I have tried to post a picture lots of times , this was my garden last year.ewalhttp://s69.photobucket.com/albums/i57/ewal27/
I never set runner beans before the 12th of May. I set them in pots in the greenhouse, by the time they are ready to set outside the frosts are...
I set 60 Duke of York seed potatoes in the greenhouse on Sunday. I shall cover them with a wood & plastic frame when they come through.E.W.
Hello Hans, No it is a cold greenhouse but large 40x20 protected on the east by a tall hedge & a steep hill. I've been growing early potatoes in...
Seed potatoes looking well, nice & green with short spruts,ready to set in 5 weeks time in the green house of course.E.W.
I think the cabbage will go to seed next year, this is normal.Spring cabbage sown in the autumn will mature in the spring.My sprouts were...
Thanks for all the info, I will consider what to do in the spring but I think I have been very patient. E.W.
The reason I was considering ring barking the damson tree was because I have not had a fruit in 6 yrs(loads of blossom), the Vic plum fruited last...
When do I ring bark a damson tree to make it produce, & how far from the ground.Thanks in anticipation. ewal.
My wife & I have lived here since we were married 49 years ago, in that time all the ash from the fire (except chip board ash which contains...
Karen,the best thing you can do is get the ground turned over,by digging or rotorvating then letting the frost do its work.In the spring you can...
Does anyone out there use shallots as a winter vegetable? My wife pickles the small ones & uses the rest in place of onions. I still grow onions...
I to have been considering leaving the bean plants in the ground for next year & now I think I will. I was told years ago that you can leave them...
I picked the last of the runner beans today, 4oz.This is the first time ever I have finished them before the frost got them, it is also the latest...
Petrol will remove most glues. wrap a rag round your finger & dip in the tank on the Lawn mower. E.W.
I'm chitting my early potatoes at the moment (Duke of York, in my opinion the finest early potatoes).I save 60 that I grew early this year, place...
Here in Notts we have'nt had any proper snow since the winter of 78-79, our grandchildren get very excited at the smallest sprinkle which lasts...
Thanks for all the kind comments.I set the beans last Thursday.My land is clay, in fact there is a brick yard only 2 fields away & they've just...
Hello Hans, the memory does tend to go a bit as we get older. I found this discussion group by accident while looking for the BBC gardening...
Thank you Paladin & Hans for your prompt replies. I think it was in the late 60s I last set broad beans to over winter, it was mild & wet & by the...
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