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Talkback: Choosing vegetable varieties
from a website called http://www.catalink.com I've clearly gone about this all the wrong way. We moved house a year ago and dug in a small veg plot earlier this year. We grew courgettes, sweetcorn, tomatoes and carrots. There's no way we can go back by green eyed pea
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28/11/2011 18:37:33
by peggy sue
Anyone oop North started planting yet ?
but being prepared to loose them. blueberry 77/ Brian...always nice to converse with posters in Yorkshire.   Hey up blueberry77 it is good to talk to folks about plots and plotting whats best to get good fruit and veg for all the effort that goes into it by blueberry77
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17/03/2013 22:50:21
by nightgarden
`empty Plot
The last few years I have grown a vegetable plot in my garden  which is about 3-4m wide by about 11-12 m long.However this year I have not grown anything at all apart from clover as a green manure over winter. Last weekend I dug the land over by SarahTho
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02/08/2012 09:03:41
by SarahTho
Small Potatoes
Hi, I've recently dug up a potato crop and most of them are quite small. I prefer to grow veg naturally no feed only sun shine (HA !!) and water. Any advice to make potatoes bigger? James Simple-you have to feed plants or feed the soil so they can by James5
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27/07/2012 13:55:36
by Lynne22
Talkback: Signing off
to our postings. Thank you and hurry back soon.Oh, and sorry about the grumpy old man comment in James' Dahlia blog. lots of luck and good wishes lila. come back soon I hope your menfolk will come up trumps and plant great veg. and learn how to cook them by ROsalind
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06/01/2012 21:55:51
by Newcastle
sycamore seeds
the problem i have is that a near by sycamore tree is sending its seeds all over my garden and they are growing all over my lawn and veg plots,which is a real pain removing every little shoot.please can anyone help with this big issue?ie how to stop by justin stefanyszyn
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24/04/2012 22:31:50
by justin stefanyszyn
What we are doing this week
to get in there and clear out all the rubbish now. Some generally tidying of brambles and ivy that are trying to take over. OH will be preparing the veg plot/space.Lots of looking and pointing at the Spring bulbs and some seed sowing. Should really go by artjak
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08/01/2013 19:41:21
by hollie hock
Allotment Wars- BBC1 Tuesday 22nd January
An early warning -this looks like a bit of a lark http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01q9d8b It was filmed over 7 months and tells of wars between plot holders Tuesday10.35 pm -with regional variations Wonder if our Deano will be on there!! Bill by sotongeoff
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17/01/2013 21:41:00
by andrew j
Veg beds at front - how to make them attractive
and set below to give you some Idea.........        I hope this give's you some Ideas Derek Mixing veg and other purely decorative plants in a formal pattern could look good also- best of both worlds and means you can use whole plot successfully- box balls by * Red Dahlia *
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27/03/2013 10:31:28
by * Red Dahlia *
Talkback: Crop rotation
separate your crops into "roots", "brassicas" and "other"! Seems simple enough, right?Unfortunately cabbage is about the only brassica I can stand, so my plot is going to be lop-sided :D How nice to hear of another 'last minuter!' Me too. I make a rotation by Roeleke
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28/11/2011 18:31:05
by Advanced Nutrients