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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-03-10, 10:30:35

Spring is the time of year when all garden magazines are full of the plans you should be making for the season to come, but very rarely do they cover one of the most basic of gardening techniques. Sowing seeds properly is crucial if you want to ensure a good crop of flowers and vegetables in your garden. We all love to take that small flat packet of seeds and take joy in the vision of what it will produce, but like everything, a good foundation is required to ensure a good crop.

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Posted by admin to In the garden on 2008-03-10, 09:00:00

Some people may not want to read on. The story I'm going to share is pretty graphic, but also miraculous. And outlandishly improbable. I know that's hyperbole, but believe me, you'll agree. A friend emailed this article that recently ran...

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Posted by admin to In the garden on 2008-03-10, 09:00:00

Some people may not want to read on. The story I'm going to share is pretty graphic, but also miraculous. And outlandishly improbable. I know that's hyperbole, but believe me, you'll agree. A friend emailed this article that recently ran...

(Via Snappy's Gardens Blog)

Posted by admin to allotments, robin on 2008-03-10, 08:59:00

At the end of day one there is some cleared soil after the covering grass and weeds...

I am sat with aching muscles now, after my first day at the Allotment. The huge task of how to clear such an overgrown plot dawned on me.
The rain had not helped as the clay turned into soggy mush. It made it slow dirty work clearing the weeds which had fat tap roots, and grasses that had the devil in its root systems.Some of them were anchored upto a foot beneath the top surface!



This friendly Robin sat on my spade handle when it was stuck in the soil. He hopped about the upturned soil, grass, and root mix.

The third photo shows how densely overgrown it is. The plants did not want to budge.It took me four hours to partially clear a twelve foot by three foot bed, the potato bed!




Around the Edge of the dug soil the rainwater seeped upwards, so its like the Somme. The clay stuck to the tools and my new boots.
I have revised my clearance plan now.I will make individual beds surrounded by paths, but just the grass to start with. I only have to clear the beds that I want and it does not have to be done all this year.
I wander if clay soil is easier to work with when its drier!The UK got battered today by rain and gale force winds. When I was at allotment it was sunny as you can see. It clouded over and i called it a day before I got wet. Clearing weeds and grass in boggy sucking Clay soil was strength sapping.
Im going to rest tonight then try to finish digging over the newly exposed soil. My muscles know I encountered some Wild Nature..

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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-03-10, 08:54:30

Concerned about the pesticides in your fruits and vegetables? Have you thought about growing your own organic food?

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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-03-10, 07:59:23

Don't know how to care for orchids? Follow the advice in this caring for orchids article and you could soon be the proud owner of a healthy and thriving orchid.

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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-03-10, 06:09:00

29*, feels like 24*, 90% humidity, NNE 5 mph wind, fog On the 8th, I noticed the spring smell. It seems the birds have noted it as well. Instead of just the normal downy woodpeckers calling, the morning was filled with bird song today and that smell was much stronger. I JUST KNOW that smell. There was even the sound of ROBINS. Of course I was more then just excited. And seeing bare earth, dirt

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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-03-10, 05:25:47

Food is the basic thing that consumed by the people. We get from it essential materials, such as: carbohydrates, proteins, minerals. The food is existential need but the question is what we put into our body and what don't?