Manure

Since the plots at Farnborough Road are all fairly new, we have been digging in copious quantities of well rotted horse manure. Thus far we have been driving to a stables in Whitehill and filling a trailer at a time. The manure is free (come and collect as much as you want) and is well rotted, although it’s a bit of an effort to dig it out of the pile! So it keeps me fit but is a bit of drive to collect it. A couple of questions:

(1) Has anyone got a good source of manure which is closer to Farnham?

(2) I’ve heard rumour that some of the other sites (e.g. 6 Bells) get manure delivered to the gate. Is this true? if so then can Farnborough Road get in on the act??!

Carrot Root Fly

When planting carrots you should try to protect them from their main pest, the carrot root fly (Psila rosae). These small black flies (8mm in length) lay eggs in the soil near carrots with larvae emerging to feed about a week later.

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