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Post by grindle on Jan 29, 2020 4:53:08 GMT
sounds like a plan ladybird  I think I have a list nearly as long as yours |
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Post by SueA on Jan 29, 2020 9:07:18 GMT
I do like that one ladybird about the skip 'try not to take things out again with ideas to reuse' !  I'd buy a new wheelbarrow & throw out the old one, that way it might encourage you to plant that lovely little apple tree you've got in there which I remember trying to get you to plant out somewhere years ago - just in a big ceramic pot would be better if you can't find room in the ground, I've got a few in pots. |
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Post by roofgardener on Jan 29, 2020 14:19:39 GMT
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Post by ladybird on Jan 30, 2020 11:48:44 GMT
I do like that one ladybird about the skip 'try not to take things out again with ideas to reuse' ! I'd buy a new wheelbarrow & throw out the old one, that way it might encourage you to plant that lovely little apple tree you've got in there which I remember trying to get you to plant out somewhere years ago - just in a big ceramic pot would be better if you can't find room in the ground, I've got a few in pots. I did get a new wheel barrow Sue, that the one with the puncture now. trouble was i left the tree planted in the old one 
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Post by ladybird on Jan 30, 2020 11:54:34 GMT
I love list making Roofy it takes away the guilt. I slaved over that one for hours with many cups of tea. I will score them off as I get the work .
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Post by SueA on Jan 31, 2020 8:57:40 GMT
I do like that one ladybird about the skip 'try not to take things out again with ideas to reuse' ! I'd buy a new wheelbarrow & throw out the old one, that way it might encourage you to plant that lovely little apple tree you've got in there which I remember trying to get you to plant out somewhere years ago - just in a big ceramic pot would be better if you can't find room in the ground, I've got a few in pots. I did get a new wheel barrow Sue, that the one with the puncture now. trouble was i left the tree planted in the old one Throw the old one in the skip when it comes ladybird & get that tree in a proper pot or you'll end up with a garden full of wheelbarrows!
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Post by ladybird on Jan 31, 2020 17:21:22 GMT
 I couldn`t throw out the plastic wheelbarrow Sue, its very handy to plant things in and I can move it about the garden. I`ll have to think about that, but your right the tree has to be planted and I think I also have some anemone growing in there from cuttings Rosie sent me years ago.
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Post by ladybird on Mar 6, 2020 14:02:24 GMT
I`m doing an 8 week course for the over 50`s. Its two hours on a Thursday morning at a local allotment site. A new facility was built along side the allotments last year with two toilets, a kitchen with a water boiler for an instant cuppa, a large shed and polytunnel plus lots of very high raised beds with an area to facitale wheelchairs. There are about 12 of us and our teacher is from a local conservation group. last week we sieved soil in the polytunnel and planted bulbs in a living wall. We were offered tulip bulbs to take home and plant ( I was very good and didn't take any )  . This week we made, painted and planted up a window box.  |
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Post by roofgardener on Mar 6, 2020 14:40:36 GMT
Ooooh that window box looks GREAT, ladybird. Hows the general garden project going ? |
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Post by ladybird on Mar 6, 2020 16:12:43 GMT
Ooooh that window box looks GREAT, ladybird. Hows the general garden project going ? Not much change I`m afraid . I have the greenhouse orderly and lots of seeds sown but I`m still trying to figure out what size of beds I want for the veg before I order the wood. Also I have lots of 25mm black water pipe some of cut into lengths and used for a frame over the beds. Now I`m thinking I could make a much taller one to walk into, much like a polytunnel, for more tomatoes. So I`m looking at polythene prices with reasonable postage to here. I like to have everything at hand before I start.
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Post by sweetpea on Mar 6, 2020 23:35:51 GMT
any polythene for to use as a tunnel needs to be UV stabilised or it will not last much more than one season.
Check out some of the polytunnel suppliers for off cuts as I remember getting a piece big enough for my old 12' x 12' polyhouse. lasted for years so it did. Luckily I already had a frame which I had scrounged from somewhere.
later I got a 25' polytunnel and that was guaranteed for 5 years and was till there wfter over ten years when we moved home.
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Post by grindle on Mar 7, 2020 5:12:45 GMT
love the planter ladybird sounds like a great project to belong to |
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Post by Eli on Mar 9, 2020 18:38:49 GMT
You're doing well ladybird ! When the weather improves (soon hopefully) you'll be able to get a lot done.
That course sounds interesting
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Post by ladybird on Mar 10, 2020 11:13:24 GMT
any polythene for to use as a tunnel needs to be UV stabilised or it will not last much more than one season. Check out some of the polytunnel suppliers for off cuts as I remember getting a piece big enough for my old 12' x 12' polyhouse. lasted for years so it did. Luckily I already had a frame which I had scrounged from somewhere. later I got a 25' polytunnel and that was guaranteed for 5 years and was till there wfter over ten years when we moved home. I found uv polythene from premier polytunnels at a good price sweetpea@ but the cost of postage to here is £25  I see a place here in N.I. that sells it so I might take my granny trolly and use my bus pass to collect it. I`ve never been to County Tyrone
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Post by ladybird on Mar 20, 2020 14:03:54 GMT
Wood and screws bought for the new raised beds just have to knock them together hopefully today as its nice and sunny  |
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I'd buy a new wheelbarrow & throw out the old one, that way it might encourage you to plant that lovely little apple tree you've got in there which I remember trying to get you to plant out somewhere years ago - just in a big ceramic pot would be better if you can't find room in the ground, I've got a few in pots.
I couldn`t throw out the plastic wheelbarrow Sue, its very handy to plant things in and I can move it about the garden. I`ll have to think about that, but your right the tree has to be planted and I think I also have some anemone growing in there from cuttings Rosie sent me years ago.
I see a place here in N.I. that sells it so I might take my granny trolly and use my bus pass to collect it. I`ve never been to County Tyrone 
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