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oldherbaceous
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Running a bit late but, we are finally here…..although the leaves are still very green on the trees, so doesn’t look much like Autumn yet.
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We have some colour and nearly enough leaves overnight for a first raking but I think I'll wait until after the weekend storm. Went for a bit of a ride round The Lakes on Wednesday and the trees are definitely on the change, will have to do it again in a couple of weeks as they are looking promising. Ate our sandwiches at Aira Force and spotted a Red Squirrel and a Dipper in the stream. The Euonymus in the garden is ahead of the game as usual.
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Westi
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How convenient that it decided to rain so I could give my back a break. I'm not going to 'mow' the front with scissors anymore! Been thinking about an alternative that means no kneeling down, & limited reliance on my neighbour & think the easiest solution will be to contact some of the many garden companies on FB for a quote to pop down & do this for me. As it is a small patch & to make it worthwhile I will include my neighbours outside bit as well & also pay him back for some of the many of the chores he does for me.
Added to this is I found the details of the company that helped get the fig roots out when the studio was being built & even better I note one of their vans is parked at the end of the road so probs lives on the estate down there. He will have a little note on his windscreen to come down & get rid of the rest of the fig & clear all the other thug things growing madly down there. Clean slate so to speak! They will have to chat to the school though for permission as lot's of brambles getting in from their side but I suspect they will agree as protects the children. I will warn them there is a pet cemetery down there too, just so they don't freak out & report some mass killing!
Added to this is I found the details of the company that helped get the fig roots out when the studio was being built & even better I note one of their vans is parked at the end of the road so probs lives on the estate down there. He will have a little note on his windscreen to come down & get rid of the rest of the fig & clear all the other thug things growing madly down there. Clean slate so to speak! They will have to chat to the school though for permission as lot's of brambles getting in from their side but I suspect they will agree as protects the children. I will warn them there is a pet cemetery down there too, just so they don't freak out & report some mass killing!
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Bit wild and woolly at the moment and coming straight at the house back door.
11mm rain by home time today and it has "pressured washed" down since...
Couple of days ago I was working to deep fork over a section of border to carry on from where we left off a year or so ago....then we had to leave off as it had turned to filthy wet....this time dry, there was no way that i was getting the fork any deeper than one depth, it was very jarring...but another short section was split and replanted. next section was weeded of surface elements...and today rained off it and on a greenhouse, get ready for Winter, sort out.
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11mm rain by home time today and it has "pressured washed" down since...
Couple of days ago I was working to deep fork over a section of border to carry on from where we left off a year or so ago....then we had to leave off as it had turned to filthy wet....this time dry, there was no way that i was getting the fork any deeper than one depth, it was very jarring...but another short section was split and replanted. next section was weeded of surface elements...and today rained off it and on a greenhouse, get ready for Winter, sort out.
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Morning Westi, a shame you don’t know anyone with a decent strimmer on your allotment site….with a decent one, it would only take a matter of minutes to cut down! Would it be worth putting a note, or the word around, that you need this doing and are prepared to pay something to get it done….just a thought, as I would certainly do that sort of thing for nothing, if someone asked!
Hope you get your roots and brambles cleared too….
The weather certainly does alter any plans we make, doesn’t it Clive…..I know i’ve said it before but, for the last five year's, or just over, most of the seasonal plans I had for certain jobs, has completely gone out f the window….some of them are now up to six weeks in time difference!
Hope you get your roots and brambles cleared too….
The weather certainly does alter any plans we make, doesn’t it Clive…..I know i’ve said it before but, for the last five year's, or just over, most of the seasonal plans I had for certain jobs, has completely gone out f the window….some of them are now up to six weeks in time difference!
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Westi
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Hi OH!
On my lane there is a couple with strimmers or mowers but I rarely see them as both are workers & not down at regular times. The other folk are hands & knees folk as well with a couple being more creative & sowed wild flowers on their front, nice idea but I've shot myself in the foot with them before & they just sowed everywhere, neighbours not too happy!
I'm glad you responded as I had another thought. I'm sure I saw somewhere that their are grasses/lawns that just remain small & compact & thinking if I knew what this grass was I could cover the mad stuff growing now over winter then open until it grows & close again to kill any until it disappears. I'm sure it said it was a slow creeper grower & might even get tiny flowers, but it can still be naughty so you have to have defined areas between beds & grass. This sounds like it would be more manageable & I would just need a hoe around the flower bed edges; standing up I am fine.
Any ideas what his might be? I am still thinking artificial grass would just sort it, but need to check with the committee. Not hopeful as if allowed I would have seen it on paths & fronts & I haven't.
On my lane there is a couple with strimmers or mowers but I rarely see them as both are workers & not down at regular times. The other folk are hands & knees folk as well with a couple being more creative & sowed wild flowers on their front, nice idea but I've shot myself in the foot with them before & they just sowed everywhere, neighbours not too happy!
I'm glad you responded as I had another thought. I'm sure I saw somewhere that their are grasses/lawns that just remain small & compact & thinking if I knew what this grass was I could cover the mad stuff growing now over winter then open until it grows & close again to kill any until it disappears. I'm sure it said it was a slow creeper grower & might even get tiny flowers, but it can still be naughty so you have to have defined areas between beds & grass. This sounds like it would be more manageable & I would just need a hoe around the flower bed edges; standing up I am fine.
Any ideas what his might be? I am still thinking artificial grass would just sort it, but need to check with the committee. Not hopeful as if allowed I would have seen it on paths & fronts & I haven't.
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Afternoon Westi, that’s a really tricky question and I don’t think there is a easy fix!
There are a few things that can be used as an alternative to lawns, gravel, woodchip, or just a membrane but, for a living lawn there are such things as creeping thyme, chamomile and a few other things, but I don’t think the situation you have there, would be right for them. There are fine lawn seed mixtures, that will certainly be shorter growing but, will still need to be cut through the season. You will also have to make sure the ground is totally clear of old grass and weed roots and try and keep on top of any germinating weed seedlings……not trying to sound negative but, don’t want you to go to a lot of hard work and things are as bad in a couple of years time.
I was just thinking, if there were quite a lot of people in the same boat, would it be worth having a word with the committee and seeing if a company would do them all and split the cost between you…..there might even be someone on the sight that might do a few for a bit of beer money…….
There are a few things that can be used as an alternative to lawns, gravel, woodchip, or just a membrane but, for a living lawn there are such things as creeping thyme, chamomile and a few other things, but I don’t think the situation you have there, would be right for them. There are fine lawn seed mixtures, that will certainly be shorter growing but, will still need to be cut through the season. You will also have to make sure the ground is totally clear of old grass and weed roots and try and keep on top of any germinating weed seedlings……not trying to sound negative but, don’t want you to go to a lot of hard work and things are as bad in a couple of years time.
I was just thinking, if there were quite a lot of people in the same boat, would it be worth having a word with the committee and seeing if a company would do them all and split the cost between you…..there might even be someone on the sight that might do a few for a bit of beer money…….
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Hi Geoff! This is pretty much what I had in mind. The one I have is quite old & as such quite heavy, but worked & OK to sharpen & strangely about the only thing not nicked when we used to have unwelcome visitors. Can you tell me where you found it on line? I have seen similar but not the same as this. Looking at the scissor part this would be easy to sharpen as blades are further away from the mechanism.
Cheers in advance!
Cheers in advance!
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I searched for "Garden Shears on Wheels" and found a few but this looked good in the picture. Put the search in again and it didn't come up but hopefuly this is a link. Anyway it is on easylife.co.uk and called "Angle-Adjustable Garden Shears". There is also something from Draper but the mechanism looks tiring.
https://www.easylife.co.uk/product/angl ... _1EALw_wcB
https://www.easylife.co.uk/product/angl ... _1EALw_wcB
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Has anyone else got loads of Ladybirds, about at the moment? Our windows are covered in them…..
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I sat eating my cottage pie, with beetroot side....and yes the front room windows indeed have a covering of ladybirds.
It came mighty warm this afternoon...such that it is refreshingly cool in the house.!
All go in the carrot farming world out in the back field... A small section of carrots have been lifted and trailered away and now there's three tractors and trailers carting 20 Heston big bales at a time with telehandler unloading and stacking. Parked up is the big trailer and mounted bale wuffler thing ...so all ready to cover the remaining carrots down for the Winter. First a covering of film and then wuffled straw over. Bales look a bit rough grey straw... Plenty of illumination from tractors working lights but also a very big bright moon out East..
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It came mighty warm this afternoon...such that it is refreshingly cool in the house.!
All go in the carrot farming world out in the back field... A small section of carrots have been lifted and trailered away and now there's three tractors and trailers carting 20 Heston big bales at a time with telehandler unloading and stacking. Parked up is the big trailer and mounted bale wuffler thing ...so all ready to cover the remaining carrots down for the Winter. First a covering of film and then wuffled straw over. Bales look a bit rough grey straw... Plenty of illumination from tractors working lights but also a very big bright moon out East..
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There needs to be some money in those carrots....3 x JCB Telehandlers 2 x Jones engineering straw laying trailers in the back field https://www.jonesengineering.co.uk/equi ... raw-layer/
The straw bales being used are a bit rough some more like manure, quarter of the way up the bale.!..only a few stretches of golden straw....and a load of mouldy? dust blowing..thankfully, away....
No carrots for tea...I'm sticking with my beetroot.
C.
The straw bales being used are a bit rough some more like manure, quarter of the way up the bale.!..only a few stretches of golden straw....and a load of mouldy? dust blowing..thankfully, away....
No carrots for tea...I'm sticking with my beetroot.
C.