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It's "Plants of Distinction" Janet

Thanks.

Quote from: BarriedaleNick on October 13, 2009, 08:36:51
Getting enough manure\organic material to the plot. 

Same here, though I'm not much clay, I'm very dry crumble.  On top of that I'm in no way built for hod carrying.  Tore a muscle last autumn lugging bagged manure and couldn't move my arm for 3 weeks.

Never seems to be enough to make it moist.

Quote from: saddad on October 14, 2009, 07:54:26
Simply veg cat. came recently... drool....  :)

Oh dear saddad just had to download it after your comment. Certainly a feast for the eyes.......

http://www.plantsofdistinction.co.uk/img/Veg%20Catalogue%202010.pdf

And when you have finished drooling over them ... try this one too  ;)

http://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/chilternseeds/index/

... ask for a paper copy and just check out their veggie illustrations ... they are to die for   :D 

... the veg taste great too !!!  ;D ;D ;D

hmmm

Getting spacing right possibly.

Also not having a polytunnel - its hard accepting that at the moment!

Quote from: Digeroo on October 12, 2009, 22:56:14
Digging.  Some of my 'soil' is still rock solid and some areas are only a few inches deep before it is like concrete.  

Ditto!

Closely followed by fighting the weeds on the non cultivated bits!

Cleaning stupidly knobbly pink fir apple potatoes. After one saucepan full I am ready to put other several kilos on Freecycle. Never again!

Quote from: lewic on October 14, 2009, 12:34:31
Cleaning stupidly knobbly pink fir apple potatoes. After one saucepan full I am ready to put other several kilos on Freecycle. Never again!

Try jet spraying them in a bucket.

Planning and recording. Always mean to, never do. Plan in my head, then something grabs my attention - oooh yes, must try this, surely can squeeze a bit of that in there - and the plan has gone. Might help if I stopped reading this forum  ::)  ;D

Anything to do with potatoes, moving compost and moving manure ...these are the moments i wish i was a man!

Digging the spuds up properly so as not to leave any volunteer's, anyone managed that yet.   ;D ;D ;D

planting  potatoes
next hardest
getting up in a morning

The OH plants the potatoes and brings me breakfast in bed so right now can't think of a hardest task horticulturally but wait for the weekend when I try to keep two grandchildren happy 1 male 13, 1 female 8 =disaster protective clothing compulsorily

Putting the canes away.  I always managed to hurt my hands.  Hate doing it.

Talking my old man into putting up my greenhouse............. :D

new greenhouse!!......thats   posh  betula   ;D ;D
has the credit crunch not hit yet ?  
;D ;D ;D ;D
jtw

Removing carpet from the plot that has brambles and weeds growing through it with 3" soil on top >:(

Neil

1. Definitely the same as Nilly (when I got my plot)
2. lugging everything up to the plot (manure, wood etc)
3. then managing the dreaded couch grass
4. Managing my seed addiction
5. persuading OH to help me build stuff - compost bin, cold frames and shed
6. Turning over new areas for the 1st time - boy that clay is heavy and sticky!

I think I'll stop there   ::) ;D

Quote from: cornykev on October 14, 2009, 17:50:32
Digging the spuds up properly so as not to leave any volunteer's, anyone managed that yet.   ;D ;D ;D

Or not putting ya fork in the one the slugs have Left alone. ;D