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  • James Stonhold on Walpole Road

    08/06/2021
    Just a note on the Number of Plots . Some of the Plots have been divided and let as such...

  • Louise Nowell on Hedgehogs and Slug Pellets

    27/03/2021
    The ferrous slugkiller is not safe for wildlife. It contains a chelate making the iron available to kill slugs and...

  • Glyn Harries on Poisonous courgette warning

    23/03/2021
    I found this after googling re an awful metallic bitter taste in my mouth yesterday evening and now after eating...

  • L.Hopcroft on Poisonous courgette warning

    12/03/2021
    I made my favourite courgette soup with courgettes bought at the supermarket. I have four portions sitting in the freezer,...

  • Robert Stephenson on The Brighton & Hove Allotment Federation Committee

    23/02/2021
    Names are OK, but pics help an old man who forgets names too easily

  • Mark Carroll on Mushrooms to Make Compost

    23/02/2021
    We've used what I think is a mix of hard and soft wood. It has worked and the mycelium seems...

  • Martin on Mushrooms to Make Compost

    23/02/2021
    I'm really keen to try this but have read that you should use hard wood chips. The wood chip that...

  • Jules Arthur on Wood Chip as a Mulch

    21/01/2021
    This is great, well done in the research and in bothering to write it up. I am also on Roedale...

  • Sue on Historic Pictures of Brighton and Hove Allotments

    09/12/2020
    Really interesting page. My Dad spoke of the allotments at Preston Park, he remembered as a young lad. So good...

  • KJ on Poisonous courgette warning

    19/10/2020
    I just wanted to add that I'm in the seventh hour of horrendous diarrhoea and stomach pains from an incredibly...

  • Connie on Poisonous courgette warning

    13/09/2020
    Just had to throw away a large pan of bolognese after tasting it and finding it horribly bitter. After blaming...

  • Mark Hewett on Poisonous courgette warning

    11/09/2020
    Thank you for sharing this... unbelievable bad taste, over powered the two meals and caused reactions as described by others....

  • Leigh parratt on Poisonous courgette warning

    07/09/2020
    My husband had one tiny bite of bitter cucumber last week (we had the rest in a stew not knowing)....

  • Maria on Poisonous courgette warning

    05/09/2020
    This has just happened to me with a tiny squash from a friend's allotments. Still poorly 3 days later. I...

  • Jean Gillespie on Poisonous courgette warning

    30/08/2020
    Really glad to have read this had been wondering if some deadly weed had been the problem but I now...

  • Amanda on Poisonous courgette warning

    28/08/2020
    Me too! My seeds were from Wilkinson’s. Although reading a previous post, would the fact I’m growing pumpkins alongside have...

  • Sandra leddington on Poisonous courgette warning

    21/08/2020
    So poorly rang 111 they never heard of it , any advice ??

  • Helen on Poisonous courgette warning

    20/08/2020
    I am about to dig up seven courgette plants after ruining two meals and thinking I was about to die....

  • Sandra Leddington on Poisonous courgette warning

    19/08/2020
    Same had roasted courgette for lunch the courgette was bitter now I have stomach cramps etc etc , thought it...

  • Peter Thatcher on Poisonous courgette warning

    18/08/2020
    I have just joined the courgette poisoning group. I am looking forward to the events of the night, 1 toilet...

  • Victoria Louise Edith Burdett on Poisonous courgette warning

    17/08/2020
    Just to add my experience to this - my husband has just poisoned Our dinner party guests with courgettes from...

  • Ann on Poisonous courgette warning

    17/08/2020
    I just cut a courgette and licked it and it was not bitter but made my tongue go very dry...

  • Wendy Starkie on Poisonous courgette warning

    16/08/2020
    I am one of the people who got food parcels while in lock down and was given some courgettes I...

  • Alison Seldon Seldon on Poisonous courgette warning

    15/08/2020
    I heard that Thompson and Morgan had a problem this year that some of their plants accidentally got cross-pollenated with...
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    17/06/2021
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