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dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 03, 25 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

ps the canes in the bigboy cage are 8 footers

this years toms are living up to the name

albert and albertine have reached the wall top to the alley and are being directed outwards and sideways

the assorted herbs are huge and active

the cucumbers, perhaps 8 is too many nah pickles, are doing well
perhaps my yard is not dissimilar to somewhere in japan

they do look very like the one on my early c1735 bottle vase, i rather like that
i will get a snap of them together

i cant be bothered with a shed snap at the mo, updating creative suite and using the fancy new versions was more than enough for the day

Mistress Rose



Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 03, 25 3:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

That looks good Dpack. The new gate looks lovely and really sets off the growing things. Please can we have a picture of the mouse castle some time.

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 03, 25 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

the tech is up and running again, the snaps will flow

right now the tech is up and running, unlike me

gz



Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
PostPosted: Thu Jul 03, 25 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Both garden and gate are impressive ❤️

dpack



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 04, 25 2:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

the gate is not finished yet, it still needs reinforcement to strengthen the junction of the 2 layers of marine ply

the new smaller shed has similar hand forged fixings for the end door to the gate and a double barn door slider on the wide side in factory black metal(smith made sliders were bad expensive)

i just planted the second half of the green things seeds, japanese and a bit like spicy spinach

gz



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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
PostPosted: Fri Jul 04, 25 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I rolled back the shading (thin white cotton curtain) in the greenhouse..it was needed in May to stop young plants being scorched, but now it so dull and cold again they need all the light they can get!

Everything is sodden....and more rain forecast.

Mistress Rose



Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 05, 25 7:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We have been very dry and hot this last week. Hoping for rain today; perhaps overnight Saturday to Sunday as there are a lot of things going on today. We have an event at one of the farm shops we supply, and our local village has a show on too. Hoping to visit both, the farm to see what the show is like now and the village as SIL and niece will be there with the hedgehog rescue stall that niece used to run. Someone else took it over when it got too much for her, but they still do fund raising.

Florence



Joined: 15 Mar 2025
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 07, 25 6:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    


When I moved in - 2013 - if I'd had a market for dandelions job would have been a good one.

[img] - in the rain but good to sit in

[/img] - and the view down the garden in the rain

dpack



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 25 11:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

i like the opium crop, ace for bees

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 25 7:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Looks good Florence.

Florence



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 25 11:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Shame I didn't post the pictures better - should have been smaller in size. I'll know for next time.

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 25 7:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Our blackberries are starting to ripen. Not many at the moment, but enough mixed with other fruit for afters.

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 25 11:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

mine too

several things develop holes overnight, either slimers or hungry pillars

will order slug nemaatodes

dpack



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 25 9:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

just planted 14 cloves of russian giant garlic

12 in places that will be empty over winter, 2 in the tomato potsto designate them as not for tomatoes next year

odd to be planning autumn and spring planting in mid summer but it does make sense

the cucumbers will be replaced with aquadeluce beans to over winter and crop in spring, the roots will continue to fix nitrogen after the beans are eaten and the tops composted

maximum yeild in a small space no dig and organic needs long term thought

re the slimey hoard, i recon it is the smallish pale brown slugs that are eating live plants
they are vulnerable to the nematodes on order

gz



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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 25 11:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

If planted now, will the harvest be at the end of May before the June deluge?

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