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Allotments
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BensGrandad
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Mine is still a bit of a shambles but I am winning, I think, until more weeds grow. Why do they seem to grow quicker than plants.
Allotment Petition
Local authorities are busy trying to sell off allotment land for housing and re-development. This is bad!
Please could you sign this petition - they need as many signatures as possible.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Allotsave
Local authorities are busy trying to sell off allotment land for housing and re-development. This is bad!
Please could you sign this petition - they need as many signatures as possible.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Allotsave
What a vague petition. Which churches and councils are doing this? Two of the allotment areas here will be allotments for 100 years I believe it is. Something to do with the zoning of the land. I do know that the ones behind my mother in law in Durrington are some sort of freehold as the allotment owners outvoted the removal of an electricity pylon (which stands in my mother in laws garden) as the cable which runs under their allotments would be dug up, and thus their allotments, even though this plan was offered in winter and the allotments would all be resoiled and put back to as was. However several of the allotment owners have protested against the pylon due to its "buzz" !! Bizarre.....
B.M.F said:Probably mine
Odd question - but when you have an allotment how do you water it? This has been puzzling me for ages - do you have a really really long hose from home?
B.M.F
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tedebear said:Odd question - but when you have an allotment how do you water it? This has been puzzling me for ages - do you have a really really long hose from home?
There are water tanks that are connected to the water mains so it drains rainwater but when there is not enough it gives you tap water instead. Luckily our plot is only 1 along from the tank so we can use a hosepipe
Ahhhhhh - I see - thanks! I was completely puzzled!! I imagined you traipsing back and forth from home with a watering can!!
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- Jul 20, 2003
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Pigsy said:
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BensGrandad
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if anyone wants a large (and i mean large, 12 foot long!!!) greenhouse, pm me.
we have one already although not this big so offering it out.
its free to collect and comes with all staging etc.
needs to be dismantled first but thats easy to do.
apparently, just 2 panes of glass missing so real bargain.
if anyone is interested, please pm me and i will provide address and telephone number.
the greenhouse is in the patcham area of brighton.
we have one already although not this big so offering it out.
its free to collect and comes with all staging etc.
needs to be dismantled first but thats easy to do.
apparently, just 2 panes of glass missing so real bargain.
if anyone is interested, please pm me and i will provide address and telephone number.
the greenhouse is in the patcham area of brighton.
BensGrandad
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On Big Dig a chap in Wales did the same with his Rhubarb leaves and said it works wonders on Brassicas.
REDLAND
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tedebear said:Odd question - but when you have an allotment how do you water it? This has been puzzling me for ages - do you have a really really long hose from home?
I pump water from the local stream to water mine, its a scientific marvel !!!
BensGrandad said:
yeah saw that, it keeps black fly away and the cabbage white butterfly.
we're using nettles in our water butt.
for more info, check here
http://www.nettles.org.uk/nettles/activities/nettlemanure.asp
BensGrandad
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I have 3 large oil drums on the side of my allotment which the previous person used for rubbish. I intend to empty them into bags and take them to the tip and just keep 1 for rubbish any suggestions of what I could grow in the other 2.
B.M.F
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Almost anything BG. You can grow Potatoes in them like we have done with tyres or Carrots to avoid the dreaded carrot fly. they only fly up to about 30 cm I believe so you can cut the drums down and use them for sets of lovely carrot. Either that or some flowers to attract bees to help pollenate your beans etc or you can grow herb or lettuce leaf in them. Fill the bottom 3/4 or so with olr grass etc which will rot down and then a bag of compost and hey presto you have your very own little herb garden or salad leaf binsBensGrandad said:
Do not waste them by taking them to the tip mate.You can always tidy them up by purchasing some bamboo or something like that to wrap around them to make them look nicer. Oh you can also grow tomato in them as you can get some varieties that grow in bushes or you can grow strawberry as it will be like growing them in a hanging basket.
i hope this has given you a few ideas BG
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Trufflehound
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B.M.F said:I think there are going to be some very happy plants out there today
First rain we've had in 6 weeks...
Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
Someone told me that the best way to keep carrot fly off your plants is to have a row of marigolds mixed in with them, have a tray of them coming on nicely in the greenhouse, ready to plant out when the carrots come through.