Comments on: In The Garden – July and August http://fifefood.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/in-the-garden-%e2%80%93-july-and-august/ A kitchen and garden diary from Friends of the Earth Fife Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:09:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: AlexM http://fifefood.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/in-the-garden-%e2%80%93-july-and-august/#comment-14 AlexM Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:56:11 +0000 http://fifefood.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-14 Your blog is interesting! Keep up the good work! Your blog is interesting!

Keep up the good work!

]]> By: David http://fifefood.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/in-the-garden-%e2%80%93-july-and-august/#comment-8 David Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:47:12 +0000 http://fifefood.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-8 Thanks for the advice. My soil is good, though there is a layer of clay a little below spade depth below the top. Any polite advice on how to deal with the potato advocates? Thanks for the advice. My soil is good, though there is a layer of clay a little below spade depth below the top.

Any polite advice on how to deal with the potato advocates?

]]> By: Fife Food http://fifefood.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/in-the-garden-%e2%80%93-july-and-august/#comment-6 Fife Food Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:19:47 +0000 http://fifefood.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-6 Hi David, I would only recommend doing this if your ground is very dense clay. Potatoes help to break this up. However this can also be done by hard graft!! I would recommend trying a few different things to find out what will grow well in your garden. I find that certain things flourish and others don't (depending on the type of soil, the aspect of the garden, how windy it is, the types of pests which are already around etc) so rather than have to spend huge amounts of time and effort coaxing reluctant crops, I concentrate on the ones that want to grow. This has taken a bit or trial and error but has saved me a lot of frustration. Good luck! Hi David, I would only recommend doing this if your ground is very dense clay. Potatoes help to break this up. However this can also be done by hard graft!! I would recommend trying a few different things to find out what will grow well in your garden. I find that certain things flourish and others don’t (depending on the type of soil, the aspect of the garden, how windy it is, the types of pests which are already around etc) so rather than have to spend huge amounts of time and effort coaxing reluctant crops, I concentrate on the ones that want to grow. This has taken a bit or trial and error but has saved me a lot of frustration. Good luck!

]]> By: David http://fifefood.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/in-the-garden-%e2%80%93-july-and-august/#comment-5 David Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:15:51 +0000 http://fifefood.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-5 I have a newly dug vegetable patch, but not planted anything yet. The people I have spoken to advise only doing potatoes for the first year. Is this what you recommend too? As local food becomes popular again there will be more amateurs like myself looking for advice. I have a newly dug vegetable patch, but not planted anything yet.

The people I have spoken to advise only doing potatoes for the first year. Is this what you recommend too?

As local food becomes popular again there will be more amateurs like myself looking for advice.

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