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Post by merlin on Apr 16, 2011 7:05:33 GMT
Did you see his soil? like a bag of JI lol Another good prog from is garden and he said his soil was due to years of applying muck, there's no short-cut is there.
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Post by grindle on Apr 16, 2011 7:19:07 GMT
;D don't think mine will ever look like that
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 16, 2011 7:36:42 GMT
I am totally jealous...my BiL's soil is like that. Every year come rain or shine he would layer on the well rotted manure ('oss muck' he called it) and his soil was beautiful. He was very ill a couple of years ago and was in hospital for months...my sister and I planted up some veg for him so that when he came home he'd still have a harvest. Sadly he never made it home...but was pleased when we praised his soil....
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Post by Cherry on Apr 16, 2011 8:22:04 GMT
He needed a mattock to plant his potatoes last week. There were stones in the soil.
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Post by steve on Apr 16, 2011 8:32:00 GMT
I think in that soil he could just thrust his hand under the potatoes and pull a few up
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Post by merlin on Apr 16, 2011 19:04:17 GMT
I am totally jealous...my BiL's soil is like that. Every year come rain or shine he would layer on the well rotted manure ('oss muck' he called it) and his soil was beautiful. He was very ill a couple of years ago and was in hospital for months...my sister and I planted up some veg for him so that when he came home he'd still have a harvest. Sadly he never made it home...but was pleased when we praised his soil.... How sad, I suppose there'll come a time when we'll all have to leave our little Heaven on Earth, let's hope we'll find another to tend to.
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Apr 16, 2011 19:34:44 GMT
he said his soil was due to years of applying muck, there's no short-cut is there. Every year I put a good six inches of horse manure on my vegetable beds and rotovate it in, this year I can finally crumble the lumps with my hand rather than smashing them with the back of the spade. Improving the soil takes forever.
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Post by Lou78W on Apr 16, 2011 19:43:21 GMT
I am totally jealous...my BiL's soil is like that. Every year come rain or shine he would layer on the well rotted manure ('oss muck' he called it) and his soil was beautiful. He was very ill a couple of years ago and was in hospital for months...my sister and I planted up some veg for him so that when he came home he'd still have a harvest. Sadly he never made it home...but was pleased when we praised his soil.... :(Ah....thats a shame....but at least he knew you appreciated his garden
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Post by merlin on Apr 23, 2011 6:36:59 GMT
Every year I put a good six inches of horse manure on my vegetable beds and rotovate it in, this year I can finally crumble the lumps with my hand rather than smashing them with the back of the spade. Improving the soil takes forever. That's the way to do it WF. I ought do it more often. The problem here is that though I'm literally surrounded by horses, They're bedded on wood-shavings Did you see Monty's compost bays last night? wish I had room for them.....and a strong back! Wouldn't it be nice not to have to buy it, especially as most of it is useless. Earlier I potted up Aquilegia, Strawberries, and more, in JI No 2. I've re-re-potted them all in a mix of Bower's general mixed with my own as growth was very slow and the leaves were anything but green.
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Post by piskie on Apr 23, 2011 8:19:25 GMT
I think in that soil he could just thrust his hand under the potatoes and pull a few up Is that a euphemism? made me laugh - must have been too much sun yesterday ;D Sadly, I'm never in a house long enough to see the soil improved to such a wonderful standard - but when I leave it is always much better than when I moved in.
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Post by Cherry on Apr 23, 2011 8:37:53 GMT
That is strange. I looked at the soil and felt sorry for him as it was very lumpy. I wondered how the seeds could get contact as there would be air holes around the lumps.
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Post by merlin on Apr 23, 2011 18:00:30 GMT
I think in that soil he could just thrust his hand under the potatoes and pull a few up Is that a euphemism? made me laugh - must have been too much sun yesterday ;D Sadly, I'm never in a house long enough to see the soil improved to such a wonderful standard - but when I leave it is always much better than when I moved in. Well, compared with some of us he's still a 'euph'
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Post by sweetpea on Apr 23, 2011 22:03:39 GMT
Watched Monty tonight at his compost heaps. Rescued a toad while digging out the good stuff. Hopefully My allotment will get loads of the stable manure available from the stables next door and delivered on site. Already used quite a bit but unfortunately car is off the road atm and I cant get there unless OH drives me.
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Post by steve on Apr 23, 2011 22:06:00 GMT
That's very handy for an allotment SP having stables next door, loads of good stuff
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Post by merlin on Apr 24, 2011 5:42:33 GMT
Do you have to keep it one side for a year or two. Some stables like to keep clearing it all thus not giving it time to kill off the seeds.
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