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Lived in Australia most of my adult life in Sydney. There I trained in horticulture and ran a small Nursery business for 10 years. It was successful in some respects but not financially so eventually I took off for UK to be with family.
I took on a small allotment in Histon Cambridge in 2006 that was just grass and is now shaping up quite well.
I was blessed with the donation of a second hand 10 x 6 greenhouse in late 2006 from some friends and after some teething problems have learned how to use it.
whilst I have some training in horticulture there is no substitute for other people's advice and experience and I have much to learn.
This site is not only good for advice but humour and I enjoy it immensely. An excellent resource and I love having my two bob's worth so bear with me spouting off at times.
I took on a small allotment in Histon Cambridge in 2006 that was just grass and is now shaping up quite well.
I was blessed with the donation of a second hand 10 x 6 greenhouse in late 2006 from some friends and after some teething problems have learned how to use it.
whilst I have some training in horticulture there is no substitute for other people's advice and experience and I have much to learn.
This site is not only good for advice but humour and I enjoy it immensely. An excellent resource and I love having my two bob's worth so bear with me spouting off at times.
Trying to keep up
Posted 05-06-2008 at 10:55 PM by Glasshousevirgin
Still a bit slow on my legs and starting a new job has meant hard to keep up with all jobs required.
Lots of rain has meant everything well watered but slowing without sun or warmth - fortunately. Grass around the plots has become 6" deep and looking forward to someone being able to mow it.
Would like to clear out the GH to get more grobags in and plant up with peppers/chilli and aubs. Also to get shade curtains up and outside painted to limit heat build up which is still a problem. Its been a bit full of discarded items like pots and trays that need either recycling or disposal. I collected just a few too many to use!
Peppers getting a bit of greenfly and aubs whitefly so last resort sprayed with bug spray and moved marigolds in to the area to deter. Must take more notice when leaves distort as usually infestation building.
Would like to also get some more beans in, fill gaps in 2nd batch of peas, radishes, more spring onion as little come up in first lot. Need to find a slot for 2 courgettes given.
Slugs are appearing occaisionally but very much under control by nematodes as far as can see. One or two showed up in GH in last few days but probably due to not dosing all areas in there due to areas coverered by my junk pile.
My remaining sweet potatoes (2 of T65 and 6 of Beauregard) are going ok and probably need to be moved to next stage. First I want to rotavate a bit of sand and compost into top of soil where I plan to plant them as soil is a bit compacted now. This may happen tomorrow if weather holds up.
Basil germinated and would like 2nd batch of purple ones to go in.
Lots of rain has meant everything well watered but slowing without sun or warmth - fortunately. Grass around the plots has become 6" deep and looking forward to someone being able to mow it.
Would like to clear out the GH to get more grobags in and plant up with peppers/chilli and aubs. Also to get shade curtains up and outside painted to limit heat build up which is still a problem. Its been a bit full of discarded items like pots and trays that need either recycling or disposal. I collected just a few too many to use!
Peppers getting a bit of greenfly and aubs whitefly so last resort sprayed with bug spray and moved marigolds in to the area to deter. Must take more notice when leaves distort as usually infestation building.
Would like to also get some more beans in, fill gaps in 2nd batch of peas, radishes, more spring onion as little come up in first lot. Need to find a slot for 2 courgettes given.
Slugs are appearing occaisionally but very much under control by nematodes as far as can see. One or two showed up in GH in last few days but probably due to not dosing all areas in there due to areas coverered by my junk pile.

My remaining sweet potatoes (2 of T65 and 6 of Beauregard) are going ok and probably need to be moved to next stage. First I want to rotavate a bit of sand and compost into top of soil where I plan to plant them as soil is a bit compacted now. This may happen tomorrow if weather holds up.
Basil germinated and would like 2nd batch of purple ones to go in.
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