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by tigerburnie
Sat Nov 11, 2023 5:17 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Autumn Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 182
Views: 732689

Re: Autumn Bits and Bobs.

oldherbaceous wrote: Thu Nov 09, 2023 1:40 pm Are you still doing your photography, Burnie?
Nice bright day here but, the ground is sodden….
I've been out a bit, but quiet after the last storm, still struggling with a kidney infection, but not letting it stop me.
by tigerburnie
Thu Nov 09, 2023 9:49 pm
Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
Topic: Oh Deer
Replies: 17
Views: 41078

Oh Deer

ImageAfter the rut by tigerburnie, on Flickr

Had a trip to the local Glen looking for wildlife.
by tigerburnie
Thu Nov 09, 2023 9:08 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Autumn Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 182
Views: 732689

Re: Autumn Bits and Bobs.

Frosty here this morning, got the fire lit, it should be dry, so hope to go for a walk later.
by tigerburnie
Thu Nov 09, 2023 9:07 am
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Flood Prevention
Replies: 14
Views: 27703

Re: Flood Prevention

I would go raised beds, no digging and easier to maintain, best thing I have done on my garden
by tigerburnie
Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:27 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Flood Prevention
Replies: 14
Views: 27703

Re: Flood Prevention

I'm with OH, don't dig, just pile stuff on top, compost, manure, anything to improve the soil and raise the surface. My raised beds have a flat top to them, but an old uncle in Norfolk had more triangular beds with the flat bit on top maybe only two wide, but they were two feet above the rest of his...
by tigerburnie
Sun Nov 05, 2023 11:46 am
Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
Topic: East winds
Replies: 7
Views: 5734

Re: East winds

They've been seen in Lincolnshire, just your luck at the moment, they are moving about
by tigerburnie
Sun Nov 05, 2023 11:44 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Autumn Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 182
Views: 732689

Re: Autumn Bits and Bobs.

Just plunged all the pots in the greenhouse borders to protect the roots and put some fleece on them, 2 degrees in there last night and it's forecast to get colder.
by tigerburnie
Wed Nov 01, 2023 3:10 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Raised bed the Hugel way
Replies: 7
Views: 7367

Re: Raised bed the Hugel way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xir5hEVrfM I did this video last year, not sure if you can still get the compost from the council tips as I believe a lot of them now sell the stuff to companies making peat free compost. One word though, my sleepers at the bottom are starting to rot a bit, you might...
by tigerburnie
Tue Oct 31, 2023 10:10 pm
Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
Topic: East winds
Replies: 7
Views: 5734

Re: East winds

Ahh not really on my patch in Angus, so I can't point you in the right direction. Try finding a local bird club, ours sends you a text when something out of the ordinary turns up, so you can have half a chance of finding it.
by tigerburnie
Tue Oct 31, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Sticky bands for apple trees!
Replies: 8
Views: 18528

Re: Sticky bands for apple trees!

Nope I think you could just be the only one lol( luckily the old grease bands were sticky on both sides, so I couldn't make that mistake)
by tigerburnie
Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:20 pm
Forum: Harvesting Q&A
Topic: Amyone know about Tomatillos ?
Replies: 5
Views: 7146

Re: Amyone know about Tomatillos ?

Never grown any, but according to this, they turn sour when purple.....................................
https://www.allotmentbook.co.uk/contents/tomatillos/
by tigerburnie
Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:20 pm
Forum: Harvesting Q&A
Topic: Foraging
Replies: 15
Views: 31390

Re: Foraging

Acorns have to be rinsed to remove some of the tannins, but you can make flour from them, I carry a book called "food for free" written by Richard Mabey, it's a small Collins book that fits in your pocket and is a great guide. I have tapped our Birch tree and tried the sap, full of vitamin...
by tigerburnie
Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:01 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: What are you going to use when peat is gone ?
Replies: 11
Views: 26923

Re: What are you going to use when peat is gone ?

Most of the popular peat free are buying garden waste from council tips apparently, hence the variable quality, I bought one that was coir based with added clay, this was better than I thought it would be, but did run out of steam after a bit, so added fertilisers seem to be the way to go. I intend ...
by tigerburnie
Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:20 am
Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
Topic: East winds
Replies: 7
Views: 5734

Re: East winds

Myrkk wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 12:27 am Ooo never seen a waxwing. Where can I keep up with the latest sightings? I’m east coast so they must be around here.
I post on here(as do others), where are you? (not after your address, just nearest town)
https://www.birdforum.net/forums/scotland.130/
by tigerburnie
Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:18 am
Forum: Harvesting Q&A
Topic: Foraging
Replies: 15
Views: 31390

Re: Foraging

oldherbaceous wrote: Sun Oct 29, 2023 7:12 pm I wish I knew more about the safe fungi that are edible….
They are all inedible................devils food...............................can you guess I'm not keen on mushrooms lol