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frost question
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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message 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 ;-) Don't let it get leggy - you need to growth to be right to the ground to stop frost drainage at the base of the plant. 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). Ah. A variation on the theme. 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. A mix depending on location - some fixed sprinklers, some moveable sprinklers and some I hand water with a hose. I understand that drip irrigation is now recommended as most water efficient but I have habit of putting forks through lines and they wouldn't work in my veg bed situation. I mulch once the soil warms up (and I'm deadly with a fork for hidden lines under mulch - a guaranteed plastic line detector am I). what are joe blakes? Snakes. thanks for the help. You're welcome. |
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