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by oldherbaceous
Fri Jul 26, 2024 8:24 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Summer Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 113
Views: 4147

Re: Summer Bits and Bobs.

Sounds like you have achieved a huge amount, Westi….nice when you stand back at the end of the day, and see what you have done!

I’ve been suffering with Vertigo for a week, and does it make work seem hard….had to leave all the ladder work for a while….
by oldherbaceous
Fri Jul 26, 2024 8:11 pm
Forum: Growing places
Topic: 2024 season begins
Replies: 39
Views: 62820

Re: 2024 season begins

Please keep posting your videos, Burnie, as it’s always nice to see what you are up to….
Were you in the Sculpture Gallery at Woburn Abbey?
by oldherbaceous
Fri Jul 26, 2024 7:38 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Soil prep alternatives!
Replies: 11
Views: 154

Re: Soil prep alternatives!

Can you line your compost bin with black plastic, to stop the bindweed from getting in, Westi?
by oldherbaceous
Fri Jul 26, 2024 7:01 am
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Soil prep alternatives!
Replies: 11
Views: 154

Re: Soil prep alternatives!

I think the only problem with white mustard is, if you have clubroot, it’s not a good idea to grow it….
by oldherbaceous
Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:55 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Soil prep alternatives!
Replies: 11
Views: 154

Re: Soil prep alternatives!

Most seed companies do single mixes, Westi…it’s just a matter of working out what type works best in your cropping rotation….some of the Nitrogen fixing Green manures, work well! Some of the grass Green manures do a really good job but, take a bit of digging in.
by oldherbaceous
Thu Jul 25, 2024 1:42 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Soil prep alternatives!
Replies: 11
Views: 154

Re: Soil prep alternatives!

Have you ever grown green manure, Westi?
by oldherbaceous
Wed Jul 24, 2024 6:59 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Summer Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 113
Views: 4147

Re: Summer Bits and Bobs.

God morning, Burnie, I pinched the tops out of the early sown Aquadulce but, the Monika, Stereo and Bunyards exhibition, never got anywhere near that stage and were only half grown when totally infested from top to bottom….
by oldherbaceous
Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:47 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Summer Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 113
Views: 4147

Re: Summer Bits and Bobs.

My biggest failure this year has been the first lot of Charlotte potatoes, (very small) and Broad beans, decimated by black fly! Things that are going exceptionally well are, Carrots and Runner beans….strange, as the other plot holders are really struggling with theirs…..the Autumn planted Onion set...
by oldherbaceous
Sun Jul 21, 2024 2:00 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Summer Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 113
Views: 4147

Re: Summer Bits and Bobs.

I had that a few years ago, Burnie, and what a nightmare….every time I went in there, I spent 10 minutes killing as many as I could….I did get on top of them in the end!
by oldherbaceous
Sat Jul 20, 2024 1:43 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Summer Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 113
Views: 4147

Re: Summer Bits and Bobs.

Dear Geoff, so sorry to read all that, it must have left a massive gap in your life…..I hope things soon improve for your Wife too!
by oldherbaceous
Thu Jul 18, 2024 1:16 pm
Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
Topic: Summer Woodland
Replies: 1
Views: 276

Re: Summer Woodland

Well done, Burnie…..when I returned for my lunch a few minutes ago, there was a pair of Tree Creepers, bobbing about on the trunk of a tree, in the Churchyard…..stood and watched them for a while but, hunger made me continue my journey….
by oldherbaceous
Thu Jul 18, 2024 1:01 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Lack of Butterflies?
Replies: 10
Views: 879

Re: Lack of Butterflies?

I thought there might be a few more butterflies about today, being a lot warmer, but no….maybe tomorrow!
by oldherbaceous
Thu Jul 18, 2024 1:00 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Lack of Butterflies?
Replies: 10
Views: 879

Re: Lack of Butterflies?

I thought there might be a few more butterflies about today, being a lot warmer, but no….maybe tomorrow!
by oldherbaceous
Wed Jul 17, 2024 1:39 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Summer Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 113
Views: 4147

Re: Summer Bits and Bobs.

22 degrees here….and 30 degrees predicted for Friday….that’s a bit warm for working!
by oldherbaceous
Sun Jul 14, 2024 6:54 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Summer Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 113
Views: 4147

Re: Summer Bits and Bobs.

You sure know how to live it up, Clive….. :)