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on our site of 80 plots we use wooden stakes with numbers nailed on,to identify our plots.  the trouble is the stakes rot off at ground level after 2 > 3 years. so it's an ongoing job replacing them.   
    does any one know where we can purchase metal or plastic stakes as replacements.   or tell us how you have over come this problem.
   With thanks Les

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Made a lovely accompaniment to the Sunday roast  ..

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I'd say that's a no!

Adrian

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Bright and sunny this morning so had a walk around the garden and took these pictures;

As many of you will know I gave up my allotments just over a year ago (Dec 2018)  and started altering my garden at home to produce a few edible crops but still keep it mainly as an ornamental garden.

I had a bit of an indifferent year that is; some stuff I grew did very well,  whereas other stuff was very poor in particular my Tomatoes.

But pleased to say I learned quite a lot (even at my age) so I will be making a few alterations to my  growing techniques this year.


As I was walking I took a few photos with my mobile phone camera hence the poorish quality of the photos

Pics 1 & 2 Shows my last stick of Sprouts having grown around a dozen plants most of which performed quite well as you can see!

Pic 3 The last of my Leeks which I grew in a container as you can see. The results were not too good but at least they were flavoursome. This year I won't cram as many into the container as I think this will improve the size and quality.

Pics 4 & 5 I grew two lots of Carrots this year. The early crop (Sweet Candle) produced plenty of Carrots but they were quite small but very tasty! Again I put this down to growing them too close together.
(So another lesson learned) The late crop (Eskimo)that you can see here were grown in soil in a coldframe an performed quite well!.

Pic 6: Last year I grew my Garlic in a container and it didn't grow much bigger than the saved cloves I planted This year I have bought some new stock.....fingers crossed....at least they seem OK at the moment!

Pics 7 & 8 is how my 8 x 6 greenhouse that I fetched up from the allotment is doing. I have loads of perennial plants on the go that I will be using when I have another go at  setting up my garden to contain more edible plants. I am not quite sure what I will be doing as yet but I do have a few ideas in mind so at least it will occupy my time in 2020.

Pic 9 is a sample of the edible stuff I harvested this morning which I thought was quite good for the middle of January!

So I guess Sunday dinner plate will be quite full!

Click on pics to enlarge!