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Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who
lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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Look at the price of Bay Leaves. We chop our trees back every year, they
grow like weeds in our gardens and self set. We put the young plants, along with the Holly Bushes which grow, either through the shredder or in the hedge to thicken it up. See you in the Caribbean in the in the winter. (The brochures for the 2015 World Cruises came today) Mike "Sacha" wrote in message ... Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-08-26 12:48:04 +0100, Jake said:
On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:29:20 +0100, Sacha wrote: Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! Great! You take care of the nettles and buttercups, I'll supply the Himalayan balsam plants. A mix to attract all the pollinators. Careful, though, there's a risk that while you're over wintering someone will break in and dig up all the valuable plants from the field. You'll need to hire security. Amazing isn't it?! Talk about selling ice to Eskimos! It's the price that gets me as much as the doing of it! It's commendable to want to bring wildlife to your garden but do none of these potential buyers have friends with gardens that can supply weeds for free?! £8 for a pot of weeds that someone has dug up from a neglected bit of field or garden! Dandelions too, I believe. Now - where did I put that bridge....! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-08-26 11:31:34 +0100, Martin said:
On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:29:20 +0100, Sacha wrote: Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! Don't flood the market! See you in the Caribbean! St Marten of course! ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 26/08/2013 11:29, Sacha wrote:
Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I HOW MUCH!! really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! Boggle?! Do think there might be a market for "nettle seed" with townies? I could easily harvest a few kg with no bother at all! -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:29:20 +0100, Sacha
wrote: Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! Who'd want to go to the Caribbean? It's full of holidaying garden designers and nursery owners drinking their profits. :) |
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On 26/08/2013 14:08, Sacha wrote:
Amazing isn't it?! Talk about selling ice to Eskimos! It's the price that gets me as much as the doing of it! It must the the "handling charge" Would you want to pot up and package a load of nettles? Ouch, ouch, ouch. ;-) -- David in Normandy. |
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On 26/08/2013 12:29, Sacha wrote:
Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! So you get stung buying them, and stung again planting them out. :P -- David in Normandy. |
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David in Normandy wrote in news:kvfjc3$abc
: On 26/08/2013 14:08, Sacha wrote: Amazing isn't it?! Talk about selling ice to Eskimos! It's the price that gets me as much as the doing of it! It must the the "handling charge" Would you want to pot up and package a load of nettles? Ouch, ouch, ouch. ;-) This must be the year of the nettle. Big nasty ones too. You can have all of them. No handling charges. Ouch, ouch, ouch. ;-) Baz |
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Fuschia wrote in
: On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:29:20 +0100, Sacha wrote: Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! Who'd want to go to the Caribbean? It's full of holidaying garden designers and nursery owners drinking their profits. :) Well, it will be soon, judging by everyones plans in this thread. This group will be dead for a few weeks! ;-} Until they come back. Baz |
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On 2013-08-26 12:57:04 +0000, Martin said:
On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 13:08:31 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 2013-08-26 11:31:34 +0100, Martin said: On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:29:20 +0100, Sacha wrote: Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! Don't flood the market! See you in the Caribbean! St Marten of course! ;-) :-) Guadeloupe? Spelt 'Gullible'! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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On 2013-08-26 12:56:17 +0000, Martin said:
On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 13:08:07 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 2013-08-26 12:48:04 +0100, Jake said: On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:29:20 +0100, Sacha wrote: Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! Great! You take care of the nettles and buttercups, I'll supply the Himalayan balsam plants. A mix to attract all the pollinators. Careful, though, there's a risk that while you're over wintering someone will break in and dig up all the valuable plants from the field. You'll need to hire security. Amazing isn't it?! Talk about selling ice to Eskimos! It's the price that gets me as much as the doing of it! It's commendable to want to bring wildlife to your garden but do none of these potential buyers have friends with gardens that can supply weeds for free?! £8 for a pot of weeds that someone has dug up from a neglected bit of field or garden! Dandelions too, I believe. Now - where did I put that bridge....! There are plenty of weeds up for grabs on grass verges. That probably contravenes some law or other to do with wild plants. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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On 2013-08-26 12:46:17 +0000, Fuschia said:
On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:29:20 +0100, Sacha wrote: Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! Who'd want to go to the Caribbean? It's full of holidaying garden designers and nursery owners drinking their profits. :) Oh sure! ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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On 2013-08-26 12:30:31 +0000, Martin Brown said:
On 26/08/2013 11:29, Sacha wrote: Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I HOW MUCH!! really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! Boggle?! Do think there might be a market for "nettle seed" with townies? I could easily harvest a few kg with no bother at all! Martin, I swear this is true. Two of us here had the "Is it 1st April?" reaction. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening...-for-7.99.html -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:56:17 +0200, Martin wrote:
There are plenty of weeds up for grabs on grass verges. Pretty sure that taking anything, including seed, from the "wild" is illegal over here. Of course the nettles we have an their seed have been grown and are not "wild". Do you think we could charge more for nettles that grow to 5' with stems as thick as a big marker pen? -- Cheers Dave. |
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On 26/08/2013 11:29, Sacha wrote:
Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! I'm moving upmarket with my pots of Urtica dioica, and I'm working on a sting free variety that will cost twice as much. Then it's off to the Himilayers where I've heard of giant Himalayan stinging nettle plants, these Ill develop for fibre after all they are the same family as hemp. |
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On 2013-08-26 15:13:22 +0100, David Hill said:
On 26/08/2013 11:29, Sacha wrote: Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! I'm moving upmarket with my pots of Urtica dioica, and I'm working on a sting free variety that will cost twice as much. Then it's off to the Himilayers where I've heard of giant Himalayan stinging nettle plants, these Ill develop for fibre after all they are the same family as hemp. I especially like the statement that the plants are proving so popular they're having to give more space over to growing them!! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 26/08/2013 14:39, sacha wrote:
On 2013-08-26 12:30:31 +0000, Martin Brown said: On 26/08/2013 11:29, Sacha wrote: Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I HOW MUCH!! really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! Boggle?! Do think there might be a market for "nettle seed" with townies? I could easily harvest a few kg with no bother at all! Martin, I swear this is true. Two of us here had the "Is it 1st April?" reaction. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening...-for-7.99.html I didn't doubt you for a moment. I did marvel at the price and product! Surely it isn't beyond their capabilities to bring home a piece of ripe nettle stem and spread the seeds if they want some wild nettles. I leave some in the wilder parts of my garden and field boundaries for butterflies. Ditto nectar rich flowers like pink verbena, buddleia and sedum spectabile which is just coming into flower now. The butterflies need all the help they can get after last year. Until this last weekend I had mostly seen cabbage whites but finally at last a few peacocks and red admirals have appeared. Warm and sunny here today which makes for a very pleasant August Bank Holiday. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message ll.co.uk... On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:56:17 +0200, Martin wrote: There are plenty of weeds up for grabs on grass verges. Pretty sure that taking anything, including seed, from the "wild" is illegal over here. Of course the nettles we have an their seed have been grown and are not "wild". Collecting wild flower seed from the wild is quite legal providing you have the landowners permission or it is on common land. It is recommended that when collecting seed, not more than 20% of the crop is taken. Phil Retired manager of the Ashton Wold wildflower project |
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Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! They obviously saw my post about selling potted Couch Grass. Maybe I should pursue my idea. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:29:20 +0100, Sacha
wrote: Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! As I'm sure you know, it's all about a company taking the risk out of illegally helping yourself to wild plants. Besides weeds will not grow if you want them to. If they did they aren't weeds. Steve -- EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. http://www.easynn.com SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. http://www.swingnn.com JustNN. Just Neural Networks. http://www.justnn.com |
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On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 13:30:31 +0100, Martin Brown
wrote: On 26/08/2013 11:29, Sacha wrote: Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I HOW MUCH!! really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! Boggle?! Do think there might be a market for "nettle seed" with townies? I could easily harvest a few kg with no bother at all! Goldfinches love nettle seeds. It's worth a few £ to attract the birds. Steve -- EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. http://www.easynn.com SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. http://www.swingnn.com JustNN. Just Neural Networks. http://www.justnn.com |
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On 2013-08-26 15:09:28 +0000, Bob Hobden said:
"Sacha" wrote ... Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! They obviously saw my post about selling potted Couch Grass. Maybe I should pursue my idea. You find an insect that thrives on it and you're made! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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On 2013-08-26 15:28:12 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme said:
On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:29:20 +0100, Sacha wrote: Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! As I'm sure you know, it's all about a company taking the risk out of illegally helping yourself to wild plants. Besides weeds will not grow if you want them to. If they did they aren't weeds. Steve Sorry Steve but I cannot believe you're posting that seriously. £8 for a pot of nettles. £4 for a pot of dandelions or buttercups? That seems reasonable to you and fair to the consumer who, in 9 places out of 10, could turn over a patch of ground, leave it entirely alone for a year and watch all of those things find their way in. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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On 26/08/2013 22:05, Martin wrote:
On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:13:22 +0100, David Hill wrote: On 26/08/2013 11:29, Sacha wrote: Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! I'm moving upmarket with my pots of Urtica dioica, and I'm working on a sting free variety that will cost twice as much. Red dead nettles are there waiting to be sold. Then it's off to the Himilayers where I've heard of giant Himalayan stinging nettle plants, these Ill develop for fibre after all they are the same family as hemp. But caterpillars don't go for dead nettles like they do the real thing. |
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On 26/08/2013 23:32, sacha wrote:
On 2013-08-26 15:28:12 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme said: On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:29:20 +0100, Sacha wrote: Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! As I'm sure you know, it's all about a company taking the risk out of illegally helping yourself to wild plants. Besides weeds will not grow if you want them to. If they did they aren't weeds. Steve Sorry Steve but I cannot believe you're posting that seriously. £8 for a pot of nettles. £4 for a pot of dandelions or buttercups? That seems reasonable to you and fair to the consumer who, in 9 places out of 10, could turn over a patch of ground, leave it entirely alone for a year and watch all of those things find their way in. But dandelions are grown as a chicory substitute, blanched their leaves are good in salad, and the root dried will grind down as a coffee substitute |
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On 26/08/2013 23:32, sacha wrote:
On 2013-08-26 15:28:12 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme said: On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:29:20 +0100, Sacha wrote: Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! As I'm sure you know, it's all about a company taking the risk out of illegally helping yourself to wild plants. Besides weeds will not grow if you want them to. If they did they aren't weeds. Steve Sorry Steve but I cannot believe you're posting that seriously. £8 for a pot of nettles. £4 for a pot of dandelions or buttercups? That seems reasonable to you and fair to the consumer who, in 9 places out of 10, could turn over a patch of ground, leave it entirely alone for a year and watch all of those things find their way in. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SW-Dandeli...-/360205339895 |
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On 2013-08-26 16:00:34 +0100, Phil Gurr said:
"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message ll.co.uk... On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:56:17 +0200, Martin wrote: There are plenty of weeds up for grabs on grass verges. Pretty sure that taking anything, including seed, from the "wild" is illegal over here. Of course the nettles we have an their seed have been grown and are not "wild". Collecting wild flower seed from the wild is quite legal providing you have the landowners permission or it is on common land. It is recommended that when collecting seed, not more than 20% of the crop is taken. Phil Retired manager of the Ashton Wold wildflower project That's good to know because the subject often crops up on here in one way or another. So - we're all rolling in money then - though not in nettles, perhaps! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-08-27 09:16:13 +0100, David Hill said:
On 27/08/2013 08:55, Janet wrote: In article , lid says... On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 23:49:11 +0100, David Hill wrote: On 26/08/2013 22:05, Martin wrote: On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:13:22 +0100, David Hill wrote: On 26/08/2013 11:29, Sacha wrote: Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! I'm moving upmarket with my pots of Urtica dioica, and I'm working on a sting free variety that will cost twice as much. Red dead nettles are there waiting to be sold. Then it's off to the Himilayers where I've heard of giant Himalayan stinging nettle plants, these Ill develop for fibre after all they are the same family as hemp. But caterpillars don't go for dead nettles like they do the real thing. but you can eat the tops of young Lamium purpureum Never heard of eating deadnettle. that. You can eat the tops of Urtica dioica (and I have) Janet A useful spring veg, then when you have had your share the butterfly can lay their eggs on it and the caterpillars have their share before the birds find them. I don't remember being given it but my grandmother swore by young nettles as a spring tonic. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-08-26 23:52:40 +0100, David Hill said:
On 26/08/2013 23:32, sacha wrote: On 2013-08-26 15:28:12 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme said: On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:29:20 +0100, Sacha wrote: Gardening Express are now selling 2 litre pots of nettles for those who lives in towns and don't have enough wildlife in their garden. Only £7.99 per pot. They're also selling buttercups and other 'weeds'. I really have now heard it all and am going into the field to dig up nettles and enable us to over-winter in the Caribbean! As I'm sure you know, it's all about a company taking the risk out of illegally helping yourself to wild plants. Besides weeds will not grow if you want them to. If they did they aren't weeds. Steve Sorry Steve but I cannot believe you're posting that seriously. £8 for a pot of nettles. £4 for a pot of dandelions or buttercups? That seems reasonable to you and fair to the consumer who, in 9 places out of 10, could turn over a patch of ground, leave it entirely alone for a year and watch all of those things find their way in. But dandelions are grown as a chicory substitute, blanched their leaves are good in salad, and the root dried will grind down as a coffee substitute Absolutely. And I knew a family who great them in neat rows and used the young leaves in salads. But as a £4 pot of plants. Pick one gone-to-seed flower from someone's garden and blow the seeds around in your own! Last year was a fantastic year for dandelions and this year has been pretty good too. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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Sacha wrote: On 2013-08-26 23:52:40 +0100, David Hill said: But dandelions are grown as a chicory substitute, blanched their leaves are good in salad, and the root dried will grind down as a coffee substitute Absolutely. And I knew a family who great them in neat rows and used the young leaves in salads. But as a £4 pot of plants. Pick one gone-to-seed flower from someone's garden and blow the seeds around in your own! Last year was a fantastic year for dandelions and this year has been pretty good too. They were almost certainly among the 60% of people who cannot taste bitterness - for those of us who can, they are unbearably bitter. The cultivated form (endive) has been bred to reduce that, as with so many plants, but remains too bitter for many people. But, if you like them, why not? I believe that most sow thistles are edible, too, but the same applies. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:59:04 +0100, Sacha wrote:
Collecting wild flower seed from the wild is quite legal providing you have the landowners permission or it is on common land. It is recommended that when collecting seed, not more than 20% of the crop is taken. How do you know, as an individual, when 20% of the "the crop" has been taken? When you have taken 1:5 seed heads? But how do you know that some one else hasn't already taken 1:5 seed heads? Or that another person won't be along later to take another 1:5... That's good to know because the subject often crops up on here in one way or another. So - we're all rolling in money then - though not in nettles, perhaps! I suspect we'll all soon have the same economic problems as the "B" Arc... -- Cheers Dave. |
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On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:02:37 +0100, Sacha wrote:
Absolutely. And I knew a family who great them in neat rows and used the young leaves in salads. But as a £4 pot of plants. There's nowt as daft as folk... Even in the most concrete of concrete jungles I'd be surprised if a bit bare earth didn't sprout at least one of dandilions, nettles, rosebay willow herb, thistle, ragwort or budlia within 12 months. Last year was a fantastic year for dandelions and this year has been pretty good too. Not so good up here, might start trying to reduce their numbers next year. We've more or less got rid of the ragwort and thistles. Though a thistle had sneakly gone to seed behind a gate this year, it's now and a majority of the exploded seed head in the green council compost wheelie bin along with a few ragworts that survived the verge mowing and have just flowered. Oh most of the contents of that 240 l wheelie bin is compressed nettles... -- Cheers Dave. |
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Dave Liquorice wrote: On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:59:04 +0100, Sacha wrote: Collecting wild flower seed from the wild is quite legal providing you have the landowners permission or it is on common land. It is recommended that when collecting seed, not more than 20% of the crop is taken. How do you know, as an individual, when 20% of the "the crop" has been taken? When you have taken 1:5 seed heads? But how do you know that some one else hasn't already taken 1:5 seed heads? Or that another person won't be along later to take another 1:5... That's just a rule created by people who like to order other people around. There is no harm in collecting 100% of the seed of plants that are sufficiently common or not limited by the amount of seed they generate. Blackberries, elderberries and sloes are examples. The point is that you WON'T collect more than a neglible proportion of the population's seed, and the plants don't rely on seeding every year, anyway. Also, unless they have changed the law, it's still perfectly legal to collect without permission, except for specified plants. Wild plants and animals are not property, though the establishment has done their best to turn them into that by back doors :-( I am extremely old-fashioned, and still believe that using one's intelligence is a desirable objective. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 2013-08-27 10:25:01 +0100, Jake said:
On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 23:32:17 +0100, sacha wrote: £4 for a pot of dandelions ... I read it as ONE dandelion plant in an approx 1 litre pot. I hope it's a big one for that money. I think that's just what it is - one plant. I was thinking of the multiple heads, I suppose! I wonder who DOES buy pots of weeds for that sort of money. Any nurseryman will tell you that you get the occasional customer who will baulk at spending £5.00 on a perennial that will last years. But they'd probably buy a bunch of flowers for twice that and it will be dead in a week! So who will cheerfully spend that sort of money on a pot of weeds, however pretty, edible or wildlife friendly they are? Sometimes we see those newspaper ads for plants that are 'only' £8.99 per plant and in the small print, the pot size is 9cm! Obviously people buy them, or they wouldn't go on advertising them at great expense. But it's an awful lot of money for very little. The only thing I'm thinking is that there really is a market for highly priced stuff that makes the buyers believe they're getting some rare luxury goods. Bit like the current vogue for hideously ugly, stratospherically expensive handbags! Or a restaurant near London where the prices are extremely high and the customers sit in scruffy old greenhouses, surrounded by shabby-chic 'stuff' and on wet days get rained on, while the waitresses wear wellies. It's expensive and it gives a certain type of Londoner what I call the 'Marie Antoinette experience' of playing at living in the country! There's nowt so queer as folk, to quote the same old granny! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:51:14 +0100, Janet wrote:
In article , says... On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:20:30 +0100, Jake wrote: On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 23:08:07 +0200, Martin wrote: Like other finches goldfinches will eat any seed. Well they didn't eat any of the (Gordon Ramsey) Nyger seed I bought. Total waste of (Gordon Ramsey) money. We don't waste our money on Nyger seed. Our goldfinches get through at least one 25 kg sack of nyger seed per annum. Since we started feeding it, they have multiplied to become the third commonest bird at the annual garden bird-count. Janet That's similar to the finches often feeding in my garden. First choice for goldfinches is nyger. Green finches go for nyger as well. I've not seen any other finches eating nyger but bullfinches and chaffinches like the thistle. Steve -- EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. http://www.easynn.com SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. http://www.swingnn.com JustNN. Just Neural Networks. http://www.justnn.com |
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In article ,
lid says... Our goldfinches get through at least one 25 kg sack of nyger seed per annum. Since we started feeding it, they have multiplied to become the third commonest bird at the annual garden bird-count. Our goldfinches and other finches are seasonal. They thrive on bog standard bird seed. How do these bird counts avoid counting the same birds more than once? Because you're not counting a grand total, but the size of a group seen together at one time. http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/how.aspx Janet. |
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