I have bought a cheap pear tree and a cheap apple tree from a bargain shop - 4.99 each. They don't have much soil around their root and I am not...
I cut mine back this year and would have saved you a cutting had I known, I did take one cutting, however, if it roots its all yours oktarine,...
My allottment is approximately 35ft x 100ft ish. It costs around 35 pounds a year (my keyboard doesn't have pound sign). I have only dug over half...
That is right, if you want to grow root veg, you are best filling with topsoil and compost mix, I used the soil out of last years growbags as I...
My greenhouse was on a metal base. When the 100mph gales came, despite the weight of the glass in it, the metal base was pulled out of the ground...
Hey... if it keeps the earwigs away from my veggies, i am not complaining.
I did maincrop spuds last year in old compost bags. They were all right, I planted them later than others and had a reasonable crop late october....
I too have got some rhubarb seeds and I am looking at planting them this weekend, hope I'm not too late.Good Luck
Great website, plotty keep up the good work.I noted the posted time... you do get up early!
I also use organic mulch. Found this out in an old percy thrower book. Still get occasional annual weed, but nothing I can't deal with.Good Luck
I don't lift mine, but my soil where they grow is really free draining, I do however put a thick mulch on them each winter.
My experience with blackcurrants is they will grow anywhere you let them! They are not rampant like blackberries, but they don't seem to be too...
I have had my allotment for 1 year now, so still a newbie really.Try things as not ev1 can grow evthing. I had trouble with sprouts, so I will...
We also used them for netting!!
My friend and I kept our eyes open over the summer at the car boots and got some tents (none of them cost more than a pound or two). We use the...
I buy 'Grow your own' and occasionally kitchen gardener, mainly because I have an allotment and I do grow my own. The free planting calendar is...
Have you tried your local allotment association?I don't know if they can help, I am not insured but I have made sure that I have good locks on...
Buy some nice potting compost. Fill the trays with it and pat it down firmly. If big seeds, you can see them and space them out on your tray. If...
greenhouse glass... sorry make that the greenhouse. It has been lifted off its base and is now a twisted pain in the neck!! Fence has gone.The...
Watch out GS that you don't get a latex allergy!! Going back to TV - I would have thought that the new Carol Klein prog on 2 would have given more...
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