introducing myself

beansticks · « **on:** January 15, 2007, 18:53 »

HI EVERYONE,I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE SITE FOR AGES.FINALLY JOINED,I HAVE HAD AN ALLOTMENT FOR THREE YEARS.HOPEFULLY I MAY BE ABLE TO OFFER SOME TIPS TO OTHERS,AS WELL AS LEARNING SOME NEW ONES MYSELF

shaun · « **Reply #1 on:** January 15, 2007, 19:20 »

hi beansticks welcome aboard

beansticks · « **Reply #2 on:** January 15, 2007, 19:31 »

thanks shaun,looking forward to your valued advice

shaun · « **Reply #3 on:** January 15, 2007, 19:35 »

ohh my advice can be very controversial

now if you want to talk about rotavators

beansticks · « **Reply #4 on:** January 15, 2007, 19:42 »

dont know anything about rotovators,

shaun · « **Reply #5 on:** January 15, 2007, 19:45 »

neither do i mate

milkman · « **Reply #6 on:** January 15, 2007, 19:45 »

take my advice, you don't want to begin to know anything about rotavators...

hallo and welcome by the way.

beansticks · « **Reply #7 on:** January 15, 2007, 19:48 »

thanks milkman,i think you may be right.i have seen a few guys on our site spend ages trying to start the things

shaun · « **Reply #8 on:** January 15, 2007, 19:56 »

mine starts 1st time i start it every day for half an hour next door have applied for an asbo to stop me

beansticks · « **Reply #9 on:** January 15, 2007, 20:04 »

I have divided my plot into 4 raised beds each approx 5mts x8mts.It took me 3 years to get my plot how i wanted it.fortunately i dont need a rotavator at the moment,however old age do not come on its own

shaun · « **Reply #10 on:** January 15, 2007, 20:17 »

so what are you success and failures mine are caulis i just cant get em bigger than a grape fruit i will though (fingers crossed)

beansticks · « **Reply #11 on:** January 15, 2007, 20:24 »

Sweetcorn variety sundance has always been very successful,onions grown from sets have been a disaster for the last two years,however i have grown them successfully in my garden,apparently the previous owner of my plot sprayed chemicals on everything.I hope that i have improved the ground sufficently to get a reasonable crop this year

shaun · « **Reply #12 on:** January 15, 2007, 20:27 »

well with all that rain over the last few months anything good or bad in the soil will be long gone.
what was up with onions ?

beansticks · « **Reply #13 on:** January 15, 2007, 20:32 »

Dont know they just did not put on any growth,yet the same sets grew ok in my garden. I recently read an old book by Percy Thrower and he advocated keeping his onions in the same place each year,so thats what i am going to try

shaun · « **Reply #14 on:** January 15, 2007, 21:18 »

talked about using the same ground before but you need to add loads and loads of muck every year and double dig it in.

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