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Greenfingers Rosy Cheeks Appeal

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Greenfingers is a small national charity which creates magical gardens for children's hospices.They have recently launched the Rosy Cheeks…Continue

Beechgrove Garden

Started this discussion. Last reply by Southbourne Gardens Feb 11. 6 Replies 1 Like

A new series of this gardening programme starts on BBC2 in April on Sundays, with Chris Beardshaw joining the team. Continue

Farm Terrace Allotments

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There doesn't seem to have been any mention here about these council allotments that are under threat in Watford - Farm Terrace Allotments -…Continue

Stepping down

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Due to ongoing personal concerns I have now decided to step down as UK Veg Gardeners administrator. Thankfully it has never been a demanding task, and there have been surprisingly few problems with…Continue

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Greenfingers Rosy Cheeks Appeal

Greenfingers is a small national charity which creates magical gardens for children's hospices.They have recently launched the Rosy Cheeks Appeal that aims to raise £750,000 over the next two years to build at least ten new gardens around the country. Donating to, and supporting, any charity is a very personal choice so all I ask is that you watch this film. Thanks, Flighty. See More

May 14

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Flighty commented on Darren O's photo

Rhubard update - Help!!

"The general recommendation is no, remove any flower stems like that as soon as they're spotted. "

May 11

Flighty commented on kim bowers's photo

still nest building

"Wonderful picture of a lovely little bird, one of my favourites. "

May 8

Flighty replied to Zoe J's discussion What to do about couch grass?!

"You're welcome. It'll probably take you a couple of years, and you're unlikely to eradicate it completely. "

May 8

Flighty replied to Zoe J's discussion What to do about couch grass?!

"I sympathise! Thankfully I have very little to contend with. This webpage may be of help - Couch grass / Royal Horticultural Society"

May 7

Flighty replied to elaine rickett's discussion signs of life in the potato patch

"This morning I noticed that some of the main crop Desiree that I only planted two or so weeks ago have appeared. I'm probably weeding the potato patch tomorrow so will have a good look for the others. "

May 5

Flighty replied to elaine rickett's discussion signs of life in the potato patch

"The first foliage on the first early potatoes Vales Emeralds has just started appearing in the past few days. I planted them out a month ago tomorrow. "

May 5

Flighty commented on miriam abbott's blog post beds being dug

"Hello Mim as your plot neighbour rightly says it's all looking good. I hope that you have a good weekend and manage to get it all done. Happy gardening! "

May 4

Flighty commented on David Ford's blog post Really cheesed off over my missing sunflowers

"Mice, slugs, snails and squirrels all enjoy young seedlings! I would say that it was the first or last of these that ate your sunflowers."

Apr 30

Flighty replied to Zoe J's discussion Onions & weed mat?

"They look okay to me, and providing you've got room to walk down between rows so that you can hand weed around them they'll be fine. As you can see from the above comments there's lot of variation as to how far apart others plant…"

Apr 28

Flighty replied to Donna C's discussion Risk of Legionnaires in bagged compost??

"I agree with Colin. "

Apr 26

Flighty replied to Zoe J's discussion Onions & weed mat?

"How close is too close? You may find that you don't get many weeds, and I wouldn't use matting. I hand weed round my onions, which are about 4/5 inches apart, every few weeks or so then hoe the rows. "

Apr 23

Flighty replied to Jade Hwang's discussion I got my first allotment today. It's full of weeds and the soil is not very good. Advice badly needed!

"Jade I would avoid old carpet as it's generally synthetic and if it starts to degrade then break up it won't do your plot much good. If you do cover any ground use plastic sheeting and/or cardboard held down with some bricks. A lot…"

Apr 22

Flighty replied to Jade Hwang's discussion I got my first allotment today. It's full of weeds and the soil is not very good. Advice badly needed!

"Jade I put virtually all weeds on my compost heap and have few problems. Others only put non-flowering ones on theirs. If in doubt burn them and add the ash to the compost heap. There have been discussions about composting, etc. here before…"

Apr 21

Flighty commented on miriam abbott's blog post The fence panels put to good use

"Hello Mim it's all looking good, and as you say let's hope that we have a better weather than last year. With the cold March everything is about a month behind but if you're growing potatoes I'd get, and plant, them soon. Take…"

Apr 21

Flighty replied to Jade Hwang's discussion I got my first allotment today. It's full of weeds and the soil is not very good. Advice badly needed!

"Above all take it steady and enjoy what you do. I wouldn't use weed killer but as a one off to start with okay. If you're talking about bagged horse manure then fine, I'd use it in the areas where you're actually…"

Apr 21

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A very wet allotment

Posted on April 28, 2012 at 11:28 5 Comments 0 Likes

I've just been for a quick look round the allotment in the rain as I've not been there since Monday. Not surprisingly it's all looking rather bedraggled but lush.

The broad beans, onions and potatoes are all doing well. There's lots of new growth on the blackberry, raspberries and…

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At 15:21 on August 11, 2010, VP said…: Hello - you're here :)

At 18:02 on August 11, 2010, Carrie Gault said…: big hugs for Flighty xx

At 18:16 on August 11, 2010, Gillian Carson said…: Hi Flightly - will check out your blog. Looks cool. Gill

At 19:13 on August 15, 2010, Jo said…: Thanks, Flighty. I'm just getting to grips with the site, but it looks really promising, I'm sure it's going to be a huge hit.

At 14:13 on September 2, 2010, Stephen Weller said…: Thanks for the Birthday wishes- much appreciated!

At 19:49 on September 2, 2010, Clive Scoggins said…: Thank you

At 8:10 on September 3, 2010, Jo said…: Thanks Flighty. Hubby has got the day off work so I'm hoping for a relaxing day.

At 20:55 on September 11, 2010, Elizabeth Musgrave said…: Thanks for birthday message! Have had good day: made apple, pear and ginger conserve (had one message from a friend calling it bear and ginger which I liked!), made a cushion cover, picked loads of raspberries and went out with OH for a meal. Highly productive and just not thinking about the huge list of garden jobs until tomorrow.