns purchased from a garden centre but only one has grown a spear.This year I want to plant some...

Hello all Had a garden club show for spring managed to get first for a few things entered and a second as well Nice to come over here and join you lot bit wet at Plot keeps being windy not great weather

Hello , I use Blood Fish & Bone on fruits Chicken pellets I was given some bags volcanic mineral rock dust which I’ve been put on my large bedsWe get horse manure delivered to our site , free , just help your self , I cover my small beds over winter , then in the spring dig it in or put in...

I would agree. I am not sure that chicks as a child's pet is not a particularly good idea. The chicks grow to adulthood very quickly and become humanised as well, they then try to get in the house. It is as well to remember when rearing chickens from eggs, only about 3 in every 10/12 eggs will...

Aargh!! Colin, you can't be Cornish! Usually from the local baker or ideally home made.

It seem to work at that time, my thinking was if a human can overdose on them so it should work with a rat, i only tryed it because i was out of bait, now i use a mouse/rat trap which works well so i'm not using bait any more i like a clean kill not a slow dead

Thanks everyone. I'll give some of them a try., We have quite a lot of lavender in the garden which many varieties of bees adore so I think I'll add a lavender plant as well.

Well, that is the perceived wisdom handed down over generations but I think its the growing ground that gets depleted. My view is that if there were to be a virus, it would transfer with the new runners. When grown with straw, it was the fashion to burn off the straw, leaves and debris, to...

They've got their own space to do what they want.

To any close enough, I recommend these folk: www.thegardencidercompany.co.uk " The return in cider is worked out as follows: 100KG's fruit = 50L Cider to share. " Any other similar processors around across the nation?

Our rules are NO selling, May be given away though, The best way was on a table within the allotment, where fellow users could top up what they had not grown, The worst was outside locally for any member of the Public, Unfortuanately a few took the Lot

It looks to me like hemlock water dropwort which is indeed poisonous if you eat it but you can pull it up using gloves and compost it. All that family have irritant sap which gives blisters if you get it on your skin and the sun shines on it. It tends to like moist spots which indicates the sort...

Sorry, that's me not explaining properly. The company is somewhere in the south of England, and we're outside the area they cover, hence giving me the details of some local dealers.I'm hoping that these 'local' dealers may offer other possible options besides those of the company that passed...

I'll be either using an old chest freezer ("Iceland Kyoto"), which will go in my larger workshop and help keep it warm, or (quite likely) an upright (used) to conserve valuable floor space. The place is fairly well insulated, but cold may be a factor. The chest freezerI'm thinging of has been...

I may have to do the same with the plastic and rig up some guttering to collect the water

I think im going to go for a mix of pyracantha and hawthorn as both look good and are cheap haha the pyracantha being good for birds in winter is also a plus! Maybe ill add a few others in there for diversity