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I dont have a back hoe or rotor-tiller. What I do, is get my lopers and trim off all the small branches with the leaves still on. I then haul them off to one side and trim them further so that they can lie flat on the ground. these then get used to mulch, firstly, beds that have nothing in...

Jack found this for me this afternoon...the smallest baby lizard I have ever seen. Its probably only 1 1/2 inches long

Ah, it looks like I deleted the one of my baby lizard. This is the maybe Peripatus. The thing with the round looking head with stumpy legs right in the middle. The Harlequin Ladybird These are Rollrims, pity they arent edible because they grow quite big.

Its been raining for days here, which is unusual but much needed....just wish it had stayed away for a few more days so I could finish that last piece of path. Cos I cant do anything, I have taken to carrying my camera around and taking pics of the different types of mushrooms that pop up. I...

How long do you leave your ash for, before using it? I suppose its just a sprinkle around the seedlings?

This thread reminded me of something I saw my grandfather do when I was very young. He filled a hessian sack, filled the outdoors copper up with water and steamed the sack of soil -couple of slats of wood to hold it over the rim. I'm not too sure but I think this was to sterilize the soil to...

One thing I found really funny was once lock down was announced, people started buying garden seed. I checked 4 suppliers i have used and all posted on their pages that due to unprecedented demand, delivery may be a little longer than normal...or words to that effect. Seems like Kiwis are...

I do/did, but not like you are talking about. I've got half my beds all permanently set up...just in time for winter lol. still I'm eating apples and noticed the that the birds got the first Persimmon for the year. tats a little early, but there are some lovely huge lookers ready soon. Looks...

This is so strange, 'listening' to you guys bubbling with the joys of spring when I am starting to hunker down for winter.

Well I didnt plant the shallots. I checked alot of them and they all told me to go away....not ready yet, so I went outside and set up the bed on the far side of the tool shed. A little lizard poked its head out to ask what I thought I was doing and then ran away. I should have been working on...

I decided to plant out my garlic yesterday after accidentally digging up a Bluebell bulb and seeing that it had already started to send out roots. Today, I got the last bed for the year made up, so tomorrow, I will be planting out my shallots and if there is any room left, sow a couple of...

What depth would yo recommend when Making paper pots? Been thinking of trying this next season rather than sending all those irritating circulars to the recycling center. and I suppose the glossy ones cant be used.

I had a nice one growing well, then had to go out of town to babysit a grandson for a week.....came home to beautiful marrows.

I'd just love to have space like that to play with and livestock, turning green here. Have you considered just put the weedmat where you want the paths....well pegged down and do wide beds rather than single rows of things?

With the normal ginger, I guess it doesnt matter if they flower or not, cos you are growing for the roots. I do have a normal ginger that was sprouted from a shop bought one but I wasnt happy with the lack of zing. I guess where I have it just isnt quite right or hot enough. It dies back every...

Here are some pics of my Myoga ginger. I didnt bother doing one for the plant itself cos it pretty much looks like any other ginger. As you can see the flower buds are insignificant compared to those that have flowers at the top of the stalks This is going to be a tasty treat in a couple of...

haha, when you taste that wonderful thing called 'fresh from the cow milk', you will kick yourself for putting it off for so long. Nothing beats fresh home made Camembert cheese....To Die for! unless its a nice hard cheese you crack open in winter. I just wish I had found a few acres years ago...

I wandered around between rainy patches eyeballed my baby carrots only to feel depressed that they still only have the first two leaves then ran inside again with the next down pour:th

Black Hamburg grapes...the last three bunches sit on the bench out of the way from the black birds and just out of Jacks reach too. Still got Tangelos on the tree which is odd but they are so juicy. My apple tree is loaded with its little fruit. I love apples but they dont really like me, so I...

Yes. I havent quite got my garden up and running properly yet and havent figured out to do the 60% carbon crops either. I do try to apply the law of return. For example, I recently found a way to return my convovulus back. I dry it out on the paths til its crispy and completely dead, then it...