tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post4218548761280578072..comments2024-03-29T08:11:10.369-06:00Comments on NORTHSIDER : Planting New potatoes In The Veg Plot Time With A Bamboo Mulch Idea.northsider http://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-50639267638797357022022-03-20T03:36:54.329-06:002022-03-20T03:36:54.329-06:00I suppose not Tigger. They have got you.😊I suppose not Tigger. They have got you.😊northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-33298424139089111992022-03-20T02:58:22.821-06:002022-03-20T02:58:22.821-06:00My humans have got me. There's no room for a p...My humans have got me. There's no room for a panda! 😾❌➡️🐼Tigger's Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829665785202495073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-29154855563904752682022-03-19T12:21:52.719-06:002022-03-19T12:21:52.719-06:00F sounds very organised Tigger. Soil is like a ba...F sounds very organised Tigger. Soil is like a bank account. You can't keep taking money out without paying some back in. I make grass paths and mulches with a couple of week old lawn clippings. I think everyone would like a little Panda in their garden.northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-66485921160186141692022-03-19T11:44:03.169-06:002022-03-19T11:44:03.169-06:00We've used seaweed by the trailer load, compos...We've used seaweed by the trailer load, composted stable stuff, all the 'hay' F raked off the common land outside our allotments (the council mowed it about twice each summer but never baled the hay crop. It would just rot on the grass and turn the whole place patchy, so F used it to make a thick quilt on the garden. It keeps moisture in and weeds down and stop pumpkins from sitting on the dirt.) No bamboo though. Now that we've been warned about pandas we'll give bamboo a miss.Tigger's Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829665785202495073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-13462251957081073202022-03-19T09:16:55.052-06:002022-03-19T09:16:55.052-06:00Oh no! It's enough with those pesky Leprechaun...Oh no! It's enough with those pesky Leprechauns throwing their empty poteen bottles around the veg plot. Pandas like cola and drive Fiat Amanda's. I never thought of Panda's. northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-47491442824026790112022-03-19T08:51:50.600-06:002022-03-19T08:51:50.600-06:00The trouble with using bamboo as a mulch or as fro...The trouble with using bamboo as a mulch or as frost protection is that it tends to attract giant pandas. They are a real pest round here and can cause a lot of damage.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-73561711149232732212022-03-19T08:29:34.003-06:002022-03-19T08:29:34.003-06:00Sound like P.. Sound like P.. northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-53438677472539887342022-03-19T08:29:07.429-06:002022-03-19T08:29:07.429-06:00Sounds like makes his own garden teas? Comfrey gi...Sounds like makes his own garden teas? Comfrey gives off a good pong and so does the nettles. Full of iron like nettle soup and nettle tea. Only me will eat it or drink it even. I wonder why?northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-3949824014974121872022-03-19T08:09:05.903-06:002022-03-19T08:09:05.903-06:00And don't forget to put a peg on your nose whe...And don't forget to put a peg on your nose when you open the barrel.JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-62346628190329553362022-03-19T06:54:24.480-06:002022-03-19T06:54:24.480-06:00I agree with you Mark about the out dated drinking...I agree with you Mark about the out dated drinking laws.<br />Seaweed makes an excellent weed free fertilizer. You can apply to the veg beds or put it a pillowcase and weigh it down with a brick in a barrel of rainwater, makes a great garden tea. I do the same with nettles. You have to dilute your tea when you feed the plants. northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-13644191244706577462022-03-19T06:46:37.965-06:002022-03-19T06:46:37.965-06:00I don't even drink and yet I despair at out-da...I don't even drink and yet I despair at out-dated licensing laws.<br />No bamboo here for mulch, though I see folk gathering seaweed for their garden - I assume as some sort of fertiliser?<br />The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-44886096921373105282022-03-19T06:00:38.280-06:002022-03-19T06:00:38.280-06:00Scrooge sounds like an allotment character that I ...Scrooge sounds like an allotment character that I have met over the years. It's good to repurpose or reuse organic material. Too much of it goes in landfill...<br /><br />I was in Lidl on St Patrick's Day morning buying compost and food. You had to walk through the off licence bit to queue up and pay. The cashier was telling people that they would have to put the drink to one side and come back to pay for it after 12.30. The computer wouldn't let the cashier proceed with the alcohol sale. It's the same every Sunday morning. Silly licensing laws. I believe in the 1970s you couldn't get a drink in Ireland on St Patrick's Day.<br />northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-75147332986806780912022-03-19T05:40:54.166-06:002022-03-19T05:40:54.166-06:00There's quite a bit of free bamboo growing aro...There's quite a bit of free bamboo growing around here but it's a bugger to cut. Our neighbour slashes at it with a machete and brings a truck load home.His 85 yr old Mama sits on the flagstones and trims it all up with her own machete. He uses it for tomato frames. I'll tell him about your mulching. He's the original Scrooge and will reuse till death do us part.<br />Do they cover up the booze in hours not allowed?? Strange system , it seems to me. local alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.com