tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post6548078477072737066..comments2023-10-17T09:38:33.865+01:00Comments on Our New Life in the Country: How Do You Grow Food?Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-6528254596354226172015-07-24T19:21:09.348+01:002015-07-24T19:21:09.348+01:00Monty Don's Complete Gardener. My tip to insp...Monty Don's Complete Gardener. My tip to inspire and instruct. It is a beautiful book to read, I read it all in one go when I was given it at Christmas years ago and I still he text it out every gardening season. Words of wisdom to get you started and passion to keep you going when times are tough.<br /><br />rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00688721384586440760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-54912788757118543412015-07-21T06:29:53.474+01:002015-07-21T06:29:53.474+01:00I planted green beans, sugar snap peas, silver bee...I planted green beans, sugar snap peas, silver beet and broccoli ,The sparrows have eaten them down to bare stalks. I'm now on the scrounge for pop bottles to protect them from the birds ! Maudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075107131372220323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-18874976716231610242015-07-20T11:54:22.283+01:002015-07-20T11:54:22.283+01:00This was such a useful post to me as I started my ...This was such a useful post to me as I started my first vegetable patch 2 weeks ago but I had started growing a few of my vegetable plants a few months ago just in case I got the plot I was waiting for. I have just a new blog for just that my veg patch and no longer write my vintage blog. I am reading so much on how to grow and tips to. I will try the egg shell tip that's a great one and will cost nothing except your time. So thank you for sharing your skills today, Dee :-) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807783495138462705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-90509215639972642962015-07-19T22:09:44.226+01:002015-07-19T22:09:44.226+01:00Really useful post, thank you, my growing is still...Really useful post, thank you, my growing is still very hit and miss but I will keep trying.Chickpeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010543012720394937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-31523930915379190422015-07-19T17:56:32.813+01:002015-07-19T17:56:32.813+01:00Weed feed and water are three main things to do , ...Weed feed and water are three main things to do , keeping weeds down means your plants are not competing with greedy weeds and weeds give lots of hiding places for slugs, feed the soil and your plants will thank you, water everything needs water the wind can dry out the soil so always stick your finger in and see if its dry or damp, water in the evening so it dosent evaporate dont wait for the plants to wilt if they do you have put them under stress and are more likely to bolt and go to seed. :-)Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05213759909336433460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-51818118406829537562015-07-19T17:02:33.477+01:002015-07-19T17:02:33.477+01:00We've grown our own every year for 36 years, s...We've grown our own every year for 36 years, sometimes something fails, next year it doesn't. There are no hard and fast rules. Protecting against all types of pests will solve a lot of problems. The weather will be different every year and a poly-tunnel and frequent watering are the only way we have found to beat the variations and even then things still fail!<br />Re tayberries, they fruit on last years growth, so each year cut out the branches that have fruited and tie in the new canes to a post and wire frame. Cut the ends off the canes at about six or eight feet to stop them getting too lanky. There is a picture on my 8th July blog post. I'll enlarge it so your reader Chloe to see.Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-58375478964039703752015-07-19T15:52:07.851+01:002015-07-19T15:52:07.851+01:00It helps to keep a record of what you grew and how...It helps to keep a record of what you grew and how it did. And talking to other growers in your area (as you have done) is always a good idea - I think that's where allotmenteers do very well even if as Scarlet says they lose other ways!Frugally challengedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222391810215537820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-20946280338032092742015-07-19T14:06:03.240+01:002015-07-19T14:06:03.240+01:00We've had to give up growing lots of things do...We've had to give up growing lots of things down at the allotment because of rats, pigeons and ducks. We now use it just for potatoes, onions and fruit bushes because most other things get ravaged by some kind of wildlife or another. We adapted and dug up the front garden to grow everything else, which has been lovely as so many people stop to chat about it as they pass by. As Jane says, the weather is something we can't do anything about and as it is such a huge factor there are bound to be failures. No 2 growing years are ever the same; you just have to keep trying!Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729719876504930455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-3302815847317967492015-07-19T13:51:59.398+01:002015-07-19T13:51:59.398+01:00It's definitely a 'win some,lose some '...It's definitely a 'win some,lose some 'game'. No growing year is the same. We've learned that there are some things we just cannot grow because of wildlife...corn is always decimated by raccoons,there's nothing we can do to keep them away ,so we just don't bother growing corn. Remember ,however hard you try,you need decent weather for any growing season...and you can't control that.<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.com