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If anyone needed an excuse to grow flowers among their fruit and vegetables let me give one.

A small clump of chives in the soft fruit area of the garden. This morning they were alive with pollinating insects but the tortoiseshell butterfly flew off just…

Will a seaweed boundary keep the slugs and snails at bay from the brassicas and lettuces my next door plot neighbour hopes so he collected quite a sizeable amount that was washed up from our local beach and deposited a barrier all round the bed.…

A friend of mine gave me this tip and although doubtful I did give it a try because again my french beans were under attack from slugs. Low and behold...it works!

http://www.sowandso.com/stop-slugs-eating-plants-simple-solution/…

Where I live in the East Midlands the weather is definitely on the cool side.  The odd afternoon has been sunny but still with a chill wind - certain plants are thriving but others are suffering from lack of warmth

As you can see from this picture, everything appears to be doing well, but all is not as it…

A new post over at Southbourne Gardens http://southbournegardens.com/2013/06/10/monday-plotlines-2/

I was kindly invited to have  stall at the Riverbourne Community Farm in Salisbury

What a great hot sunny day

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Having my first go at growing some carrots in terracotta pots this year. So far so good - carrots in pots

Plot takes a back seat...

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There hasn't been a…

Due to in the process of moving house, I haven't posted much lately 

I have still been busy on the plot however and it is looking healthy

Take a look here and see what you think…

I don’t normally go in for the growing food that you can’t eat but on this occasion I will make an exception, I am growing a variety called hundred weight. I have done a bit of research on this variety and got a bit worried at the size they can get! But hopefully it won’t be too big. I started by digging a large hole about 2ft wide and 2ft deep my soil in this part of the allotment where I plan to grow it isn’t that great so needs a lot of help to get it going, I filled the whole…

Not me, the plants. It's amazing what a few days of decent weather can do to things. After what seems like months of sulking everything is romping away now.

This is part of the potato plot.…

It's been a while so here's a full update of goings on at the Two Chances Veg Plot.

I think I have.  After I lost the first lot of seedlings to frost in the greenhouse - I re-sowed, and I re-sowed BIG TIME.  Far more than I need, far more than I have ever sown before.  I normally plant about six for the greenhouse and three for outdoors - that is plenty for us, enough to eat fresh, cook with and freeze.  But for some reason I got a bit carried away and  have grown more double that, they have all taken and are growing well - and I can't bear to get rid of the surplus - so,…

A new post over at Southbourne Gardens http://southbournegardens.com/2013/05/29/kings-wood-challock/