On Sat, 25 Jul 2009, Part_No wrote
Judith in France wrote in
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On Jul 24, 7:03*pm, "Christina Websell"
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"Part_No" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote in
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"Fred" wrote in message
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Hello,
I have some garlic growing but some of the stems have been bent
eithe
r
by the wind or an animal. I notice the plat appears to be growing
cloves at the point where the stem has been bent. Has anyone
noticed this before? Why does it happen? What should I do? Is the
plant damaged: do I need to harvest it now, or will it continue
to grow?
Thanks.
My garlic was harvested about a month ago. *It's spectacular,
having
had
dried chicken poo applied to the soil. * Massive juicy cloves ;-))
I've peeled and frozen some, the rest are hanging from the beams
in my kitchen.
Tina
Full agreement........dried chicken poo! or sow the cloves
immediatly i
n
the same place where you harvested your spuds in Aug/Sept.
I tried dried chicken manure for the first time last year and the
resul
ts
are dramatic for ....well....everything, but the garlic has been
dramat
ic
with the planting after spuds thingy.
I'm lucky I don't have to buy it. *I have my own chickens. *They also
recycle my edible weeds.
I have a very large garden and my 30 chickens can struggle to eat all
my weeds, tbh.
They love to eat them, though. *Maybe I need 50 chickens g
Tina
Christina, do you sell eggs commercially, I only have 3 chickens but I
can't keep up with 21 eggs per week.
Judith
21 eggs from 3 chickens is fantastic, I get less than that from 7.
I buy grain (wheat) to feed mine, so should I feed them weeds? or get a
stock which is similar to yours in breed?
Mine are Rode Island Red and they look very healthy.
There is nothing quite like having your breakfast from your own fowl, but
they are very high in colesterol aren't they.
My excess are boiled and pickled in white vinegar in jars around 1 litre,
though as i said they are very high in colesterol.
Give them away to friends as I do and maybe you will never have to buy
your favourite seeds ever again.(I use Victorian seeds and hardly ever
get diseases)
Maybe I should use F1+2's but I don't need to yet.....yet
The cholesterol thing is not such an issue any more. Apparently there
is good cholesterol as well as the bad stuff, and eggs have both, indeed
are positively good for cholesterol levels overall:
http://www2.surrey.ac.uk/mediacentre...g_diet_cracks_
cholesterol_issue.htm
you may have to cut-and-paste that as it's a long URL, or try this:
http://tinyurl.com/dcdcag
Anyway, the new consensus seems to be, eat lots of eggs!
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Kate B
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