Yer it’s class man, I just have a little plot in my back garden mebe30ftx40ft so not very big but I love it, can’t beat a day pissing about when the weather is nice.
That sounds about the same size of my plot. Looking forward to putting netting over the onions when I plant them, I just know it’ll end up being fiddly and me swearing a lot!Yer it’s class man, I just have a little plot in my back garden mebe30ftx40ft so not very big but I love it, can’t beat a day pissing about when the weather is nice.
Your ploy looked canny well looked after tbf so hopefully that helped, once the weather gets better you’ll be up and away!
My dad compares looking after his yo a full time job
Get some pics up when you’ve planted out mate
It’s about half my back garden approx, I’ll hoy some pics up of it later. we lost 200 spring onion by not netting them to leek moth last year, was gutted, hope my onions don’t go the same way, might have to net them now.
I’ve got some of the mdpe pipe that was left on the plot so will be using that. Got the pea and bean frames to knock together as well, need to get some stronger netting for those. I’ve been told the onions only need netting until they’re established and look bigger than a worm emerging out of the soil to pigeons. Might not take that risk.
Aye my dad doesn’t really net his onions tbh, he uses fleece until they’ve started sprouting , I’m doing it because down here we get summit called leek moth that loves them.. I had never heard of it until last year
Three courgette plants will likely feed everyone you know! I usually grow 3 or 4 and end up making chutneys etc with the surplus. Really easy to grow, just make sure you pick them with about 4/6 inches as that’s when they’re sweetest. If left for a few more days you’ll have something the size of a newborn baby.Aye my dad doesn’t really net his onions tbh, he uses fleece until they’ve started sprouting , I’m doing it because down here we get summit called leek moth that loves them.. I had never heard of it until last year
All go eh
@Wilfy this is all my onions are under, a bit of fleece kept down with a few bricks, my garden is full of pigeons etc ad its been enough to keep them at bay
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anyone growing courgettes or have grown them in the past? if so are they easy to grow, i have never grown them but a neighbour has just given me 3 so im goanna give them a try...
Cheers, so they produce a lot aye,I don’t eat them myself but the Mrs and kids love em so they should get used. If not then I just sort the neighbours, or the barber for discounts on my haircuts
We had 4 hours of rain from 3am today so that’s rules any chance of getting anything done today. Will try again tomorrow.Aye my dad doesn’t really net his onions tbh, he uses fleece until they’ve started sprouting , I’m doing it because down here we get summit called leek moth that loves them.. I had never heard of it until last year
All go eh
@Wilfy this is all my onions are under, a bit of fleece kept down with a few bricks, my garden is full of pigeons etc ad its been enough to keep them at bay
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anyone growing courgettes or have grown them in the past? if so are they easy to grow, i have never grown them but a neighbour has just given me 3 so im goanna give them a try...
What a shitter typical NE weather, been canny here like, sun for most of the day, im just off to the garden center for some supplies
Got the old tiller going today, onions in n tomorrow. Other side is full of weeds so that’s going to need some real work.What a shitter typical NE weather, been canny here like, sun for most of the day, im just off to the garden center for some supplies
Looking good mate! Is that yours to the left or right? It’s a canny old space you’ve got yourself there mind
Both sides of the path are mine, loving the life, only problem is that if we move out of the village, we have to give the plot up. Looking at bungalows in the village now though!Looking good mate! Is that yours to the left or right? It’s a canny old space you’ve got yourself there mind
I’m finished now, me the bairn and the mrs have been out the back since 7am weeding, planting and thinning out, we can sit bs j and relax now thank fuck
You doing potatoes? We’ve got 11 30 litre tubs full, coming along nice.
Nice, it’s huge!
Yer I’ve seen a few doing it online. I’ve stuck 2 in the greenhouse and 1 in the bed, my beds are basically compost heaps tbf. We done that hugelkultur when building the beds, upside down turf on the bottom then rotting branches, then wood chippings, straw and a tonne or so of compost to finish, served us well so far had decent crops of everything that’s went in em..
All depends marra.
I start my leeks in modular pots, but they never seem to thicken. One year I did transfer them to individual pots and they did a bit better, but never got to pencil thick. I have a few tubs sitting there, so I might try that for a few weeks now. They are just thin chives at the minute, but I do need the space on my shelves to start some other seedlings for the flower bed.
