Horticultural fleece is the way to go! Although in deepest, darkest Yorkshire it was down to nearly freezing last night (yup, in AUGUST!!), if you get it sown and established it's worth a go. I bought a mahoosive bag of the stuff, I think it was from poundstretcher, it could have been wilko or ebay though. If there's anyone like me that tends to buy a lot of things though t'interweb, ALWAYS use the topcashback portal, I've made nearly £90, and that's buying things I would have bought anyway. But as a Yorkshirewoman I'm very 'careful' with what I buy and where from!
MMP! topcashback? topcashback? what is? once I'm out of my double thick dressing gown (dont know how many degrees we are but I'm COLD) I shall get down to my local poundstretcher and buy some fleece. I suppose it would be too much to hope that it's green and won't look like I've spread the ground with old duvets?
@Kentish wriggler...do you have an agricultural merchant/ farm store near you? I'm lucky enough to have one here; they do a wide range of green manure seeds, which all come in vast packets as farmers use them in their fields, rather than most of us with our domestic plots. I'm going to try rye grass and clover this winter. I also use mustard during the main growing season when there's a patch of bare soil - it comes up very quickly. Phacelia is very pretty, I let some flower and the bees adore it.
figrat - yes, i think we probably have loads of agricultural/farm type shop places as we're quite rural down 'ere, i just have to find one. with all these green manure seeds, do you just throw them on the ground or do you have to drop them in tiny holes and then cover them up, or do you have to soak them in water like with sprouting, or will they come with instructions on the packet?
You certainly don't have to be fiddly! Remember farmers use them, and they're not going to scrabble round fields with dibbers. I get rid of weeds etc, level off area, with a rake. Then I broadcast the seed ( very satisfying). Then rake over again lightly, water if needed and leave them to it. If you google green manure, there is a very good site, I'll see if I can find it later. Generally the seed advice comes as x grams/square meter rather than 3 cm apart.
Google topcashback. It's a site that gives you money back on most things you buy online (if the merchant is signed up to it). I regularly buy things from ASDA direct, Debenhams, ebay and QVC. As long as you go via the topcashback site, you will get a small percentage of your money back, it all adds up. As a bonus, if you take the money as amazon vouchers, you get an extra 5% on top. I use this religiously and use the amazon vouchers for things like kids' birthday presents for all the parties the little ones get invited to. It adds up and it comes in very handy, as with 2 kids and a land rover addiction I'm always skint as trousers.
skint as trousers? i LOVE that phrase - i never heard it before! is it yours, i mean, did you make it up? can you tell me about it, i mean, if you made it up, then how and why and if you didnt and it's a local saying, what/where/how does it come into being?
i'll have a look at topcashback - never heard of that before, either (we mainly spend our time chewing straws down here in kent). i buy lots from amazon (have never been able to get a grip with ebay) so I'll go via the topthingy - ha ha i just reread you have a land rover addiction - ha MMP you are so funny! that's great!
Well, I'm almost in the Midlands. Near to where I live there is a place called Shireoaks, because before the ridings borders were re-drawn, the village had 3 large oak trees in it, one in Nottinghamshire, one in Derbyshire, and one in Yorkshire. Yorkshire is mahoosive though, so you get everything going on there, and I love the changes in scenery, from the vale of York with it's massive cereal fields, to the bleak beauty of the moors, and places like winnet's pass.
Now, as for Skint as Trousers, it's not mine, but I do think it's a yorkshire saying, as blokes will generally empty out their trollies before putting them in the laundry. Yorkshire women will then double-check said trousers for the odd tissue laying in wait to ambush the rest of the washing with fluff, and the fairly hopeless possibility that their old man has left a tenner in the pocket. So, I think that's where skint as trousers comes from.
Unfortunately there's no known cure for a landy addiction. You can make a small fortune from a land rover - as long as you've a large fortune to start with!
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Horticultural fleece is the way to go! Although in deepest, darkest Yorkshire it was down to nearly freezing last night (yup, in AUGUST!!), if you get it sown and established it's worth a go. I bought a mahoosive bag of the stuff, I think it was from poundstretcher, it could have been wilko or ebay though. If there's anyone like me that tends to buy a lot of things though t'interweb, ALWAYS use the topcashback portal, I've made nearly £90, and that's buying things I would have bought anyway. But as a Yorkshirewoman I'm very 'careful' with what I buy and where from!
MMP! topcashback? topcashback? what is? once I'm out of my double thick dressing gown (dont know how many degrees we are but I'm COLD) I shall get down to my local poundstretcher and buy some fleece. I suppose it would be too much to hope that it's green and won't look like I've spread the ground with old duvets?
figrat - yes, i think we probably have loads of agricultural/farm type shop places as we're quite rural down 'ere, i just have to find one. with all these green manure seeds, do you just throw them on the ground or do you have to drop them in tiny holes and then cover them up, or do you have to soak them in water like with sprouting, or will they come with instructions on the packet?
ah, that's more like it. i like the raking over bit, nice and easy. i should actually be out there doing it now, instead of checking my emails!
Google topcashback. It's a site that gives you money back on most things you buy online (if the merchant is signed up to it). I regularly buy things from ASDA direct, Debenhams, ebay and QVC. As long as you go via the topcashback site, you will get a small percentage of your money back, it all adds up. As a bonus, if you take the money as amazon vouchers, you get an extra 5% on top. I use this religiously and use the amazon vouchers for things like kids' birthday presents for all the parties the little ones get invited to. It adds up and it comes in very handy, as with 2 kids and a land rover addiction I'm always skint as trousers.
skint as trousers? i LOVE that phrase - i never heard it before! is it yours, i mean, did you make it up? can you tell me about it, i mean, if you made it up, then how and why and if you didnt and it's a local saying, what/where/how does it come into being?
i'll have a look at topcashback - never heard of that before, either (we mainly spend our time chewing straws down here in kent). i buy lots from amazon (have never been able to get a grip with ebay) so I'll go via the topthingy - ha ha i just reread you have a land rover addiction - ha MMP you are so funny! that's great!
hey MMP - just remembered you are in Yorkshire - i was born there! Catterick Camp (army brat)
Well, I'm almost in the Midlands. Near to where I live there is a place called Shireoaks, because before the ridings borders were re-drawn, the village had 3 large oak trees in it, one in Nottinghamshire, one in Derbyshire, and one in Yorkshire. Yorkshire is mahoosive though, so you get everything going on there, and I love the changes in scenery, from the vale of York with it's massive cereal fields, to the bleak beauty of the moors, and places like winnet's pass.
Now, as for Skint as Trousers, it's not mine, but I do think it's a yorkshire saying, as blokes will generally empty out their trollies before putting them in the laundry. Yorkshire women will then double-check said trousers for the odd tissue laying in wait to ambush the rest of the washing with fluff, and the fairly hopeless possibility that their old man has left a tenner in the pocket. So, I think that's where skint as trousers comes from.
Unfortunately there's no known cure for a landy addiction. You can make a small fortune from a land rover - as long as you've a large fortune to start with!