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My name is Bob, I'm disabled and have a smallish garden 24ft X 21ft, and I use 12ft X 5ft for veg growing, the problem being, I have major drains running through the rest of the garden.
I have up till now, only ever been interested in growing flowers in baskets and tubs, but a while ago, I suffered a major illness that's left me disabled and unable to work, and my Doctor told me I'll never get any better, and never be fit enough to work, and so, the past couple of years, I've found my disability has settled, and not gotten any worse, and through looking for something to do, I've taken up gardening, although it takes me a very long time to do anything, I find I'm enjoying it.
My son dug over the garden area for me, and removed about a ton of stones, and then mixed in several big 120ltr bags of compost as the ground was very sandy, and the mixture appears to be working, as I've now got potatoes, leeks, spring onions, red and white onions, carrot, beetroot, small white turnip, corn on the cob and round the edge of the garden,, pea pods, and in my small greenhouse, I've got tomatoes, cucumber, Scotch bonnet chili and peppers gowing quite nicely, and I'm pleased to say, I've actually managed to get most of them growing.
However, my potato shaws are nearly 4ft high and I've had to get my son to tie them to big canes as they want to fall over, and although they're flowering nicely, I've never seen potato shaws this big, and being a first time gardener, how will I know when the time is right for digging them up, I'm sorry, but I don't know what variety they are, they were given to me, and I just planted them and they've grown, the flowers have lilac petals with white tips, and a yellow centre, any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
My name is Bob, I'm disabled and have a smallish garden 24ft X 21ft, and I use 12ft X 5ft for veg growing, the problem being, I have major drains running through the rest of the garden.
I have up till now, only ever been interested in growing flowers in baskets and tubs, but a while ago, I suffered a major illness that's left me disabled and unable to work, and my Doctor told me I'll never get any better, and never be fit enough to work, and so, the past couple of years, I've found my disability has settled, and not gotten any worse, and through looking for something to do, I've taken up gardening, although it takes me a very long time to do anything, I find I'm enjoying it.
My son dug over the garden area for me, and removed about a ton of stones, and then mixed in several big 120ltr bags of compost as the ground was very sandy, and the mixture appears to be working, as I've now got potatoes, leeks, spring onions, red and white onions, carrot, beetroot, small white turnip, corn on the cob and round the edge of the garden,, pea pods, and in my small greenhouse, I've got tomatoes, cucumber, Scotch bonnet chili and peppers gowing quite nicely, and I'm pleased to say, I've actually managed to get most of them growing.
However, my potato shaws are nearly 4ft high and I've had to get my son to tie them to big canes as they want to fall over, and although they're flowering nicely, I've never seen potato shaws this big, and being a first time gardener, how will I know when the time is right for digging them up, I'm sorry, but I don't know what variety they are, they were given to me, and I just planted them and they've grown, the flowers have lilac petals with white tips, and a yellow centre, any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
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