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- Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:49 pm
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Frost protection
- Replies: 3
- Views: 402
Re: Frost protection
I have a massive hoodie made from fleece that fits over my tomato plants when I plant them out, it fits over 5 foot high hoops and is double thickness, we made it a few years ago by stapling the fleece together
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:47 pm
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: German supermarkets in Ireland
- Replies: 7
- Views: 533
- Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:12 pm
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Wheelbarrow tyre containers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 422
Re: Wheelbarrow tyre containers
Wheelbarrow tyres are not worth bothering with really, I do use car tyres to grow comfrey in and I am not worried about anything in car tyres, , I think there was a really good thread on here once about tyres, after talking to my neighbour who has a science degree and the thread that was on here onc...
- Sat Feb 24, 2018 9:06 pm
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: Weather forecast
- Replies: 17
- Views: 850
Re: Weather forecast
I look at the Yr forecast, doesn't seem to be too bad
- Tue Feb 06, 2018 10:01 am
- Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
- Topic: Bean Flower Thrip management
- Replies: 3
- Views: 516
Re: Bean Flower Thrip management
Can you use a biological control ? a predator of some sort
- Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:57 am
- Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
- Topic: Newbie here :)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1193
Re: Newbie here :)
I think the best way forward is to approach your local planning department and just ask off the record what is involved in low impact living on a piece of land that you buy, it might be that you can buy a piece of ground with an old or ruined cottage on it which is then considered to be residential....
- Mon Feb 05, 2018 7:41 pm
- Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
- Topic: Newbie here :)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1193
Re: Newbie here :)
Why not have a weekend out of season in a yurt, that would give you a good idea of what it would be like, or a week, why wouldn't you, there is a place called Pink Apple Orchard and they do camping in Celtic yurts
- Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:47 pm
- Forum: How do I??
- Topic: pruning fruit trees do i need a wound healer ?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 587
Re: pruning fruit trees do i need a wound healer ?
thanks i dont have any manure is blood fish and bone ok to use 6 handfuls enough per tree watered in every month i have a limited budget :( Don't you have any home made compost, that would be very beneficial. You wouldn't need to use the blood fish and bone every month, just once in the spring and ...
- Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:21 pm
- Forum: How do I??
- Topic: pruning fruit trees do i need a wound healer ?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 587
Re: pruning fruit trees do i need a wound healer ?
I don't use anything to heal trees when I prune, if it is stone fruit you are better off waiting until there are leaves on the trees as the sap heals cuts. You can also give your trees a seeweed feed, you can get some seaweed liquid, dilute as per instructions and spray the trees when they come into...
- Thu Feb 01, 2018 7:05 pm
- Forum: Site Information and Announcements
- Topic: attaching a photo?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 429
Re: attaching a photo?
I go into full editor and then select attachments and then add files, but I would be interested in any other way of doing this too as I am not sure I do it righ
- Wed Jan 31, 2018 8:58 pm
- Forum: But what can I do?
- Topic: The new banish plastic movements
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1901
- Wed Jan 31, 2018 12:44 pm
- Forum: But what can I do?
- Topic: The new banish plastic movements
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1901
Re: The new banish plastic movements
Family cloth, just putting that there yup
- Wed Jan 31, 2018 12:42 pm
- Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
- Topic: Newbie here :)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1193
Re: Newbie here :)
Hiya Bubble. I live in Southern Ireland, up near the border with Enniskillen. This is one of the poorest counties in the country and the least populated. I know lots of people living in caravans, off grid cottages, etc, it seems to attact people that want to live a slightly different lifestyle. Most...
- Mon Jan 29, 2018 6:59 pm
- Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
- Topic: Flavour of supermarket veg
- Replies: 8
- Views: 487
Re: Flavour of supermarket veg
why does a salad always have to come with tomatoes no matter how awful they taste. With so much amazing root veg available, there is no need for this at all. I can't grow tomatoes in winter, but I can dehydrate mine and store for the winter in oil, they have so much more flavour this way. Lack of im...
- Mon Jan 29, 2018 6:55 pm
- Forum: But what can I do?
- Topic: The new banish plastic movements
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1901
Re: The new banish plastic movements
Whatever happened to loo paper from recycled materials? That's disappeared from shelves. I still manage to find that, but it still has a plastic wrapper. Just bought a box of toilet rolls from 'Who Give a Crap', non chlorine bleached, recycled paper and 50 per cent of the profits are donated to pro...