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Best Kept Allotment Plot

Started this discussion. Last reply by Debbie May 20. 1 Reply 0 Likes

On my allotments we have a competition each year for the best kept allotment. The scoring is based on tidiness, variety of crops, water saving methods (water butts) among a few more My friend Dee has…Continue

Celery, you either love it or hate it

Started this discussion. Last reply by Darren Blick May 15. 13 Replies 0 Likes

Which do you do?With a bit of salt run down the channel, it's lovely or even as juice from a juicerDo you grow Celery and if so what variety?Do you trench it like the old methods or use self…Continue

Are you a Cabbage Fan?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Darren Blick May 4. 8 Replies 0 Likes

I hate eating them and have done since a kid. I put it down to being sat down and forced to eat before I left the table to go back out and play. It's now got that stigma surrounding it.However, I do…Continue

Spuds made easy

Started this discussion. Last reply by Catherine Apr 22. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Due to a car accident I had a couple of years ago, I find digging spuds in and out an absolute back breaking event. I hated it before much even more so now.When I entered the showing world of…Continue

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Southern National Long Carrot Champion 2011

I am a keen gardener and have had an allotment for 6 seasons and have varying success but due to visiting my local show for the first time last year, I have caught the bug

I am now currently attempting to undergo the transformation from grower to shower - see my blog to view my progress

I have joined the NVS Southern Branch which has helped immensely with the advise received

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Darren Blick replied to Colin Robinson's discussion blight

"cheers"

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"Domyounhave the web address?"

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Colin Robinson commented on Darren Blick's blog post Home and Away

"Think I'll pop down to Lidl tomorrow and see if they have any cauliflower seeds ;-)"

May 20

Darren Blick replied to sweetpea lou's discussion Seaweed fights off clubroot and carrot fly

"http://www.lbsgardenwarehouse.co.uk Here is a link to Garlic Wonder It is available from numerous sites but I get it from LBS."

May 20

Darren Blick commented on Darren Blick's blog post Home and Away

"I have started to use a product called 'Perkla' It is lime based, high nitrogen, slow release Gave me brilliant results last year"

May 20

Fred Hogg commented on Darren Blick's blog post Home and Away

"That part of the plot had grown potatoes last year with a good 6" of manure over it, so it just got a thorough digging, heavily limed and then compacted. When hoeing the bed this season I only scrape the surface, in order to keep the…"

May 20

Darren Blick commented on Darren Blick's blog post Home and Away

"What do you do to prepare the ground?"

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Comment Wall (83 comments)

At 8:03 on December 27, 2010, Mo said…: Thanks for the welcome. I'm still wandering around the site but will post an Intro when I figure out where to put it.

Hope you had a good Christmas.

At 16:49 on December 31, 2010, Jan Willetts said…: Are those giant veg seeds from Clive bevan? He used to live/work at the same place as me and often had ginormous veg displayed on his front lawn-made going to work more interesting but they needed a lot of manpower to move around(palletts/trailers etc)

At 21:58 on January 1, 2011, Caroline Tobin said…: Darren

Thanks for the welcome. :-)) I think I need some help navigating the site / discsussion threads. Are there any FAQs anywhere?

C

At 20:50 on January 6, 2011, Damo said…: My favourite colour, your photo background is too technical for me, must learn how to do that!

At 21:25 on January 6, 2011, Claire Marshall said…: Hi Darren,

Thanks for your comment, food and cooking is my first love but gardening is quickly catching up. Your ordered rows of vegetables are very impressive

Love the sprouting snowmen photo by the way!

Claire

At 23:11 on January 6, 2011, Colin Robinson said…: Darren, the leek is winter giant. It was a whopper among lots of mediocre ones last year. I should have kept it for seed but it made lovely soup!!

At 21:31 on January 7, 2011, Colin Robinson said…: Probably just one of those freaks of nature...but that's how new varieties come about. It takes me all my time to grow stuff to eat without worrying about the showbench!

At 22:29 on January 7, 2011, Damo said…: Thanks for the tip I'll give it a go.

At 22:31 on January 7, 2011, Damo said…: I'll be there, I can here the click of a kettle at a 1000 paces, my Northern upbringing!

At 10:19 on January 9, 2011, Lizzie Harvey said…: Hi Darren - Thanks for your welcome message I really appreciated it. Do you have any ideas of what I can sow at this time of year in my veg patch? I've already sent off for some potatoes (which I'm going to grow in bags and have ordered some winter salad leaves to grow in a propagator) Have you suggestions for anything else?

Very best wishes - Lizzie