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yummersetter



Joined: 26 Jan 2008
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Location: Somerset
PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 10 5:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

yes, about two weeks ago, I'm still dizzy with information and learning, and MC is right up there in my pantheon of Heroes. I'm fantasising about living in that tent in the Forest Garden, just want to know more and more in depth about it and to see it through the seasons.

I've never been in any educational setting where so much effort was put into instilling knowledge, in many dimensions. We were given information booklets with massive and thorough reference lists, hours of classic 'lectures' , three trips round the forest garden to see examples of what had just been explained, design exercises, lunches including loads of Forest Garden produce and tours of the trial grounds and nursery area. And we even saw the inside of the Toolshed. And Martin answered a thousand questions - mainly 'What's that plant and why?' All the course members were very keen and enthusiastic too, I hope we all carry it through into our future plans

Truffle



Joined: 07 Feb 2006
Posts: 526

PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 10 8:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

cassy wrote:
Truffle wrote:
So wheres the best/cheapest supplier of elaeagnus etc?


Don't know if best or cheapest but I got mine from Cool Temperate and A.R.T..

Brilliant links- thanks Cassy

yummersetter



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 10 10:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

hello Truffle - I was thinking of you - at the course there was a session on what I heard as 'micro-rhizome fungi' and how we should apply some to the roots before planting trees.

Of course I thought - small underground tubers = truffles

Yey

course notes explained : mycorrhizal

I gabbled on about 'how the underground fungi run through the soil and sustain and transport nutrients between plants' to a non-gardening friend over dinner that night. I'm pretty convinced he thinks I was talking about bindweed

cassy



Joined: 04 Feb 2008
Posts: 1047
Location: South West Scotland
PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 10 11:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

yummersetter wrote:
I've never been in any educational setting where so much effort was put into instilling knowledge, in many dimensions.


That sounds wonderful . I hope all your plans come to fruition .

Truffle



Joined: 07 Feb 2006
Posts: 526

PostPosted: Fri Aug 27, 10 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

yummersetter wrote:
hello Truffle - I was thinking of you - at the course there was a session on what I heard as 'micro-rhizome fungi' and how we should apply some to the roots before planting trees.

Of course I thought - small underground tubers = truffles

Yey

course notes explained : mycorrhizal

I gabbled on about 'how the underground fungi run through the soil and sustain and transport nutrients between plants' to a non-gardening friend over dinner that night. I'm pretty convinced he thinks I was talking about bindweed



you have to be careful, mycorrhiza can take over your life...

yummersetter



Joined: 26 Jan 2008
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 27, 10 4:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

as can bindweed

Res



Joined: 07 Apr 2005
Posts: 1172
Location: Allotment Shed, Harlow
PostPosted: Sat Sep 04, 10 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

yummersetter wrote:
as can bindweed
don't talk about the "B" word!

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