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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 01-04-2009, 12:59 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 37,012
Posted By Ecoprincess
In the garden

your broad beans, spinach, chard, lettuce, parsley and anthing else that can stand a touch of frost should be planted out this week. I also have borage, forgetmenot, globe artichokes and...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 01-04-2009, 12:54 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 37,012
Posted By Ecoprincess
saving seeds from F1's, some f1's are non seed...

saving seeds from F1's, some f1's are non seed making, some are non pollen making and they are all a commercialised cross breed. They do not breed true to like, so a parent plant say a tomatoe...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 23-03-2009, 01:44 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 37,012
Posted By Ecoprincess
Growing Vegetables

bit late with the weekly update but its been such good weather its been outside work only.

So now your onions and Garlic should be popping their heads above the soil. In the greenhouse your beans...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 26-02-2009, 03:24 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 8,938
Posted By Ecoprincess
I just described how to make a cheap wormery on...

I just described how to make a cheap wormery on the compost thread (see post #11 on link below).

Worms are in farmyard manure, just look for the red...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 26-02-2009, 03:23 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 24,966
Posted By Ecoprincess
Wormery

to make a wormery, take something like a plastic dustbin, drill holes in the bottom about 10 should do it.

Put a good dollop of manure in and make sure it has some of those nice red worms in, put...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 23-02-2009, 07:24 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 37,012
Posted By Ecoprincess
Seed compost has feed in it and that should help,...

Seed compost has feed in it and that should help, once the seeds are showing take the cover off and keep them in full light so that they dont get legy and weak.

I would transplant them into potting...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 21-02-2009, 04:16 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 37,012
Posted By Ecoprincess
Not at all do it as soon as possible and...

Not at all do it as soon as possible and everything will be fine.
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 20-02-2009, 05:06 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 6,882
Posted By Ecoprincess
thanks

I new there was something to do with cartridges but didnt know what. I have just emailed this to everyone I can think of who would like to use the service.

thanks again
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 20-02-2009, 04:45 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 20,967
Posted By Ecoprincess
also

you can make little boxes and lids out of them origami style for small gifts next year or hang them as decorations on your xmas tree.

I make them and store self collected seeds in them for the next...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 20-02-2009, 04:42 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 4,062
Posted By Ecoprincess
and keeps the carott root fly off carotts

and keeps the carott root fly off carotts
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 20-02-2009, 04:26 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 37,012
Posted By Ecoprincess
Jeana: Is the soil very wet, if so build raised...

Jeana:

Is the soil very wet, if so build raised beds, one at a time make them 10 ft x 4 ft. If you want to try just one bed I suggest either Potatoes or salad crops, easy to grow good returns.

Ok,...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 17-02-2009, 10:33 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 37,012
Posted By Ecoprincess
One Son, one grandchild but neither live with me....

One Son, one grandchild but neither live with me. Get the kids to help, my grandaughter loves the garden and the goats, she milks for me, when shes here, and shes only 8.

Secrets, that would be...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 16-02-2009, 06:17 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 37,012
Posted By Ecoprincess
Over the years I have found there is no...

Over the years I have found there is no replacement for animal manure, in cultivating plants off all types, it brings the plant to the fruiting stage earlier, so that the little summer that we have...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 16-02-2009, 06:13 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 37,012
Posted By Ecoprincess
Sorry the simple answer is no. I tried...

Sorry the simple answer is no. I tried seedsavers who could not identify the apple, and suggested a place in UK it was £25 to send it and get details. The trees been her about 90 years from the...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 16-02-2009, 12:42 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 6,145
Posted By Ecoprincess
Several uses

Goats will eat it all for you, and turn it into milk, cheese, etc for you.
Pigs will turn it over and get rid of the rushes and then you can plant it
Sheep will just stay out there and mind it for...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 16-02-2009, 12:38 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 7,051
Posted By Ecoprincess
Now that does look interesting, still need a...

Now that does look interesting, still need a little more heat maybe pass hotwater back through the rayburn again in someway or a bit of additional heat from gas and this looks...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 16-02-2009, 12:31 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 37,012
Posted By Ecoprincess
This weekend was the weekend

Well Is aid I would post what I was doing in the garden to help the newbie gardeners.


When I got out into the garden for the first serious session this year:

I cleared and weeded the beds...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 11-02-2009, 11:42 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 37,012
Posted By Ecoprincess
Green fingers

If I get a chance I will post what I'm doing on a weekly basis and you can follow track.

Where are you located - south of me you should do it a week earlier north of me a week later.

So what I will...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 11-02-2009, 10:54 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 7,051
Posted By Ecoprincess
what a coincidence

My B/friend is from NZ and I spend a good bit of time there

thanks for the very useful reply and I will let you know how I get on
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 10-02-2009, 06:00 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 100,475
Posted By Ecoprincess
practice makes perfect LOL

€25.00 x 52 = 1300
=

HRT = €360.00 Hormone Replacement Therapy = ovarian cancer 18 years ago

ESB = €300.00 use a meter then you know what you are using

Clothes = €260.00 - second hand and exchange...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 10-02-2009, 05:28 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 7,051
Posted By Ecoprincess
Lack of money is a great incentive, please can I...

Lack of money is a great incentive, please can I just have the 6 million dollars then I will hire someone. LOL

I used to teach gardening, but its a lot of time organising it all.

Try the organic...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 10-02-2009, 05:24 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 37,012
Posted By Ecoprincess
Time is of the essence

It takes me less time than going to the shops for food.

The first year it seemed to take me ages because I wasnt experienced enough to be confident that things would grow.

shortest day of the year...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 10-02-2009, 05:03 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 7,051
Posted By Ecoprincess
I went for new in the end because I have a lovely...

I went for new in the end because I have a lovely hardware shop owner that thinks I'm the bees knees I got serious discount. You can look at reconditioned ones I think they are called H&H something....
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 09-02-2009, 06:16 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 37,012
Posted By Ecoprincess
Raised beds

I built my beds nearly 9 years ago now and planned the garden so that I had concrete slabs between in paths. This had been a god send as the land is so wet in winter. I can go out in my slippers...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 09-02-2009, 04:59 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 37,012
Posted By Ecoprincess
I have rotation plans that I use for growing in...

I have rotation plans that I use for growing in my raised beds, I have 28 but you can grow smaller quantaties of the type of veg.

I know the soil and you need loads of manure - these some on the...
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