Posted by Kathy McIntosh on September 3, 2010, 5:38 pm
> X-posted to uk.d-i-y purely because some of the allotment gardeners seem
> to be using angle grinders. ;-)
Yeah, I wondered about that as well. Then I thought about some of the weeds
on our plot and it all began to make sense :-}
>
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/news/headstones_damaged_as_cemetery_targeted_in_vandal_rampage_1_617594
> Fortunately not where my allotment is.
> I am at cow pastures.
--
Kathy
Posted by Bob Hobden on September 3, 2010, 6:33 pm
"David WE Roberts" wrote ...
>
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/news/headstones_damaged_as_cemetery_targeted_in_vandal_rampage_1_617594
> Fortunately not where my allotment is.
> I am at cow pastures.
That is sheds yet again being broken into.
Better off without one. A towing bracket on the car and a little trailer is
all that's needed and you can also use that to collect manure and take
rubbish down the tip. It would probably work out about the same price as a
small shed too.
You could also invest in an old Landrover Defender like me but that is a
much more expensive (and fraught) alternative.
One of our allotment holders has 5 allotment and no shed, he uses a trailer
and keeps all his tools and everything at home.
--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK
Posted by David WE Roberts on September 4, 2010, 5:05 am
> "David WE Roberts" wrote ...
>>
>>
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/news/headstones_damaged_as_cemetery_targeted_in_vandal_rampage_1_617594
>>
>> Fortunately not where my allotment is.
>> I am at cow pastures.
> That is sheds yet again being broken into.
> Better off without one. A towing bracket on the car and a little trailer
> is all that's needed and you can also use that to collect manure and take
> rubbish down the tip. It would probably work out about the same price as a
> small shed too.
> You could also invest in an old Landrover Defender like me but that is a
> much more expensive (and fraught) alternative.
> One of our allotment holders has 5 allotment and no shed, he uses a
> trailer and keeps all his tools and everything at home.
However it is nice to be able to walk or cycle to the allotment.
--
No plan survives contact with the enemy.
[Not even bunny]
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")
Posted by harry on September 1, 2010, 6:12 pm
wrote:
> My outdoor cucumber and courgette seem to have been almost totally wiped out
> by mildew.
> The butternut squash is soldiering on but is also suffering.
> Is there anything I can do to save the plants?
> With virtually no leaves left there is not much to power the plant into
> producing more fruit or filling out what is already there.
> Cheers
> Dave R
> --
> No plan survives contact with the enemy.
> [Not even bunny]
> Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
> (\__/)
> (='.'=)
> (")_(")
If it's that bad, no I would say. You need different varieties next
year.
The effective fungicides have been withdrawn. I expect they were
poisoning us all.
Posted by Jim Jackson on September 2, 2010, 5:58 pm
> My outdoor cucumber and courgette seem to have been almost totally wiped out
> by mildew.
> The butternut squash is soldiering on but is also suffering.
> Is there anything I can do to save the plants?
> With virtually no leaves left there is not much to power the plant into
> producing more fruit or filling out what is already there.
Probably not. But watering the foliage with dilute milk seems to keep the
mildew at bay. I've not needed it this year, but in previous years it does
seem to have worked. 10% solution seems to be generally advised - google
brings up quite a bit on it.
> Cheers
> Dave R
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> to be using angle grinders. ;-)