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potato varieities production or vareity

What varieties are people growing this season? I've started to chit my first earlies (Charlotte) and have some Picasso on order as a main crop. Not yet decided if we're going to be growing any others yet, but we're going to be growing in large containers as they seem to crop better and it makes it much easier to harvest.

Is this weeding?

The phrase 'tidying up' is ambiguous unless you specifically stated what work you wanted done.

Raised beds and pots

Make sure your soil is light and sandy for carrots generally, it makes it easier for roots to grow big. They don't much like freshly manured soil either, growing in raised beds should decrease the risk of carrot fly as they fly at ground level. My carrot beds this year are about two foot off ground level but I'm also using them as a wind break on an exposed allotment site. Autumn King have always given me a good crop sewn directly to where you want to grow them.

Plastic packages for posted plants

I've used them for starting off lavender cuttings, can't really think of any other uses though.

Fork Handles

Afternoon all, I see I got a mention on a previous page

Hope I don't get blamed for any leggy seedlings though. I think the sun must have stayed in the north all day, still a bit cold and very cloudy all day here. Getting excited as I'm starting on the seeds tomorrow, first up is peas and sweet peas.

Best tasting early peas

Excellent, cheers Verdun. I hadn't known there was a potential problem until I read this thread, so thanks for that too.

Best tasting early peas

Sorry I'm a bit late with my question, is the pea moth a common problem and do you just cover at flowering time to stop them? I'm also going to be growing Hurst Greenshaft but it's the first time for me.

need advice

How on earth did you get one in the first place then?

A chapter of a book

I'd do a chapter on procrastination, but I'm not sure I'd find the time.

need advice

Chica I wouldn't worry too much, just pop behind your garden and dig some new seedlings up when they're big enough. They'll probably have self seeded in to the same spot.

Problem with Bluebells

Toscana Strawberries

What eats onion sets?

20% off at Marshalls

Posting links and pictures from an iphone

What's for tea?

Allotment finds

Pickling Beetroot Recipes

Sowing Winter Onions

Cabbage Butterflies & Nasturtium

Dreaded Tomato Blight

What's loving all this rain?

What's up with my Gooseberry bush?

Buckwheat as 'green manure'

Fuchsia Thalia