This is an oldie which everyone probably knows but its worth adding in case anyone doesn't.  You don't have to do it like this, but I do.

When transplanting seedling  leeks for the table into their final positions use a dibber. Rake area flat and dibber holes at required distance. The deeper you dibber the more white your leeks will have. Leeks don't need to be too big for table use so spacing at 150mm is ample enough..
After dibbering, drop in the leek (some people trim the roots and tops, but I don't bother.)

Once seedling leeks are in dibbered hole, fill hole with water, and that's it. leave the hole open and it will allow the leek to expand as it grows.

Simples.

My two dogs, Amber the German Shepherd bitch and Kato the Siberian Husky male having a frolic in a local pond.        

Both dogs squaring up to each other on the grass.

Kato needs to be permanetly on a lead or else he bolts whereas Amber wanders but is easily retrieved.

We have started adding some sub categories in the "From Seed to Plant (Edibles)" area.

If you have any tips or tricks that you would like to share please add them there, we have started the ball rolling with Brens excellent tip on saving her cucumber, thanks for sharing Bren

This is my lovely boy Max, wearing his drying coat and taking over the kitchen sofa in one of his preferred poses dead dog.

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Thought you might like to see the progression of my walking onions over the past few weeks, because they are just such fun

   

   

   

   

They will do better in a nice big bed veg bed where they can spread in all directions, but are ticking over fairly well in a pot for now.

Some of you have already met Stella, she is 15 1/2

I bought this water manifold in either ALDI or Lidl a few months ago, today I set it up in the poly tunnel, I had to adapt the water inlet connector as it had a threaded connection to go directly on a tap. My tap is outside so I took a fitting off an old hose sprayer and fitted it in reverse and was able to use the quick release fitting.

   
   
   

Thought it worth sharing with my friends

OK we have had ex bat chickens before but we (and I really me I) have decided that 3-4 girls would be a really good plan. 
I need some help and advice so I can either buy a house and run or bully my friend (who is very creative, practical and has loads of wood - think hoarder) into building me something to fit the place I’ve decided is right. 
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Hi Folks

Just wanted to post a picture of the herbs transported when we moved 2 years ago, just because I think they look nice

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Hello all

I had uploaded a few photos to the old forum of my attempts to create my first non-container garden (as an adult, I dabbled a bit as a child) at my temporary rented home in North-East Lincolnshire. I was lucky to be given permission by my landlord and letting agent, and am indebted to the wonderful SarrissUK for bringing me a wonderful supply of compost to get it all kickstarted. After bumping into Sarriss at work this week, I thought it was high time to post some updates!

Here is what I started with:

   

And this was the mess that was revealed when I peeled back the plastic:

   

   

Dug out an awful lot of rubbish:

   

But I had to leave quite a lot behind as I had limited time (still going to work full time) and only had a hand trowel to work with!

Still, I eventually got to the point where I could lay down some cardboard:

   

More to come in the next post!