OK, that is all very impressive, but did you actually get pumpkins, tomatoes and tatoes? ;) We achieved all that healthy bushiness and then the constant rain and cold killed most of our plants (blight took hold). The winner of the tomato competition was our plot neighbour with 2 tomatoes in total. All ours went chocolate colour, but were rotten.

So I do demand picture proof of your harvest. :)

xxx

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Sorry dont have pictures of the harvest. Its true the weather in Europe was so bad that the crop for many of the plants was not good. I had plenty of tomatos and blueberries but they were all half sized. I only had 1 squash because of the pumpkins but we got 10 pumpkins off of 2 plants. The potatoes were also bad and we only got about 30 or so.
I'm not sure if the problem was a lack of sunlight or overwatering because of the rain. At the local blueberry farm they had full sized blueberries but their bushes grow in a field.
If we get another wet summer I will rig something up to keep most of the rain out of the containers.

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I take you word for the tomatoes then. :)

I hope to do things better this year. I am very much impressed with your movable garden. You really have it laid-out perfectly and it looks nice too. I always feel that a vegetable garden can be a beautiful thing to look at. I hate regimented lines and formal borders. I have learned the hard way that tidy lines are just something rabbits and slugs appreciate. ;)

xxx

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Ha thats a very polite way of saying it looks like a mess! I have rearanged things this year mostly to improve the amount of sunlight the plants receive. I will get some more picturse posted up for this year once things get moving.

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Oh no, not at all. I didn't mean it at all this way. I love a garden to look natural and interesting. The more mixed up the plants are and the less the paths are from straight the happier I get. I am more a secret garden than an allotment person. ;) So don't you dare imply I am a horticulturist! :)

I am actually doing something very simular this year. For the first time this year (we had the plot for 5 years already!), I bothered to look at the direction of our plot, i.e. where is south, north... and aim to make better provision for wind and water protection. It is a very sunny spot, when the sun shines, but the greatest trick will be to tame and hold on to the water that seems to come down only in torrential rain falls, rather than prolonged, old-fashioned, light English rain. We have raised the three large beds and put a ditch around them, to hold on to run offs. The outdoor tomatoes will be more sheltered this year. We shall just struggle on.

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What does LATOC stand for? My guesses: Lazy Arse Turnip Organisation Committee / Large Aerial Totally Organic Crop / Light And Tasty Original Cardboard - ?

Now that's it raining again here (after a 7-year drought), I might actually be able to grow something.

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