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 Topic: no-dig potatoes now? |
aisling
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 Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu May 15, 08 12:16 pm Subject: no-dig potatoes now? |
Just found this:
http://barebonesgardening.blogspot.com/2007/10/no-dig-potatoes.html
where he says just cover the ground with cardboard or loads of newspaper and then compost and put the potatoes on ... |
| Topic: no-dig potatoes now? |
aisling
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu May 15, 08 12:12 pm Subject: no-dig potatoes now? |
Are you saying strip the turf, then fork in compost, then potatoes then manure?
No old tyres but am sure I could go scrounging... was thinking about that alright!
Thanks! |
| Topic: no-dig potatoes now? |
aisling
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu May 15, 08 12:02 pm Subject: no-dig potatoes now? |
| This may seem like a really lazy question but DH is refusing to dig a plot for potatoes - training for triathlons and has a dodgy back that he doesn't want to risk damaging right now - and with 3 litt ... |
| Topic: Old pickles - stilll ok? |
aisling
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Thu Jul 26, 07 8:53 am Subject: Old pickles - stilll ok? |
Thanks a million Gill - I suppose I was just looking for reassurance that I wasn't going to land us all in the hospital. Thanks!
Aisling |
| Topic: Old pickles - stilll ok? |
aisling
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Wed Jul 25, 07 9:21 pm Subject: Old pickles - stilll ok? |
| Is it ok to eat pickled cucumbers from 2 years ago? Still have 5 jars left. Haven't eaten any in ages as was afraid of poisoning everyone but just read up on botulism and seems you can't get it from p ... |
| Topic: Taming half acre |
aisling
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Tue May 30, 06 9:02 pm Subject: Taming half acre |
| Thanks a million for the responses. New baby in the house so only getting back here now - sorry. Pigs idea interesting but we don't eat meat so would have to have them as pets and frankly have enough ... |
| Topic: Taming half acre |
aisling
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Tue May 23, 06 9:34 pm Subject: Taming half acre |
| We have about half an acre of old pasture land which is basically grass and docks. Very rough and full of holes. We would like to get it to a state where we could rotavate and seed it, making smooth l ... |
| Topic: We're doomed Captain Mainwaring..... |
aisling
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Fri Jan 20, 06 5:32 pm Subject: We're doomed Captain Mainwaring..... |
Hi
Don't post here often but spotted this thread. Peak Oil has been freaking me out for a year or so now - anyway, Powerswitch is a UK based peakoil site, worth a look. They're discussing this supp ... |
| Topic: Bird Flu or Bull Shit? |
aisling
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Fri Oct 07, 05 9:04 am Subject: Bird Flu or Bull Shit? |
| Apparently in the case of the Spanish flu it was young healthy people who were most at risk. Their strong immune systems activated cytokine storms which flooded their lungs with blood and other fluids ... |
| Topic: squashes and pumpkins |
aisling
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Sep 21, 05 10:39 am Subject: squashes and pumpkins |
Brilliant, thanks! We have a mini-field that we're still undecided as to what to do with it, so at least I can make some use of it.
This year I planted one butternut squash in a tunnel and one in t ... |
| Topic: squashes and pumpkins |
aisling
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Sep 21, 05 9:05 am Subject: squashes and pumpkins |
| This is probably a silly question but how much access to clear soil does the squash plant need, ie, if I prepare a patch of ground, say 2ft square for each plant, can it wander off into untilled pastu ... |
| Topic: TV: No Waste Like Home - 18/08 |
aisling
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Forum: Reviews and What's On Posted: Thu Aug 18, 05 11:37 pm Subject: TV: No Waste Like Home - 18/08 |
Does anyone who watched know what those big green bins were that you bury for recycling meat and bones ? They alone were worth watching for - Never seen anything like that before
I only sa ... |
| Topic: Which squashes? |
aisling
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jul 26, 05 4:29 pm Subject: Which squashes? |
| Thanks for that. There are little things that I'm not sure whether they are the beginnings of more leaves or beginnings of flowers, but either way they've been there a while and don't seem to be doing ... |
| Topic: Which squashes? |
aisling
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jul 26, 05 3:16 pm Subject: Which squashes? |
| I didn't think I planted my butternuts too late, but as yet, there's no sign of any fruit. Lots of leaves and growth in general but no flowers or fruit. Will they have time to mature at this stage - o ... |
| Topic: Welcome aisling... |
aisling
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Forum: Welcome Posted: Thu Jul 21, 05 2:06 pm Subject: Welcome aisling... |
Wow, only just found this now - sorry, registered a couple of days ago and have been mad busy since.
Thanks for all the welcomes 
Quick intro - live in Ireland, about 40 miles north of Dublin, ... |
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