Allotments Discussion

Glad your carrots are doing well. I've got to get learning more courgette recipes. I'm inundated. I recently used a few to make chutney. Not yet tasted it. My cabbage seems to be ok at the moment, ive got them covered over because the birds had a field day when they first got planted. Aw sounds...

Thanks for that, you have put my mind at ease. Fortunately (I think?) the tree was severely cut back two or three years ago, by the "allotment committee" - you can see that it only has the one main branch growing out to the right. They said it had 'gone mad' so cut it back quite hard. I have...

Thank you both! Will keep an eye on them.

I don't think there are any short cuts - I would mark out some beds (with paths inbetween) and clear one bed at a time. In the past I have found potatoes very good to start with as planting and harvesting them the soil gets broken up nicely and with the amount of leaf cover they make it doesn't...

I was thinking give it a good spray of weedkiller when there are no vegetables in the bed then cover it with black plastic sheeting and leave untill the spring then get rid of all the soil and put a new mixture of manure and topsoil in and then cover it again untill I am ready to use it.Would...

Here is my latest video, thought you might be interested to see this here on GC. No Dig update.Steve...

We used to have one when I was little girl. It was such a magic to pull and push, and get an ice cold water up.

the toms are Wilting from the top down, the lower leaves have brown rust type spots on them. the grape vine is 2 years old and has been in the green house for around 12 months now. we have an older one in an other green house thats fine and no signs of wilt. it seems to be the same thing thats...

I'm in S.E and the wind did keep the frost away for me, but I'm up relatively high, frost pockets would have caught it. At this time of the year any frost is gone by 7 am usually. On my 10 drive to work on a cold spring morning I can get a variation of 5C depending on how high I am at the time,...

Ah ok will leave them alone then and see what happens!Thank you

I wouldn't worry about it, I suspect most compost heaps get Rats as visitors, but worth wearing gloves when working the compost (weeding etc.) for a while until any pathogens (if there are any ...) have died off.By the time any crops are harvested the risk will have gone.But ... I never put...

Thank you! Now get yourself in front of the camera, please..you have lots to offer and share and 1000's would appreciate it if you did.A plot holder on our site has just spread a trailer full of the furnace waste yesterday, well he chucks it in and the Chickens spread it for him. Hoping I...

Nice and tidy Stephen, it will be a joy to work in that garden this year and no doubt bountiful crops too.Steve...

Hats off to Marshalls for their customer service. Ordered this on Wednesday night with the expected delivery date of next Wednesday - only for it arrive first thing this morning. Will definitely be using them again.

Thank you

Ive been absent again haha. Well the space on my allotment is quite limited but I chose the one that is best (or was the best at the time I got it) for producing self pollinated fruit (although I use a paintbrush for pollination). It seems to work too, I have about 6 good size fruit on my plant...

I wish you could get a crate of beer for a bag of sawdust over here, our stuff all goes for incineration, but most of it is hardwood dust which nobody seems to want.And it takes a long time to rot down in the soil.Occasionally get the odd horsey person wanting a bag of softwood chippings,...

Mine is 145 sq metres and I only had to wait around a week. Mostly fruit (strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries) but planning to add a small, pollinator-friendly ornamental area eventually. Have just planted 2 rows of raspberries and will be adding a third soon. Also...

This maybe a good solution for you, have a look at my topic on "No Dig" here on this forum No DigIn particular, look at my last few posts on the second page of that topic where I show in photographs how bare ground or ground full of weed can be dealt with using "No Dig".The man championing...

Looks fantastic. Great that you have stuck with it and it will keep on getting better year after year!