The seed was a pretty mixed bag so I wasn't expecting half of them to germinate. I normally save my own borage seed but last year was a bit hectic and I forgot. I'm annoyed that I had to waste money on seeds in the first place especially when the bought stuff is nowhere near as good as the ones I normally harvest. Last year's plants will probably self seed but I want a nice big patch of borage for the bees this year. I even opened some old packets of wildflower seeds that were supposed to have borage in the mix and there wasn't a single one in there.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
If the seed is big enough I do one to a station in a cell tray or one to a small pot if it's a courgette/squash/other plant. I did that with Potimarron. 4 seeds, 4 pots and only 2 germinated and one of those was eaten by a snail who has been fed to the chooks.
Teeny seeds also get sown in cell trays and then I prick them out as best as I can. There's a try of those needing another week or so before being pricked out and I shan't chuck any cos it seems they're a winter favourite, not just with us, but with the chooks.
My Belgian pension - 3 or 4 years years of part-time admin when OH was an independent - is 141€56. This month I get my "pécule de vacances" (holiday pay) which is an extra 190€. Riches!
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Right. OK. Enough is enough😠 Everything apart from tomatoes is going out tomorrow. If they decide to succumb to lower than ideal temperatures -tough😠 Worst case scenario,I go to garden centre for a replacement and find something better. Worst for them - not for me . In fact, that scenario is quite appealing.
I know it's just nature in action, but I was distressed this teatime to see one of the pair of magpies which are nesting high up in one of our beech trees, chase and catch a blue tit. It dispatched it on a branch next to the french windows, and scattered feathers around, before flying off with it.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Haven't seen blackbirds around since the mangy fox fed by our neighbours caught it. Well at least he ate it. They've got a new cat. Is there a mange vaccination? It'll definitely pick up fleas anyway.
Well another hour spent on the stump. Two wedges stuck and the chainsaw cut opened up 2 inches in one side but the stump is still hanging on. A 6 foot wrecking bar barely moves it. I'm thinking another wedge or two. Most places do those log splitting bomb things that are more round. I think a straight forward wedge in metal would be better. Garden centres I don't think have them. DIY stores only show the round ones intended to split wood for burning which aren't what I'm need.
It's so close to going in want it out this weekend. It's getting embarrassing now? When it's out there will still be the bulk of it just below the soil surface. We're talking the remains of a stump that's probably 75cm diameter perhaps more. I have no idea what I could grow over it considering soil depth might only be a couple of inches. It's right at the front of our front garden also bang in the middle of the front border.
Can you drill lots of holes down into what's left of the monster stump to let the water get in to it? It might speed up the rotting process. Sedums and sempervivums will grow in a few inches of soil (or less) if it's sunny and fairly well-drained.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Sad to say the magpies here seem to just want to kill the nestlings and leave them on the lawn, they don't eat them. I have seen a crow pick one up though.
Can you drill lots of holes down into what's left of the monster stump to let the water get in to it? It might speed up the rotting process. Sedums and sempervivums will grow in a few inches of soil (or less) if it's sunny and fairly well-drained.
I don't know if they are still available, but there used to be a product where you drilled holes and poured the powder/crystals in and that killed off the stump. Probably something horribly toxic which is now banned.
Hubby feeling most curmudgeonly after second jab,he was just a bit whoozy yesterday, worse this morning and even worse now,not got dressed which is unheard of
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Teeny seeds also get sown in cell trays and then I prick them out as best as I can. There's a try of those needing another week or so before being pricked out and I shan't chuck any cos it seems they're a winter favourite, not just with us, but with the chooks.
My Belgian pension - 3 or 4 years years of part-time admin when OH was an independent - is 141€56. This month I get my "pécule de vacances" (holiday pay) which is an extra 190€. Riches!
Everything apart from tomatoes is going out tomorrow.
If they decide to succumb to lower than ideal temperatures -tough😠
Worst case scenario,I go to garden centre for a replacement and find something better. Worst for them - not for me . In fact, that scenario is quite appealing.
They've got a new cat. Is there a mange vaccination? It'll definitely pick up fleas anyway.
It's so close to going in want it out this weekend. It's getting embarrassing now? When it's out there will still be the bulk of it just below the soil surface. We're talking the remains of a stump that's probably 75cm diameter perhaps more. I have no idea what I could grow over it considering soil depth might only be a couple of inches. It's right at the front of our front garden also bang in the middle of the front border.
I don't know if they are still available, but there used to be a product where you drilled holes and poured the powder/crystals in and that killed off the stump. Probably something horribly toxic which is now banned.