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So how is the season so far?

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That's the one! Close wasn't I? :roll::wink: The seed packets are all in the allotment shed....memory is failing me....

 

Gave in and bought some Nicotiniana (sp) Domino Lime for my cutting patch, as I like the foliage for vases etc. Will plant them out later this month if I get a chance.

that's one of my favourites but I've not heard of anyone using it as foliage before I find Nicotiana foliage gets very sticky

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The water butt is full, thanks to yesterday's rain :D

 

Busy day today, but will pop down to the allotment at some point and plant out the nicotiana and see how the beans are doing (in pots still).

 

My neighbour made another cold frame from my old bedroom window for me. :D (Which is now full already).

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yes if you didn't firm them in enough it's not so much they've got wash up more the soil has got compacted by the rain it's mainly a problem if they were grown in shallow trays or guttering personally I start mine of in either six cell trays or 3 inch pots the plantpak ones that a lot of plants come in from the garden centres and alike they get a deeper root ball that way

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3 French beans - er 2 blue tits and a sparrow waiting impatiently. Sorry it had to be done, now where was I? 3 French beans called Blauhilde are in because they were triffiding the greenhouse - the others aren't quite as big yet. Will have to do some of the runners as they are running too! The anti slug and snail spray is doing the trick as my lettuce and celeriac were planted the day before the rain and they remain untouched by the slimy demons. The munched tomato has now perked up and I will continue to give it a couple of squirts of the magic juice before putting it back down. All the other tomatoes are now looking the best I've ever seen them - usually the Sungolds have got leggy but they are looking compact and wonderfully deep green in colour.

I went to the garden centre for some ant stuff and a few plants fell into my basket before I got to the checkout. Oops how did that happen!!! :whistle:

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At least you know they are geminating! :lol:

 

Slight time-out for weeding the veg path and we've bought up the local garden centre stock of bark to put on the veggie paths. Last time we had bark down we had to fence the girls out because it was ending up in the veggie beds! Not much of that left so time to top up and suppress those weeds!!!

 

Where I've been doing the mulching and no digging there are very few weeds, the dandelions sneak through but next time I'm going to give them some vinegar. It's certainly giving me more time to spend on other things - like the front garden and still reclaiming the top part that wasn't mulched for years. Feeling quite happy about it all (still get the achy back but a couple of ibuprofen to nip that in the bud and I'm outside again. :dance:

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Well, so much for not having any slugs on my plot :roll: 1 courgette completely vanished last night and a couple of others nibbled.... :evil:

 

Planted out the Runner beans and sweetcorn today. Lovely day, just me, Furface and dirty hands - up to my elbows in soil 8)

 

Tomatoes also planted out but have a couple of spares at home just in case......and a couple of dahlias. Also planted out pumpkins given to me by a fellow plot holder. Nice bunch of people down there. :D

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Right. Now I know I'm definitely moving to my new garden (with house attached but tbh I'm not too interested in that :lol: ), I'm in late planting (well, planning / buying this weekend, planting next weekend) frenzy.

 

Just ordered some seed potatoes (5 'Charlotte', 5 Jazzy (?!) 10 Maris Piper). My mum has some runner bean plants for me and I'm going to put some in egg boxes of compost on the windowsill in a minute.

 

What else can I put in now or in the next few weeks?

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were you are quite a bit really still not to late to put onion sets in if you can find some they won't get as big as the early ones but you should get useable ones. most garden centres will still have veg plants so there should still be a reasonable selection it's the perfect time to plant out tomato plants you'll get away with planting first early spuds right up to early or mid August at least possibly late August it's not to late for beans and peas to be sown straight into the ground

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You must be so excited 8)

 

You are definitely in the right time frame for buying small tomato plants, and you can sow lettuce (particularly cut and come again for even quicker results) and rocket if you like salads. I'd plant a few courgettes (plants rather than seeds), and I'd give runner beans a whirl.

 

The best advice I can give if you haven't already got them is to take a bit of time and find a border fork and small width spade which suit you - ie the right length of handle and not too heavy. If you are going to work the land you need to be comfortable and reduce the risk of back strain etc. Stainless steel works best for me every time, but each to their own.

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Yes hens love spinach and chard and lettuce. :D

There are loads of big plants like courgettes, tomatoes etc around in the garden centres and supermarkets at the moment and all of the fast growing stuff like, salad crops can go in now. Dwarf French beans germinate quickly now it's a bit warmer and can be sown successionally.

 

Also if you like flowers then it is the ideal time to plant bedding :D

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My spinach always seems to run to seed - I am interested in covering with fleece to overwinter. Is there a way of preventing this - pick regularly for us and chooks.

it's getting stressed which can be any one of a few causes but the main 2 are transplanting either from growing in a pot or planting the thinning's it hates having it's roots disturbed. or more likely lack of water. it's one plant I can't grow as my soil is to light

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