Lots of shops have been closed for a few months because of Covid, but for those of us lucky enough to have our own Little Shop at the end of the garden or on the plot, there have been supplies on the shelves.
I've been a regular customer in my Shop but, to be honest, stock levels haven't been sufficient to keep up with demand  and there have been many days when the shelves have been bare. 
The Shopkeeper assures me that there will  be a delivery of Dwarf French Beans next week - although they may be a bit more expensive than usual as they'll be the first of the season. 
Regular deliveries of courgettes are expected in June with the first cucumbers and strawberries.  

Has your Shop kept up supplying its customers or did it have to close down?

I think it's generally known that urine is a good compost accelerator,  but how much and how often?

So many things you can do! 

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Hello all, I'm Scarlet. Been loving the lockdown and the weather. After planting up 50 dahlias I'm seriously wondering what to do with the other 50 
I've slowly emptied the GH's to get my tomatoes in the borders but have been struggling a bit with the sun. More to do tomorrow.

I've been thinking of buying a "treat"  with the money I've managed not to spend during Covid - something I wouldn't normally buy for myself. All I can think of is a Hotbin!!

My main reservation (apart from the price) is that I have very little household food waste - not with 3 dogs and a chicken! So I might have to create stuff to be composted.
Do any of you have any experience with Hotbins (No Baldy, this is a sensible question. )

Please don't suggest a Wormery instead as I've failed miserably with them  and I'm no good with normal compost bins either!

I have some self seeded/grown garlic which is healthy and green. Because I thought this merely a supermarket cast off that has taken to the garden and decided to stay, and has very small cloves, I decided to buy some Casablanca cloves and try to grow garlic properly.   The Casablanca were started off in pots in early March then transplanted to their growing place in late March.  Now they are going brown and withering.  What do you think I've done wrong.  The onions and shallots in the same area are fine.  If you would like pics, can do.

This morning I was pulling up wallflower plants to add to the compost bin and after stripping off the greenery then started cutting the stems with secatures but cut off the roots to put in the general household waste bin, I never add roots of the brassica family to my compost and wondered if others do the same or am I just being a bit quirky
If there is a compost thread I couldn't find it so move if necessary

Thought I'd keep name the same so I don't get myself confused.

Riga is the name our house had when we moved here, a 3 acre semi-detached small holding. It used to be fairly peaceful surrounded by dairy farms but becoming more industrialised now - fewer farms but bigger machinery and big sheds for the cows. So we only have organic dairy products. Cheddar cheese was the hardest to find but Waitrose do it as a last resort with the current restrictions but I prefer to buy from an organic cheese farm from Lancashire (Leagram's) stocked where I get my eggs from in High Leigh.

In my current GH each border has some very old seeping hose/tube buried about 6 inches deep beneath the soil fed from a 150L water butt say 12" above ground level.  I acquired the old hose from a neighbour  and it is made of a white permeable synthetic fabric with a black plastic strip reinforcement along its length.   I've not found anything like it on sale today and would like to find an alternative.   I have tried several different sorts of the black recycled rubber seeping hose, recommended  for use with butts,  with no success whatsoever,  I assume because of the lack of water pressure.

Has anyone  got any bright ideas or experience of an irrigation system fed from a water butt for my new GH, preferably a seepy hose buried rather than drip taps on the soil surface (which I may end up with).

In the great scheme of things everything needs water obviously. But here in the south we've not had rain for ages and aren't likely to for some weeks.  Apart from greenhouse plants, and newly planted stuff, what do you consider the most important  things to water, and what can be left to it's own devices.?