Thanks to all for replying. As I said, my wife never bothers about the distance and she seems to get a good crop - embarrassing, really!And,...
For the past few years, I've bought my potatoes from a garden centre, and though I've read the sowing instructions, I've always ignored them and,...
Thanks Flinty,I had thought of avoiding those areas where I intend to plant root crops, for the reasons you said, but it's good to have...
Thanks for that and all your help, Geoff.Sticks do tend to stick up, though some do stick down and others stick out - perhaps that why...
Thanks geoff,The only problwem with fleece is that it's so fragile - I never manage to make mine last a year - even the heavy rain can punch a...
Thanks both!I shall go up, probably, next Tuesday (which seems to be when the rian might stop!) to spread it over as much of the allotment as...
I have just taken delivery of a load of fresh horse manure, which I want to spread over my allotment, in the next few days (when the rain has...
Hi again Geoff,I totally misunderstood what you meant. A quick search of "Plastics by Post" took me to this page on their website: -...
Hi Shiny,Thanks for the information. As regards the "Topic Review", I just clicked on something but didn't know what until I just did it...
Tundra was the very first cabbage I ever grew - oooh, about , well, at least, ........ four years ago!!! I was amazed at how little I looked after...
Hi Geoff,I take it that you only use the wire hoops from the cloches to support the polythene - it isn't attached to the wires in any way?...
I have several comments I'd like to make but I'll only send four at the moment - and hope that they are useful. First, however, let me say that...
Thanks for that! I guess I'm just too law-abiding! I'll leave it off in future (only when replying of course!)It just goes to show, I had my...
Hi JWK, thanks for your posting! I've grown mini-cole but can't remember why I stopped probably because I felt I was growing too many varieties....
I searched for long tunnel cloches but everything I found, though long enough, was generally not as high or wide as I would like. And the prices...
That's - if I get it worked out! I've supplemented the cabbage with perpetual spinach and kale (green and red) in previos years but would like the...
When I go to send a reply to a message, I'm asked for a title yet I'm replying to a thread that already has a title! Because I forget to check...
Hi again Geoff,This is just a bit of boasting (I get so little opportunity to do that!) but I had a look at the Edwin Tucker sowing chart and...
Hi Geoff! Thanks for your reply. You're doing exactly what I am trying to do - with your leeks, etc. Unfortunately, it wasn't until I had retired...
Hi Snowdrop! My wife uses poppy seeds in her baking and cooking. Now I know that growing the opium poppy is the right one to grow and isn't...
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