I am digging up loads of stones on my plot and wondered whether there were any good ideas of how to get rid of them or what I can use them for.
I will probably have about three of four wheelbarrow loads up til now with the number increasing as the days go by.

Going to move the window sill stuff into the allotment greenhouse(hence the G day) tomorrow as I can't wait any longer. I will put them on the greenhouse bench and build a frame around them which will be covered with thin opaque polystyrene (Laminate flooring underlay).
If I do perchance loose them, then so be it, I will have learned a lesson.

Hello Folks

I know this has been done before on other sites but I'd still like to know your thoughts.

So if I wanted larger fruit for particular recipes should I go with dedicated marrow or just let a few courgettes grow bigger?

French/Runner Beans twine around supports whereas peas like netting or summat to grab onto with their tendrils. What if that "summat" was a climbing bean?

In other words, can you think of a reason why I should, or shouldn't, grow beans and peas together on the same support?

Having successfully smoked some trout once in the wok, Mr PP has bought me a smoker! It is one of those ones with fuel burners underneath so can/should be used outside. It even has a thermometer. 

I'm happy with smoking fish, meat, cheese and tofu but wondered if anybody had smoked other things? Celeriac maybe?

Please share your ideas, recipes and photos

So, I am slowly going through my dahlia tubers - I started planting up a couple of weeks ago.
Some of the tubers I got from the dahlia farm last year were huge so I've been cutting them up. Not sure I can plant them all. Anyway - some I can't ID yet - the flowers were too far gone. Feel free to have a go ?maybe they will tell us who they are when they flower late Summer.

What varieties are you growing?

The best way to carry a compost dalek    







   

I went for a walk round Lip na cloiche this afternoon. It was a risk with the strong winds & snow showers. But it was lovely while we were there. And it was the most beautiful garden. Buy no means huge but on a steep slope so not easy gardening. Got some ideas for my new garden and I learned that there are so many different hellebore colours & sizes. I had no idea     .                  

I highly recommend a visit if you’re ever on Mull. This is the view from the top of the garden 

   

The view from the bottom of the garden, looking over newly planted trees & wild flowers (well it will be later in the year)

   








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Evening Folks

I grew a lot of courgettes at the plot last year. These were sown indoors however I wondered how much success people have had sowing direct?

I assume the pro for indoors is you can sow earlier but the con is space requirements.

We see a lot of these, they're much more common than the common swallowtail. Called le flambé in French the caterpillars feed on blackthorn and fruit trees and there are plenty of those around.