red sun shallots

[quark1]

I'm probably not doing shallots this year but for anyone who had a bad crop last year due to all that wet weather this should give you heart.

Had to call T&M to chase potato order and the lady I spoke to said 7 out of 9 varieties had been withdrawn - although the web site just shows out of stock - due to the growing and subsequent storage conditions. They just weren't keeping properly and were full of mildew.

So even the professional growers and seed men were having probs!

[lainey lou]

Hi Hawthorns, I'm from Chippenham. What about you?
By the way, how do I put 'Wiltshire' on my profile?!!

Hi Sarah, I,m at Melksham too. You and hawthorns need to get yourselves on Haywaynes grape map, lets hear it for the moonrakers!

[hawthorns]

how we do that

[lainey lou]

how we do that

Will find it for you


Have brought the thread back to the top, it's grapevine map.

[buttercup]

hello there, yet another moonraker!
i'm down the road in bradford on avon .
buttercup

[lainey lou]

hello there, yet another moonraker!
i'm down the road in bradford on avon .
buttercup

Love BOA, such a gorgeous place.Used to work in the hospital there sometimes till it closed - BOOOOO!
Do you know if the mushroom farm sells off its spent compost by any chance?

[buttercup]

yep 50p a bag, its fantastic!
cheap compost and free mushrooms last year.
give them a ring around ten then they leave it outside for you to pick up and you can drop the money through the letterbox.
it was brilliant , but got a bit sick after a while of the mushrooms growing through and pushing out my seedlings!!
buttercup

[lainey lou]

OH Wow that's brill. How big are the bags? Do you have the address/ phone no?
Oooh, I'm all excited now!!! Thanks Buttercup.

[buttercup]

they are about bin bag sized! not sure how much they weight though.
number is, 012250864904 oakfield farm. ring them around 8 am or 10 am thats when they come out of the caves for a cup of tea!
buttercup

[lainey lou]

Thanks so much buttercup, will give them a call! You've made my day!

[buttercup]

no probs! glad to help!
hope you enjoy the mushrooms you'll get loads and they are the posh crimini mushrooms they sell in waitrose too!
off to have some tea now! chat again maybe,
buttercup

[hawthorns]

hello buttercup

very interested in the mushroom compost especially for fresh mushrooms

[lainey lou]

Yay! I've given them a call and can go and collect my compost tomorrow!

Get on the phone Hawthorns they are very helpful.

[sarahspatch]

Hi Sarah, I,m at Melksham too. You and hawthorns need to get yourselves on Haywaynes grape map, lets hear it for the moonrakers!

Hi LL and Buttercup, fancy you two being down the road too!
What do you mean by the Haywaynes grape map?! As I've mentioned, I'm a special case when it comes to computers!! ahhhhh!

This year I plan to grow:
Salad and spinach
Mizuna (so easy and v tasty)
potatoes
carrots (trying multi-colours this time)
parsnips
lots of squash and courgettes
sweetcorn
runner/french beans
most of allium family
kale, winter cabbage, sprouts, sprouting
celariac
fennel

Plus have strawbs, rasps and rhubarb
oh, and will have a cutting patch and a veg patch for my 3 year old daughter, who insists on growing mainly strawberries!

Well thats the plan, or it was until I fractured my toe today that is!!

[hawthorns]

what did you kick