Hi Guys,
I'm new here. Got a small allotment that I started early on in the year, after many years away from gardening. I'm sure I'll be looking for recommendations soon into the season! :-)

Garden Organic have posted a list of Seed Swapping Events in 2023. (Cardiff is not until 25th February and I'm excited already. +)
https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/what-we...vents-2023

Please add any events & Potato days that you hear about.

As one swap closes another one opens.

Any commercial seeds (part or full packets) with a sow by date  of 2022 or later, accepted. Also, saved seeds that weren't in the recent swap.
Seeds to be sent to me before 14th April and sent back during April so that there's still time to sow them.
As before, if you send in 20 packets (all different) you'll receive 20 random packets back.  Just an example, you can send in however many you like and I'll try to send the same number back - no guarantees though if you send lots!
Put your names on the packets so that they're not sent back to you.
Seal opened packets well - I hate it when an envelope contains loose, unidentifiable seeds (they go to a random patch somewhere in the garden).

Who's IN 

1. Veggie - RCD
2. Small Chilli - RCD
3. Garrett - RCD
4. JJB - RCD
5. Proserpina X
6. Far End Woman - RCD
7. Scarlet - RCD
8 Sarriss X

RCD = Received.

So I’ve got a little bit of wood chip. I believe it’s mostly larch. I’ll be using most on paths . My question is can I mix it into  beds and add it to compost? I wasn’t sure if the larch had a lot of tannings in it that wouldn’t be good for beds. If it is ok I might be able to get more     .

Didn't know where to put this so i bunged it here!

I made a short video when I first got my Fergie tractor and today managed to eventualy upload it to youtube.

Here's a link for anyone interested!

https://youtu.be/sNwiVa1dGDE

Btw there were three models, a TEA petrol version, a TED petrol/ parrafin version (like mine) and a TEF diesel version. Overseas there was also a TEO.

I bought the Maria Thun Biodynamic Calendar 2023 intending to give this a try next year but I'm totally flummoxed by it. I can't get my head around the system at all. 
In my simple way I thought I could bend my Roots, Shoots, Fruits and Leaves to their Roots, Fruits, Leaves and Flowers planting dates. 
You think my RSFL plan is complicated, but its easy peasy compared to Moon gardening. I can't find any pattern to it at all. 
Unless somebody comes along with a simplified version that my simple mind can understand, I'm sorry to say that I'm giving up on it. 

Anybody tried it who can help a confused Veggie please?

Having had the first (and hopefully only) snow of winter, my happy thought was that, I have enough food in the house to last until the new year, probably longer. May run out of milk ( but have powdered) and bread (have a bread maker and flour). I'd just like a fine day on Wednesday when my car goes for its MOT and then I'm going to hibernate.
I envy the animals that can curl up somewhere snug for a few months and sleep the cold spell away. Are there any more wishful hibernators around?

I seem to have amassed a lot of different onion seeds. Apart from some being white and others red, I'm not sure how they differ. 
Which onions do you recommend growing from seed and when do you sow them please?

Tribal People Try is a Youtube channel for a group of Tribal Villagers who are asked to eat something that is alien to them - like KFC or Scotch egg. Its quite comical - the phrases they use to describe the taste and texture of these foods. 

One of my favourites is Marmite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxXht0PD67c

I've been given 5 punnets of Sensation strawberries tonight.  They're huge - twice the size of some Elsanta strawberries in another punnet.
My question is - what are my chances of growing strawberry plants from fruits and how would you go about it?