It all seems to be coming together nicely there Helen. Sympathised when you said about your soil. My parents used to be the same but you've cracked the hard bit and keeping it compact with your planting so I think you will have some great veg this year. As I was told just go for it and plant/grow wh...

Those corn don't half come on fast Bill. Just got a few potted ones from the garden centre this year. Might have to try from seed next year.

I've picked my first 'produce' today, some lovely rhubarb off the plot. Not only that i noticed some greenery in the half built greenhouse, and i found some potatoes growing i planted ages ago, i thought they were dead! Plus i found some strawberries in there too, so i repotted them into a hanging ...

Great dairy Stewart and it looks like your well on top of things down your garden. Am I right in reading your post that you are growing 24 courgette plants? they yeild a very lot of produce of each plant so if true I hope you have loads of neighbours to give them to Again great thread and your gard...

I have to say am liek a kid as well when we get things done or planning. Hope it all goes well and you show us some pics. We might look at one for the allotment next year or a fruit cage.

Well that's a result! Apparently they came up as £2 when she got to the till so 2 for £2 it is. Lovely

Well I am hoping they go like stink Annie. Got 24 planted. Weather has been very very wet down here this week. Battery warning light kept coming on last night on drive home - water getting in and aqua planeing on motorway. Quite a bit colder this week but not too bad. Its the wind more than anything...

Osteospermum is lovely plant but not good ground cover by way of blocking other weeds out as spruots from the one root and things like grass grow through. Some of the tougher and vigourous alpines are good like the saxifrages and trailing saxefrages. Also aubretia works well especially allong a wall...

I get back with that recipe shortly Well enormous amounts of rain yesterday so hopeful that will top up the butts. Just hope it hasn't battered the plants down. Seeds at home still coming up strong. More green sprouting, french beans and about 6 runner beans. Just corgettes and tomatos left to sprou.

Might have to steal that one Mrs B. Sounds lush!

Also wife did a rhubarb muffin recipe and they were lush hmmm, I think your wife needs to visit the cookery section and post this recipe Kids are getting a bit bored of us digging so might have to change the way we work as still half to dig. They like to plant and do. I can't remember if you have o...

Well Saturday was too busy to get down there, but we did manage a couple of hours on Sunday. Kids are getting a bit bored of us digging so might have to change the way we work as still half to dig. They like to plant and do. Finished the digging right up to the Raspberry canes and dig a jig to celeb...

Looking realy good Stewart,great raised beds its the way i go so much easier to plan and work on .It is lovely when the children have there own garden and can see things grow.Used to get mine hooked on Radishes quick and easy to grow ,would need Jack Danials now to have the same effect . Keep up th...

We seem to have had a phantom strimmer and burner! I knew the committee had been tidying vacant plots by ploughing them to encourage someone to take them. But it appears someone got a bee in their bonnet about the weeds left on ours we hadn't got to Sometimes it's difficult to know if someone had a...

Good evening Bill, I've never heard of sweet corn chitting. Glad to hear your loo rolls are sprouting ! We had a good bit of rain overnight and today, so the new polytunnel guttering is working well, will add an update to my garden tour. second that about the sweetcorn Bill. Going to be lazy this y...