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Well good woman yourself!( said without even a hint of condescension!
) It's good to continue these traditions if only for traditions sake.
I wouldn't call myself a gardener by any stretch of the imagination, but in this spring of poor grass growth, l diverted my attention to the planting of a good few trees and plants around the house and farm. And you know I am getting great satisfaction now in watching the buds start to break and seeing the signs of fresh green growth. Good for the soul, if a little hard on the back!0 -
Well good woman yourself!( said without even a hint of condescension! ) It's good to continue these traditions if only for traditions sake.
I wouldn't call myself a gardener by any stretch of the imagination, but in this spring of poor grass growth, l diverted my attention to the planting of a good few trees and plants around the house and farm. And you know I am getting great satisfaction now in watching the buds start to break and seeing the signs of fresh green growth. Good for the soul, if a little hard on the back!
Well the wee garden is too small for a plough other than a horse one so it's loy or nothing. It is quite cathartic too, hacking away at roots 0 -
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Lady Haywire wrote: »Don't think I'll be bothering Anna May just yet! :pac::D
Very impressive indeed. What kind of crop do you usually get?
For the spuds and other vegetables I use a system of no-dig permanent raised beds as the soil is very heavy clay. Digging it is like shovelling concrete.
Hand dug drains between the beds take away surface water. The beds are covered over in the winter and rotated every couple of years. Selected beds also get a good dose of well rotted manure over the winter. When spring comes it's only a matter of taking of the weed-block fabric and planting as the worms and cold weather does the rest. Saves the back and still produces a decent crop for our own use
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We've not used this area before so that's where all the roots are coming from. Used other ground the last few years which was much easier to work with and yielded fairly well.
Kept some of last years spuds and they've chitted well so have one ridge for them already in as I split & guggered them earlier.
Another is onions and then final one is to be decided though might be cabbage and carrots. I like your idea of the beds and adding manure, might try it out this winter.
Nothing happened us today on the 13th......I actually got out of being dragged to a Flavin' concert so a good day:DVery impressive indeed. What kind of crop do you usually get?
For the spuds and other vegetables I use a system of no-dig permanent raised beds as the soil is very heavy clay. Digging it is like shovelling concrete.
Hand dug drains between the beds take away surface water. The beds are covered over in the winter and rotated every couple of years. Selected beds also get a good dose of well rotted manure over the winter. When spring comes it's only a matter of taking of the weed-block fabric and planting as the worms and cold weather does the rest. Saves the back and still produces a decent crop for our own use0 -
Lady Haywire wrote: »We've not used this area before so that's where all the roots are coming from. Used other ground the last few years which was much easier to work with and yielded fairly well.
Kept some of last years spuds and they've chitted well so have one ridge for them already in as I split & guggered them earlier.
Another is onions and then final one is to be decided though might be cabbage and carrots. I like your idea of the beds and adding manure, might try it out this winter.
Nothing happened us today on the 13th......I actually got out of being dragged to a Flavin' concert so a good day:D
That area looks ripe for trying out some biochar on.
The fecking trouble is I've never intentionally made the stuff.
What it is cooked carbon in the absence of oxygen. Well charcoal for an easier explanation.
Your supposed to mix it with manure and/or fert and biological stuff if you have it for a while before using in the soil.
It would make the soil easy till after anyway.
I unintentionally made some a few years ago by burning tree branches in a pile in a field before reseeding to grass. There was charcoal left in the heap after and then fym was spread on the field and then it was ploughed in. But there's a noticeable (especially during the bad weather) green patch with good grass growth where that burnt charcoal was ploughed in with the fym.
You should follow this fella.
Sampo Tukiainen (@SampoTukiainen) Tweeted:
My sweet Lumme cow came to get some #biochar while I was at it. She likes her's straight outta bag, no flavoring... https://t.co/yQsemnZlAw https://twitter.com/SampoTukiainen/status/980412261444579329?s=170 -
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