Amber and Kato
Posted by: Vinny - 24-05-2020, 11:35 AM - Replies (23)

My two dogs, Amber the German Shepherd bitch and Kato the Siberian Husky male having a frolic in a local pond. Smile        

Both dogs squaring up to each other on the grass. Smile

Kato needs to be permanetly on a lead or else he bolts whereas Amber wanders but is easily retrieved.

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  Tips and Tricks
Posted by: Admin - 24-05-2020, 10:53 AM - Replies (13)

We have started adding some sub categories in the "From Seed to Plant (Edibles)" area.

If you have any tips or tricks that you would like to share please add them there, we have started the ball rolling with Brens excellent tip on saving her cucumber, thanks for sharing Bren Smile

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  Max
Posted by: Mikey - 23-05-2020, 08:12 PM - Replies (10)

This is my lovely boy Max, wearing his drying coat and taking over the kitchen sofa in one of his preferred poses dead dog.



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  Walking onions
Posted by: Proserpina - 23-05-2020, 06:53 PM - Replies (19)

Thought you might like to see the progression of my walking onions over the past few weeks, because they are just such fun Smile

   

   

   

   

They will do better in a nice big bed veg bed where they can spread in all directions, but are ticking over fairly well in a pot for now.

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  Stella The Staffie
Posted by: Broadway - 23-05-2020, 06:25 PM - Replies (8)

Some of you have already met StellaSmile, she is 15 1/2

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  Some useful equipment
Posted by: Can the Man - 23-05-2020, 05:42 PM - Replies (4)

I bought this water manifold in either ALDI or Lidl a few months ago, today I set it up in the poly tunnel, I had to adapt the water inlet connector as it had a threaded connection to go directly on a tap. My tap is outside so I took a fitting off an old hose sprayer and fitted it in reverse and was able to use the quick release fitting.

   
   
   

Thought it worth sharing with my friends

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  Do we have a Chicken board that’s hiding from me?
Posted by: Neffa - 23-05-2020, 05:14 PM - Replies (8)

OK we have had ex bat chickens before but we (and I really me I) have decided that 3-4 girls would be a really good plan. 
I need some help and advice so I can either buy a house and run or bully my friend (who is very creative, practical and has loads of wood - think hoarder) into building me something to fit the place I’ve decided is right. 
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  Our Herbs
Posted by: Broadway - 23-05-2020, 04:41 PM - No Replies

Hi Folks

Just wanted to post a picture of the herbs transported when we moved 2 years ago, just because I think they look nice Smile



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  Lincolnshire lockdown larks
Posted by: Proserpina - 23-05-2020, 03:37 PM - Replies (11)

Hello all Smile

I had uploaded a few photos to the old forum of my attempts to create my first non-container garden (as an adult, I dabbled a bit as a child) at my temporary rented home in North-East Lincolnshire. I was lucky to be given permission by my landlord and letting agent, and am indebted to the wonderful SarrissUK for bringing me a wonderful supply of compost to get it all kickstarted. After bumping into Sarriss at work this week, I thought it was high time to post some updates!

Here is what I started with:

   

And this was the mess that was revealed when I peeled back the plastic:

   

   

Dug out an awful lot of rubbish:

   

But I had to leave quite a lot behind as I had limited time (still going to work full time) and only had a hand trowel to work with!

Still, I eventually got to the point where I could lay down some cardboard:

   

More to come in the next post!


I added Sarriss's wonderful donation of compost:

   

Then put the plastic back down over the rest of the area and re-spread the bark mulch:

   

And this is how it looked about two weeks ago:

   

Those are my potatoes in the foreground (covered in random assorted mulch from the rest of the garden, mostly weeds). I also have turnips, carrots, radishes, peashoots, lettuces (Tom Thumb ones from Muckdiva in the seed swap!), sorrel, beetroot, mange tout, kale, spring onions, wizard field beans, and more, all growing container free! I still have quite a few containers too, but I'll post pictures of those elsewhere.

I'll try to post some more pictures this weekend, as things have really taken off since that last photo.

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  New Member
Posted by: Willow Woman - 23-05-2020, 02:32 PM - Replies (14)

Hello, firstly for the computer ham fisted it was difficult to actually get this far. Perhaps a few basic instructions on how to 'get on' would help (thanks to those on the other page) who helped me x  I live on Mull with a garden that surrounds my home. Just had a deer fence put up as I've had a battle with deer over winter and spring eating my willow fence and new plants. I can now relax and stop worrying each morning about the amount of damage they have done and I've removed all the barricades and trip wires (fishing boat rope found on the beach).

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