Allotments Discussion

@pete if some of these people that design garden machinery actually got out from behind their computers and spent a few days in a garden using them, weäd soon have machines that are easy to use. Who knows, doing that might even save the lives of a few worms in the process!

It never was my intention to grow veg down at the plot - it was always going to be more of a 'leisure' plot. I harvested some leeks from there a couple of days ago - I have to say - the shop bought leeks were better. Apologies to any allotmenteers out there .My garden is large enough to keep...

As Scrungee said above, you really can't go wrong with Premier Seeds Direct , I have bought direct and on Ebay. Great choice and price.

How long your soil retains nutrients from your manure will also be influenced by how you treat your soil. If there is something growing on it you will get some protection of the soil from the plants. The leaves and top growth of the plants stop rain drops directly striking the soil and let rain...

A bit of a top up when the shoulders of the carrots push above the soil, to stop them going green, do you think John? But not "heap-it-on" like spuds I agree.Home Grown Veg is the man you need for "Carrots in a Bucket"He has a style not to everyone's taste, perhaps, but he has 84K...

Oh my goodness! I'd love to have a patch of land like this to grow my veggies on!

Probably a stupid question, but I am like that. Does it matter in relation to the sun ie rises in the East and goes down in the West, is there a preference as to what direction the rows of vegetable plants are in, or dose it not matter.

For the Lazee gardener much better to use the pelleted chicken manure which has no smell either, bet your heap of fresh manure is minging ! Hope you have it on an allotment and not near your house!

It's not just birds that eat tasty morsels like that....frogs, toads, hedgehogs, moles, martens and foxes too. I'm not sure whether covering overnight with a plastic sheet would work as it does for slugs and snails, bringing them to the surface, but worth a try? IME, nematode success is so...

I always try to identify them.If they are useful or pretty, I relocate them or just let them be.If they are of the "I will eat your crops" - kind, they end up in a large bucket and the birds will do their thing

Removed another section of tarp this morning ready to work on another small section. Operation get on my knees and dig it was a lovely few hours listening to the birds. I was joined by a cat that was stalking something nearby. I could hear the children in a nearby school which was nice too. ...

Amongst the couch grass we had bindweed. To dig that out you'd need to go down literally metres. One spray of good systemic weedkiller and it's gone. I'd do that at dusk on a sunny evening when all the insects have turned in for the night (apart from mozzies) Once it's dried into the foliage...

Luckily we were blessed with an own garden when we bought our new home.But from where we lived before there was a looooong list of candidates who were dying to finally get an allotment. And that was literally what they were waiting for, as new lots only freed up as old people passed away. And...

And some people gather them up and chuck them (along with white rot infected onions, blighted spuds/tomatoes, etc. onto an adjacent plot that might look like it's not being used.

Thanks Purple Streaks. Tried it. Amanda has also tried it in her garden. It don't work. The attraction with my garden is a feline. Poor mite. The local TOMs, from the posh houses treat her as the local good time girl. She no sooner gives birth and she is once again impregnated. The...

Pulling weeds or plants in general from between stones should be easy. Soory. Very tired and in lots of pain at the moment. Nite nite.

Hi,Not grown winter raddish, but from what I have seen they do not need cloche protection either, certainly not this time of year.Like most plants you can grow them 'indoors' be it a cloche, cold frame or greenhouse, but that can equally cause problems with watering and overheating etc. ...

Yes Emily,... Runner beans are a firm favourite with me too! The few that i planted at home this year did get a black fly attack. Whilst at the allotments they are squeaky clean. (plenty in the freezer) I reckon that with all the perenial flowers down there, the insect balance is much better to...

Thank you @Emily Jones it must be that run of hot weather we had, the rogue is in the greenhouse but the others are out in the elements and seem to be fairing well.Tink.

Oh!!! I don't think we're allowed to light our own, we have a couple of guys who just tend a main one. It doesn't get lit too often from what I can gather. Oh my...do you think he was trying to cook his apples before picking them