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My Veg & Flower Growing (Inc Loads Of Pics) Updated

ukbill69
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edited 29 July 2010 at 9:16PM in Gardening
20100528005.jpg Cauliflower, Sprouts, Broccoli.

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French Beans, Sweetcorn

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Desiree and Jersey Royals

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And leeks that are bursting to be picked, doing it this weekend.
Kind Regards
Bill
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  • mrbadexample
    mrbadexample Posts: 10,805 Forumite
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    Good looking leeks. When were they planted?
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • ukbill69
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    Last year, they have gone through all that snow, well pleased with them :)
    Kind Regards
    Bill
  • mazinmouse
    mazinmouse Posts: 240 Forumite
    Great stuff. Seeing your garden makes me realise I should just get on and plant stuff - I faff about too much. You may find that your sweetcorn plants are a touch too close to each other - but I cannot speak as last year mine never got out of the little pot I bought them in.
    :A
  • Lovely. I always like seeing the pics. Yummy looking leeks!
    No longer half of Optimisticpair


  • EmptyPockets
    EmptyPockets Posts: 1,905 Forumite
    Wow, great-looking Leeks! I hope ours end up half as good as those... they have a long while to go yet though, only planted about a month ago. Thanks for the pics, your stuff looks nice and healthy.
    "Your life is what your thoughts make it"

    "If you can't bite, don't show your teeth!"
    :cry: R.i.P our beautiful girl Suki. We'll love and miss you forever :cry:
  • ukbill69
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    The thing with leeks, you have to build them up with compost. So start the pot or in my case a tyre small, each time they get bigger add more compost. Then the white bit you eat is the bit in the ground. Hope this helps.
    Kind Regards
    Bill
  • ukbill69
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    mazinmouse wrote: »
    Great stuff. Seeing your garden makes me realise I should just get on and plant stuff - I faff about too much. You may find that your sweetcorn plants are a touch too close to each other - but I cannot speak as last year mine never got out of the little pot I bought them in.

    Ive been reading and I think you have to have a lot of them close to each other so they germinate, I might be wrong.
    Kind Regards
    Bill
  • EmptyPockets
    EmptyPockets Posts: 1,905 Forumite
    ukbill69 wrote: »
    The thing with leeks, you have to build them up with compost. So start the pot or in my case a tyre small, each time they get bigger add more compost. Then the white bit you eat is the bit in the ground. Hope this helps.

    Very much so, thank you.
    "Your life is what your thoughts make it"

    "If you can't bite, don't show your teeth!"
    :cry: R.i.P our beautiful girl Suki. We'll love and miss you forever :cry:
  • ukbill69
    ukbill69 Posts: 2,790 Forumite
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    My leek harvest, god the smell is very nice when pulling them up.
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    Kind Regards
    Bill
  • ANY_CHANCE
    ANY_CHANCE Posts: 825 Forumite
    They look beautiful Bill
    “most people give up just as they are about to achieve success”
    If you think you are going through hell keep going - Sir Winston Churchill
    If You Can't Change It, Change the Way You Think About It.
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