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- Sun Nov 05, 2023 11:44 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Autumn Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 182
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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.
- Wed Nov 01, 2023 3:10 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Raised bed the Hugel way
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11291
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...
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 10:10 pm
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: East winds
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9274
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.
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 6:49 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Sticky bands for apple trees!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 30598
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)
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:20 pm
- Forum: Harvesting Q&A
- Topic: Amyone know about Tomatillos ?
- Replies: 5
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Re: Amyone know about Tomatillos ?
Never grown any, but according to this, they turn sour when purple.....................................
https://www.allotmentbook.co.uk/contents/tomatillos/
https://www.allotmentbook.co.uk/contents/tomatillos/
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:20 pm
- Forum: Harvesting Q&A
- Topic: Foraging
- Replies: 15
- Views: 48479
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...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:01 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: What are you going to use when peat is gone ?
- Replies: 11
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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 ...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:20 am
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: East winds
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9274
Re: East winds
I post on here(as do others), where are you? (not after your address, just nearest town)
https://www.birdforum.net/forums/scotland.130/
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:18 am
- Forum: Harvesting Q&A
- Topic: Foraging
- Replies: 15
- Views: 48479
Re: Foraging
They are all inedible................devils food...............................can you guess I'm not keen on mushrooms lololdherbaceous wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2023 7:12 pm I wish I knew more about the safe fungi that are edible….
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:16 am
- Forum: Harvesting Q&A
- Topic: Foraging
- Replies: 15
- Views: 48479
Re: Foraging
I made some wine with some many years ago, a right faff and the end product wasn't very nice.retropants wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:02 am There's a lot of rosehips this year. I'm not sure what I'd do with them though!
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 6:58 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Autumn Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 182
- Views: 1053632
Re: Autumn Bits and Bobs.
I only stepped out of the house to feed the birds, fill the coal bucket, I was going to put the ashes in the bin, but the wind blew them away before I took the 4 steps to said bin, oh well.
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 6:52 pm
- Forum: Harvesting Q&A
- Topic: Foraging
- Replies: 15
- Views: 48479
Foraging
These winds are blowing the leaves off, great for making leaf mould, but more importantly I can see the Hazlenuts I missed earlier in the month, I seem to be the only person who does much foraging, there was a time when rural communities knew to supplement the garden produce. There are one or two wh...
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 6:47 pm
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: East winds
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9274
East winds
Just a heads up, these East winds seem to be bringing a lot of migrant birds over, we are having large numbers of Waxwings in Scotland, they will spread out so keep you eyes peeled.
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 11:15 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Autumn Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 182
- Views: 1053632
Re: Autumn Bits and Bobs.
Redwings have been here a while and I saw my first fieldfares yesterday, so they'll be on their way ciderboys, keeping an eye out for waxwings too, we had some grey phalaropes blown over in the storm, proper lost their way they had.
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 11:07 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Grapes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16816
Re: Grapes
Over the years I've picked up all sorts of information(mostly useless :D ) but when I was a moderator on another gardening forum I picked up a lot of sources of good info when I didn't know myself what the likely answer was, I kept all the links on my computer, sadly I now have a new computer so los...