On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 14:09:29 +0100, Gwenhyffar Milgi
wrote:


The good news however is that the patch at the front of the house
where I have my strawberries and herbs is still intact and hasn't been
eaten at all since I started chucking the orange peels in there.

Sigh, back to the drawing board, I guess I'd best start looking at
eating 4 oranges a day and seeing if I can get any winter crops
sown/planted this year.

Excuse me while I sit in the corner weeping.

Reminds me of when I was working on a large rose nursery, we used to
maintain the boss's garden and he was the tightest man I knew, they
didn't have bog rolls in that house, they used orange wrappers and I
remember wishing I could afford to buy that many oranges ;~(
I'm wondering if you might be planting out some of your veg before
it's hardened off properly? I don't sow very many crops direct these
days, things like brassicas I do in plug trays, then when they are
nearly ready for planting I put them outside surrounded by a slug
barrier on some sort of slug proof ground cover if they aren't on the
standing ground, don't plant until they've been there long enough to
get a bit tough. Peas are sown in multipurpose compost in short
lengths of plastic rainwater guttering, again they are slid out into
drills when the plants have got a little bit tough.
Still time to get in swedes, winter caulis, spring cabbage etc and
later on you can be planting garlic and even later overwintering broad
beans, they'll all be just a nice size for the voles by christmas.
Rod

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