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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Taxi_Driver on 13 April 2014, 18:40:25
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Well not exactly.....hoping to get veg patch sorted next weekend...ie dug over, weeded and manure added...
But, put the runner bean seeds and courgettes seeds in seed trays this afternoon....they are now sitting in the kitchen window...
Anyone else got their seeds in trays yet??
PS How high does an avocado tree grow?? Got one, again the kitchen window.....i started it off from the seed/stone a few months ago.....its about a foot high now....
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Seeds? :-\
The Briggs and Stratton started first pull. :y
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I've been digging and weeding the flower beds at my Mum's ::)
Ground Elder. Loads of the damn stuff! ::) Any tips on how to eradicate it? :)
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I put my tomato and chilli and Sweet pepper seed in on 1st February, and cucumber seeds in on 1st March, where I have heated seed trays. Trays are now in the Greenhouse and Tomatoes are potted on into the next size of pot, where the biggest are about 6" tall. Cucumbers are just growing their first adult leaf and I will start to pot them on over the next week. Pepper seeds have been a complete failure and I think it is my fault where the soil was too wet. :-[ The advantage of putting seeds in early is that you have enough time to have another go, so I'm waiting for the second batch of seeds to come up. :y :y :y
I will put in my courgettes, marrows, climbing french beans and runner beans in pots and will get my vegetable plot dug over during Easter. I need to get my salad stuff and main crops in like beetroot, carrots and onion seeds in.
I always put garlic in, in the autumn as it needs the cold weather to get them started, although you can cheat by putting them in the fridge. :y
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Got onions,potatoes and garlic growing nicely.
Chard plants in. Winter lettuce cropping nicely.
Seeds are hard to germinate here as Spring lasts about four days. Everyone uses plants. Tomato plants work out about 10 cents each and come in bundles.
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Got through 23 litres of creosote and 5 litres used engine oil - all on the railway sleepers, fence panels , garden gate some on the ground to kill weeds etc. some on myself .
It did smell nice with the sun on it! maybe a fire hazard with all those fumes .
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I hope you are going to grow some custard.
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Main crop spuds are in, the onion bed is tilled and 200 onion sets in. :y
Just got 2 veggie plots to prepare and compost plus the pea, bean and tomato runs. :(
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Nailed a fence panel back up.
Then found another snapped post. Sigh....
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Looked at my privet hedge and decided it's not long enough to call the man who cuts it yet.
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I've got two tip runs to do thanks to my wife lol ;D
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Going to need some strings for my hop plants to climb up soon. :D
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Speaking of Gardening, I cut my lawns for the first time the other day. Along with a little bit of my neighbours, as they are yet to get a mower. When to empty grass box, looked at my rubbish bins, supplied by Surrey Heath Council.
Green Bin (Recycle One): Said no thank you to garden waste!
Hummm ahh well so chucked all clippings in the black bin. Only later did MrsT discover it said no to garden waste on the top of that one too! ???
Checked Surrey Council's website, I need to belong to the 'Green Club', I can get a brown bin for garden waste................... at a cost of £57 a year.
What the fluck? Almost £60 on top of my council tax for them to take away grass clippings? >:( >:(
Sod that!
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Speaking of Gardening, I cut my lawns for the first time the other day. Along with a little bit of my neighbours, as they are yet to get a mower. When to empty grass box, looked at my rubbish bins, supplied by Surrey Heath Council.
Green Bin (Recycle One): Said no thank you to garden waste!
Hummm ahh well so chucked all clippings in the black bin. Only later did MrsT discover it said no to garden waste on the top of that one too! ???
Checked Surrey Council's website, I need to belong to the 'Green Club', I can get a brown bin for garden waste................... at a cost of £57 a year.
What the fluck? Almost £60 on top of my council tax for them to take away grass clippings? >:( >:(
Sod that!
Sounds like you need an old fashioned compost heap at the bottom of the garden.
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Speaking of Gardening, I cut my lawns for the first time the other day. Along with a little bit of my neighbours, as they are yet to get a mower. When to empty grass box, looked at my rubbish bins, supplied by Surrey Heath Council.
Green Bin (Recycle One): Said no thank you to garden waste!
Hummm ahh well so chucked all clippings in the black bin. Only later did MrsT discover it said no to garden waste on the top of that one too! ???
Checked Surrey Council's website, I need to belong to the 'Green Club', I can get a brown bin for garden waste................... at a cost of £57 a year.
What the fluck? Almost £60 on top of my council tax for them to take away grass clippings? >:( >:(
Sod that!
Sounds like you need an old fashioned compost heap at the bottom of the garden.
Yup, been looking at those, my garden is small though, but I have a location for one :)
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Same in Bracknell, Tunnie - although it's "only" £38 on top of what I already pay.. They have to pay for the Christmas party champers somehow, I suppose.
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Same in Bracknell, Tunnie - although it's "only" £38 on top of what I already pay.. They have to pay for the Christmas party champers somehow, I suppose.
Those Christmas strippers aint cheap ;D
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Here you can buy 'Green waste' bags from West Dorset District Council which are £1 each. Initially I thought that they would go for composting but read the small print on the bag and it goes to landfill! >:(
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Main crop spuds are in, the onion bed is tilled and 200 onion sets in. :y
Just got 2 veggie plots to prepare and compost plus the pea, bean and tomato runs. :(
I carnt seem to grow onions.....tried two years with white onions and last year red onions....they just dont grow very big.....certainly not big enough to use....so im giving up with them this year...
So... its going to be runner beans/courgettes/potatoes/carrots and spring onions (strange they grow ok) :y
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The onions seem to thrive, must be all the chicken poo. ;D
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Main crop spuds are in, the onion bed is tilled and 200 onion sets in. :y
Just got 2 veggie plots to prepare and compost plus the pea, bean and tomato runs. :(
I carnt seem to grow onions.....tried two years with white onions and last year red onions....they just dont grow very big.....certainly not big enough to use....so im giving up with them this year...
So... its going to be runner beans/courgettes/potatoes/carrots and spring onions (strange they grow ok) :y
I have the same problem last year with onion set (I've given up with seeds), but I put them in late due to the cold spring, so this year is the last time I'm attempting to grow onions if I don't get reasonable sized ones. I like to alternate rows of carrots and onions / spring onions to keep carrot root fly at bay.
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Try carrot variety " Fly away" nice carrot and fly resistant. :y
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Our garden waste is £30 a year, which is better than not having a collection imho... :y
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Allotments round here are £24 a year.
If LCC were going to try and charge me anything for disposal of garden waste, I'd rent one, turn it into a huge compost heap (including neighbours' clippings), then bag and sell the results.
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Compost bin will be right route, as we do want to attempt to grow some veg at some point, so compost would be useful!
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Compost bin will be right route, as we do want to attempt to grow some veg at some point, so compost would be useful!
The problem is that grass cuttings seem to take an age to rot down and you end up with far more of it than you can use unless you're an avid gardener, as the pile of slurry behind my shed bears witness. ::)
Must see what the local garden waste collection fee is this year, as I've let it lapse.
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Compost bin will be right route, as we do want to attempt to grow some veg at some point, so compost would be useful!
The problem is that grass cuttings seem to take an age to rot down and you end up with far more of it than you can use unless you're an avid gardener, as the pile of slurry behind my shed bears witness. ::)
Must see what the local garden waste collection fee is this year, as I've let it lapse.
If you use a compost bin and the grass cuttings are wet when they go in....this years grass cuttings will be next years compost :y
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I have two lawns and 45 metres of privet. If I tried to compost that I'd end up with a small mountain. Luckily Wakefield council take it away in a wheelie bin once a fortnight, at no extra charge.
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Compost bin will be right route, as we do want to attempt to grow some veg at some point, so compost would be useful!
The problem is that grass cuttings seem to take an age to rot down and you end up with far more of it than you can use unless you're an avid gardener, as the pile of slurry behind my shed bears witness. ::)
Must see what the local garden waste collection fee is this year, as I've let it lapse.
If you use a compost bin and the grass cuttings are wet when they go in....this years grass cuttings will be next years compost :y
I just cut out the compost heap, cut the grass without a collection box and the cuttings soon disappear, so feeding the grass. :y :y :y
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I have two compost bins which I use on alternate years. All green waste from the kitchen and garden goes in and then about this time of year after 2 or 3 lawn cuts I empty it, mix it up and then leave for another 12 months by which time it's lovely black compost for the runner beans to grow in! :y While that's busy composting I'm filling the other bin. ;)
I pee in it now and again as well to give it some nourishment! :)
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Going to need some strings for my hop plants to climb up soon. :D
Hmmm. Growing beer. Now your talking. ;D
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Going to need some strings for my hop plants to climb up soon. :D
Hmmm. Growing beer. Now your talking. ;D
Hmmm yes, I hope there is enough to share :P