New allotment holder looking for some advice.

[Gillykat]

Neil's 'welsh poppy'

[Cadalot]

You may not want it, Mrs C has now seen my last post and is threatening to stick the hat somewhere that the sun doesn't shine!

I don't see the point in that
But you will

[purplekat]

Wow, you've got loads done.

Nepalese raspberry is generally grown as ground cover, to keep the weeds down under taller things (that has the bonus of edible fruit). On an allotment, there is probably too much nitrogen for it to fruit well, so if you have something more productive for that space, then that may be better. If you have rough patches anywhere that may not have had manure on, it may be worth trying there to keep weeds under control while you concentrate on other bits. Although they can be invasive (supposedly it can be used as a mown path!)

[Convolvulus]

Wow, you've got loads done.

Nepalese raspberry is generally grown as ground cover, to keep the weeds down under taller things.

Thanks, one thing we have done is to take out all(?) the Nepalese raspberry, (which we understand had never fruited) and removed a lot of rubble it was covering and put in some beds which will have salad in the shaded bed and runner beans in the more sunny one.

Before



After

[Bigmallly]

Brilliant Mr C, nows the time to get the pics on the http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...dar_87848.html

[Convolvulus]

Calendar?

Brilliant Mr C, nows the time to get the pics on the http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...dar_87848.html

How does that work?

Mrs C has made it clear that the pictures I took of her on Naked Gardening Day are not for public consumption!

World Naked Gardening Day: Green-fingered brigade dig getting their kit off in natural surroundings - Mirror Online

[Convolvulus]

Oh no not again!

After the embarrassing episode of the wild strawberries that turned out to be creeping buttercups, newbie Team Convolvulus has done it again!

We dug up the tubers we found in the area on the plan left by the previous plot holder marked as "Jerusalem Artichokes" and replanted them next to the shallots but despite the care lavished on them by Mrs C they are looking more like irises(?) than jerusalem artichokes.



They will be relocated to the garden at home and the upside of this little mishap is that at least the air around Convolvulus Towers is likely to be a little sweeter over the coming months.