This year we are growing

[Pete Thomas]

Asparagus!

We started a new bed when we moved in a couple of years ago but you must leave the plants the first two years. So this is our first year of Asparagus and it's working very well.

We did try okra in the greenhouse last year but not too successful. We had some "ladies fingers", but with just a small plant we got maybe one a day so by the time there were enough to cook with, the first ones had gone by.

Beans, beetroot and sweetcorn do very well down here in sunny Southampton

[jonf]

Bloody hell, sparrowgrass! Beats me.

We're growing potatoes, carrots, rasishes, cougettes, rocket, chinese leaf and beans. All easy stuff I can get the kids involved with. Spuds are doing very well here in Surrey. Looking forward to eating them all.

Jon

[ch'boogie]

I am growing cucmbers which the slugs seem quite partial too. Also tomatoes and lettuces, which I am hoping our chickens won't get!!! so far so good as they supposedly aren't allowed into the lower part of our garden although there's always one that hops over the fence to check out what they are missing out on

[jonf]

I am growing cucmbers which the slugs seem quite partial too. :

Try nematodes if your veg are being munched by slugs. I had real problems with the slimy critters, but if you use nematodes and follow the instructions to the letter, hey presto, no slugs. It's been 100% effective.

Have sttarted to eat the fruit and veg now. Fantastic - the taste of a strawberry eaten seconds after picking cannot be beaten.

[ch'boogie]

Thanks JonF ,

I will try nematodes. Have also tried strawberries just after picking from the garden, I don't think you can beat them!!! although raspberries are pretty good!

[Pete Thomas]

Thanks JonF ,

I will try nematodes. Have also tried strawberries just after picking from the garden, I don't think you can beat them!!! although raspberries are pretty good!

I'm all for natural pest control. This is the kind of thing I like to encourage: