Grow Your Own Magazine

Not been well recently, not even been able to go to plot, so this week I made a good go of it, cleared out both greenhouses and cleared a few beds. The skip is coming in 2 weeks, so I am moving rubbish towards the gate! Gordon hasnt been well, so I have been doing most of it on my own. Runner beans are still producing and I have lifted squashes, gourds and pumpkins and they are ripening in the greenhouse. It looks so empty in the greenhouses, reminds me the end of the season is here.
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allotmentlady

Today is my first blog.

I moved house recently and whilst I had a garden before I always had to do the obligatory jobs like cutting the grass and just trying to keep everything tidy whilst looking after the kids and running them here there and everywhere.

Now I have time to take full interest in the garden and want to make the most of it before my ailing health takes over.

I started sowing about the middle of April, as a complete newbie to the veg market....

missycass

Been a busy fortnight since last post

Half the plot is now dug over - the rest will be done soon - have cleared most of the veggie patch at home - loads more to do

Have been harvesting veggies at home and sowing etc for planting stuff out over the winter

Still got broad beans and 2 varieties of peas to sow for overwintering - and then of course still got to plant them out, along with all the other stuff growing in the greenhouse

Another...

Farmer_Gyles

Seeing as I am laid up with a back injury and can't do any gardening today, it seems like a good opportunity to start a blog record of my semi-successful gardening experiments .

My raised borders are still very much in bloom despite not being finished until late july and all of the plants having been transfered in from the tubs. Not Ideal, but the shrubs and fuchias seem to be thriving, some of the stuff from the hanging baskets are doing well in the beds too, so now I have to plan...

BrideXIII

Sorry it's been a while.
Well, today was a monumentous day !! After 19 months of waiting for permission to connect to the mains, I finally have water on tap - one outside the shed and one in the polytunnel - I still don't have full written permission but it gets to the point where you just think "sod it, do it and argue the toss later ". So I hired a mini digger and laid the pipes, connected everything up and Voila - water on tap
So now instead of anywhere between...

sewer rat