Very good advice
Posted by: Small chilli - 06-04-2021, 07:59 AM - Replies (10)

The best way to carry a compost dalek     Big Grin







   

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  A visit to Lip na cloiche
Posted by: Small chilli - 05-04-2021, 07:40 PM - Replies (32)

I went for a walk round Lip na cloiche this afternoon. It was a risk with the strong winds & snow showers. But it was lovely while we were there. And it was the most beautiful garden. Buy no means huge but on a steep slope so not easy gardening. Got some ideas for my new garden and I learned that there are so many different hellebore colours & sizes. I had no idea    Blush .                  

I highly recommend a visit if you’re ever on Mull. This is the view from the top of the garden 

   

The view from the bottom of the garden, looking over newly planted trees & wild flowers (well it will be later in the year)

   








https://www.lipnacloiche.co.uk/

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  Sowing Courgettes Outdoors?
Posted by: Broadway - 05-04-2021, 07:16 PM - Replies (11)

Evening Folks

I grew a lot of courgettes at the plot last year. These were sown indoors however I wondered how much success people have had sowing direct?

I assume the pro for indoors is you can sow earlier but the con is space requirements.

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  Scarce Swallowtail
Posted by: PyreneesPlot - 05-04-2021, 03:38 PM - Replies (5)

We see a lot of these, they're much more common than the common swallowtail. Called le flambé in French the caterpillars feed on blackthorn and fruit trees and there are plenty of those around.

   

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  Slate Plant Labels
Posted by: PyreneesPlot - 05-04-2021, 10:47 AM - Replies (20)

I've just rescued a load of broken slates from a client's house that is being re-roofed and MrPP reckons he can cut/break them into strips to make labels. None of the pens or pencils I have work on them (or at least is visible!) and chalk won't survive long (they are labels for permanent plants) so I wondered what else I could use? 
Happy Easter!

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  Seems to be an informed opinion?
Posted by: Vinny - 04-04-2021, 01:02 PM - Replies (32)

I found this very interesting.

https://youtu.be/Xs5TLaByfbk

I'm starting to come round to this Fella's way of thinking..

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  Plug plants/Jiffy 7s
Posted by: Spec - 03-04-2021, 08:31 PM - Replies (17)

I received some plug plants by post today, they are ivy leaf geranium, the plants look ok, I know that you are supposed to plant them in there retaining net, and with the ones I got today the retainer looked like a bit of fleece like material, in the past I had planted them as directed but at the end of the season most of the roots were still retained in the net so I now remove the net before planting, now thinking I should have left a couple to see if what is used nowadays rots away, also wondering what others do

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  Lasagne Beds - Grass/Moss Query
Posted by: Broadway - 03-04-2021, 06:36 PM - Replies (9)

Evening Folks

As some of you may remember from previous posts I've been layering my beds with whatever I can get for free(grass, cardboard, leaves), plus manure and compost that was bought.

Anyway, the grass clippings my friend has provided this time are about 60/40 moss/grass, I've used this as a layer without really knowing if this is suitable or not, what do you folks think?

It's probably worth telling you the order which is cardboard, grass/moss, and leaves. I will then put a thin layer of MPC on the top when I plant/sow.

Thank you....

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  Cooking oil sprayer recommendations please
Posted by: JJB - 03-04-2021, 09:35 AM - Replies (4)

I want to buy an oil sprayer/mister to mist frying pans etc.  Not too expensive, (you know me, I don't spend lots of  money if I don't have to). The web is full of different types, mostly from China and I suspect their robustness.  I was wondering if any of you brilliant cooks out there had any favourite to recommend. At the moment I buy the preloaded unrefillable ones from the supermarket.

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  Eat your Flowers
Posted by: Veggie - 02-04-2021, 06:58 PM - Replies (55)

I mentioned on the NOMAD thread that I'd picked some Daylily leaves to eat and JJB was curious.Wink

Hemerocallis/Day lilies are practically 100% edible - leaves, flowers and roots. I have eaten them at all stages, though I wouldn't eat the roots again as I don't like "killing" a perennial plant for its roots.  Don't remember being very impressed with them anyway!! They're in my "only if starving" category.

Please don't eat anything unusual unless you are 100% sure you know what it is - these are NOT lilies, some of which are poisonous to humans, cats and dogs! Research it first before you try.

On a more general note, I'm trying to grow more edible flowers in the garden - to me that would be the best of all worlds - beautiful and edible.
If there are any flowers that you regularly eat, please tell us about them.

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