Help MBE grow his dinner 2012

hazzie123

MrBE on your photo up there^^^^^ you have milk cartons in the ground,like a chloche (sp?) are they working as well as the pop bottles? We only rarely buy cans of pop so no 2ltr bottles but I have milk cartons wasn't sure how well the milk ones would work with not being clear?

lemonjelly

!!!!ing weather blew the greenhouse over & I've lost everything!

My evenings this week will consist of firstly picking up the greenhouse, Throwing the contents into the garden composter, and then re planting absolutely everything...

lemonjelly

Worse luck! Ehen I just logged in to post this, I found out I was selected to possibly win the grow month by month guides, but am too late to reply!

diddly74

I hav just been and cleaned up the garden from my greenhouse blowing over. Have discarded the cover and all the bits of tube not needed but the shelves are in perfect working order so everything I have saved has gone back on them safely propped against the wall. Lets see what survives.

vesper

oh no to the people who's greenhouses blew over. I had that problem last year losing everything, it put me off growing again for a while.
It's gorgeous out here today, but the ground is far to wet to do anything about it. Everything is ready to plant out but will just have to wait until it's drier. I have two greenhouses full at the moment (not full sized ones though).

mrbadexample

lemonjelly wrote: »

!!!!ing weather blew the greenhouse over & I've lost everything!

My evenings this week will consist of firstly picking up the greenhouse, Throwing the contents into the garden composter, and then re planting absolutely everything...

Aww mate! Was that a proper greenhouse or a blowaway? I keep checking out of the window to make sure mine's still there. I'm not entirely sure how secure it is since I raised it, but so far so good.

mrbadexample

lemonjelly wrote: »

Worse luck! Ehen I just logged in to post this, I found out I was selected to possibly win the grow month by month guides, but am too late to reply!

Guess I'll have to lend you mine when it gets here. Bad luck old chap.

Little_Vics

MBE - what's comfrey? Should I grow it? Can you eat it?

mrbadexample

Little_Vics wrote: »

MBE - what's comfrey? Should I grow it? Can you eat it?

I was looking at some in a garden centre on Saturday. The label said that although some people eat the young leaves, it has not been established that it is safe to do so. :rotfl:

It's also known as knitbone, and is more of a herbal remedy than anything else I think. However, we gardeners (!) grow it because it is very good at extracting nutrients from the ground. Chuck some leaves in a bucket of water until it stinks to high heaven, and you have free tomato feed. Also good for feeding other fruit and veg. The leaves make great compost, and can be placed directly around tomato plants, or chopped up in the pot when you plant them. Some people put a layer in when they plant spuds.

The wild sort seeds everywhere, so is quite invasive. The big root system means it's hard to get rid of once you've got it. However, there is a variety known as Bocking 14, which is sterile and spreads by way of roots or root cuttings. If you have a spot that's no good for anything else (like I have behind my greenhouse there) then I think it's worth growing.

cootambear

hazzie123 wrote: »

MrBE on your photo up there^^^^^ you have milk cartons in the ground,like a chloche (sp?) are they working as well as the pop bottles? We only rarely buy cans of pop so no 2ltr bottles but I have milk cartons wasn't sure how well the milk ones would work with not being clear?

I use cut up plastic cider bottles as mini clotches

beware, on hot days they sweat the plant