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Entries Tagged as ‘Allotment garden’
June 29, 2008
More about garlic scapes
I have been looking into this, as I thought I didn’t get scapes because I was too far north. But it seems it must be the variety of garlic that is the factor, not so much the latitude.
I have found a garlic grower in Nairn, Scotland (farther north than Edinburgh, where I am). They are the [...]
June 28, 2008
Garlic scapes – a bonus crop
I had never heard of scapes before today. But it seems they are tasty, versatile, free (if you have planted garlic!) and a garlic-lover’s paradise!!
They are a shoot that grows from mature garlic, though I have never seen it in mine. Perhaps the weather in Edinburgh isn’t hot enough, or maybe the scapes are more [...]
June 16, 2008
Organic slug control – garlic
I met a lady who runs a garden centre in East Lothian (damp Scotland!). She was telling me that her dahlias had been badly hit by slugs – in previous years, that is. But this year she is trying a new remedy – garlic water! It sounded good to me, and she said it seems [...]
May 26, 2008
Controlling slugs
This season my friend and I are trying a new method of slug control. I am much more squeemish than she is. Slugs and snails that she spots are humanely dispatched – using a rock and a breeze block!
This, coupled with the fact that she crushes any eggs she finds, has depleted their numbers. But [...]
May 25, 2008
Are plant pests a headache? Use aspirin!
Allotment gardeners often have some strange sounding ideas, and some odd solutions to problems. And “Tony the Hoe” has written about a cracker of an idea – Spraying plants with diluted aspirin to boost their immune system.
I once knew an old lady gardener whose motto was “Try anything once, dear.” So I may well give [...]
