tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post3879545776628285907..comments2024-03-17T17:14:03.259+00:00Comments on The Urban Veg Patch: And so into JuneCarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317388242574705433noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-52173557676159893762018-06-17T21:23:02.641+01:002018-06-17T21:23:02.641+01:00I'm on a major blog post catch up too Caro. I ...I'm on a major blog post catch up too Caro. I seem to have spent the last few weeks attached to a watering can. No thunderstorms and very little in the way of the wet stuff here :( Our allotment site has gone from a bog in April to cracked earth over a couple of months. I'm not that keen on radishes but I believe that they are the fastest maturing veggie crop. Sad about the plums but oh what a richness of quinces :)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-38438371764666692852018-06-08T19:22:13.581+01:002018-06-08T19:22:13.581+01:00Oh no! Vegetables can be lovely as well - and you ...Oh no! Vegetables can be lovely as well - and you get to eat them! Although I grow the flowers for looks as well as to tempt pollinators in towards my veg. I hope that there will be lots of sun for my corn to grow towards! Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11317388242574705433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-76065941299371292452018-06-08T18:40:04.667+01:002018-06-08T18:40:04.667+01:00Sluggo is working well for me at the moment - as ...Sluggo is working well for me at the moment - as is the drier weather we've had here in London over the past couple of weeks. It's hard to know what works for the best with so many variants in growing conditions - my concrete jungle garden vs your woodland. I have drier conditions, you have more birds to pick the slugs off. Belt and braces is the way forward I think. Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11317388242574705433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-4002010822293797052018-06-08T18:37:01.448+01:002018-06-08T18:37:01.448+01:00The recent weather has helped to bring the garden ...The recent weather has helped to bring the garden on - and the weeds so I'm keeping busy!Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11317388242574705433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-27317164187192742132018-06-08T18:36:31.232+01:002018-06-08T18:36:31.232+01:00Hi Candy, thank you - there are areas of the gard...Hi Candy, thank you - there are areas of the garden here that I absolutely love and work well, especially this month. Open Garden Squares has some wonderful gardens to visit; I wish there was time to see more but I'll be pleased if can get to my chosen three - the allotments at Branch Hill, the barge gardens that I read about on your blog and, if time, back to hear the talk at the Southwark Cathedral herb garden. There's also 49 Bankside in the Southwark area which looks good. So many gardens, so little time! Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11317388242574705433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-60915304121072944462018-06-08T17:36:14.298+01:002018-06-08T17:36:14.298+01:00I've been trialling Sluggo slug pellets from N...I've been trialling Sluggo slug pellets from Neudorff, Sue. They're said to be safe to use around food, animals and children. Also the slugs and snails return to their underground homes once the pellet has been ingested so birds have very little chance of finding and eating them. The organic ones break down to iron and phosphates which are found in the soil anyway. Good idea to cover beds just in case though.Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11317388242574705433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-23822025685442793182018-06-08T03:42:08.228+01:002018-06-08T03:42:08.228+01:00The flowers in your garden are lovely. I just have...The flowers in your garden are lovely. I just have boring vegetables in mine, although I do love them. I'm surprised how fast corn grows, it races towards the sun. Your ripening strawberries and broad beans are a pretty sight.Phuonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658691564062044986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-46671670447872063712018-06-07T20:58:59.286+01:002018-06-07T20:58:59.286+01:00I will be interested to hear how you get on with S...I will be interested to hear how you get on with Sluggo. I'd been using Slug Rid, as it's now called, with success up to this year. Now it seems the slugs are increasingly ignoring it. Strulch I haven't tried. Wool pellets I have and they've been useless for me. rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238493821002258459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-17831470428046977932018-06-07T14:30:19.242+01:002018-06-07T14:30:19.242+01:00A most enjoyable post and lovely pictures. It'...A most enjoyable post and lovely pictures. It's all looking and sounding good. xxFlightyhttps://flightplot.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-78796843832066494812018-06-07T08:53:12.869+01:002018-06-07T08:53:12.869+01:00I’m afraid so but only under cover.I’m afraid so but only under cover.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-67225940581051947862018-06-05T15:03:27.529+01:002018-06-05T15:03:27.529+01:00You have some lovely things in your garden! You ta...You have some lovely things in your garden! You talk of reading other gardening blogs, but are you visiting gardens during Open Garden Squares Weekend as well?Candy Blackhamhttps://enthusiasticgardener.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-11468856783327276162018-06-05T14:53:29.107+01:002018-06-05T14:53:29.107+01:00It's a nerve wracking time for gardeners, Sue ...It's a nerve wracking time for gardeners, Sue - I've tried to grow extra of everything, just in case. Have you resorted to slug pellets yet? I wonder if pigeons/wood pigeons are the culprits in my garden ... although the cherry trees are still full of fruit. I think I'll have to investigate a winter wash for the plum trees as this year they definitely set fruit. So frustrating!! Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11317388242574705433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-62558897993323287162018-06-05T09:25:19.073+01:002018-06-05T09:25:19.073+01:00We just had slight dampening but it still brought ...We just had slight dampening but it still brought out the slugs in a feeding frenzy to annilihate my annual flower seeding, as for plums the wood pigeons are stripping the trees of out fruits. Is the leaf curling caused by plum leaf curling aphids? Ours used to be sttavked every year at about this time until we started using a winter wash.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.com