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The allotments I am on this time are 100% better than the last lot. the last lot started out being acceptable to anyone and then the committee turned into a bunch of retired have too much time on our hands and have to tell you off every time you’re up for that 1 weed on your allotment. You weren’t e...

Thanks for the replys, I will look into the website.

I kinda thought as much with the gluts ect, I guess i will just have to see how I do this year and work from there.

Hello, I did a quick search and couldn’t come up with anything, and I’m hoping someone will be able to help me/push me in the right direction. I currently own an allotment (hoping to upscale in a couple of years) and I’m looking towards next year, early I know, but I want to get everything sorted as...

We own 3 cats of which two are skinny and one of them is seriously obese, we have had him on expensive diet food (as it’s the only one he will eat) for about a year now, what we do is they get feed twice a day and 2 of them get feed on one side of the kitchen and BamBam gets feed on the other side, ...

Thanks grahamhobbs and Odsox, you've made me a happy bunny today

I havent shelled the peas yet, so will go through them and pick the one i know are fully ripe and see if i can dry them out, once dried i will do a test on them and *fingers crossed* they germinate!!

Nessy x

Ahhhh thanks flo/grahamhobbs, guess i will just be having alot of soup sadly :), good thing i saved two seeds from each pack, just hoped i didnt have to use them!

You wouldnt know how long till i can plant something else in the spot of the peas would you?

Thanks

Nessy x

Hey, I'm hoping someone will point me in the right direction, over the weekend my pea plants had gotten a case of mildew, and it seemed to just pop up over the weekend as when I checked my plants on the Friday they were fine, and sadly it had spread throughout my peas. As I didn’t know how to react ...

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Thank you, im hoping they will get much bigger! Im expecting alot from them lol

Do you think it would be possible to grow overwintering garlic/onions around them at the moment? Or would it just be salad crops?

Many Thanks

Nessy x

Hey, I've been looking this up to now success really. My allotment is divided into raised beds, of which one raised bed is dedicated to rhubarb, the raised bed currently has 3 small bushes, which are in there first year. Is it possible to plant anything around the bushes to use up the spare space? I...

Hmmm, It seems that i would need a greenhouse then , sadly dont have one this year, maby next year on the allotment.

Thanks for the advice!!

Nessy x

Hi Everyone, Apologies if this has already been asked, i have tried to search. Im looking at buying some "christmas" potatoes to put in at the end of the month/beginning of septemeber, and i currently don't own a greenhouse. Would it be possible for me to plant them in bags/the ground, or ...

Hey, Sorry if this is in the wrong place/has already been done, i did do a quick search and nothing came up. I'm a massive tea drinker, especially herbal tea's and i can go through around 8 cups a day. Now ive got quite the taste for "proper" tea such as teapigs (well they seem to be all i...

Thanks Mike,

I was really worried about what to do with it and thought i would have compost coming out of my ears :).

Nessy x

Hey, Im wondering if anyone has any uses for the compost i grew my potatoes in (and some which is currently still being used YUM!). Do you think it would be possible to re-use it in my carrot raised bed as filler? As im wanting to plant a load more out this weekend. Of noteworthly value i planted my...

Hi Everyone

Thanks for the hi's