Archive for June, 2008

minipop sweetcorn

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Why did i assume that these plants would look different from a normal sweetcorn plant. Being mini, i had visions of them dangling from a bushy plant and me picking them off… “stupid women”

Does anyone know how many you would roughly get from one plant ?

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oca update

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

These have such pretty leaves; i find them fascinating …

I planted these near the path, which in hindsight was a mistake after reading they will collapse - “thats normal” and will spread. Whoops..  [Early on, they’ll not need much growing space but later they take up a fair amount of room, so choose your growing… Continue reading....

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Almost ready

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Despite collapsing twice…

I need to think of a sturdier way to grow my peas next year - these collapsed onto my peppers last week despite weaving some more canes through the netting. I should of known better, like a few puny canes were going to keep this lot upright…

My one and only courgette… Continue reading....

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my lottie has shrunk

Monday, June 16th, 2008

And its all hubbys fault…

I was down there yesterday planting my Leeks, Tundra Cabbages and Brussels sprouts - Iv still got some savoys to go into the brassica bed, which will be a tight squeeze There’ll be a bit on the small side when they grow up but that’s ok. The cabbages i grew last… Continue reading....

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whats it for - garden fertilisers

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

What’s It For? – Bone meal

When finely ground and sterilised, bones provide a slowly available source of ‘organic’ phosphate, which is safe to handle. As a bonus, they also provide a useful level of slowly available ‘organic’ nitrogen.

Bone meal is a particularly good pre-planting fertiliser for roses, shrubs, trees and other woody plants, encouraging strong… Continue reading....

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