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Thanks everyone, the DE I will try this. Over population and nutrition could be an issue. I tried the three sisters so I had runner beans, corn and squash. But I also threw in a couple of cabbages, broccoli and cauli. The brassicas did great until the butterflies demolished them but that was...

Great tips thank you! The corn that did fill out was enjoyed by the chickens so they were pleased but next year hand pollination for sure ☺️

Yes I definitely fed more pests than us this year 🤣

I forgot to add I was going to plant broad beans in all the beds as a cover crop, do you think this would be ok?

I'm trying to avoid the pesticides and so I did a washing up liquid spray which I think aided the demise of the green beans. It was a lemon and aloe soap 🤭 The lack of nutrients could be the reason for the squash failure I fed but probably not enough if their hungry plants. I'm struggling with...

Thank you all. I thought this might be the case as I did the companion planting but it didn't work for me, my squash only produced male flowers, my green beans were assassinated by black beetles. The corn was the only survivor but I didn't realise until too late how the pollination worked. One...

Hi all, It seems I am posting in every forum today! I am aiming to grow as much of our produce as possible. I would love to can and dehydrate etc but this is not popular and so very expensive to get started in the UK. So we will try eating seasonally and freezing what we can for winter. That...