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allotment update

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:53 pm
by gunners71uk
i have had my allotment 3 weeks and it has been very hard work
but i have cleared quite a bit and scrounged some leek plants about 45 i have also,sowed some durham early in a seed tray at home. any other ideas what i could put in now i am in worksop notts so not so mild as down south,

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:23 pm
by shiney
Hey well done Gunners!

Managing to scrounge 45 leek plants is a result in itself. Mine are up and going now, but they took ages to come up from seed.

Keep up the good work. 8)

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:07 pm
by ina
Hi gunners

You can still sow radishes, salad leaves, lambs lettuce (which you can pick all winter). I also overwintered some normal lettuce and spring onions last year, and I'm going to try broad beans for spring harvest, too. My spinach wasn't supposed to stay out all winter, but did and I had a few meals from it this year.

Ina

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:11 am
by gunners71uk
:cheers: ina thats cool thanks for your input i like this forum thing its coolwell done to geezers who set it up well done or an aussie version good on yer bruce :drunken: (fosters)!!!!!!!

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:27 am
by Wombat
Thanks for a bit of Aussie flavour Bruce! :wink: It's all Andy's work and he does deserve a "well done"!

Nev

allotment ideas

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 5:58 pm
by libran
Well done Gunners, I would love to have an allotment but being new to the area around here I wouldn't know where to get one from. I live in Killamarsh, not too far from Worksop. have you thought about sowing spring cabbage for next year and maybe winter spinach. Maybe quick maturing carrots might be an idea. We used to live in East Yorkshire where I had a much bigger garden and I loved pulling fresh carrots from my small veg plot. They grew until fairly late on in succession. Also radish and salad lettuce ( radiccio did well for me)