Trish le Gal's Comments

Hi Trish,

Thanks for the comment - I think I overestimated my reading time too. I sorted out my seeds yesterday and my "to sow in January" and "to sow in February" piles are enormous! It'll all be off and racing again soon - can't wait ;)

Thanks for your comment regarding my phto's, Carrots and allotment

I am very particular and regimented in how I set things out

All in straight lines and right angles

Some call it OCD, I call it tidy

As for my carrots, check out my blog, link above. You will see my set up and my plans

If you want any tips on producing quality vegetables, just ask

Thanks trish le gal 

 yes it is moss and very appropriate for the scottish weather at the mo 1 day sunshine 28 rain seems to be the pattern just now .Everything is growing a bit slow hopefully they'll get there in the end

looking forward to having a good look round the forum just joined the other day !

tricia

Thank you for your comments on my photos x

Hi Trish! Thanks for the comment, I must admit despite there only being one of them, the pear was very tasty, and as i've found out, it was a tricky year for them this year! The swedes weren't exactly cosmetic perfection BUT hey, still go great with a roast dinner! I've had a great time this year!

Hi Trish, I haven't got a clue what the soil type is like where I am lol I did get an allotment last year but gave it up before I actually got the chance to grow anything on it, the reason being that it was late in the year when I got it and then with all the rain and bad weather it was just impossible to do anything because it was so water logged, there is a field at the back of the allotments that makes it worse and I was told that I would have to dig it in several places and put down drainage to combat the problems that a lot of the allotmenteers had up there, that was the main reason I decided to give it up because I just cannot afford to buy lots of bags of gravel for drainage. Earlier last year I grew things in my 6ft by 4ft plastic greenhouse and in several containers around the back yard, (I don't have a garden, just a small bricked off bit of soil that I grew celery, peas and leeks in) and then I bought myself a new greenhouse in Sept (haven't been able to put that up yet because of the weather, cement and frost for the base don't bode well  lol) also I am going to build a raised bed/cold frame when the weather gets a bit better too. I want to grow flowers to attract the bees and insects so that they will pollinate my veg :) I grew some Chardonnay carrots last year in a container and they was good :) for the containers I just bought some compost bags from Homebase and used that and did fairly well, the tomato's grew well but didn't yield enough. I will add some photo's later :)

I hope this year will be better growing for everyone, Pauline

P.S. where is Wells- next-the-sea? I've never heard of it lol