If you ever want a great day out. Go to Ryton organic gardens, near Coventry. I last visited them about 14 years a go. The organic vegetable gardens are a credit to them. I grow
my vegetables in a similar way. Wish I could say the same for the rest of the smallholding.
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| Mr or Mrs Rabbit observing the Red Shank ("Fat Hen") growing in my field of Kale. |
Regular readers will know I set this field after leaving it fallow for several weeks. One thinks that the weed seed came with the Kale seed. It's far too uniform for the seed to have been there already. Perhaps I should have sprayed the field with weedkiller first? If it had been a field of grass. One could just mow it and the Red Shank would soon disappear. The idea was to sow some Kale seed and strip graze it with the electric fencer. We would also place a bale of straw in the round ring feeder to give the cattle a bit of roughage to go with it.
Any road. Me and the missus have decided we are going to hand weed the whole field. There doesn't seem to be any other way. Red Shank contains Oxalic acid and is therefore poisonous. Rather like Rhubarb leaves are. All we need now is for it to stop raining. Enjoy your weeding. We won't!
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That's a massive task you have set yourselves, good luck. Bet afterwards tho you will feel so proud.
ReplyDeleteA really daunting task, it looks to have a really good hold. Pity you can't borrow Steves WWOOFers for a few days.
ReplyDeleteLooking at the amount of the stuff with the kale and the lack of it where there's no kale, I'd agree it might not be beyond the bounds of believability that the seed was indeed mixed with the kale seed.
Is that not a hare in the picture?
Bit brighter here today, colder and breezy but only showers.
Gas man's coming tomorrow for annual service and fire the boiler up, could do with a touch of heating for an hour or two.
Raggy cat in early, it must be getting cold for it. feeding well on the remnants of a roast chicken that provided 2 days full dinners and chicken curry today, still a feed left for it, a nice plump 4 lb one it was, best I've had for years.
It is a really daunting task, Ronnie. Suppose the easy way would be to top it with the tractor and topper and then spray it off and plough it in for a green manure.
ReplyDeleteNot had time to do any more hand weeding. Hopefully it will stop raining too.
Thanks!
Hi Cumbrian, I would be glad of the help at the moment. Mad busy trying to get the cow stall finished.
ReplyDeleteYes it could be an hare.
I forgot about the beauty of gas and instant heat. We are use to getting up and having to light the range in winter.
We had one of those mobile calor gas heaters but it's too dear. Last bottle I bought was 27 Euros.
Was it an organic chicken. We bought one recently from M & S in Killarney and it was brilliant!
Hi Cumbrian, I would be glad of the help at the moment. Mad busy trying to get the cow stall finished.
ReplyDeleteYes it could be an hare.
I forgot about the beauty of gas and instant heat. We are use to getting up and having to light the range in winter.
We had one of those mobile calor gas heaters but it's too dear. Last bottle I bought was 27 Euros.
Was it an organic chicken. We bought one recently from M & S in Killarney and it was brilliant!
Yes, the gas and instant heat, one of the marvels of modern technology.
ReplyDeleteBut, people might think I'm a bit strange, I really miss my open fire, thanks to smokeless zones not an option in some parts. I opened up a fireplace in my last residence, iron basket would take 2' logs, and burned just about all our household rubbish. I also really love the smell of wood-smoke.
Gas bottles are expensive I know, but mains gas isn't cheap either. We had town gas a long time ago here, a by-product of the steelworks, with the old gas street lights were on every corner, and the house I grew up in was lighted by gas mantles until the electric came, late 50s if I remember correctly. It was cheap then, with the shilling slot meter, but the North Sea gas is getting very expensive.
Wish I could go back to burning wood, I can forage my own logs but I've got to buy gas. As usual, now they've got everybody converted to cheap gas they shove the price up.
Suppose the big up-side is all the work I don't do lighting and cleaning, and the time not spent foraging and sawing.
Think it must have been at least free-range, plump legs which I doubt cage-reared birds would develope. Remember growing up, chicken was only seen on the Christmas dinner table, it was a special treat then, a nice plump capon; it seems to be a cheap option now, probably thanks to factory farming.
Looking grey this morning, cold damp and breezy, but not actually raining. Yet.
Waiting for the gas man, between 8 and 12 they promised.
Raggy cat waiting to come in this morning, straight to its nice warm nest.
Could you not bale it and burn? It wouldn't tackle the roots of course. Hand weeding will take you till 2015.
ReplyDeleteI know exactly what you mean about the open fire, Cumbrian. Yuletime logs, gazing at the embers, buttered toast or crumpets on a toasting fork...
ReplyDeleteEvery new house in Ireland curiously still has to be built with a chimney. Ireland goes smokeless in 2015? We only buy smokeless solid fuel. Imported coal is full of impurities.
I believe the local gas company used to give Creosote away for free.
We have to leave the stove go cold because it's got an electric pump. Could do with something for the winter mornings. Electric fires are too expensive.
I think a lot of cheap supermarkets are raised on cheap grain in Korea. They are usually only about twenty days old.
Blown a gale here today.
Terrier and cat were waiting at the kitchen door this morning. Must have been a rough night. Spent all day sleeping, just like Raggy cat!
I suppose you could Cro. But it's become a dear field already with fertilizer, seed and paying somebody to rotavate it. The Kale is worth saving. It's just a matter of the rain stopping and me getting my weeding head on. I weeded many an overgrown allotment with a bucket, fork and wheelbarrow.
ReplyDeleteI suppose you could Cro. But it's become a dear field already with fertilizer, seed and paying somebody to rotavate it. The Kale is worth saving. It's just a matter of the rain stopping and me getting my weeding head on. I weeded many an overgrown allotment with a bucket, fork and wheelbarrow.
ReplyDeleteHouses without chimneys do look a bit strange, but it's been the norm here for a good few years to build new without, electric heating or gas boilers with with balanced flues. A few individual designs have started including proper flues and chimneys, there's a resurgence in the popularity of wood-burners, some of the modern designs are very efficient and don't look out of place in a modern house.
ReplyDeleteYes, I really miss my open fire, loved to roast chestnuts under the iron basket, I got a blacksmith-made roaster specially for the job.
Creosote was a by-product and used for all sorts of things here, there was even a tanalising plant where they could pressure impregnate the wood with creosote, made it last a long time. Horrible smelly stuff it was, everybody painted their sheds with it, getting the stuff off your hands took days (no gloves then, no H & S)
Windy here, showers and cold. Gas man came this morning, it turned out to be a very attractive young lady, made the British Gas issue uniform look sexy. Did the job efficiently and in good time, radiators set to come on for a couple of hours morning and evening.
Vermin exterminators must be working hard, suppose the vermin are moving into the buildings now the cold weather starting. Raggy cat following its usual pattern, diced lamb today so no remnants, the hock bone was well picked though. Asked to go out early, must have some pressing business.
Creosote is supposed to be very good when mixed with old engine oil. I use old oil to paint the cowshed roof timbers. It kills the Ringworm that lives in the wood. We also use old vegetable oil to paint the locks and catches on the doors and the crush. I use vegetable oil because it is harmless when the farm animals lick it.
ReplyDeleteI have heard stories of people placing coal in wood burning stoves and they crumpled up like a drink tin. We have a multifuel stove in the front room (Lounge) and a Stanley stove in the kitchen.
You are never far away from rats and mice. Cats are superb vermin exterminators.
Nice day today. Supposed to be an Indian summer over the next few weeks. We will see.
Oh my you'll need some good music to do all that hand weeding - you could try the new artist Lorde - I'm biased because she's a Kiwi but she is getting international attention. Cheers
ReplyDeleteThanks for telling us about Lorde, Carole. You can't beat a good song in your head when you are weeding.
ReplyDeleteI have only managed to see one concert so far this year: Roger Waters (ex Pink Floyd) performing "The Wall." I counted 18 articulated trucks to carry his equipment and the wall itself. You don't get to see much good music living in the countryside. At least we have good old You Tube to watch and listen .
Thanks!
𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬/ 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐬 / 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐫. Kham. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐒) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐢 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧-𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐫. Kham 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐒𝐕-𝟐 𝐬𝐨 𝐢 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐫. Kham 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲! 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐚 (UPS 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞)𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬! 𝐢 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 (𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝! 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢 𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐰! 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞! 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐧 dr.khamcaregiver@𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥.𝐜𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬-𝐚𝐩𝐩 +𝟐𝟑𝟒8159922297 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 him on his website: drkhamherbalhealingcenter.wordpress.com/
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