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Fork Handles

Spring is here no frost again a bit windy though  .

Derek

Fork Handles

 whats all the shouting for, I can get that from she who must be obeyed

Derek

MORNING FORKERS

Girasole wrote (see)

I know, Brumbull. The poor farmers have had a very rough time. Do they get any form of compensation? I think they should.

 

It does'nt matter whether they get compo or not they are still 5 -6 weeks behind last years planting

Derek

aldi easter monday.

Yes Aldi and Lidl are good for bargains . the Stupid people will plant summer bedding now because the news media/weather service says it is . Do you not remember last year April was a compleat wash out and May well the first two weeks were great and everything went downhill after that ,

Derek

Talkback: How to build a raised vegetable bed

robert_t wrote (see)

Joe

We have raised beds made from reclaimed railway sleepers - creosote-impregnated. They aren't too smelly as they're pretty well-seasoned. The plants grew well inside the beds and none were actually touching the sleepers as we planted them a few inches inside. 

The question I now have is whether enough creosote or chemicals from the creosote could "leak" into the soil over time, and into the plants, to actually have any poisonous effects on us? I'd hate to look back after years of enjoying our own rocket, carrots, lettuce and tomatoes (although they're all green so maybe not) and find that we've also been slowly poisoning ourselves!

Any thoughts?

Robert

I have just retired from Irish rail so what I am going to say is true and fact , this also applies to the UK and Europe .up until very recently trains unloaded human excrement on to the tracks and on to the sleepers  , so along with creosote you also human shit , piss , engine oil, grease, Diesel fuel oil, and any other substances carried by rail ,Irish rail Banned the sale to the general public off rail sleepers because they are still responsible for any injury that may be caused to the buyer "E,U" Law .So if you are thinking of raised beds I implore you all do NOT use sleepers

Derek ex train fitter irishrail

aldi easter monday.

Yes They Are . I don't think they were expecting the winter to go on for so long

but people are stupid they will buy them because this time last year they did

Derek

Fork Handles

And here is the allotment of the obsessive bloke at the back of mine - blimey!

If you would like to be neighbourly you could tell him that his nice shade of blue will attract Bees

Derek

Derek

MOB rants

I used to live on the out skirts of Dublin if you wanted to go to town it was a 3/4hr bus ride car parking was up to £2 an hr or part there off and then they opened Blanchardstown shopping center (free all day parking) it was huge it has car space for up to 5000 and every weekend it would take nearly an hour of a  drive to get from my house to main city road and it was only 2 miles long it seemed that every person from the rest of the country would descend on this part of Dublin one of the reasons I moved to the country , where I am living now is a small village with a local chemist a butchers 3 pubs and a chipper/pizza and chinese takeout ,pop 2500

Derek

good effect of a wet summer

without being caught could gather some off the wild plant and mimic its growing conditions

Derek

Potatoes in bags

Hi Bexlloyd , it depends where in the world you are, is your grow bag on its edge i,e long side or short side or do you have it on the flat ,if its any of the above ,try this method :-

1/put a 2" layer of compost in the bottom of a purpose made potato grow bag .

2/place 5 of the seed potatoes on top of the compost .(shoots pointing upwards)

3/cover the seed by about 1/2" of compost .

4/Furl down the top of bag till its just above the top of compost .

5/when the Hume's appear wait until they are 4 " high and cover with compost .

6/ unfurl the grow bag and repeat adding compost as necessary and water every other day .

hope this helps

Derek

Bamboo connecters

Hydrangea

garden /allotment tilling

Flatworms

missing thread

2nd earlys

responces

fence planting

New apple tree

Sloe Berry

Talkback: Where are the ladybirds?

Frogs on the allotment

Blue stone

Forefront weed killer