Hamish's Outbox

the frame is steel but its clad with withies

Buy shares in fleece making companys. :-) seems a good idea hehe

this seems to be a serious problem, allottment buddies have contact with farmers who are finding large crops devastated. Leeks r going 2 b an expensive veg, I think.

Leek Moth seems to be the answer, !!//**** You're right its war.

tks for replys, will check things out

tks for replies, mine is a deep pink and I may have pruned a bit early so wait for next year I suppose

yes best to grow in a pot it may self seed, so be careful

yes, and I've noticed that both sides take more interest in their gardens now

yes sheets of polythene perforated ( with a garden fork) for drainage

Its grown slowly over 15 years, but I'm pleased with the results.

Its an annual thats in flower Aug/Sept, related to bindweed but prettier.

its a small garden approx 20 feet wide x 30 foot long.(sorry I'm to old to think in metric. :-) ) laid to gravel, it was impossiblt to cut the lawn in winter, with a heart condition I needed an low maintenance garden. small beds I can sit down to work and a pegola to give height via clematis and a wisteria, have a lot of pots sown with bulbs and seasonal flowers plus veg. Little and often is my motto.

Tks Terratoonie, its seem ages since we had blue skys. :-)

raised beds are made from linka board, recycled plastic that are rot proof and easily assembled have grown Broad beans, onions, sweet corn and Courgettes, tried dwarf french beans but slugs and snails had them. tried butternut squash good growth but poor fruit. Have just planted chinese winter veg, will plant onions and winter sowing of broad beans after sweetcorn used up. Also grown Aubergines in small greenhouse cloche.

Fyne Court is the Home of Somerset Wildlife Trust. the stones are part of the landscape left over from the estate buildings, I think.

tks for your comments, I feel we have had a good discussion on this subject, with much to think about

yes, when I had an allotment I never used peat only compost (home) and manure. For raise beds I need to buy in "soil" hence the experiment.

good point , local somerset peat producers are following a similar system, I believe

yes I do, and I recycle as much as I can. In Sedgemoor we have a composting facilty and the compost is sold back to people. It was just I wanted to do an experment to see If the claim that non peat compost is as good if not better than peat based, was true. For me the claim is not true.

tks for comments, I do try to be eco friendly, but I'm not sure if every thing we are told is correct, I like to find things out for myself. In somerset we have local peat moors so it is quite an issue here.

tks, nice to know others have the same prob. I agree we can anly do our best and try new things but abandon if they dont work.

good photo, our squirrels move to fast for me to catch on film, well done.

Yes, its more relaxed I felt, really enjoyed the Veg plot, well worth a visit.

17 acres of garden of a house dating from 1582.well laid out friendly for visitors.lawns with herbaceous borders, mixed borders and interesting trees, garden overlooks Corsham Park.

sounds good, nice to see healthy veg

Much the same problem, thinking of pulling mine up, all otdoors, best ones are some I grew from a cheap packet of seed from Lildl's.Neighbour has had mould in his greenhouse from too humid conditions.will let u know if we manage to eat our own this year or its green tomato chutney once again!!

good ideas, my problem is that soon as I plan a rain garden we will have a heatwave and drought!!!!

agree with others, but have an alternative method, plant garlic or chives with your rose, rose absorbs ,black and greenfly dont like the taste and leave alone. Have tried it seems to work.

Recently restored !8th century gardens.Georgian Landscape, Victorian Terrace and Edwardian Garden by Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll (Cira 1906) Wide variety of plants and interesting day out. (all amenities)

Garden is laid out in plots ie. roses, vegetables, succulents etc.