Gus Potter Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 On 22/03/2022 at 06:17, Onoff said: What are the pyramids? Just "art" or do they serve a purpose and cover something like a reservoir? They look like they are functional but actually not. Each year they paint the sheep a different colour in aid of the cause they are supporting. The thing they miss is that millions of folk drive by each year and think it's some farmer playing with paint but they always look for the sheep, often without thinking. It should have a sign up saying / spelling it out that " the sheep are this colour this year in support of this cause". Past years have been breast cancer, epilepsy, autism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 3 hours ago, Onoff said: What to do with this lot? Corner of the garden in case they come in handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 9 hours ago, saveasteading said: Corner of the garden in case they come in handy. Possibly to be repurposed as some sort of netted frame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 OK I've been recommended these runner bean seeds by a family member. Specifically the Czar variety: https://www.realseeds.co.uk/runnerbeans.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 43 minutes ago, Onoff said: Czar variety Should be fine as I have heard of them often enough. You don't ever have to buy a packet again because you just let the last few pods grow to maturity and harvest the fat beans for next year. The beans I grow with most success have reddish brown beans with grey specks. I have no idea of the name as they are on 15th generation now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Long term for the sunny corner of the garden is a garden room shaped to make most use of the Sun. The veg page will go down slope of this. I'm thinking if I'm to have this veg patch then it needs to be far away enough from the hedge that I can drive the mower down. Furthermore, I'm thinking future services to the shed. Should I be looking to maybe put a length of say 300mm dia duct that I can get soil pipes and other services in? Especially if the bean trench will cross it. Or I plan the garden room now, trench the length of the veg patch and lay a length of soil and some ducts that power and water can go in later? I'll put some sizes up later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 21 minutes ago, saveasteading said: Should be fine as I have heard of them often enough. You don't ever have to buy a packet again because you just let the last few pods grow to maturity and harvest the fat beans for next year. The beans I grow with most success have reddish brown beans with grey specks. I have no idea of the name as they are on 15th generation now. No doubt instructions on the packet but is there a recommeded spacing for bean plants? I've been told to grow some up in pots before planting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 @Onoff this is a good guide https://www.gardenforumhorticulture.co.uk/gyo/Square-Foot-Gardening.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 The veg patch will hopefully be a rectangle, on a slight slope. These two photos looking from the south west. The tree house is at the top of the slope. Looking down slope from the tree house platform. Some lawn to come up then a bigger area of tufty, overgrown, ivy (from next door) covered ground. Even has some runners from the cherry tree. Should the beans go at the top or bottom of the slope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Trimming Holly bush. A sweaty job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Beans need lots of light and lots of water. Bottom better for water but will shade what is behind. Up the slope i another option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 16 hours ago, saveasteading said: Beans need lots of light and lots of water. Bottom better for water but will shade what is behind. Up the slope i another option. I was thinking at the bottom of the slope so as not to shade the other plants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 The 3D battery adapters proved their worth in the Einhell chainsaw with Makita batteries. There were some runners from the cherry tree grown into saplings about 3" in diameter. I've logged some of it and stored them to dry. The rest of the rubbish I'll have a bonfire. All that's left aside from the hedge plants is an original apple tree that fell over years ago but still fruits. It's hard work this gardening lark! I'm going to splash on on an Einhell 36V hedge cutter to tidy the hedge up a bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Onoff said: I'll have a bonfire. If you have loppers then you can get a lot of very good kindling (or make a heap for critters) and meanwhile reduce the bonfire to a fraction. If burnt inefficiently you will then get a charcoaly ash that is great for the ground and plants. We will then praise your green credentials. (remember to cry 'come out you rodents' before lighting the fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 13 minutes ago, saveasteading said: charcoaly ash that is great for the ground and plants. @OnOff lives in the 'Garden of England'. If he fails to grow beans, then no amount of ash is going to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 5 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: the 'Garden of England'. The Garden of England has a lot of heavy clay so it is not a certainty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 1 hour ago, saveasteading said: If you have loppers then you can get a lot of very good kindling Just cooked outdoors on the Chinesium (£18 from Banggood) fire pit. Didn't use bought charcoal. Just collected dead wood got going with some silver birch bark peelings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 1 hour ago, SteamyTea said: @OnOff lives in the 'Garden of England'. If he fails to grow beans, then no amount of ash is going to help. I'm nearly at the bottom of the valley on a slight slope so though the topsoil is maybe thin it is continually washed with nutrients coming down from higher up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Onoff said: Just cooked outdoors on the Chinesium (£18 from Banggood) fire pit. Didn't use bought charcoal. Just collected dead wood got going with some silver birch bark peelings. I did like your apron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Thinking my next move is decide on the size of this veg patch and get the turf off? Then get any tree roots out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Not sure if I should be tendering a lady's garden at my age. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 16 hours ago, Onoff said: get the turf off? Just put cardboard on it and cover with soil. The grass will die , the cardboard becomes compost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Trench dug through the ivy covered top layer with 3' wide bucket. Down to the clay. Not quite 2' deep, 18" maybe and the length of the frame. Bunged all the hedge and branch trimmings in and set fire to it. Nice bit of wood ash! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 (edited) Raked the wood ash across the base of the trench, started backfilling, removing the big flints as I went . Chucked a 100 litres of bagged compost in, more soil, more raking. Cut the lawn, chucked the cuttings in, raked, more soil. Got bored. Stopped. More tomorrow. Got a couple of compost bins can go in. Will hopefully get my Czar runner beans in pots tomorrow. I have no idea what I'm doing. Am making frame connectors in green PETG. This to make a bfo netted frame o/of the miles of 25mm steel box section I have. Edited April 9, 2022 by Onoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Flints anyone? Got miles of ground ivy that's migrated from next door to clear then some conifer cuttings to burn. Must make that 50 gal drum incinerator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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