Onoff Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Another 45 runner beans in a little raised bed. These to go with the other 50 already in. The new ones are red! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 A salami bush! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 46 minutes ago, saveasteading said: A salami bush! Like a girl I knew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 20 minutes ago, pocster said: Like a girl I knew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 (edited) Digging an L shaped trench to put some butternut squash in on the sunny side and it further confirms this is made up ground. Seems to be spoil from previous house mods over an old rubbish tip which I'm aiming to excavate further. First came the PLJ (lemon juice), now this bottle last night, unfortunately broken: I'm sieving the soil that goes back in the trench through a 6mm sieve then mixing with 10 year old horse manure to add organic matter: Edited July 11, 2023 by Onoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 That frame you have made. Can you make them leakproof, then put water though them, introducing holes where you want to water the plants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: That frame you have made. Can you make them leakproof, then put water though them, introducing holes where you want to water the plants? You mean the box section enclosure? The rough plan was a frame I could later net for growing brassicas / soft fruits or even plastic sheet the whole thing. Not too well thought out! I might change the top, printed connectors to allow a pitched roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Onoff said: You mean the box section enclosure Yes. Seems ideal for an irrigation system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 1 hour ago, SteamyTea said: Yes. Seems ideal for an irrigation system. It's plain mild steel, powder or possibly epoxy coated. Running water through if would just hasten rusting. In fact I'm thinking of spray injecting lanolin inside the sections as a natural rust preventative. Cleaning this same steel up when I made the pub arch recently was a mission. Flip disc'd the coating off, washed in phosphoric acid then etch primer and painted. Inside I squirted ACF-50. Still don't think it will last. For the bean frame I just keyed the coated surface and painted in Lidl's finest black paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Gave up on the idea of planting the 12 butternut squash that I'd brought on from seed, in raised pots or mounds. I was sick of the sight of them tbh, getting them in every night. Yesterday afternoon I just whacked them straight in a prepared, well sifted, manured, L shaped trench. They can just take their chances. As a hoped pest deterrent I painted wood preserver on the top edge of the sleeper, outside the membrane that lines the sleepers so smelly right? I'd also had a home hair/beard trim so combined the cuttings with some hair from brushing the big tom cat here. Deterrent? I think not! Something shat(?) right next to the first plant! This is just nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 About to eat the last of last year's tomatoes. Not bad eh? These are the dregs. They were all very sweet, I think through ripening slowly on the vine and the small varieties did best. Picked in early December from the greenhouse. The outside ones all got blight in late October and were binned. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 At last! Soon @Pocster, soon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 I just need some women's tights for support now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanR Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 On 03/09/2024 at 09:18, Onoff said: At last! In deed. After a very slow start to the growing season, finally the squash are bearing "fruit"... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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