boaty
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Post by boaty on May 30, 2021 20:18:54 GMT
Todays simple pleasure - Two thick slices of home baked granary bread, two home laid fried eggs, and, drumroll, delicious kippers.
I can't tell you how much I enjoyed my lunch in the sunshine today.
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Post by itinerantchild on May 30, 2021 20:25:49 GMT
A couple of bottles of buckwheat beer for me and chilling out listening to some nice youtube tunes. Been a long and none productive afternoon trying to sort out getting back to the uk so have slipped into simple pleasure mode now so that my day finishes on a smile. Very important as that helps me wake up with a smile too :-)
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Post by boaty on May 30, 2021 20:45:26 GMT
Sorry to hear about your afternoon, great idea to end the day on a positive note. I had a good day transplanting peas and beans. Mrs Boaty had a idea today, she suggested that I cut fresh willow to use as the sticks to support the plants instead of using the sticks I cut and dried last year - I said "but what if it grows ?" Mrs B says "then you plant the sticks out where we need the new willow" ( I've been planning to grow some more ). Why didn't I think of that ?
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Post by muddyboots on Jun 2, 2021 9:00:31 GMT
Sorry to hear about your afternoon, great idea to end the day on a positive note. I had a good day transplanting peas and beans. Mrs Boaty had a idea today, she suggested that I cut fresh willow to use as the sticks to support the plants instead of using the sticks I cut and dried last year - I said "but what if it grows ?" Mrs B says "then you plant the sticks out where we need the new willow" ( I've been planning to grow some more ). Why didn't I think of that ? Good idea! But just be aware that although willows aren’t strongly allopathic (= exuding chemicals from roots to inhibit other plants growing too close to them) I don’t know if some plants are more affected then others. Might be worth having one section with willow and another section with dead sticks, just in case - and it’ll be interesting to hear if there is any difference! |
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Post by muddyboots on Jun 2, 2021 10:12:00 GMT
Oops - I meant to put allelopathic, not allopathic (which is a totally different)
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Post by NomadCris on Jun 2, 2021 14:26:32 GMT
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Post by muddyboots on Jun 3, 2021 9:56:09 GMT
What a fascinating article! |
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Post by bungo@mabungo on Jun 4, 2021 16:06:19 GMT
Interesting about brassicas been allelopathic to fungal pathogens , as it says on mycroniser (sp) root stimulant that it doesnt work on brassicas . I have planted a lot of french marigold amongst the tomatoes in the polytunnle for its hopefully benificial properties . They look nice anyway  |
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Post by NomadCris on Jun 4, 2021 16:26:45 GMT
The companion plants list link is worth looking at,it takes advantage of allelopathic characteristics and natural weed and insect repellents.
I know it all works ive never used herbicide or insecticides in my gardens - when i had one.
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Post by bungo@mabungo on Jun 4, 2021 22:41:26 GMT
I never use chemicals as I am poorganic . I can't afford dem chemicals if I wanted them , and it would be cheating anyway Weeds get the hoe and naughty insects get chickened/squashed/netted /discouraged etc . In fact hoeing is one of my simple pleasures . I hoe like a mother fucker when ever I can . |
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Post by muddyboots on Jun 5, 2021 19:08:47 GMT
Cuckoo was cuckoo-ing away for ages near my back door today - so I sat and watched and eventually saw him/her despite trees being in full leaf now
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Post by givingitsomethought on Jun 6, 2021 9:47:23 GMT
Cuckoo was cuckoo-ing away for ages near my back door today - so I sat and watched and eventually saw him/her despite trees being in full leaf now That sounds lovely, I have never heard a cuckoo in real life  I will have to go on a mission to find one |
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Post by givingitsomethought on Jun 6, 2021 9:49:56 GMT
I never use chemicals as I am poorganic . I can't afford dem chemicals if I wanted them , and it would be cheating anyway Weeds get the hoe and naughty insects get chickened/squashed/netted /discouraged etc . In fact hoeing is one of my simple pleasures . I hoe like a mother fucker when ever I can . I think "I hoe like a mother fucker" needs to go on a T shirt, Bungo Lol |
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Post by bungo@mabungo on Jun 6, 2021 12:24:19 GMT
I'll be hoeing between my veg tater today . Best leave my spuds alone .
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Post by NomadCris on Jun 6, 2021 12:47:03 GMT
No spudding today then 😁
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I will have to go on a mission to find one