Tales of woe - 2016

[Garvey]

Just noticed my red onions have gone to seed. These were planted fairly late as onion sets. Really annoying. I leave leeks until late July to plant out as they are prime candidates to run to seed if planted earlier. On the other hand the potatoes are loving the rain and look brilliant!

[cilla]

So first time doing broccoli, flea beetle and bolted then I killed them so dug up
Sweet peas just flowering - lovely
3 pea pods
One courgette plant yellow and all males
One strawberry trying to turn red
Cucumbers growing but only just put them in 2 weeks ago
Aubergine eaten by slugs I think
Tomatoes wanting to flower but not yet
Lettuces growing but rocket attacked by flea beetles
Where are are carrots,beetroots and spring onions
Herbs taking their time
One lots of potatoes in a small black potato bag were good other potatoes flowering and being eaten by slugs
Flowers in front of house bed doing well, slugs getting them but not black at the moment like last year
Violas and pansies doing well
All mixed at moment but love more sun so the veg flowers come out to play

[Snoop Puss]

I sometimes click like as an expression of sympathy, a bit like on the rant thread.

[Bigmallly]

Isn't growing your own good fun.................

[Baldy]

I keep telling people
"if it was easy everyone would do it"
"where would the challenge be?"

'give me your subs give me your subs...'

[vixylix]

OMG I don't have time to list everything tonight - I'll be back tomorrow

[Farmer_Gyles]

Just want to add that while weeding the plot this morning, I got sunburnt.
And now I'm about to go to work (yes, I work nights) and it's raining. Hard.

[SusieG]

I sometimes click like as an expression of sympathy, a bit like on the rant thread.

Me too Snoop Puss, I feel their pain .....

[Bren In Pots]

Forgot to mention my favourite mint plant died I didn't know it was even possible to kill the stuff off.

[Jay22]

I have done that too Bren!

I've got no and I mean absolutely no carrots left, they have all just completely disappeared. Grew them in black flower bucket with net over too!

[Marb67]

Ant yet Monty Don always turns out perfect everything on GW. Look how healthy his veg plot is. Sickening

[Nicos]

...yeh Marb ....thing is he has greenhouses galore and a team of peeps working for him!

Makes you realise that single handedly we don't do too badly after all!...well some years anyway

[bearded bloke]

Monty Don, Pah, I gave up on him years ago ...... now we go over to the nursery bed to get some cabbage to plant in the brassica bed ..... puts fork in ground & teases out a perfect example, only problem was that the root ball was not 'as dug' but a perfect flowerpot shape .... if you want to emulate him, then your best bet is to buy plants from a garden centre.

[Guest]

Ant yet Monty Don always turns out perfect everything on GW. Look how healthy his veg plot is. Sickening

I don't think he does. Last year when he planted chrysanths I felt so smug because mine were better, there have also been a couple of other things I didn't think were great. It is also not the sort of show where they are going to show failures anyway. The other night when he done bees and he said about the swarm would be rehomed straight away without observing for disease etc also put me off (although it will probably go to an experienced keeper). At the end of the day he is just another gardener giving his opinion and being a celebrity he can't be seen to have failures hence all the supporting staff you never hear of.

[Nicos]

Oh yep...a few years back...I recall seeing him showing us an established box hedge with blight.
Ended up having to rip it out the following year.
The following week I realised my small box shrub had blight too!
Wouldn't have recognised it for what it was otherwise....chopped it right back as he suggested ....and yep, it survived and now looks healthy.