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tahir



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 06 12:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I'll try and take pics

Bugs



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 06 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

There's a good boy.

Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 06 12:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Any chance of getting a friendly local to plough some 4 foot strips?

If it's been pasture for a long time there will be plenty of wire worms and chafer grubs so removing the turf and leaving it for the birds for a few weeks would help what ever you do. Bash in a few stakes for things like robbins to perch on a look for grubs and you'll make some good friends.

tahir



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 06 1:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Treacodactyl wrote:
Any chance of getting a friendly local to plough some 4 foot strips?


There's certainly a possibility, one of the neighbourrs' sons is an agricultural contractor, I'm sure he could do it, but would I be able to plant straight into that? Wouldn't the grass (roots n'all) be a serious impediment to whatever I try and grow?

Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 06 1:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Did Sean not have his allotment ploughed? If done nowish the soil should break down. I don't know that much about ploughing though.

Lozzie



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 06 1:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I have enjoyed reading the tips on this website:

https://www.no-dig-vegetablegarden.com/

- and they send a monthly e-zine which is good, too.

L x

sean
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 06 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I got mine glyphosphated and then ploughed. Then I marked out beds. Then I dug manure into them, removing the larger stones while I was doing this gave me enough material to make paths between them.

Behemoth



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 06 2:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I'm assuming you're deploying bunny/hare/muntjac/dog walker defences around the plot. Another arguement for getting the overall allotment site sorted first.

cab



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 06 2:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sean wrote:
I got mine glyphosphated and then ploughed. Then I marked out beds. Then I dug manure into them, removing the larger stones while I was doing this gave me enough material to make paths between them.


Did the rabbits leave you anything much to eat last year?

sean
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 06 2:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

A bit, mainly by planting things they don't eat. I've fenced it all properly now though, so I've just got the pheasants and pigeons to worry about. Maybe I should just build the world's biggest fruit cage.

cab



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 06 2:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Rabbits, pigeons, pheasants... I've never heard of such a protein rich allotment. I've said it before, but you need to get a gun and set up a hide in the shed. Then you can swap excess meat for the vegetables that other people grow.

tahir



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 06 2:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

He said that I should get a .17 to deal with the rabbits, said a .22 would present a risk to traffic the other side of my boundary. But a .17 couldn't dispatch a hare...

tahir



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 06 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Got an unconfirmed offer of free ploughing from the woman next doors son, so what should I do? Hes an agricultural contractor so should have whatever implements are necessary.

Behemoth



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 06 2:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Well have it moved...

...but couldn't ensure that you were facing the other way? or firing into the hill?

tahir



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 06 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Behemoth wrote:
...but couldn't ensure that you were facing the other way? or firing into the hill?


Into the hill is at the footpath

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