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frost question
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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message ... I don't think that lack of rain does help to stop frosts. That unbelieveable frost we got in October was right in a very dry time that's a good point. i suppose i just don't grasp frost :-) i think that makes sense. the idea being, the frost will more likely have to travel along the swale & the hedge without being able to get into the veggie patch so much? Yes. It will lie in the swale in a frost pocket on the uphill side of the hedge and not continue to drain down into the veg patch. we've got lavender out the wazoo, so i think i'm going to plant a lavender hedge! nothing ventured, nothing gained! if it doesn't help, i'll still have a nice hedge. unless it dies, of course ;-) The shape. But when you mention rocks, I wonder if you're thinking of the permie mandala beds??? noooooo! The kidney shaped permie beds I thought you meant were the ones with the taller plants on the outer edge of the curve with the lower growing plants on the inner sider of the curves. I think they call them sun traps?????????? And the ones I've seen pics of didn't ahve any rocks whereas the mandala beds all did. the ones i saw in a book (one of those permie books i hated & bitched about later ;-) were kidney shaped, with the short curve facing north, and the long curve on the south side. then you would build up the south side so the sun hits the rocks, so the whole bed was a warm little north-facing pocket. it's a cool idea! (or rather, a warm one). Not that it matters either way - I have enough problems watering with low pressure without adding to it. BTW, do you have low pressure because Green Harvest seel those wonderful low pressure 'rattle" top sprinklers which are wonderful for low pressure country systems - I've got about a dozen and swear by them.. the only pressure we get is from gravity, so that's... er, it's not bad, but it's not like in town, but it's definitely ok. i don't have what i'd consider "water pressure problems" though. i'll have a look at your link in a minute! do you water veg with sprinklers? i try to water more directly onto the soil. But you can plant to suit the season and the position with walls or just move the planting out from the wall as needed. I put up and take down walls as I find they work or don't. Just watch out for Joe Blakes - rotten sodding things, they love rocks with chinks in them. They also love to hide down the side of old fence posts that are loose. I've had my husband go round and fill in all the sides of the ones round the garden this year. He has only just come back from a neighbour's (who he respects) and tell me what a good idea it was to fill them in. He didn't say that at the time I insisted he do it :-)) what are joe blakes? thanks for the help. kylie Joe Blakes rhymes with adders, actually seriously it rhymes with SNAKES |
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