"Theres a Japanese salad veg called Mizuno looks a little like Rocket but much milder in flavour, it's a cut and come again veg and has grown happily in my polytunnel all winter."
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Geoff Wilson commented on Geoff Wilson's blog post Brittle spade"To follow up - Joseph Bentley replaced the spade for the cost of postage (£8.50) and no questions asked, apparently theres a lifetime guarantee with their products."
Geoff Wilson posted a blog postBrittle spade
After lots of rain recently here on Teesside, I'd been looking forward to todays hard frost -3C so I could get some digging done. After about 10 mins of hard digging I heard a crack and thought the spade shaft had snapped. Imagine my surprise when the spade blade split in two!!!!It's a stainless steel blade with Ash handle manufactured by Joseph Bentley and I've had it around two years it's been put to a fair amount of digging but I haven't abused it, and it's been cleaned after every session.…See More
Geoff Wilson posted a status"Standing in the rain pondering over a paddyfield and wondering if it will ever become an allotment again!"
Geoff Wilson replied to Brian 'Dobby' Dobson's discussion Digging - Dig v No Dig"I'll declare my hand, I am a MUST dig believer. It's a great therapy and form of exercise and I would feel I was cheating if I didn't dig.
I also live in the North East and single dig my plot every year, principally to break up the…"
Geoff Wilson replied to Southbourne Gardens's discussion Provision Of Water On Allotments"David,
I have a feeling that some of these councils are falling foul of a set of regulations which few people seem to have heard of but I came across when I was working in Industry - The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations. These regulations…"
Geoff Wilson replied to Southbourne Gardens's discussion Provision Of Water On Allotments"Jan,
Just be careful when strong winds are about using the sheet method.
An IBC is an Intermediate Bulk storage Container (basically a big plastic bottle held within a metal frame, they are about a metre square and generally hold 1000ltrs (but…"
Geoff Wilson replied to Southbourne Gardens's discussion Provision Of Water On Allotments"Jan,
As I said previously water is a precious natural resource and something that most of us take for granted. We should now increasingly becoming aware of the importance of water to our allotments survival and I would guess that in the South East…"
Southbourne Gardens commented on Geoff Wilson's blog post Autumn Questions"Interesting, I've often wondered about the quality of ours. Good also to know that you can test."
Geoff Wilson posted a blog postAutumn Questions
It's been a dreadful growing season this year here in the North East, and the last few months have given us a miserable August, a very soggy September, and October frosty cold but there has been some brilliant sunshine. Perhaps this was the 'Indian Summer' that was forecast, but with these frosts it doesn't feel like India! This time last year I was sweating in the humid sub-tropical climate of Uttar Pradesh with daytime temperatures of 30oC.Here in the UK the nights are drawing in and with the…See More
Geoff Wilson replied to Southbourne Gardens's discussion Provision Of Water On Allotments"My plot is on Middlesbrough's Beechwood site and is fairly well served with mainswater points scattered around the site. Currently the cost of water is included in with the annual rent, which might not be the case forever as water is becoming a…"
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Brittle spade
Posted on December 2, 2012 at 23:34 1 Comment 0 Likes
After lots of rain recently here on Teesside, I'd been looking forward to todays hard frost -3C so I could get some digging done. After about 10 mins of hard digging I heard a crack and thought the spade shaft had snapped. Imagine my surprise when the spade blade split in two!!!!
It's a stainless steel blade with Ash handle manufactured by Joseph Bentley and I've had it around two years it's been put to a fair amount of digging but I haven't abused it, and it's been cleaned after…
Continue Autumn Questions
Posted on October 14, 2012 at 14:16 1 Comment 0 Likes
It's been a dreadful growing season this year here in the North East, and the last few months have given us a miserable August, a very soggy September, and October frosty cold but there has been some brilliant sunshine. Perhaps this was the 'Indian Summer' that was forecast, but with these frosts it doesn't feel like India! This time last year I was sweating in the humid sub-tropical climate of Uttar Pradesh with daytime temperatures of…
Kelsae Onions with bulbils
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 9:11 0 Comments 0 Likes
Last year after returning from working in India I returned to my plot to harvest the Kelsaes which had been left to their own devices for over 3 months. They hadn't achieved any great size and most were around the 1lb mark, but one was almost 2lbs. I held this onion back and later placed the bulb into a large pot to see if I'd be successful in getting any seeds. Well soon the onion started to throw leaves and the bulb began to split it eventually threw up flower spikes from each of the split…
Continue Summer Sunday
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 14:02 1 Comment 1 Like
Well I can hardly remember what summer is supposed to be like, but today on Teesside it's great just collected a few veg from the allotment and even though it's not to show spec it'll taste great - Tomato - Alicante, Potato-NVS Amour, climbing French beans, and Wilko's sweet peppers…
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