tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203825390310863045.post3468908339826181901..comments2023-10-05T11:30:10.608+01:00Comments on cardigangirlverity: Catch-up in the gardenverityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825551404394913715noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203825390310863045.post-73659999596573836252012-07-30T17:11:40.801+01:002012-07-30T17:11:40.801+01:00Verity, the potatoes growing on our compost heap, ...Verity, the potatoes growing on our compost heap, looked much the same. I've just harvested almost 3lbs of potatoes.<br /><br />There were also number of very small potatoes, and some that were a bit green so they went straight back onto the compost heap.<br /><br />I chuck potatoes which are a bit green, or have gone soft onto the compost heap, and get a crop of spuds for free.Geraldinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203825390310863045.post-18894409176214315502012-07-24T14:28:35.639+01:002012-07-24T14:28:35.639+01:00Your potatoes haven't got blight. That's w...Your potatoes haven't got blight. That's what they do when they're ready to harvest.<br /> If they're blighted they get great big black blotches on the leaves which turn to mush & smell disgusting!!Ali Malhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01595941215998565255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203825390310863045.post-86042501209347186382012-07-23T21:14:50.174+01:002012-07-23T21:14:50.174+01:00Some of the containers on my patio are completely ...Some of the containers on my patio are completely full of water. Time to take a power drill to the base...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203825390310863045.post-79720266686745774482012-07-23T09:57:16.536+01:002012-07-23T09:57:16.536+01:00The weather is a nightmare for growing things at t...The weather is a nightmare for growing things at the moment, we have been growing some salad but I don't think it will last much longer!Dothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07214328862998740090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203825390310863045.post-701300538507845652012-07-22T21:11:06.316+01:002012-07-22T21:11:06.316+01:00Although we haven't grown vegetables this year...Although we haven't grown vegetables this year I feel your frustration with plants not quite growing as they should. As a novice gardener I'm left wondering is it me or just the monsoon quantity of rain we've had? I'm tempted with strawberry plants for next year though.Joan Hunter Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14652041203134127783noreply@blogger.com