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You know how to get the most out of space then. I've been running two allotments for a couple of years for self and family. And yes we've done well but the space hasn't been used well enough. Will put one plot back out to see if someone else wants it when it's clear of crops.

Nope. The powers that be can't even tell us what was likely to happen yesterday after they had done it.

Hello there! Do you have space in the garden to grow things as well as in the greenhouse?

High winds here doing the growing no good today.

People don't change or learn from the last time do they? Do you think they've run out of loo paper already?

I don't have a dishwasher - collect a sink full then wash up. Don't have a tumble drier - there's a washing line in the garden for bigger stuff and a clothes airer next to the radiator (good in winter).

Looking back at the original article, I'd say heaven help the big house staff when they return and have to clear up milady's efforts. :lol: I must admit that with the charity shops still being in lock down due to the elderly volunteers not coming back in, there's certainly a change of lifestyle goin...

I've been a bit puzzled by the words eco friendly insecticide. I wouldn't have thought that there's really any such thing - I know that there are insects you don't really want on your plants but I've only once in a lifetime had an invasion of something on sprouts. If the balance is right the insects...

Blooming heck Ina - you just don't know how well off you are. We have the traditional corner shop and nothing else within a couple of miles - and all of it really needing public transport or a car.

I've spent a lot more on food than before lockdown. The local Coop is around 50% more expensive than where I usually buy food, and of course prices have gone up quite noticeably, too. So far I've not been wanting to use the bus, but I think I will have to do so soon. Yep the Co-op is not the cheape...

Not sure about the Covid restrictions doing good for saving money around the house. I suspect that with cooking at home on a regular basis instead of supporting the local cafe culture as it is closed, I have used more water for washing up and more fuel for cooking. On the other hand, a lot of stove ...

You don't get any fruit at all. It's a bummer of a job that takes time. You won't be able to plant much in the space this far into the season.

Not really. We try to grow as much as we can use or preserve anyway. Season isn't helping though. It's not been an average growing year. My main change has been the way I stock the cupboards at home.

My rule of thumb says never grow any vegetable that you plant annually in the same ground 2 years in a row (makes it difficult shuffling the brassicas mind).

Dunno about soaking overnight. My peas go into seed trays to get them growing before I put them out so they are watered well for a period till they are big enough to plant out. Up here we have enough trouble where my allotments are with a squadron of sparrows (so need to net) without tempting the mi...

Dunno about soaking overnight. My peas go into seed trays to get them growing before I put them out so they are watered well for a period till they are big enough to plant out. Up here we have enough trouble where my allotments are with a squadron of sparrows (so need to net) without tempting the mi...