Dovefromabove

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How can you tell if manure is "well rotted"?

Posted: 05/03/2013 at 06:49

jon cob wrote (see)

if looks like dirt and not like straw and manure it is ready.

That is of course if the horse was bedded on straw - many stables nowadays use wood shavings or shredded paper; Both can be used as manure for the garden, although the wood shavings need longer to rot down and should be stacked in a heap to decompose.

Talkback: Edible dahlia tubers

Posted: 05/03/2013 at 06:31

Oh dear, a dangerous failure to understand written English by Jon Cob.

All parts of the tulib contain toxins

"When humans consume tulip bulbs they often experience dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, extreme abdominal pain and excessive salivation. Convulsions and coma may occur with death following."

I do hope you haven't followed your own advice Jon cob - and I do hope that your dangerous lack of knowledge hasn't lead someone else to try eating tulip bulbs.

You are correct in one respect - starvation did result in some people trying to eat tulip bulbs during WW2 - however the results were tragic.!

Gardeners world tv or mag. pest and disease advice.

Posted: 05/03/2013 at 06:19

See "Potato varieities production or vareity "(sic) thread

Barrel Greenhouse Giveaway

Posted: 05/03/2013 at 06:12

Well, as long as he's giving us the chance to win one and doesn't expect anyone to buy anything .... and he did ask nicely, unlike some people who pretend they're posting a real query or post out and out spam.

potato varieities production or vareity

Posted: 05/03/2013 at 05:55

Jon cob - read properly - I did not mentiion preaching, it was Geoff, referring to Colin Bowcock Fan.

However, as you so rightly point out - "facts are facts" - QED

Is this weeding?

Posted: 05/03/2013 at 05:47

I still feel that if your instructions were clear, you should explain to him that your garden should be reinstated properly at his expense, and that unless he does so you willl be using Small Claims Court procedures to obtain recompense so that you can employ a real professional to do the work.

As has been said, you don't have to be nasty to do this, just clear and firm.

potato varieities production or vareity

Posted: 04/03/2013 at 17:31

Netherfield wrote (see)

That story reminds me of a post on the old BBC site, methinks jon cob maybe related to ' Grid Gardener' or other nom de plume.

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,50138.0.html

Jon Cob aka Plainleaf aka Colin Bowcock Fan aka The Big Cob aka Grid Gardener

Filling a new raised bed.

Posted: 04/03/2013 at 17:26

1/3 peatmoss??? totally unethical ecologically speaking

"1/3 5 different type of compost" means nothing

Fork Handles

Posted: 04/03/2013 at 09:36

Backing up files is on my To Do List

It won't be happening today as I'm heading for my parents' residential home to join in the celebrations for their 65th wedding anniversary today and Pa's 93rd birthday tomorrow!