Slug eaten one, this is the worst one by far.Also my aphid invasion that is showing no signs of abating. Can't find a spray that works against...
I have two, both compact ones, one is white knight can't remember the other ones name. Pretty small and getting infested with orange aphids. Last...
[ATTACH] Temperature in my greenhouse since late April. Shows how cool the nights were in June. Not the best for peppers and aubergines and...
This is bait right? A whole two weeks of no rain? [ATTACH]
I picked my earliest on sunday, a turban hardneck called primor that I grow in the greenhouse as it hates the wet outdoors. It's two weeks later...
Wet. We have a flood alert with the thunderstorms sweeping in. Good thing is I'm the only person in the allotment, bliss
First proper pea harvest of sugar snaps and a couple mange tout. The pigeons have been destroying my plants over the last few days, hey are...
Pleasant enough, going to rain a lot later today
I find slugs don't bother lettuce as much as brassicas and they prefer green lettuce to red. I've taken to planting my red lettuce on the edge of...
Made some focaccia, based on a focaccia baresi recipe. Used durum wheat for it. Not exactly the prettiest :rolleyespink:[ATTACH]
Thanks for the info, I'd start it in modules under cover and plant out after a month so they should grow away from the flea beetles with them...
I've been using ribbon the past few years to tie the truss to the leaf or stem above. Although for less than 20p a reusable hook those look good...
Tried the Aldi seaweed enriched compost, looks good has a bit of added perlite compared to their other enriched compost. Used it to repot a chilli...
Sunny and showers, cool, gusting to 50mph and my popup greenhouse is not enjoying itOn rainfall over the last 12months I've had 1735mm, average...
I've found beetroot to always be a bit of a pain to germinate too. I've taken to multi sowing it in modules and get better luck with it that way.
Anyone grown rapini/cima di rapa etc? Following the destruction of most of my spring brassicas due to the slugpocalypse, I'm thinking of sowing...
Tried an outside plant, 5 small new potatoes from it and the large seed potato was still really firm
No I've not tried that yet. I'll probably give it a go at some point with shiitakes or lions mane as shiitakes don't grow here normally and lions...
First chanterelles of my local patch are pinning. Hoping for a good season [ATTACH]
Yeah, bad news for squash, beans, peppers, toms, tomatilos, aubergines and melons. Really windy and wet here too so that makes it worse
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