Hello,
This is my first post here,I joined the Forum today, after 30 years traveling the world, and never home for very long periods ,I have now got myself an allotment, my father and Grandfather both had allotments all their lives,so I am carrying on a Family Tradition. I love having the plot I got it in April this year,It was already set out into raised beds,so I have kept it that way as it suites the way we want to garden.The plot was overgrown and had not been worked for two years,so there was a lot of hard work by my wife her sister and my sons to do to get it into shape. I bought a Petrol Strimmer on ebay, and this was brilliant for clearing away the bracken that had started to cover the ploy, we now use it to keep the paths clear. We planted everything we could get in this year and had some good results with some plants, and disasters with others, the worse were the carrots,they all got rootfly and had to go to the compost heap. My major mission for next year are good carrot's.(advice please) I am a vegetarian and hope to grow all my veg organically without putting any dead animal bits into my soil.I would be interested to hear from others who feel the same way, and any advice they can offer.
Best Regards
Dennis
This is my first post here,I joined the Forum today, after 30 years traveling the world, and never home for very long periods ,I have now got myself an allotment, my father and Grandfather both had allotments all their lives,so I am carrying on a Family Tradition. I love having the plot I got it in April this year,It was already set out into raised beds,so I have kept it that way as it suites the way we want to garden.The plot was overgrown and had not been worked for two years,so there was a lot of hard work by my wife her sister and my sons to do to get it into shape. I bought a Petrol Strimmer on ebay, and this was brilliant for clearing away the bracken that had started to cover the ploy, we now use it to keep the paths clear. We planted everything we could get in this year and had some good results with some plants, and disasters with others, the worse were the carrots,they all got rootfly and had to go to the compost heap. My major mission for next year are good carrot's.(advice please) I am a vegetarian and hope to grow all my veg organically without putting any dead animal bits into my soil.I would be interested to hear from others who feel the same way, and any advice they can offer.
Best Regards
Dennis
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