Re: Anybody in England out there

At 19:41 03/12/98 , you wrote:

>>I cant understand why all the interesting messages are from the U.S.A. or
>New Zealand or the like.Are there no gardeners in England willing to share
>their veggie growing.
Dave

Hi Dave 
Yes, there are a few UK gardeners on the list, but the growing conditions
in the UK are very different to the varied conditions of continental land
masses like the Americas.

Speaking for myself, when Veggie list members talk about US seed companies,
US seed varieties, US pests, diseases or climate zones etc. it means little
or nothing to me and much of it is not relevant to my experience.
Obviously as gardeners there are a lot of general things we have in common,
but on specifics not so much.
So any contribution to or from Veggie List is only going to be of a general
nature.
If I want to know how to grow Early Purple Sprouting Brocolli in London,
I'm not going to get much practical advice from someone in California. 

There is a local UK based veggie growing e-mail list in which we can
discuss UK seed companies, UK vegetable varieties or local pests, diseases
and weather conditions etc.
This is much more relevant and useful as the members have similar
experiences and climates.

Besides, its late autumn - early winter here and there is precious little
growing going on.
I'm spending my gardening time looking at the Seed catalogues and planning
next years growing.
See you in the spring. :)

Regards
Stephen
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