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 Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
dpack
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 Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri May 24, 19 8:30 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| it seems unlikely they would thrive if polled, perhaps remove some trees with a selective harvest and leave the rest to get huge would provide the timber you need and preserve the woodland. |
| Topic: Exciting news |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri May 24, 19 8:25 pm Subject: Exciting news |
to get the best from green manures make it moist and sunny  |
| Topic: Exciting news |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri May 24, 19 2:45 pm Subject: Exciting news |
| there are quite a few green manures but at this time of year coriander does well and is quick enough to smother weeds if you can plant it into soaked soil and water it well for a month or so if requi ... |
| Topic: Exciting news |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu May 23, 19 11:42 pm Subject: Exciting news |
oh dear
is it too late to plant roots? maybe not
a couple of tips
if you are growing for roots make sure the soil is deep, open and friable
the other stuff is fairly specific for each type ... |
| Topic: What I do on Mondays! |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed May 22, 19 12:48 pm Subject: What I do on Mondays! |
slime moulds are quite a broad group some of them are rather unusual.
the ones that can "plan " a series of routes between resources for colonial expansion are neat and the ones that form themselve ... |
| Topic: this year's tomatoes |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue May 21, 19 11:40 pm Subject: this year's tomatoes |
i like tomatoes, i like mice.
discombobulating 2 of them while murdering slugs did remind me that gardening needs to be done for all involved
for a small space i have quite a selection of critt ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue May 21, 19 11:07 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
ah , the temp rain forests are ace
the one i know is a microclimate one where various factors make a pretty small area far wetter than the quite wet area around it
a three mile strip along one s ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue May 21, 19 10:55 pm Subject: Wildlife |
oops i just accidentally lamped 2 different mice a minute apart , up close and personal with a 3w led bike light, while i was conducting a cull of the slimey hoard
the slimey hoard ate my big boy s ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue May 21, 19 10:20 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
a month in a go is wet.
i was in a place where we had some serious rain, a 7 1/2 inch tall coffee jar rain gauge was full after a few hours.
it was on a hill and i had goretex and a nice bender ... |
| Topic: What I do on Mondays! |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue May 21, 19 9:29 pm Subject: What I do on Mondays! |
wow
i like slime moulds  |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon May 20, 19 6:07 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| damp can be worse than drought, at least with the latter the use of a bucket can mitigate some of the problems |
| Topic: this year's tomatoes |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon May 20, 19 5:35 pm Subject: this year's tomatoes |
no shame mate , i had no idea some composts were less than reliable if they came in a bag.
i would have thought reputation was a high priority but it seems the odd dodgy batch or year still works f ... |
| Topic: this year's tomatoes |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon May 20, 19 11:10 am Subject: this year's tomatoes |
i have had problems with them in the past.
as a general thing bagged composts vary quite a bit from maker to maker from year to year and even batch to batch.
the current online reviews help a bi ... |
| Topic: this year's tomatoes |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun May 19, 19 11:38 am Subject: this year's tomatoes |
i suspected the medium when westland got a mention and seeing the snap it does seem the most probable cause.
my chewed one is still alive and might survive with only a little retardation, i will gi ... |
| Topic: this year's tomatoes |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat May 18, 19 5:45 pm Subject: this year's tomatoes |
| decency and good council led to copper bands and some sheep wool pellet things that smell like a long dead sheep got carded and popped through a mincer and then dried so i hope they repel the slimy ho ... |
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