http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/ news, reviews, hints and tips on vegetable gardening, fruit growing and herbs. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 01:30:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4909 TopVeg Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:04:04 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4909 Yolanda Good to hear from a fellow sub-sea level gardener! Not an easy soil, but rewarding! Happy 2008 growing! TopVeg Yolanda
Good to hear from a fellow sub-sea level gardener! Not an easy soil, but rewarding!
Happy 2008 growing! TopVeg

]]> http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4889 Yolanda Elizabet Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:39:10 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4889 Sunk Island sounds very much like my part of the Netherlands. Where I live is flat too, several meters below sea level, quite wet, maritime climate and vast skies. And I garden on very fertile soil too, mine is very heavy clay. Sunk Island sounds very much like my part of the Netherlands. Where I live is flat too, several meters below sea level, quite wet, maritime climate and vast skies. And I garden on very fertile soil too, mine is very heavy clay.

]]> http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4873 Mr. McGregor's Daughter Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:36:03 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4873 Oh, no, you deal with the dreaded fur-bearing mammal triple threat also! I never realized that deer were a problem in England the way they are here in the US. However, your squirrel & rabbit problems are the stuff of legend. Oh, no, you deal with the dreaded fur-bearing mammal triple threat also! I never realized that deer were a problem in England the way they are here in the US. However, your squirrel & rabbit problems are the stuff of legend.

]]> http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4800 VP Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:38:28 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4800 Well done! We appear to be the only English participants thus far :) Well done! We appear to be the only English participants thus far

]]> http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4673 TopVeg Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:16:36 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4673 Rosengeranium You are right about the soil. It will grow big root vegetables, but the problem is lifting them out of the heavy soil in a wet autumn! We use to rely on the frosts to break up the dug soil, but we do have a lot of strong winds, which dry the soil out. The dry soil breaks up into small platelets, similar to a crumb. Thanks for your comment TopVeg Rosengeranium
You are right about the soil. It will grow big root vegetables, but the problem is lifting them out of the heavy soil in a wet autumn!
We use to rely on the frosts to break up the dug soil, but we do have a lot of strong winds, which dry the soil out. The dry soil breaks up into small platelets, similar to a crumb.
Thanks for your comment
TopVeg

]]> http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4672 TopVeg Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:12:34 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4672 Lisa We have a very strong wall built of stone etc, which keeps the water out. It was strengthened, and raised, twenty years ago, so we put our trust in that! It still fascinates me to look up at the boats sailing by! Good to hear from you. TopVeg Lisa
We have a very strong wall built of stone etc, which keeps the water out. It was strengthened, and raised, twenty years ago, so we put our trust in that!
It still fascinates me to look up at the boats sailing by!
Good to hear from you.
TopVeg

]]> http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4667 Lisa at Greenbow Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:35:12 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4667 Looking up at boats passing by...Hmmmm I have never experienced such a thing. It is difficult to imagine. I would wonder why the river didn't pour into your garden. Interesting. Looking up at boats passing by…Hmmmm I have never experienced such a thing. It is difficult to imagine. I would wonder why the river didn’t pour into your garden. Interesting.

]]> http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4649 Curtis Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:08:40 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4649 Your soils sound a lot like our clay soils here in the US. If you work it when its wet its not good. Your soils sound a lot like our clay soils here in the US. If you work it when its wet its not good.

]]> http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4603 Rosengeranium (Indoor Gardener) Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:11:18 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4603 Deary me! I do recognise that soil; gives you the biggest carrots on earth! How do you treat it to "fluff" it up? In general swedes with clay soil toil it shortly before the first freeze to let the cold help with bursting the lumps, but I suppose this is not an option if you can't rely on cold weather. Deary me! I do recognise that soil; gives you the biggest carrots on earth! How do you treat it to “fluff” it up? In general swedes with clay soil toil it shortly before the first freeze to let the cold help with bursting the lumps, but I suppose this is not an option if you can’t rely on cold weather.

]]> http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4562 TopVeg Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:47:20 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/11/where-in-the-world-is-topveg/#comment-4562 Hi Wiseacre The flatness took a bit of getting used to. I could not settle when we first arrived & then we had a week in the Swiss mountains & suddenly felt secure. There was nothing 'to keep us in' on this flat land & we felt as though we 'might fall off!'. Daft - but it was a strange feeling! Sorry about the mouthful- got carried away - trying to get gain points for Sunk! Hi Wiseacre
The flatness took a bit of getting used to. I could not settle when we first arrived & then we had a week in the Swiss mountains & suddenly felt secure. There was nothing ‘to keep us in’ on this flat land & we felt as though we ‘might fall off!’. Daft - but it was a strange feeling!
Sorry about the mouthful- got carried away - trying to get gain points for Sunk!

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