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Gift to help net for peas Andy have long standing back problem know how a flare up hinders you physically and mentally.

Back garden looks great to me Andy. Take care.

Oh Andy blooming blight, i am glad you had energy to go up and knock the tops off. Cauliflowers help make up for things. Dont overdo things if your falling asleep it might just be needed.

Same here with the dwarf French beans but the cobra & another climber in the polytunnel are racing along now & flowering. Sungold's the only one of six varieties of tomato which is producing ripe fruit so far, a whole six weeks behind. Gherkin cucumbers have gone mad & I've already pickled a year's supply so I think I'll pull them to give more space to the bell peppers.

I just added another 1.2m³ compost bay 10 days ago & with grass clippings, donations of material & my own weeds & harvest waste, it's currently half full & running at just under 70°C. My cauli's were a disaster, as I was ill for 10 days, then it was a couple of days before I looked at them - all blown & full of slugs. I had the last of my garlic up a couple of weeks back. These were the ones I planted along one side in the polytunnel from my own saved bulbs. They started off five years ago as a bulb from Aldi which sprouted & I've kept the two best bulbs each year & they've got better every year. Best ones are now close to 3" across - twice the size of the originals. If you need a hand with the polytunnel, let me know & I'll come down. I know how difficult it is with only one person (impossible doing the cover really tight) from putting my own up last year.

Sorry about the blight Andy hope you can salvage most things. It the cauliflowers look fantastic you’ll need another freezer 🤦‍♀️. Have a fab week, Ali 🌞🥵🇨🇦

I fry slices of courgette in butter along with thinly sliced onion, a little garlic & mushrooms. Goes well with chops, steaks, Cumberland sausage....Mine this year are also yellow, as for some reason the green variety failed.

I'm pleased you rescued all those potatoes in time from blight! Phew! I didn't know if mine had blight or whether it was die back, so all the foliage has been removed. Lots of great caulis! Piccalilli sounds good! My peas were terrible this year. 3 lots wouldn't germinate properly. I've ended up with 6 plants. I hope the gigs go well and you don't suffer too much afterwards. Take care.

Ye gods mate, when do sleep.

Good to have you back Andy. My beans are not doing well but it’s the opposite too hot here early in the year. I’m definitely not getting any gluts if things this year 🤷‍♀️. Your seedlings are doing really well Andy and should have some fab winter veg. Hope everyone is well, have a great week, Ali 🌞🥵🇨🇦

I love the new shed for the rook, Andy. Brilliant! Garden produce looks great too. It's definitely a strange growing year though, isn't it? Take care .

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Hi Andy, hope you and yours are well. Growing season has been rubbish. I’m just starting to harvest beans but not many. Tomatoes are ok. Strawberries have been poor. How sweet and kind are you. What a lucky little bird. Bless his heart thank you for taking care of him. You really do put my faith back into humanity. Looking forward to next update. Thank you for sharing 😊

I have the same bean issue wrt germinating… not a sausage. Only cobra and hunter this year. For the clubroot, it doesn’t seem to affect my red cabbage, Brussels or kale just the caulis and broccoli. 🤔They were mullered by slugs… and as for chunky tomatoes, yes mine are super chunky this year…but good crop. It just reminds me to just plant a bit more than I need to get something/anything. Good luck at the allotment, Sandra

Hi Andy allotment diggers has a bit of clubroot on his allotment so before he plants his brassicas he limes and let's his young plants become pot bound before planting out

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If you have clubroot then a product called Perlka is worth trying.

Andy i have clubroot its very disappointing but you can get around in with clubroot resistant brassicas. I also have onion rot in my garden and there's no way around that, im sowing spring onion in fish boxes, and i love my onions, i think i got it from shallots and sets i bought in, so i sow seed now but its to late

I had never sown Charlotte beforehand and I wasn't expecting much but they turned out brilliantly getting about two dinners out of one stalk so definitely sow them next year

That lot neighbour shouldn’t be allowed to not maintain it that’s terrible. I understand the affect chronic fatigue has and yes on part mind over matter is good but not overdoing things as you recognise is important. So sorry about the root problem, you usually have fantastic crops and things were looking great. I hope no more unexpected issues Look after yourself Andy.

It's a shame about your brassicas. Fingers crossed for the other beds. I wouldn't be able to cope with all those weeds from your neighbours plot.😮 At least you've got some great stuff growing and yes, you must not let things get you down. Keep going. You're doing a fantastic job! Take care.

Agree about having allotment rules that state the plot needs to be kept relatively tidy. Not really fair on other plot holders having all those weeds and grasses. Also not really fair on people in the queue for a plot if it's not being used. Our adjacent plot had high weeds two years in a row and thankfully the holder finally got around to cutting and looks like they will work the plot now. They did spray the cut grass all over my plot though which was pretty annoying for me at the time.

Interesting you mention your ME/CFS. I was diagnosed with it a few years back. I got an allotment last year and it's been a struggle setting things up but pleased with the progress I've made. It's only a tiny 60m2 bit of land which is just about manageable for me. Really frustrating though when the PEM hits though and I want to get to the plot but just can't. I'm fortunate though in that our allotment site is literally a 3 or 4 minute walk from the house. I don't think I'd have been able to manage if it were miles away. What a shame about the club root. It's my first year having a proper attempt at growing brassicas and so far had a few Calabrese and Cauliflower. Small heads but not complaining seeing as it's my first go. Like you my peas have all been a disaster. 3 sowings each of podding, mange tout and sugar snap and only had a couple of handfuls of peas. My french beans have been a struggle too. Only now starting to get a few beans. Had to pull the first sowings out as they were looking diseased. Hopefully next year the weather will be better.

My Santero are starting to topple - Bedfordshire Champion still going strong. Dunno what happened to my cauli's (All Year Round) as only one was more than 2" across. Stripped the foliage off the last five containers of Charlotte today & was trying to clear everything to water in slug nematodes but it started chucking it down. Plot next to mine has a new tenant (I hit it with weed killer last year to stop seeds) & it's covered in rosebay willow herb. She cleared about half then nothing, so I pulled the rest before it seeded & chucked it into my new compost bay (a second 4' cube). I lime my brassica beds every year before planting, then repeat halfway through. Thankfully no clubroot so far. Worst thing I had was my last plot - onion white rot, which made me give it up in the end.

I lost kilos of berries by birds But I had taken enough for myself. 😊

Really nice vid Andy thanks

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You really need to stop eating potatoe salads. It's the main problem with us gardeners. We love our produce !.Cheers Andy.😁

Hi Andy, I've grown onions from seed the past 2 seasons due to the sets bolting. They are so much better & bigger onions too! You plot is looking very productive & healthy too. Great video update, thanks for sharing and take care 😊

Bicarb works on liverwort!? does it work on pearlwort? I have that in my onion bed and it's a nightmare, eventually I just let it go when the onions are too big because it's so fiddly to get in and pull out.

That weed looks like what has erupted all over my plot last year even worst this year how ever much i pull it it just keeps coming back 🙄 "chickweed "

Fill deep beds with logs twigs grass kitchen scraps then compost I personally would not use membrane on bottom or sides it inhabitants roots and hides predators you should no by now my slug control methods happy gardening Richardx

We had some crazy cold rainy days but now back to high 20’s 🥵. Harvests of any kind are great so you’ve done well. Good about the liverwort I have that too and a bird nest fungus 🤦‍♀️ cute but a right pain. Have a fab weekend gig Andy, Ali 🌞🇨🇦

Hi Andy, that's,a good harvest of potatoes 😊 thisxs3saon has been hit & miss, I couldn't get sweetcorn to geminate, never happened before, sweetpeas germinated then died, 3 sowing, still didn't work 🙄 fingers crossed for your peas. Great video update. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

Thanks for the tip regarding the liverwort... my garden is full of it.... I love how the spore heads shoot up like little umbrellas, but it does choke the ground... Off to Sainsbugs for a large tub of bicarb!!

Some good ideas there Andy. A nice size for a small area. It's great of B&Q to support you and free advertising for them. Take care.

A good amount of potatoes there Andy. My Charlottes in tubs, have all yellowed and died off a bit too early this year. My peas have been rubbish. I've only got 5 that germinated! New seeds too! Oh well. 😊 I'm so glad you mentioned the bird that you rescued. How is it? Take care.

Everything looks healthy on your plot, despite the rodent tunnels and the bad, rainy weather, we've had. Great stuff! Take care.

B&Q on board Andy thats great again. The garden bed perfect size for a balcony too. Good idea to show how to utilise in slightly different ways.

Bloody temperature's forecast to fall again over the next couple of weeks, which is a bonus regarding blight but a right pain for everything else. Stuff's still slow up here in Cumbria, especially compared to last year. Getting my first few Sungold tomatoes which is a bonus ( grew cuttings & overwintered them, as the seeds are expensive!).

105 days.😉 Mine went in on March 13th & I had the first tub on May 31st - 1.5kg. Second tub 10 days later was the same. Third & 4th tubs disappointing - 2.4kg total from both. I've two tubs left, which should do until charlottes come ready in a couple of weeks. These were all fed with organic potato fertiliser & I think it was short on nitrogen, as leaves were pale yellowy green from the off (including one charlotte I stuck in to fill the tub) & nothing like the charlottes.

🍅 Seeing the size of the Roma plant was useful as I am trying that variety for the first time this year. Mine are late sowings, so not so bug yet. Thus it’s useful to see what I can expect to happen 👍

Awesome B&Q help out, I know it’s advertising for them but stores don’t do that here in Canada 😢. I use slug sludge as a mix in watering cans and hope it’s like using nematodes 🤞🤞. Hope your father is well, have a lovely weekend, Ali 🌞☔️🇨🇦

Experimenting with Roma's in washing up bowls stacked on shelves in lean to greenhouse this year! trying to max out production from the space, they seem to be coping with the cruelty. B&Q have 8 foot bamboo in 10 pack for £6, good buy. Haven't seen those planks before, seems like a good idea.

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Hi Andy, wow! Your have gone from being flooded to a very productive plot! Always plenty of hints and tips for everyone along your journey of growing too. Lovely tour of your very productive garden too. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

Everything is looking good. Hope the little guy grows some flight feathers. Your doing a good thing rescuing him. 😊

The pot that you didn't know outside near your potatoes, looks like a peonie Great to see you still producing

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Hi Andy, hope you and yours are well. Everything always looks so good. I have also noticed we have not really seen any white butterflies either. I was worried about my tomato plants that were outside. But you have reassured me that there is hope for them. I have never tried growing broccoli but quite like the idea of giving it a go. My climbing beans are also shocking. I’m giving them a go in my green house and they seem to be doing really well so fingers crossed. Aawww kane❤ so lovely to see him. You are so amazing saving the little rook bless his little heart. With your care I’m sure he will grow to be strong. Love your updates Andy and looking forward to the next one. Thank you for sharing x