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tahir

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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 06 12:23 pm Post subject:
I'll try and take pics

Bugs

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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 06 12:29 pm Post subject:
There's a good boy.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 06 12:52 pm Post subject:
Any chance of getting a friendly local to plough some 4 foot strips? If it's been pasture for a long time there will be plenty of wire worms and chafer grubs so removing the turf and leaving it for the birds for a few weeks would help what ever you do. Bash in a few stakes for things like robbins to perch on a look for grubs and you'll make some good friends.

tahir

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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 06 1:22 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Any chance of getting a friendly local to plough some 4 foot strips?

There's certainly a possibility, one of the neighbourrs' sons is an agricultural contractor, I'm sure he could do it, but would I be able to plant straight into that? Wouldn't the grass (roots n'all) be a serious impediment to whatever I try and grow?

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 06 1:50 pm Post subject:
Did Sean not have his allotment ploughed? If done nowish the soil should break down. I don't know that much about ploughing though.

Lozzie

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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 06 1:57 pm Post subject:
I have enjoyed reading the tips on this website: https://www.no-dig-vegetablegarden.com/ - and they send a monthly e-zine which is good, too. L x

sean
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 06 2:13 pm Post subject:
I got mine glyphosphated and then ploughed. Then I marked out beds. Then I dug manure into them, removing the larger stones while I was doing this gave me enough material to make paths between them.

Behemoth

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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 06 2:28 pm Post subject:
I'm assuming you're deploying bunny/hare/muntjac/dog walker defences around the plot. Another arguement for getting the overall allotment site sorted first.

cab

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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 06 2:33 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

I got mine glyphosphated and then ploughed. Then I marked out beds. Then I dug manure into them, removing the larger stones while I was doing this gave me enough material to make paths between them.

Did the rabbits leave you anything much to eat last year?

sean
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 06 2:36 pm Post subject:
A bit, mainly by planting things they don't eat. I've fenced it all properly now though, so I've just got the pheasants and pigeons to worry about. Maybe I should just build the world's biggest fruit cage.

cab

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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 06 2:39 pm Post subject:
Rabbits, pigeons, pheasants... I've never heard of such a protein rich allotment. I've said it before, but you need to get a gun and set up a hide in the shed. Then you can swap excess meat for the vegetables that other people grow.

tahir

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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 06 2:49 pm Post subject:
He said that I should get a .17 to deal with the rabbits, said a .22 would present a risk to traffic the other side of my boundary. But a .17 couldn't dispatch a hare...

tahir

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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 06 2:51 pm Post subject:
Got an unconfirmed offer of free ploughing from the woman next doors son, so what should I do? Hes an agricultural contractor so should have whatever implements are necessary.

Behemoth

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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 06 2:52 pm Post subject:
Well have it moved... ...but couldn't ensure that you were facing the other way? or firing into the hill?

tahir

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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 06 2:56 pm Post subject:

Behemoth wrote:

...but couldn't ensure that you were facing the other way? or firing into the hill?

Into the hill is at the footpath

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