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Easter weekend in Bath was beset by bad weather. We had some dull, dreary and drizzly days to contend with, which certainly slowed momentum on the plot. The wet weekend was far more suited to sowing seeds indoors than pluckily plodding on outside

Autumn is the ideal time to evaluate our successes and failures in the garden. What worked well this year? What didn't? On my veg plot, though, this process is pretty much continual. Photographers from Gardeners' World magazine are always turning up

. Good luck all Alan4711 Sounds very healthy Alan. Is the no bums rule in writing anywhere? You would need to be a Terminator to plunge your hand 12/15 inches into my soil without the aid of a pickaxe. I bent my fork trying to dig over the veg plot

 into an allotment but happy for him or her to have a veg patch, flower borders etc.  So if a local is looking for a garden plot to practice on, create, grow your own in North Leeds, Bardsey a village near Wetherby- please let me know your interests and reasons and I

work.  Clumps of rushes and horsetail both front and back. Hello Warthog, In my veg plot I have had to remove rubble, black polythene and many perennial weeds. The previous occupiers tended to lay new soil over the weeds and plant on top

garden last year. The veg plot had not been used for 10 years. All the clay subsoil that had been dug out while landscaping for a conservatory had been dumped on top. I initially sprayed the lot with glyphosate to get rid of the perennial docks, bindweed

as the frosts appear but theres nothing like fresh beans covered in a lovely white sauce on a cold spring day. Have just put some cabbage plants in my new veg plot the first crop to go in! What else can i grow through the winter? Got my De-icer at the ready

. Use them to fill gaps in summer borders or grow larger quantities in rows on the allotment or veg plot. Stagger sowings by a few weeks to give you a regular supply of blooms.Many of the best summer blooms are easy-to-grow hardy annuals and, with seeds

or modular trays. Once the risk of frost has passed (usually around the end of May) they will be ready to plant out. Use them to fill gaps in summer borders or grow larger quantities in rows on the allotment or veg plot. And don't forget to stagger sowings

seedlings, grown from seed, in to a 12" pot, which now sits in the veg-plot. It gets full sun between midday and about 5pm. The result is lots of swelling buds just ready to burst in to flower.http://ukchilehead.blogspot.com/2009/06/courgette