@gardeningfantic - I believe the best comfrey to use is called Bocking14 (catchy,eh?) which is sterile, so root cuttings or begging best option. Gets very big, but cropping will minimise intrusion. Watching local weather forecast (S. Devon) forecast for 22C tomorrow. Woohoo!
I am on a small island on the west coast of Canada-halfway between Vancouver and Victoria. Warmest climate in Canada-quite similar to yours, except we have had a cold wet spring and are a few weeks behind you. I am waiting for my irises to bloom.
Hi Guys! @Flowerchild! Good on ya! Great news!! Well First day in Newcastle done! Only three more to do! I don't know why! Always imagined it would be very industrialised! But couldn't be further from the truth! Very picturesque being right at the side of the Tyne river, n the hotel I am staying in is more or less situated directly underneath the Tyne Bridge, right on the quayside! Very, very relaxing! But bring on Thurday! I need to get back on the plot!!
Congrats Flowerchild. Hope the job is everything you wish!
Five warm, dry days in a row here, so I've been a very busy boy! Got most of the path edging cobbles concreted in and the scalpings wheelbarrowed. Beds dug and planted for Dahlia and Asters I grew from seed so at last a bit of room in the shed. Put down weed fabric around my strawbs and covered it in twiggy bits sieved from the greatly reduced but still huge compost pile. That took FOREVER!!
Last Thursday I planted about 12 rows of various salad veg. The Mizuma is already up! Still no sign of the beetroot I sowed in March though!
Only three of the 25 french beans I planted in pots on 9th April have showed up. I didn't overwater this time so I'm at a loss.
@ Kate: Like yours a lot of my seedlings seem to have gone into a sulk and decided that they rather like being one inch tall. Perhaps the heat will make them change their minds.
@Wintersong: That is one serious ceanothus - must keep the bees going for miles around!
Excitable Boy- I sowed my french beans, 2 weeks ago and they are all 1 foot high, maybe you were a little early and they are sulking in the cold. I am going to start resowing lots of seeds soon and I hope they play catch up when the weather improves.
@flowerchild - Well done and congrats @Dean Lovett - Newcastle is a great city. It produced me for a start. I live just south of it in Sunderland. If you can while you're there, head out to the Ousburn valley in Byker. Some brilliant pubs - the Cluny and the Tyne are 2 of my favourites. Another warm day here with more weeding done and my nicotianas potted up. Now sprawling on the sofa catching up on Chelsea.
@inkadog.. sounds lovely.. and your avatar shows that too.. My dad was born and lived in Canada all his life.. i was born there and moved here with my mother and siblings when i was about 4 when they split.. i used to go back and visit him yearly.. but as i got older and had family became more difficult.. my Daughter is out there now running his business now.. she loves it and will not come back here. (met a fella)
it is a beautifully outstanding country the scenery is breathtaking..
My friend's dad was a champion leek grower in the North East. (I was born in Newcastle too, but live in Cornwall now) He had a secret formula for growing his prize leeks and always went up to the moors for sheep poo.
I remember seeing a programme on comfrey and they fixed an old drainpipe against a wall and stuffed it full of comfrey and collected the drips of the comfrey at the bottom of the drainpipe when it rotted down. The liquid did have to be diluted. I do put nettles in a dustbin full of water to water plants with.
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@inkadog..many thanks for that info.. i will give it a go... Canada hey... gorgeous Country.. where abouts are you?
I am on a small island on the west coast of Canada-halfway between Vancouver and Victoria. Warmest climate in Canada-quite similar to yours, except we have had a cold wet spring and are a few weeks behind you. I am waiting for my irises to bloom.
Well done Flowerchild on your new job, I remember that feeling very well.
Inkadog - your Island sounds lovely, hope you get some warm weather soon, its been lovely in Bournemouth today.
Dean - Sorry you are stuck in a stuffy conference room in this lovely weather, don't worry you will soon be back on your plot enjoying the fresh air.
Congrats Flowerchild. Hope the job is everything you wish!
Five warm, dry days in a row here, so I've been a very busy boy! Got most of the path edging cobbles concreted in and the scalpings wheelbarrowed. Beds dug and planted for Dahlia and Asters I grew from seed so at last a bit of room in the shed. Put down weed fabric around my strawbs and covered it in twiggy bits sieved from the greatly reduced but still huge compost pile. That took FOREVER!!
Last Thursday I planted about 12 rows of various salad veg. The Mizuma is already up! Still no sign of the beetroot I sowed in March though!
Only three of the 25 french beans I planted in pots on 9th April have showed up. I didn't overwater this time so I'm at a loss.
@ Kate: Like yours a lot of my seedlings seem to have gone into a sulk and decided that they rather like being one inch tall. Perhaps the heat will make them change their minds.
@Wintersong: That is one serious ceanothus - must keep the bees going for miles around!
Excitable Boy- I sowed my french beans, 2 weeks ago and they are all 1 foot high, maybe you were a little early and they are sulking in the cold. I am going to start resowing lots of seeds soon and I hope they play catch up when the weather improves.
@inkadog.. sounds lovely.. and your avatar shows that too.. My dad was born and lived in Canada all his life.. i was born there and moved here with my mother and siblings when i was about 4 when they split.. i used to go back and visit him yearly.. but as i got older and had family became more difficult.. my Daughter is out there now running his business now.. she loves it and will not come back here. (met a fella
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it is a beautifully outstanding country the scenery is breathtaking..
My friend's dad was a champion leek grower in the North East. (I was born in Newcastle too, but live in Cornwall now) He had a secret formula for growing his prize leeks and always went up to the moors for sheep poo.
I remember seeing a programme on comfrey and they fixed an old drainpipe against a wall and stuffed it full of comfrey and collected the drips of the comfrey at the bottom of the drainpipe when it rotted down. The liquid did have to be diluted. I do put nettles in a dustbin full of water to water plants with.
Inkadog- hope you are feeling better.