I might take some cuttings of my thornless ? berries. I was so thrilled to have got them. I hate thorn with a vengeance. I bet I must have bought another Tayberries again. I just couldn't refuse a reduced plant.
What sort of berries are these? Blackberries or something similar like tayberries or loganberries?
If so, you don't need to take cuttings - just lower a branch to the ground and put a stone or brick or peg by the tip to hold it so that it's touching loose soil. The tip will root quite quickly then you can sever it from the parent plant and dig it up and move it on.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Back on topic. Made another compost bin today. It just joins on to the two on the left. Room for one more to turn it all in to.
Have got my local Costa keeping their spent coffee grounds for me. Not that they go far, but I think they will make a good addition. Coffee grounds, fresh horse poo, fresh horse straw and some leaves from the sprouts.
I have planted my asparagus. Sad that it will be three years before I can harvest it properly.
The first bed you can see in the last photo top left. In the bed where the asparagus is covered in lines, the gaps will be filled over the Christmas break with manure.
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What sort of berries are these? Blackberries or something similar like tayberries or loganberries?
If so, you don't need to take cuttings - just lower a branch to the ground and put a stone or brick or peg by the tip to hold it so that it's touching loose soil. The tip will root quite quickly then you can sever it from the parent plant and dig it up and move it on.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Back on topic. Made another compost bin today. It just joins on to the two on the left. Room for one more to turn it all in to.
Have got my local Costa keeping their spent coffee grounds for me. Not that they go far, but I think they will make a good addition. Coffee grounds, fresh horse poo, fresh horse straw and some leaves from the sprouts.
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brilliantly filled there
Hello , just wondered how you are doing
Horse manure being delivered to allotment again , so will help myself next year
GWRS Does your allotment get horse manure put in one place? or does it go on your plot?
is that for free
I have planted my asparagus. Sad that it will be three years before I can harvest it properly.
The first bed you can see in the last photo top left. In the bed where the asparagus is covered in lines, the gaps will be filled over the Christmas break with manure.
tough when you have to wait so long, me not growing them, have you planted them on flat ground? arn't you meant to grow on ridges
Hello , I see you are getting there , I did an asparagus bed , well worth the wait , nothing like freshly cut and eaten same day
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Hello , just wondered how you are getting on ?