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Thank you everyone for your wonderfully practical advise. I always fret that I could have grown just that little bit more food although I’m never sure how much abundance I can reasonably expect from my veg plot and local climate etc. I usually cram too much in or then don’t have plants ready in time for successional sowing. I sometimes purchase plants from an organic nursery when my planning has failed but I prefer to grow my own and have more choice about plant varieties. I’m tempted to try the software approach too because my note book usually gets wet and muddy!
Ha ha! and allow some for the slugs too…
I’ve used CPA mushroom compost and it worked well.
Thank you very much, I’ll try that & let you know what happens.
Katia, many thanks for your tips which I shall try. I’m used to battling slugs and windy wet weather so this prolonged heatwave is outside of my experience. The variation in seasonal weather is what makes gardening such an interesting process! My lettuce has bolted & tastes really bitter so I’ve just pulled it up. My veggie patch looks very bare and I feel unprepared for the next phase.
aah, less is more?! Thank you
7th June 2017 at 12:42 pm in reply to: Which veggies can I sow / plant in mid June that will crop by end September? #40024I’d never heard of greyhound cabbage so just looked it up & it certainly fits the bill. Its a speedy grower & very aptly named! Thank you for this list – I’ll get planting / sowing right away.
Also I just wanted to thank you for your recent video on pests – I especially appreciated seeing the collection of leaves with the different types of pest damage. I’d been blaming everything on slugs but I can now see that some of it is bird damage & I’ve netted a lot of plants in my garden.6th June 2017 at 9:22 pm in reply to: Which veggies can I sow / plant in mid June that will crop by end September? #40012Forgot to mention that the allotment has good moist soil and sun for at least half of the day with little shade & I’m based in north Wales. Thanks.
I tried growing runner beans up a mature hazel tree on my allotment. I thought that a climbing plant would do well but none of the plants grew very well & then the slugs ate them.
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