That’s great news. I have hundreds of self seeded Jerusalem artichokes from the
previous allotment owner, apparently he used a Rotorvator and subsequently
spread them everywhere!!
😂
Karen Giles
Senior Design Engineer
Black Dog Design Ltd
t: 07790 908144
e:karen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 16 Sep 2019, at 14:20, Ann Welch <ann.welch123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
p.s. please ignore the typo ha ha. Having a bad spelling day clearly ha ha.
On 16/09/2019 14:17, Ann Welch wrote:
What a fab picture ! Great choice...Again Artichoke are a member of the
thistle family and drought tolerant, though if you want the flowers you will
have to forego the crop but then I've found it's difficult to get much out
of an Artichoke anyway and would rather have the flowers. Jerusalem
Artichokes also give beautiful flowers and you can still crop them after
they flower....if you really want to of course ha ha.... They're often known
as Fartichokes !!! Their a member of the sunflower family and again
drought tolerant and bee friendly. Didn't think of those :)
Phacelia and red clover can be bought in very large packets (100g or so)
sold as green manure ! Very cheap way of suppressing weeds and improving
soil quality on spare allotment space that's unused. :-D
Ann
On 16/09/2019 13:26, alinawilkes@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I grow a lot of flowers on my allotment for bees, including phacelia and
red clover. Bumbles love artichoke flowers!
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On Mon, 16 Sep 2019 at 13:17, Jane and Patrick Denby
<janedenby@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear all,
Ann has given some great recommendations for bee friendly plants. We have
a field of baby borage plants ready to be transplanted if anyone wants
them/some. We are on Headington Hill. Just give us a ring and come and dig
them up.
Cheers,
Jane and Patrick 07920485756
Janedenby@xxxxxxxxxxx
