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- Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:23 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Spring Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 179
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Re: Spring Bits and Bobs.
Either rain or strong winds; mostly both for the rest of the week. I am missing the car as I could go down there & just hide in the tunnel regardless of the weather but don't fancy getting soaked & cold just getting there & back & the dog certainly moans! The car is a write off so ha...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:11 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Spring Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 179
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Re: Spring Bits and Bobs.
Prepped 2 beds & sown some bits in one of the them in the tunnel. Slowest job was digging out the water cress, which was well rooted & spread, but saved some stems with roots to start a fresh bed. Slimy things were in abundance & I even found a small rat/mouse skull. Still got 2 beds on ...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:09 pm
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: Chickens
- Replies: 4
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Chickens
Just sharing what we have been told by our site Committee if anyone is unaware & keep chickens. From the 1st October ALL chicken kept; regardless of number or location must be reported to Defra! Apparently you can submit now so all done before the mad rush. A company called Alpha are helping wit...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:55 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Spring Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 179
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Re: Spring Bits and Bobs.
Not a fun day to be out & about, but managed a quick early shop. Was a freezing wind but the rain & hail thankfully waited until I was home. Tomorrow looks OK so I can get back in the zone with sorting the tunnel beds ready & putting up any structures required for each bed (no gargoyles)...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:00 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Spring Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 179
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Re: Spring Bits and Bobs.
I am officially very sad.....! Who'd have known playing with pipe lagging was so much fun & rewarding, it's so sticky but cushioned so you can mould shapes & yes moulding a dog finial out of it was unnecessary! As indicated I deviated from sorting the tunnel to more securing of the outside n...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:03 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Spring Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 179
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Re: Spring Bits and Bobs.
Raab are great to grow vivienz as pop up pretty quickly & you get multiple heads, small but perfectly formed & full of taste as well as the leaves which aren't too ribby. I tend to do successional sows in the same bed, probably a no, no but no proper brassica's follow. However like all brass...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:53 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Spring Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 179
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Re: Spring Bits and Bobs.
We won't blame you OH no-one is in control of Mother Nature! It has been beautiful few days but already the weather guys are saying a cold snap coming over the weekend. I am feeling rather chuffed with myself as I finally got the frame up for the net tunnel. Only moderate cussing. :) Hopefully it is...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:27 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Collard greens
- Replies: 3
- Views: 859
Re: Collard greens
Spring Greens are right in season now & really cheap. I got a huge bag with 3 in it for 65p from the orange supermarket. My own should be following soon, just waking up & growing strongly again. We are lucky with all our Brassica choices in the UK.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:21 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Late Winter Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 201
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Re: Late Winter Bits and Bobs.
It's gone very retro black & green on here! The only real change other than the colour pallet is the options re; editing, deleting etc. which is good. You are going to tell me they have always been there aren't you?
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:13 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Late Winter Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 201
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Re: Late Winter Bits and Bobs.
Either a tunnel or a greenhouse will make a big difference to your growing, extending the season substantially. You can get some really posh styled greenhouses with the cute lattice work & finials like you see in the stately homes gardens so it is a design statement as well.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:00 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Collard greens
- Replies: 3
- Views: 859
Re: Collard greens
I tried them & not impressed, they are really tough, despite boiling for ages. I stick to the UK normal varieties now. Funnily I was chatting about them to the lady on the opposite plot after she declined my offer of some seedlings. She went to the US for a wedding & they were served as part...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:50 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Leek seedlings
- Replies: 3
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Re: Leek seedlings
Hi Myrkk! Mine are growing well but skinny as I would expect & about the same height as yours. Their bed is not ready yet so won't be planted out until next month but they will still be skinny but hopefully a few inches taller! What is important is their root growth which is quite substantial co...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:26 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Late Winter Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 201
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Re: Late Winter Bits and Bobs.
Took the dog down on the bus today as had to find an alternative route as once again there was an incident in the woods with an aggressive dog, no puncture injury on her but he did get a mouth full of fur. It is just stressing her; (& me), too much to go there now as it's becoming too frequent &...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:04 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Late Winter Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 201
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Re: Late Winter Bits and Bobs.
Lovely morning on the plot, weak sun but not freezing or raining, but of course the rain did come later but luckily I was down early so home before that. I didn't get as much done as I would have liked as I had one of those days looking for where I put things 10 mins ago, but I did sow a few things ...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:09 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Late Winter Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 201
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Re: Late Winter Bits and Bobs.
I noted a reference from one of the seed companies e-mails that 'official spring' starts on the 20th March. Just giving you a heads up OH!
Mind I didn't know it had an official start date, just thought it was by month, but checked online & it does have a birthday!
Mind I didn't know it had an official start date, just thought it was by month, but checked online & it does have a birthday!