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cedarblue
May 18th, 2008, 05:01 PM
interesting...keep us up to date risker.

cobweb
May 18th, 2008, 07:06 PM
Hemlock your garden plans sound so fantastic!

Hemlock
May 18th, 2008, 09:01 PM
Today we just found out something interesting! last years sweet peas and ordinary peas we grew up a frame we made from bamboo and the whole lot was eaten alive by slugs, snails etc and never even got a chance to produce any flowers.
This year we let them ramble through shrubs and they are totally untouched by predators and have big flower buds on - not even a nibble.
has any one else noticed this?

snivelingchild
May 24th, 2008, 03:59 AM
I got everything I need for my second bed today; I am going to make it soon sinced my cucumbers are ready to go in the ground!

cedarblue
May 24th, 2008, 05:16 PM
don't delay sniv!

polytunnel done

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k181/cedar_03/polydone.jpg


http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k181/cedar_03/polydone2.jpg


beds

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k181/cedar_03/beds.jpg


chives

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k181/cedar_03/chives.jpg



i'll take some of inside the tunnel over the weekend.

cedarblue
May 26th, 2008, 02:21 PM
whilst nosing in the garden with my binocs today i spotted a great spotted woodpecker (never seen one before) and a lovely red bullfinch.

Aradia
May 27th, 2008, 10:04 AM
Ate my first sugar snax carrot yesterday ... it was soooo sweet.

Ginger
May 29th, 2008, 01:30 PM
Just been potting up my peppers and chillies and planted up a trough of herbs :)
We seem to have a lot of biting ants this year.

cedarblue
May 29th, 2008, 07:26 PM
today when it was lovely and warm i replaced a couple of toms in the tunnel that the slugs had eaten the growing tip out of, potted up a couple more cukes, un-netting-ed the radishes, tied up some tom plants - then it started raining and hasn't stopped since :( come on sunny days!! - the rain is slug heaven.
i plucked 10 of them hiding under pots etc.

Risker
May 29th, 2008, 07:30 PM
Try the garlic wash I mentioned, cedar, it seems to work really well, none of my plants have been touched since I started using it. If you've got alot of slugs that would be a good test of it.

cedarblue
May 29th, 2008, 07:31 PM
yes, thanks for reminding me - i'll make some up.

emmapresley
May 30th, 2008, 02:04 PM
your garden is looking fab cedarblue..really great :)

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s268/emmapresley/Picture103.jpg

^ this unruly beast is my back garden.
bear in mind that the long grass to the right is what has grown through all the paving slabs that i took up last year, but obviously didn't work out how to stop teh couch grass (??) from thriving.

middle centre is a gate..err..where? there is a really nice fuschia bush somewhere in there and a path leading down the gate. and a compost bin. apparently.

i can't even get down there :o
i'm really concerned about squashing a billion snails..but the public posting of this pic makes me accept it is time! time to hack back!

cedarblue
May 30th, 2008, 02:10 PM
thanks emmap!

may be if you just strimmed or sheared not too low, you could rescue any beasties, then cut lower then mow?.

actually i think thats a lovely picture, shame about the hard work connected with it! :D

emmapresley
May 30th, 2008, 02:15 PM
that is just one corner of it..the rest is as wild. i think there are rose briars that are almost as high as the lowest bit of the roof..they just seem to have sorted themselves out in an intertwiney way.:heart:

i've threatened this before but i'm going to have to get someone to come do all the hardcore cutting back cos on it's own it terrifies me. (and actually i sort of quite like the total privacy of it)

cedarblue
May 30th, 2008, 02:17 PM
could you organise a work party of friends/relations? maybe supply a soup and roll + cake lunch for all.

emmapresley
May 30th, 2008, 02:26 PM
i have a couple of folks who might help out for cake!

plus i think i'm gonna need to go round and tap off my neighbours to borrow their garden waste bins for the fortnight :)

cedarblue
May 30th, 2008, 02:34 PM
mr kevster has been know to travel for cake! he'll kill me! :D

snivelingchild
May 31st, 2008, 01:22 AM
tons of grass removed
raised bed built and placed
10 cucumbers in ground
2 eggplants in ground
3 "I forgot what I planted"s in the ground

cedarblue
May 31st, 2008, 01:16 PM
3 "I forgot what I planted"s in the ground

:D - that's like a can of food with no outer wrapper!!

good work sniv - out of 6 cukes, the slugs have finished off 4, 2 left to try. i'm bringing them in overnight now to save the growing tips being eaten :( courgettes are getting a nibble too, but not so bad.

spring onions popping up and beets too. seeded more peas & french beans and have been potting out geraniums & calendula today & potting an ailing plant from my mum and putting in a buddlea (sp?) cutting from my neighbour.

Aradia
May 31st, 2008, 07:38 PM
I've just been snipping the heads of my garlic and saw that I have rust on them and the onions!

I've sprayed it with Bordeaux mix and will hope for the best. I caught it really early so it should be OK.



On the plus side, I'll be eating my first courgettes tomorrow :D and the first tomatoes have appeared.

Happy happy joy joy, happy happy joy joy, happy happy joy joy joy (anybody remember that??)

emmapresley
Jun 2nd, 2008, 10:35 PM
today was hack up the garden day!

it didn't take very long (to do this one corner)..but the other side of the fence where the ivy is has about the same amount again as what has been chopped off today!!
it looks soo much more spacious already!

if it isn't too soggy tomorrow that'll get done then..otherwise, it's fridays job.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s268/emmapresley/Picture108.jpg

we found this little fella..and then loads of his mates, who went for a little trip down the lane :)

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s268/emmapresley/Picture105.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s268/emmapresley/Picture106.jpg

also hacked back the majority of the bottom of the huuuuge bay tree. it's almost as tall as the roof.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s268/emmapresley/1Picture107.jpg

cobweb
Jun 2nd, 2008, 10:52 PM
good work, missy!

Risker
Jun 2nd, 2008, 11:03 PM
Excellent job EmmaP, that's alot of work for 1 day.

RubyDuby
Jun 2nd, 2008, 11:51 PM
very impressive emmap!

Aradia
Jun 4th, 2008, 02:42 PM
OMG EmmaP - you have a path!!!!




I've just harvested my first potatoes (Charlottes) ... dead exciting like. I'm going to boil them and toss them in a French dressing with some wholegrain mustard ... isn't it great eating food you've grown yourself.