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wardy
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

oh, so you didn;t do the big drop thing where all the deposits drop from a great height and accumulate for about 3 years, the one where they grow willow round the outside to suck up the juices Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought three years was the minimum wait before putting on the plot unless it's only used by vegans Confused

or is it going on the flower plot?

glad I aint eating salad at your place Shocked Laughing Laughing Laughing

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Its ok for non edibles and fruit trees, but otherwise needs a full year and has been fed properly, ie 3 sawdust to 1 @*&£ Wink

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

note to self.....say no to the apples! Cool

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

apparently there is just one germ and its only carried by certain peeps, we should make em wear bells and shout unclean so we know not to let em use the loo. Laughing Wink

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

its taken me bout 5 mins to get the hand of what you lot are on a bout Embarassed Embarassed Embarassed Laughing Laughing Laughing lovely picture G2 Shocked Laughing Laughing Laughing

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

well not really all out of the back garden salad for tea lettuce/cucumber/toms/rocket and radishes oh and few greens for tea tomorrow Very Happy Very Happy well chuffed do you know im getting more and better crops than i did from the lottie and all i have to do is open the back door Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

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Elizabeth



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wardy wrote:
hope my onions and garlic aint rotted while my back's been turned

There was a diagram of the lotty pipe over yonder

Basically it was plumbing pipe, grey stuff, looks about 6" diameter, big enough to fit a champers bottle in Very Happy At the end of the pipe we used a piece of black plumbing stuff, end stop or some such thing. I don't know if it had a hole already in it or if we drilled one in it but that's where the liquid will drip through, into a jar. I filled the bottle with SAND and you use that as a press to force the comfrey leaves down the pipe. We used a metal bracket to rest the pipe on but you could use proper down pipe fasteners

I use it all the time Dom and it soon collects comfrey juice. I used the top half of the watering can rose to divert the juice neatly into the hole in the jar lid

We are going to use a water butt, place wilted comfrey in a porous sack place sack in butt, the use of the sacks stops the comfrey from blocking the taps etc.should be ready within 4 weeks. Fingers crossed.


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I fink I am in love wive Comfrey Shocked
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shocked Laughing

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Me comfrey jar was full the other day but I have a suspicion that rain is getting in despite my cunning defences. Oh well a drop won't hurt will it Very Happy

Comfrey is great bunged straight from the plant into the compost bin Elizabeth. Grow some next to your bins Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very Happy Thanks awaiting Andrew to make another plot approx 3 feet square just for the oooh! Comfrey hearts
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Picked my first two courgettes last night, baby yellow ones. here we go, here we go,. here we go, la la la la la Laughing My old man hates courgettes. Guess what's for dinner tonight Twisted Evil I fancy making Yorkshire puds with a courgette baked inside Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I picked four courgettes - one yellow, two green and one Romanescu, last night. Also dug spuds (2kg of 2 plants) picked broad beans and peas.

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wardy
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been stuck here waiting for peeps to turn up so I could high tail it to the lotty for more courgettes to put in my veg chilli. Was sticking to my post cos guest due. No-one turned up in time so no courgettes after all. Wardy will be gutted Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've spent all but 90 minutes of a day off work, at the lotty today and seemed to do mainly weeding Evil or Very Mad

I was given 19 January King (Question I think that's what he said) cabbages which will overwinter, so planted them under the enviromesh, ate quite a few raspberries while I was there and brought home potatoes, 1 courgette, broad beans, beetroots and some spinach leaves Very Happy The new growth on the beans has been munched again Rolling Eyes

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh January Kings are lovely Loops Very Happy

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very Happy Very Happy My Comfrey seeds have arrived I'm in heaven hearts , now off to Ross on Wye to get seed potatos, will be plotting pm hopefully if rain holds off Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yay!! Up up and away Elizabeth Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quick up date, potatos in, boards on raised beds painted (green) and at last we have a compost bin, Andrew worked hard, it's bootiful, cost £7.50, going to paint brown to match whats left of the tree trunks so now Laughing wine, shower, wine, food, wine t.v. admire lotto, wine, bed. Shocked
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Attagirl - you'll do well here... I mean your enthusiasm for the lotty of course, nothing to do with the fact you are quaffing large quantities of wine..... Laughing Laughing though I only drink tea and Pepsi myself Wink Cool

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laughing Laughing Laughing Rolling Eyes Hope you've not got too much of a hangover today Elizabeth Wink
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very Happy No hangover's, been out plotting since 6.30am, like early mornings, so used to getting up when at work Shocked , back in to check e-mails and have a coffee, then back to painting compost bin. Lovely day so far. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A plot pic for yous, as I know you like a pic

here are my mixed veg, red spraaaarts, red cabbage with the most fab leaves and my corn which looks promising at the moment Very Happy



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lovely
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