I put them in our raised beds about 15cm apart, pointy side up. Doesn’t give them enough room to get comfortable.
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I posted this in the cheerful thread as a follow-on to what had been posted previously, but it really should have been in this one!
There was mention of not putting too many grass cuttings in the compost because of getting a good balance. However, with quite an expanse of grass (well field really) to cut, what else do people do with the clippings if not composting them?
I give mine to the chooks to compost for me 
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You can also dry them and use them as mulch on your beds. I think it would be silly not to use them even if you have to make an effort to find other stuff for balance. I think they are green, so just add extra shredded paper / cardboard for brown maybe?
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Crazy weather and crazy work at the moment has got me behind but finally got everything in the hoop house area, except one bit that still needs dirt in from the pool terracing project! Broccoli (calbrese), chickpeas, yellow zucchinis, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, peas, tomatoes, and various companion flowers (nastertians, zinnia, marigolds). A few little patches where I’ll pop things like beetroot still empty bit happy with progress. Once I’m dine I’m going to cardboard and woodchip the paths.
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That’s looking brillianr @toryroo ! Well done 
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Thanks Angela! Been a huge job this spring to get all the siding in, to the left. Before it was a massive slope with rubbish soil! Just need to finish filling the left front corner of photo (back of hoop house) with soil, then there will be a bed along the end kind of where the bucket is to make a U all the way around. We may even get plastic on it come autumn!
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What we found with our allotment in the UK was that the plastic covered tunnel was hugely useful in the winter because it extended the seasons massively - both for late autumn/winter crops but also for getting salads etc really early in the spring!
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After a crazy week only got down to veggie garden last night. One of my tomatoes has black stuff 
any ideas? Should I pull it up? @Wozza
Here is the culprit!
Oops not that one! Must have taken on DHs phone, hang on and I’ll edit!
Nice peony tho’!
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Looks fungal to me. We had something very similar on one of our blackcurrant bushes. Probably caused by all the rain. The OH removed all the affected leaves and treated it with a copper based fungicide. If you do this, make sure to remove and immediately bag the leaves and wash your hands thoroughly before handling anything else.
Edit: Can’t see how much of the plant is affected, but if it’s quite a few leaves, best to carefully remove it, bag it and dispose of it.
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That’s what I’m thinking, shame as nice heirloom variety. I do have other toms not planted out though that can go in.
Doesn’t look good this early on. Looks to be early blight / septoria leaf spot. It can spread to other plants if only on a couple of leaves cut them off if not your going to have get rid of the infected plant. Treat the others with copper sulfate.
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That’s what we did. Bordeaux mixture, which is copper sulphate.
Edit: Just looked up Bordeaux mix and it is copper sulphate, but Wikipedia says it’s a preventative and is ineffective after the fungus is established. So, definitely remove all infected foliage or plants and spray everything that is not affected to stop the spread.
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And make up some nettle purin which also acts as fungicide to stop this spreading. I use it as feed and preventative.
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Thanks all, out and in a bag in the bin! Can I put another tomato where I removed it? If not any suggestions what I can put? Don’t want to waste prime real estate!
Hubby just put some in a bucket yesterday. How long do you leave until straining? How do you then store the purin? What % do you do if using as fertiliser or preventive, or the same?