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 Topic: Manure or legumes |
gil
Replies: 11
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 Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri Mar 27, 20 8:50 pm Subject: Manure or legumes |
Legumes are lazy, and will only fix as much N as the soil needs. So I'd save the chicken shit for another time, and let the legumes work for their keep.
(interesting fact I never knew before I did ... |
| Topic: Quick crops for isolation |
gil
Replies: 27
Views: 800
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri Mar 27, 20 8:45 pm Subject: Quick crops for isolation |
Nettles are coming along nicely up here, and wild garlic is looking good.
Other seeds to sprout : if you have trouble growing brassicas of any kind (e.g. too windy to grow tall ones, or soil too sa ... |
| Topic: the worst banquet ever |
gil
Replies: 24
Views: 23910
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Jul 12, 19 10:33 pm Subject: the worst banquet ever |
| Glass noodles. An alternative to jellyfish. |
| Topic: Our New Plot |
gil
Replies: 12
Views: 28612
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Mon Mar 26, 18 12:03 pm Subject: Our New Plot |
| Exciting developments, Fee ! Hopethe move goes well and you get settled in. |
| Topic: World Naked Gardening day. Sat May 6th |
gil
Replies: 16
Views: 64661
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed May 03, 17 8:18 pm Subject: World Naked Gardening day. Sat May 6th |
The carnival parade goes past my garden that afternoon. I don't want to add to the horror.
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It's all about the gherkins.
Great combo of post and sig  |
| Topic: Of Apple Blossom and a Knife. |
gil
Replies: 11
Views: 24692
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Apr 24, 17 7:58 pm Subject: Of Apple Blossom and a Knife. |
We had several hours of snow and hail today. Glad my apple trees are nowhere near blooming.
It's the wild fruits in blossom at the moment : the sloes and the geans I'll be worrying about. |
| Topic: Progress report? |
gil
Replies: 42
Views: 117128
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Apr 09, 17 6:11 pm Subject: Progress report? |
Just finished clearing beds/greenhouse, and still hedge-cutting.
Nothing's getting sown or planted outside till May.
I really should start some seeds off indoors, though. Or in the potting shed. |
| Topic: Progress report? |
gil
Replies: 42
Views: 117128
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Apr 02, 17 5:50 pm Subject: Progress report? |
I don't know when it is best to cut a hedge.
I cut mine whenever I get the time or inclination, and it still grows. There seems to be quite a lot of it, so I do a bit at a time, by hand. Current h ... |
| Topic: Progress report? |
gil
Replies: 42
Views: 117128
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat Apr 01, 17 2:43 pm Subject: Progress report? |
Nothing yet - still clearing the beds from last year, and moving/splitting perennials. Got a hedge to cut, a lawn to mow, and a greenhouse to clear and clean.
I'm sure I will regret not getting an ... |
| Topic: Merino sheep |
gil
Replies: 15
Views: 47128
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Sat Feb 18, 17 3:27 pm Subject: Merino sheep |
Falkland Islands.
Also, try asking John Arbon, re French merino d'Arles
www.jarbon.com/
or Laxtons re Falkland merino
www.laxtons.com/
Ask the National Sheep Association if they know of any ... |
| Topic: Japonica / Japanese Quince |
gil
Replies: 9
Views: 18068
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Oct 12, 16 9:26 am Subject: Japonica / Japanese Quince |
| Yes, I always used them for jelly and wine, though they didn't seem to produce much compared to the other (gone wild) quinces I harvest/forage, and the fruits were quite small. |
| Topic: Hello From Pea |
gil
Replies: 19
Views: 127307
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Forum: Welcome Posted: Thu Sep 29, 16 2:51 pm Subject: Hello From Pea |
| Not doing farmers markets these days. |
| Topic: Costing home made produce. |
gil
Replies: 6
Views: 11638
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Jul 27, 16 12:41 pm Subject: Costing home made produce. |
| I'm hopelessly not 'on trend', so hopefully you will be selling lots ! |
| Topic: Jelly yesterday |
gil
Replies: 2
Views: 9239
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Tue Jul 26, 16 5:31 pm Subject: Jelly yesterday |
| What kind are you making ? |
| Topic: Costing home made produce. |
gil
Replies: 6
Views: 11638
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Tue Jul 26, 16 5:30 pm Subject: Costing home made produce. |
See how they sell this time.
I'm not a huge fan of it, but a 1lb jar seems quite a daunting amount, though I know the chunks can be quite large.
If you do it again, maybe try 12oz or even 8oz ja ... |
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