I noticed our pumpkin competition organiser hasn’t started a thread yet  . So here it is.
I have no idea if a tromba competition is happening this year, anyone? (My second year not growing them   ) reports here if it is. 

So how’s everyone doing? Have we all sown our competition seeds?……………………….Veggie? 

Online the Mirror today was spouting rubbish (no change there then) warning us about a plant more dangerous than Japanese Knotweed.  The buddleia. 
https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/garde...k-32852726
We're told it could reduce house prices, kill off native species by distracting pollinators etc. so we should all kill off our buddleias. What tosh.

I have a small bed about 10' x 3' with a single off centre rose, a bit of yellow sedum and bog standard aubretia.  I've tried to get stuff draping over the wall but the plants always invade the whole bed instead. I usually fill it with bedding but wondered what ideas you great minds could come up with in the way of pernnial or semi perennial planting.  The bed has a twin the other side of the steps up to the lawn with a bit more permanent planting with sedum, rockery calendula, aubretia, oxalis.  The lawn gets mowed (obviously)  and so will anything invading the lawn space, P is not very protective of any plants invading the lawn edge  
I'm not thinking things 4ft high but I'm open to ideas.

   

Being very new to growing roses. One isn’t looking well. Any rose experts that can advise please. The leaves look horrible, but it’s still covered in buds. 

   

I have another rose ( different variety) planted next to it in the same bed , that looks fine.

Hi all, 

My allotment site is on a slope. My individual plot is higher on one long side than the other. From the weedy grassy path that runs between our plot and the neighbours', it's about a foot or more step down to my plot. That means some of my beds have a weedy wall with grass that grows down from the path. It is hard to strim and the overhanging grass causes a lot of pest damage to things growing in those beds 

Any ideas to practically mulch/cover/control the little wall/slope that won't be a complete haven for slugs etc?

Thanks!

Welcome, Red Hand. Tell us a little about yourself and your garden or allotment, please. Any questions, just ask - we'll do our best to answer them.

There are Climbing French Beans called Cobra, Python and Rattlesnake and Snake beans. ........... & Tiger Beans.
What other animal "seeds" are there that could live in the garden?

I have to confess I’ve just created the first (to my knowledge) plant hospital   
For those plants you knowingly buy that really aren’t suited to your garden environment and they struggle   . But you buy them anyway 
Unfortunately the doctor at this plant hospital doesn’t actually know she is now a plant doctor.   .









PS. Veggie there’s a parcel on its way to you     . 

It’s a few polianthes white pearl bulbs. If you want to feed them straight to mr hungry hot composter instead of faffing about with them please do.

...........if I had, I wouldn't have bought my flavoured lamb steak with a minty marinade from Morrisons.

Eating carnivore means that I usually don't have to search a list of ingredients as 9 times out of 10 their is only one...............the meat itself!

I assumed a minty lamb steak would only have 'mint' as a flavouring?, how wrong could I be?

I was dismayed to find this list of ingredients!

Marinated Lamb leg steak 90%

INGREDIENTS

Lamb
Sugar
Glucose syrup
Caster Sugar
Maize Starch
Maltrodextrin
Salt
Tomato
Demerara sugar
Chilli flakes
Chilli powder
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Tomato powder
Lemon
Coriander
Cumin
Yeast extract
Paprika
Aniseed
Red pepper flakes
Red pepper powder
Caremalised sugar powder
Parsley
Yeast extract powder
Stabalisers
Xanthan gum
Guar gum
Acacia gum
Ginger powder
Smoked paprika
Fennel seed
Cumin seed
Garlic flakes
Cayenne pepper
Corriander powder
Cinnamon powder
Beetroot powder
Onion
MINT
Dried garlic
Kibbled onion
Smoked salt
Acidity regulators
Citric acid
Malic acid
Sunflower oil
Fennel powder
Cumin powder
Paprika extract
Garlic
Ginger
Potassium chloride
Dextrose
Turmeric powder
Nutmeg
Clove powder
Oregano
Corriander leaf
Thickeners
Xanthum gum
Orange
Cardamon
Cinnamon
Flavouring
Chilli pepper
Anniseed extract
Rapeseed oil
Caremelised sugar
Spirit vinegar
Lemon oil
Ginger extract
clementines
Coriander extract
Turmeric
Capsicum

In total 77 additives and 90% meat. I  think this is flaming ridiculous and in future will buy an unflavoured lamb leg steak and add a tiny bit of homemade mint sauce!!!!  Rant over, but check your labels folks!

Anyone know anything about fossils?
Is this one or am I just reading too much into it?

It’s pretty cool even if it isn’t    . Then I do have a strange affection for rocks     .