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- Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:19 pm
- Forum: Readers Recipes
- Topic: Nettle and ramsons soup
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8911
Re: Nettle and ramsons soup
Agreed OH. The nettles that line the road to our allotment are well and truly on the way (only a few inches high, but a thick blanket all along the road). I welcome these, not only for Alan's recipes. By Spring, our conservatory is awash with greenfly and the nettles are a great source of ladybirds ...
- Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:17 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Best source of Frost warnings
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11263
Best source of Frost warnings
So what do you find is the best source of warnings about frost? Having had my container spuds bitten by last Sunday's frost, I started looking at various forecasts. This week for Bristol on Thursday night: - BBC weather reckoned it would be mild (it seems so) - Metcheck reckoned it could get down to...
- Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:13 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Advice on Russian Kale
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5905
Re: Advice on Russian Kale
Thanks all of you - I have grown it around 5 years ago, but forgot the details. So by the sound of it, it will be in the ground for up to a year?
I need to consider if that's viable (small plot). Thanks again
I need to consider if that's viable (small plot). Thanks again
- Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:30 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Advice on Russian Kale
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5905
Advice on Russian Kale
I've got some Red Ursa seeds that say to sow in April/May.
I thought most Kale grew to be ready through the Autumn & winter months. Is this variety very slow growing, or is it ready to pick earlier?
I thought most Kale grew to be ready through the Autumn & winter months. Is this variety very slow growing, or is it ready to pick earlier?
- Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:59 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: No dig course
- Replies: 48
- Views: 15832
Re: No dig course
I'm giving his system a go to try to beat the couch grass Hi Westi, I've used No Dig for a few years and the veg seems to grow fine. However even putting plastic down in the winter hasn't really stopped Couch Grass from growing. Digging hasn't really helped me get rid of this either (there's so muc...
- Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:01 am
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: Wonderful Surprise!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2287
Re: Wonderful Surprise!
I don't kow about live prey, but know that Kites perform a valuable function in clearing up carrion. I went to a feeding station in Wales last Spring and the owner apologised that there weren't many there because of the lambing. Apparntly the kites had been clearing up the afterbirth and consequentl...
- Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:54 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Aphids and flies in peat free compost
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8522
Re: Aphids and flies in peat free compost
I can't comment on compost being the source, but I find aphids infest many plants that I try to over-winter in our conservatory. Chillies suffer the worst, but many plants are affected. Options I tried that work include: Using natural predators. These are scarce in Jan/Feb and the companies that sup...
- Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:40 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: sowing on the allotment
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3961
Re: sowing on the allotment
Well for anyone reading my last post and thinking "smart alec", you were right. All my pea seedlings in the mini greenhouse have rotted from the hard frosts we had in Feb. The shallots aren't showing any life yet, though I have yet to check whether they've gone the same way. So I've just r...
- Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:59 pm
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: FIRST FROGS
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11470
Re: FIRST FROGS
Yes, we had a fair sized one one bouncing around our drive on Tuesday.
- Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:57 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: It's not fair!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2180
Re: It's not fair!
And on Tuesday night, there was a frog hopping around in my drive.
He obviously thought Spring was here!
He obviously thought Spring was here!
- Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:42 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: What is the best compost to buy for 2012?
- Replies: 69
- Views: 28305
Re: What is the best compost to buy for 2012?
I don't know how widely available it is, but round our way I have used compost from "Violet Farm" for a few years. Believe it comes from the West Country. Unlike many of the other more well known brands, the composition doesn't seem to have changed, and it does the job. Better still, we ca...
- Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:38 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: It's not fair!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2180
It's not fair!
Last week, it was freezing cold, frost & ice.
This week there are dandelions flowering in my garden??????
This week there are dandelions flowering in my garden??????
- Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:30 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Saffron
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4041
Re: Saffron
Just in case you thought use of Saffron was restricted to cooking, you might be interested in this:
- Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:53 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Samphire
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5065
Re: Samphire
Good luck Westi, I'd be interested to hear how you get on.
I'm also happy to share experiences of growing chickpeas. I've done this a couple of times and, especially after learning how wonderful roasted fresh green chickpeas are, might give it another go.
I'm also happy to share experiences of growing chickpeas. I've done this a couple of times and, especially after learning how wonderful roasted fresh green chickpeas are, might give it another go.
- Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:42 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: sowing on the allotment
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3961
Re: sowing on the allotment
We're luckier than some of you folk farther North. Put my shallot sets into the allotment a couple of weeks ago and started my climbing peas off last week. These had germinated by the end of the week and are now in an unheated "upright" plastic greenhouse, whilst they develop some legs. I ...