[spongebob]

hi all

finaly got the welcome pack for our allotment plot  so the hard work can begin

and even better news is that they are letting people keep chickens and bees
on the plots
i been thinking of keeping bees for years now but didnt want to keep them in the garden
because of my kids but now i can

going up to the plot tomorrow have abit of a tidy up and have a think of the plan of attack

[Trillium]

It's always the most exciting part......before the backbreaking work begins 

[jolly jen]

when i was digging and tidying up i found allsorts of fruit and plants hidden away under the weeds,
i was left with a crop of raspberries canes,lemon balm,blackcurrants,rhubarb and strawberies.
look as you clear

[mumofstig]

Unless you absolutely lurve lemon balm ......rip it out. Self seeds itself like mad, a real weed in my garden

[jolly jen]

i did its gone,,,,new strawberry patch in its place ,loked preety last summer though in flower

[woodburner]

i did its gone,,,,new strawberry patch in its place ,loked preety last summer though in flower

I don't recall lemon balm having very attractive or even noticable flowers.   Are you sure it wasn't feverfew? (Lovely bunches of daisy like flowers, the petals are wider though.) IIRC it also has sweet smelling foliage.

[mumofstig]

it also has sweet smelling foliage

Yes it does.........but it's a bu@@er once it has self seeded.
and

I don't recall lemon balm having very attractive or even noticable flowers

i agree the flowers are not very noticeable......if i had noticed the flowers i could have cut them before the seeds were shed!!
Have now got a rose scented geranium for the pot pourris instead (if i ever get round to making it )

[beansticks]

Congratulations Spongebob,i hope it all goes well for you.Glad you are not on our site if you keep bees though!they terrify me along with the wasps. :blink:

[jolly jen]

i did its gone,,,,new strawberry patch in its place ,loked preety last summer though in flower

I don't recall lemon balm having very attractive or even noticable flowers.   Are you sure it wasn't feverfew? (Lovely bunches of daisy like flowers, the petals are wider though.) IIRC it also has sweet smelling foliage.

nope it was lemon balm ,they were tiny yellow flowers.
and look the same flower as on a pcket of seeds gardeners world were giving away in their 10 packets of seeds for £1.99