Walled garden harbours damp and pests

[Potstubsdustbins]

#43 Marb have you thought it could just be that folks have had a shared experience so they offer the same advice.

[lottie dolly]

To be fair I have said I will take on board some of the suggestions here but for some reason ( as I have found more often on gardening forums) there is a clique of folk who kind of gang up and get quite pedantic and look down on you.

Definately NOT on this forum ,peeps bend over double to help others,we all understand your frustrations,any answers given are from OUR own experiences,for every question asked,there will be several answers based on just that,it is up to you to choose from them,or just ignore,,i really hope you can get sorted fella,this is not just a gardening forum,it's a place of everything under the sun,with friendship at the top,i wish you all good luck for next growing season

[Guest]

To be fair I have said I will take on board some of the suggestions here but for some reason ( as I have found more often on gardening forums) there is a clique of folk who kind of gang up and get quite pedantic and look down on you.

I am sorry you feel this way. Whilst people on the whole on the vine get on and have a laff, I think it is safe to say that it isn't clicky. I have only been on the vine a year and have always felt I have been able to post with no real neg. come backs.

In regards to ganging up on you, it is only my opinion but it seems people would like you to be able to move forward with your garden. From what I understand you have had a lot of issues for a long time and for you to move forward you need to address these issues. I don't recall you addressing any of these issues nor do you give the impression you genuinely want to act on peoples advice. This is fine, it is your choice and I wish you all the best.

However, please look at some of the posts/ threads whilst being in someones shoes? I certainly don't like to read about people who are not happy or struggling, but at the end of the day you are the only one who can change that. (Sorry for the waffle )

[spamvindaloo]

I can't help you with your problems as I am a relatively newbie gardener and very much on a learning curve (hoping you're never too old to learn)

I'd like to echo what everybody else is saying because I believe here everybody is trying to help. It is very apparent that there is no one way to garden. For every question you ask, you will get ten different answers. Some of those answers won't work for you and if that is the case you should ignore them but don't doubt that the poster was trying their best to help from their experience. What works for one gardener won't for another but that doesn't make it bad advice.

All of the forum members give and take. It's fair to say that the more experienced growers give more than they take and people like me take more than they give. That being said, if I think that I can add something to a thread from my meagre knowledge it would be rude not to repay all of the people on here who have helped me. I hope that you get your problems sorted and that next year when somebody posts with a similar problem that you can step in and say "I had the exact same problem last year and this is what I did to sort it out.....". I hope you will stick around and contribute to what is the friendliest and most helpful gardening forum I have found.

Apologies for out-waffling NG but I just wanted to say how brilliant this forum is and how appreciated all of the grapes are.....Now I must go away and hide as I'm taking this thread off topic

[Greenleaves]

Looks like you are at a crossroads Marb, rather than just sharing your failures why not share a few of your triumphs?

You appear from your posts to have an abundance of wildlife so not all is ill with your garden. I am what I call a hobbyist (is that a word?) When it comes to gardening and regularly make mistakes and seek advice, sometimes the advice works and sometimes not but it is always given in the spirit of helping.

I have been gardening for over 40 years and only this year have I managed cauliflowers that actually look like the ones we find in gardening books, how.....I sought advice on this forum, it might have been a fluke but when was the last time you saw a 60 year old man skipping down the road because he had grown a cauliflower?

So come on Marb show us something positive from your garden

[Marb67]

You all deserve that at least. My negativity has grown somewhat in the face of so much bad happening this year which I won't go into but one of them was suffering a stroke, as a perfectly fit and very healthy 48 year old with no warning which thankfully had no lasting effect as it was so mild.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Glad to here you made a good recovery, yes something like that is bound to affect your demeanour.

Have to say with the looks of your produce the gardening wasn't all bad.

[veggiechicken]

So sorry to hear this Marb. Hope you make a full and speedy recovery.
As for your crops - they look fantastic.

[Marb67]

Here is the current state of my raised bed with kales. I was hoping to have it through the winter as it makes great soup

[lottie dolly]

Hi Marb,glad you coming out your shell a bit more,thankyou for sharing with us,first sorry to hear about your health issues,and understandable,2nd you should be proud with what you grew ,your kale has done better than mine,join us in the GR when it opens,it will help you to join in,when you have an off day just say helo all,got one on leave a smile and go rest,we might be a mad lot,but we have fun,so please join in,not every day you get an offer from any no of mother hens on here

[roitelet]

Well done with the crops Marb. Goes to show you can grow things! We all have failures but just think of the successes and build on those. Hope you health improves.

[WilliamD]

Marb I am completely jealous of those courgettes and the berries too. Well done!

[Greenleaves]

Hi Marb

As William says the courgettes look great, I also see you had a rare success this year....red tomatoes, so many of us failed in producing them this year.

Sorry to hear of your health issues and hope you are fighting fit again now.

Keep up the positive posts

[Penellype]

Sorry to hear of your problems, Marb. Your produce looks great .

Looking at your raised bed, how deep is it and what is underneath? I'm just wondering if the raised bed is on top of the gravel, whether there is enough depth of soil for big plants like kale? They also look very close together. You could try mulching with some fresh compost to give them a boost and a little extra depth of soil. Your leeks look good though - much bigger than mine.

[Marb67]

Thanks, very kind. The raised bed is on top of soil and the gravel is around it. I am thinking of building it up higher, say another 2 layers of brick to make it deeper with more fertile compost ?

As I am limited with just the one raised bed I can't really rotate or prepare the soil for next season because I will be harvesting the kales well into next year before I pull them up. In fact, there are some of last years curly kale still in there if a lot smaller as they gave me nice salad leaves all through the spring and summer.