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Do these leaves indicate a problem with my potatoes?
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Horticultural Channel Awards 2011
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Give your favourites a thumbs up!On Facebook I follow the Horticultural Channel and see that they're currently asking for votes for their "Best of 2011" awards. UK Veg Gardeners here is one of the…Continue
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Caro commented on elaine rickett's blog post Proof that covering brassicas works"After last year, I'm thinking of what I can do to keep the slugs and snails off, although I suspect quite a few eggs have been left in the soil. I have a huge pot of washed, crushed egg shells ready to sprinkle round (even sharper if you…"
Caro commented on elaine rickett's blog post Proof that covering brassicas works"Are these the cabbages that you surrounded with slug pellets, Elaine? Wondering how you managed to keep the slugs at bay. My spring cabbages became home to many baby slugs this year and I want to make sure that my brassicas are a lot…"
Caro commented on elaine rickett's blog post Late burst of activity on the tomato front"I have a "Cherriettes of Fire" tomato bush which is covered in tiny green fruit. It's a late starter, having grown itself and then been transplanted into a pot by me. I'm hoping for lots of baby fruit if we have a few…"
Caro commented on elaine rickett's blog post Starting to bring the outdoor veg in"Ah the joys of living in the south! It's still warm enough at night here to manage with just a cardi outdoors but we've had one or two nights which have been distinctly chillier. Noticed this morning that the first…"
Caro commented on elaine rickett's blog post Super Spaghetti Squash"PS. You cook spaghetti squash by chopping in half, adding butter or oil and seasoning and roasting in the oven. Unless you're hungry - in which case chop in half, cover with cling film, chuck in the microwave for about 5 minutes.…"
Caro commented on elaine rickett's blog post Super Spaghetti Squash"Same here, Elaine. Two beautifully huge spaghetti squash (although possibility of a couple more just appearing), "Butterbush" pot grown butternuts now have distinct foxy teeth marks in ... but they were only baby squashes! "
Caro commented on elaine rickett's blog post Late Brassica plantings"I'm no expert on the life cycle of a cabbage white but there were an awful lot of them flittering around my veg patch over the last two weeks. Like you, waiting to put out seedlings of cabbage, PSB and romanesco cauli. (Yes, I know…"
Caro commented on elaine rickett's blog post Preserving Summers Bounty"Heading over to have a read now .... !"
Caro commented on elaine rickett's blog post The Mystery of the Missing Carrots"Sweet story Elaine! Were your carrots in a pot? So, it's not rabbits to blame but something or one else?"
Caro commented on elaine rickett's blog post Second Sowing of Runners"Oh I hope so! Although I'm currently sitting here thinking whether I should put a cardigan on - it's clouded over outside and the wind has quite a chill in it!! "
Caro commented on elaine rickett's blog post First chilis of the season"Ah, okay, let's see what happens then ... "
Caro commented on elaine rickett's blog post First chilis of the season"Greenhouse chillies? I've got a big banana chilli ripening on the balcony and a couple of green chillies about 15 cm long - not sure if they'll ripen to red as it's the first time I've grown these! Are they milder when…"
Caro commented on elaine rickett's blog post Succession sowing - dwarf french beans"Yayy! Go, Elaine!! "
Caro commented on elaine rickett's blog post Succession sowing - Lettuce"If I were you, I'd be looking under stones and pots for those slugs! I've spent many hours over the last couple of days just cutting back old strawberry crowns and other old leaves, clearing the ground, turning over wood, compost…"
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Hello from North London ...
I'm growing veg inbetween two blocks of flats on the estate where I live. The 'Veg Patch' was dug out from under neglected rose bushes and cotoneaster, rampant ivy, overgrown shrubs and deep, deep roots. This space was originally intended to be a verdant space with trees, grass and children's gardens; sadly left to ruin, it has become covered with concrete paving slabs and my dream is to quietly restore the gardens and instal a passion for growing veg to the community here. Only time will tell.
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At least the chillies are growing (if nothing else)
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:27 0 Comments 1 Like
This is Chilli Guindilla Roja, a new chill for me this year. I've got a few peppers, capsicums and chillies…
Continue Sometimes you can't blame the weather ...
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 20:53 2 Comments 0 Likes
I'd like to say that I've been enjoying a bumper strawberry harvest from my veg patch - but I can't. Last year's runners taste revolting: watery and bland. Really, I don't know why I bother to pick them, except that I don't want to encourage the slugs. It was no better last year so I can't blame the weather. I've decided to pull them up when they've finished fruiting and start again, with the exception of the Rambling Cascade strawberries which came from Victoriana last summer. Maybe it…
Continue Growing perennial cauliflowers
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:00 2 Comments 1 Like
Last July I planted 5 perennial cauliflower plugs which had been supplied to me by our own UK Veg Gardener Stephen Shirley from Victoriana Nurseries. I was intrigued by the idea of a plant which would produce not one but several cauliflower heads - and regrow at the end of the season for the next four…
Blue skies, hacksaws and Victoriana cauliflowers
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:38 2 Comments 0 Likes
What a treat to see blue skies yesterday (and again this morning!). It stayed dry so as soon as I'd finished work (and had a cup of tea), I went straight down to the veg garden. First task was to cut down the perennial cauliflowers, a marvellous vegetable kindly provided to the veg patch by Stephen Shirley at Victoriana Nurseries. …
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- At 15:32 on August 16, 2010,
Jo said… - Nice to see you here too, Carolyn. It looks like this is going to be a great site.
- At 18:25 on August 18, 2010,
Caroline Holding said… - hello,
yes i'm in north london too and the photos look amazing...
actually i'm on holiday at the moment but would love to get together ((outside of cyberspace) when i get back!
- At 18:20 on August 24, 2010,
Melony Lawrance said… - Hi Carolyn, found the blog a while ago have tried a few of the recipes, which have all turned out great. I love the pictures and its really well written.
The only other foodie blog I religiously followed was http://orangette.blogspot.com/ but its gone quiet on the food front recently.
Although I have started reading Sarah Raven over at the Telegraph but they only feature recipes out of her books, oh well can't have everything! Are there foodie blogs you follow?
- At 8:34 on September 26, 2010,
VP said… - Delighted we're friends :) Thanks for all your contributions to the Book Club and I hope you get lots of entries for your book giveaway.
- At 21:47 on March 31, 2011,
elaine rickett said… - Hi friend - no other blog posts just veg gardeners
- At 19:58 on April 4, 2011,
Philippa Buckley said… Hi Carolyn,
Thank you so much. Yes, I am very much enjoying having a look round and seeing what is on here! I really like what you have done with your space - it looks lovely!
Yes, I don't think I'll ever learn when it comes to cheap plants and products...I am trying though! Have only slipped up once with the supermarket 'cloche'...still!
Philippa
- At 21:26 on April 16, 2011,
Flighty said… Hello Caro you're welcome! I spent a couple of hours on the plot this morning mostly pottering, and will at the horticultural society trading shed as usual tomorrow morning where I'm the teaboy! Happy gardening! xx
- At 13:08 on May 1, 2011,
Sarah Rideout said… Hi Carolyn, thanks for friends request, I was going to ask you the same but ran out of time the other day!
The plastic bottle experiment is being done to see if a difference can be made to protecting and nurturing seedlings on our sometimes windy, always chalky site. The idea is that the bottles, which are full of water and buried head down with their lids on, absorb heat during the day and release it at night. It is a small change but seems to be working as the comparison bed has not done as well but its still early days. Interesting though. I've had permaculture training and the member looking after the exp beds used to live in Africa and is keen to explore different methods. will keep you posted!
Your plot looks fantastic, lovely photo's. We have a website www.commoncause.org.uk which I do post onto but not weekly. Also if you do facebook you could have a look at
Oyster Project Garden Buddy / Lewes Organic Allotment Projectbest wishes , Sarah
- At 20:56 on May 2, 2011,
Andy Naylor said… - Hi Caro, no not yet but there are a few other items we are waiting for so it must be the bank holiday. Just had our first harvest tonight, quite exciting radishes, spinach and mustard greens! All makes an interesting salad for lunch tomorrow even if there wasn't much of it! Still its a start and i'm happy that something will grow in my hastily thrown together 8ft by 4ft plot! Andy
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