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Old April 27, 2019   #16
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Gardening where I live sucks for the most part.

Oh Lord wont you buy my a giant hoop house
( and planning permission to have one because the UK Gov suck and wont let people do what they want with their own land )
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Old April 27, 2019   #17
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Long range forecast is no more lows in the 30's; I can plant anything I can get to harden off!


Cauliflower is in, with the cauliflower cozy made of nylon net to keep out the cabbage butterflies.



Xelos99, that's rough. What does it take to get permission?
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Old April 27, 2019   #18
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That's a beautiful tree in the background, and the garden looks really nice too.

All the trees are green here now.
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Old April 27, 2019   #19
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Xelos99, that's rough. What does it take to get permission?
You have to make an application to local Government but it is confusing and vague what they will and wont allow.

Ask them and you are answered by nonsense like this :

Unfortunately, there is no general rule and each case must be decided on its facts.
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Old April 29, 2019   #20
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That's a beautiful tree in the background, and the garden looks really nice too.

All the trees are green here now.
I'm wondering what it is.
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Old April 29, 2019   #21
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had a frost last night but the 1 tray of tomatoes I had outside was close enough to the house to be still ok.
survival of the fittest
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Old May 17, 2019   #22
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The slugs here absolutely love my tokyo bekena mustard, I will have to grow them in containers on the deck next time.
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Old May 17, 2019   #23
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The slugs here absolutely love my tokyo bekena mustard, I will have to grow them in containers on the deck next time.
Have you tried slug beer traps. Not humane but I don't feel anything for slugs personally. It works
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Old May 17, 2019   #24
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Have you tried slug beer traps. Not humane but I don't feel anything for slugs personally. It works
When it comes to the word humane I feel it is for humans and more advanced animals.
Not slimy slugs and stinking snails.
These nasty things can carry all manner of diseases in them and pass onto the surface of food you may want to eat raw.

Keep leaf littler down and beds cleaned up so they dont have a place to hide during daylight hours.
It gets to a point in the year I cant plant anything they are so bad here.
every time you step on the ground you here crunching noises.
This slug bait poison works great.
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Old May 28, 2019   #25
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I was concerned about EDTA being used in the the slug bait which harm earthworms so I haven't bought them. I know Monterey brand have it, but I don't know about Garden Safe. I emailed Garden Safe about it and they didn't answer me, instead they gave a run around about it's either listed in the SDS, and unlisted are regarded as safe by EPA and is proprietary.

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Girl Girl Weird Thing is the fastest growing plant in the garden. It's 4ft wide and twice the size of any other plants. Also I didn't purposefully gave it that much free space, I mixed up my seeds and had a microdwarf beside it, otherwise it didn't get any extra treatments.

EDIT: I don't think these are GGWT, could be crossed seeds.
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Old May 29, 2019   #26
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Looking great!

What size are those long rectangular containers you planted some of your tomatoes in, and where did you get them?
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Old May 29, 2019   #27
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Looking great!

What size are those long rectangular containers you planted some of your tomatoes in, and where did you get them?
They're Earthboxes. I try to look for them on Amazon for lower prices than the official website. It's not cheap, but a lot of members here swear by it.
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Old May 30, 2019   #28
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@maxjohnson, your new garden looks great. That tree is gorgeous... so many flowers you can't even see any leaves.

Spring is late this year, even for us, the rhubarb is only a couple inches tall and there's nothing leafed out yet. I dug some small trees out of my brother's yard which had to be removed or cut down because too close to the house. He had an amazing cherry tree, very large tree with big (although sour) cherries on it, which is hardy here and comes true to seed. They had to cut it down because it was leaning on the house. So I couldn't just cut the little ones down and managed to dig them instead, now I have to find places to plant them and hope that one or more will take. The bloom on that tree in spring was amazing. It would be worth having for the flowers alone (but I'll take cherry jam or jelly in a flash!).
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Old June 30, 2019   #29
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Last update before the tomatoes ripen. Here are some flattering angles of the garden. I really lied about keeping the garden small, I kinda went all out, so I don't have to do any extra work next year.

These growth are from the clearance Jobe's tomato fertilizer I bought last year, $2 something for a 16lbs bag, smells like 100% chicken manure, no herbicide contamination fortunately. I didn't prune at all except for diseases. The only disease that's a problem is bacterial spots which decimated the plants in the Earthboxes with fresh potting mix, but the ones in the raised beds with old potting mix and compost are barely affected. I believe soil health played a big part.

I'm really digging galvanized steel raised beds. I would like to add two or tree more galvanized trough next year.

I attempted to make a grape trellis (on the left), I bought a bareroot grape plant for $25 and one month after planting I see absolutely nothing. I have no experience with grape so I don't know how long it takes for a bareroot plant to start growing leaves. An article said up to 6 weeks so I hope it's alive.
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Old July 1, 2019   #30
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Like the green raised beds but must be hell on the knees if you put them on the edge.
Pipe insulation might help.
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