To be fair the lawn is like a bog, but suppose he took the chance while the sun was out. Looks much neater! Just wish we could get the weather to be about four degrees! You step out the door expecting warmth and come back in with a wind burnt face!!!
Verdun .... I said sleepers because they were already being suggested To be honest they're not my favourite thing but the new ones are useful for raised beds. I prefer rendered masonry or stone.
Tyres are for spuds..
Don't eat too many chocs or you'll have to eat all those carrots to lose weight. Hee hee!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Fairygirl...re slugs, have 2 ponds, one of which has a healthy population of frogs spawning every year, also hedgehog house, which has visitors, but sadly still loads of slugs. The soil here is very heavy clay (there's a brickworks down the road!), is slow to heat and is very very wet (even with extensive drainage). Nematodes have been tried with no impact several times. Slug pellets help, but even so, maincrop spuds come out so full of holes I've given up and just grow earlies. Bran, copper, ashes, you name it, has been tried.
Well my foot us firmly down, no to tractor tyres!! I want stone build raised beds but no chance with the cost, just can't afford that. Knowing us it will be a long project in the planning and then we will do just before moving home!!!!! My tatties are in the conservatory in builders buckets!!!! The others are still chitting waiting for the sun to warm up the raised bed.
Unsure if these 'massive' carots will materialise. My last years early Nantes but 1.5ft top on and nothing at base. New soil so really did dissappoint but this year I'm filling a dog bath and will attempt a better yield!!
It has taken me 5 years to get him as trained as this, when we first got together he introduced me to the family as a girl who rides horses, can pluck and draw a phesant and knows varieties of potatos!!! No clue if I should have been offended, happy or embarrassed!!!
Still don't manage to get him to clean my fork and spade and oil them before winter!! I'm trying tho!!!
Yeah Fig, I have a patio then grass little mock up piccy - (not included the borders but you get the idea)
If you're thinking of an arch to span the transition between paving and what I assume is lawn, I think that would work really well. What dimensions are the gap?
The garden at the front is extremely heavy clay that has never been turned. I dug out a whole mini skip to make 2 boarders and bought in soil. Other than that it would be far too heavy for me to work. The next door neighbour told me when I moved in and we were chatting over the hedge, I said I wanted to put veg at the front. He said he has been working his for 20 years and still is struggling! Straight away I said raised beds or no beds!!!!
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Verdun ....
I said sleepers because they were already being suggested
To be honest they're not my favourite thing but the new ones are useful for raised beds. I prefer rendered masonry or stone.
Tyres are for spuds..
Don't eat too many chocs or you'll have to eat all those carrots to lose weight. Hee hee!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Fairygirl...re slugs, have 2 ponds, one of which has a healthy population of frogs spawning every year, also hedgehog house, which has visitors, but sadly still loads of slugs. The soil here is very heavy clay (there's a brickworks down the road!), is slow to heat and is very very wet (even with extensive drainage). Nematodes have been tried with no impact several times. Slug pellets help, but even so, maincrop spuds come out so full of holes I've given up and just grow earlies. Bran, copper, ashes, you name it, has been tried.
Fairygirl, its the same level.
Unsure if these 'massive' carots will materialise. My last years early Nantes but 1.5ft top on and nothing at base. New soil so really did dissappoint but this year I'm filling a dog bath and will attempt a better yield!!
It has taken me 5 years to get him as trained as this, when we first got together he introduced me to the family as a girl who rides horses, can pluck and draw a phesant and knows varieties of potatos!!! No clue if I should have been offended, happy or embarrassed!!!
Still don't manage to get him to clean my fork and spade and oil them before winter!! I'm trying tho!!!
If you're thinking of an arch to span the transition between paving and what I assume is lawn, I think that would work really well. What dimensions are the gap?