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  Topic: Scythe blade warped while peening
gil

Replies: 14
Views: 72087
PostForum: Land Management   Posted: Sun Aug 06, 23 6:12 pm   Subject: Scythe blade warped while peening
Really sorry to hear that, dpack.
  Topic: Scythe blade warped while peening
gil

Replies: 14
Views: 72087
PostForum: Land Management   Posted: Fri Aug 04, 23 8:29 am   Subject: Scythe blade warped while peening
hi dpack, I'm fine. How are you ?

I only sharpen with the finest, smoothest sharpening stone when mowing soft flat meadow with the longer 'grass blade' I used for competition. Otherwise I use the ...
  Topic: Scythe blade warped while peening
gil

Replies: 14
Views: 72087
PostForum: Land Management   Posted: Wed Aug 02, 23 4:58 pm   Subject: Scythe blade warped while peening
Good advice above.
Start by getting rid of the rough curly edge with a very coarse sharpening stone. That blade really is in quite a mess.
What kind of scythe is it ? Austrian or other (such as Eng ...
  Topic: Hi from an unusual allotment
gil

Replies: 25
Views: 244664
PostForum: Welcome   Posted: Sun Sep 11, 22 2:12 pm   Subject: Hi from an unusual allotment
Welcome to the nuthouse!

Perhaps you can help me provide better advice to the folks I work with here in the US. Many want to grow elderberries, but every cultivated planting I've seen loses vigor d ...
  Topic: My allotment
gil

Replies: 26
Views: 233160
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Sun May 24, 20 6:52 pm   Subject: My allotment
That all looks great - congrats, and hopefully you'll soon be seeing a return on all your hard work.
  Topic: if we could, perfect forage dinner?
gil

Replies: 18
Views: 216943
PostForum: Foraging   Posted: Sun Apr 26, 20 2:32 pm   Subject: if we could, perfect forage dinner?
Nettle and wild garlic soup

Pot roast rabbit with wild garlic, sauteed ground elder

Wild rasps and blaeberries
  Topic: Adventures in grafting
gil

Replies: 75
Views: 1082642
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Sun Apr 26, 20 2:29 pm   Subject: Adventures in grafting
Looking good, dpack, and good to be keepng historical varieties alive.

A couple of years back, I did some grafting, and planted three proper apple trees in behind my existing cordons. I thought the ...
  Topic: Manure or legumes
gil

Replies: 12
Views: 89732
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Sat Mar 28, 20 12:33 pm   Subject: Manure or legumes
slim - that's a much better way of explaining it.
  Topic: Quick crops for isolation
gil

Replies: 51
Views: 374782
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Sat Mar 28, 20 12:32 pm   Subject: Quick crops for isolation
That makes sense. I might try a few. I find if I cut or break the top off a cabbage of any sort, a fair number produce more tiny heads, which are good for 'greens' anyway. Do the young ones do that if ...
  Topic: Manure or legumes
gil

Replies: 12
Views: 89732
PostForum: 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: 51
Views: 374782
PostForum: 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: 84150
PostForum: 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: 185787
PostForum: 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: 103433
PostForum: 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: 45016
PostForum: 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.
 
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