Gardening is very visual for me - my phone always runs out of data as I take so many photos. So this thread is to post your tomato pics. I haven't grown many interesting ones this year but I'm hoping I will get some new seed for Christmas....I'm already planning next years!

These seems to be the new hip term being floated about.

I personally have practised this type of gardening for years but they have eventually came up with a name for it. It basically means, forget about crop rotation, forget all you have read in books, do what you think is right and will work,mix flowers fruit and vegetables, create havens for wildlife to name but a few ideas.

Just basic common sense really

Almost all garden gnomes have red hats. 
It's just a little gnome fact.

I'm trying carrots in pots for the first time and have sown some Amsterdam  Forcing in a couple of MFBs to eventually go undercover to extend the season.  What soil have those who do this regularly found to be best.  Ordinary sieved garden soil, bought compost, or a mix.  I'm assuming undiluted home made compost would be a bit rich.

Does anyone know what this plant/shrub or whatever it is is please?

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Afternoon folks

I have some leek seedlings that are still fairly small and currently in one pot. 

Could I pot these on into loo rolls then into the ground in about a month?

Sorry never grown them before therefore a bit unsure re timings?

It’s that time of year again.  You know when it rains constantly and you never see a butterfly    .
In case anyone wants to take part. Here’s a link. 

https://bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org/

I’ve downloaded the app in anticipation of a nice 15 minutes when I can sit and watch for butterflies     .

I had some problems with a cucumber this week and then today I noticed that some spiders have made use of the sharp edges on the cucumber leaves and capture some food.

   
   

So are you the veg grower and the veg cook in your house?
If not, does the cook have to make do with whatever the grower produces or do they have a say over what is grown for the kitchen?

I have 2 cucumber plants, and up to yesterday they were both doing great, yesterday I noticed a lot of small fruit dying off, however this morning I noticed some green flies on one of the plants so I got out my trusty Bug Off spray and sprayed both plants and some chilli and tomatoe plants close by asa precaution. Oh I also clipped off some lower leaves that were gone yellow and the dying/dead fruit, By lunchtime when I went in to check and after one of the plants major branch had started to wilt and die off. I will try put up some photos