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You're probably right, but it's a long way to go and pick some.

By the way, welcome to our forum

But it's taken you a few years to get that far Odsox. You have to remember that Herbivore is just starting on the journey. You can't teach experience. That has to be learned on this growing lark. :lol: Sorry Herbivore (and Flo), I was just attempting to answering the original question of "How much ...

I'm not sure if this helps or not ... probably not. I'm self sufficient in vegetables most of which I grow in 2 polytunnels. The combined ground area of the tunnels is 85 M², plus I grow potatoes and maincrop peas (for freezing) on a patch outside which is 32 M². Then I have greenhouses for growing ...

Hi there Herbivore, welcome to our forum.

Apparently Ina there are local vineyards here too, 3 in County Cork ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_wine
I think though I'll stick to wine made in warmer countries as I drink mainly red.

How do we regard tinned fruit in this situation? Much traveled but at least the packing can be recycled Oh yes, what about bottles of wine? Here I am totally self sufficient in veg, partially self sufficient in fruit, but totally non self sufficient in wine. I know the bottles are easily recycled, ...

I can't comment on red onions as I don't grow them due to their inferior keeping abilities, but I can confirm Weedo's point that onions prefer liquid fertiliser. I start mine off in cells, multiple sown roughly 3 to a cell and plant them out close spaced as I actually want smaller onions. During lat...

That's the reason I've not tried to hot compost. According to GA's link you have to wait until you have a cubic metre of material before you start. Apart from grass clippings, who has a cubic metre of kitchen waste in a sensible time frame? I have tried composting grass clippings, no problem there w...

Just recently one of our local supermarkets has been dishing out compostable bags at the checkout for soap and other smelly stuff to keep separate from food, also for double wrapping fresh meat. Then a couple of days ago one of my radio magazines was delivered in a compostable bag. So as I knew noth...

Sub Arctic Plenty. Anybody had any experience with that? Yes I've grown them a few times I take notes of all the tomatoes I've ever grown and my notes for S.A.Plenty are; "Later than Stupice, ripe fruit in 147 days, nice size, reasonable taste but less acid" That 147 days is from sowing to 1st ripe...

Things that I'm growing right now and harvesting. I still have several parsnips and quite a few leeks still, plus my sprout plants are still there for harvesting "sprout tops" and then spring greens, plus a row of turnip greens (grown specifically for greens) We've eaten nearly all the overwintering...

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Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:05 pm

no insects to pollinate it though.

Pollinate by hand.
As I grow courgettes and squash in the tunnels, and I have mesh barriers on the doors, if I didn't pollinate by hand I wouldn't get any fruit at all.
The barriers are to keep butterflies and moths out, not bees.

I will say that I have a problem with the temperatures though. Everything is far too forward, my mirabelle plum is in bloom and my nectarine is just about to flower as are the cherry trees. I assume that it's probably the same in the south east of England fruit growing area, so I really hope for the...

Not a problem here, although it rarely is.
I irrigated both of my tunnels yesterday which used roughly 700 litres of water from my storage tanks.
This morning the tanks are full again.

Welcome to our forum Tbird, nice to meet you
Good luck with your plans, one thing's for sure you can't beat freshly harvested fruit and vegetables.