tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post68111611689518339..comments2024-03-28T07:20:09.759-06:00Comments on NORTHSIDER : More Container Gardening Ideas.northsider http://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-37780209489395187562021-03-07T10:17:21.390-07:002021-03-07T10:17:21.390-07:00Hi Linda. Yes old tyres make good planters/raised...Hi Linda. Yes old tyres make good planters/raised beds. We also plant up an hold wheelbarrow with vegetables and flowers. We've got 🍅 tomato seedlings grown in trays in the front window. northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-29518994114260575762021-03-07T10:00:36.180-07:002021-03-07T10:00:36.180-07:00I have a couple of old tyres in the garden. In the...I have a couple of old tyres in the garden. In the winter I plant the lettuces there. It keeps them away from the clover and other winter weeds. I've just cleaned out one and am adding compost to get it ready for tomatoeslocal alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-38800384523103492472021-03-07T02:40:56.876-07:002021-03-07T02:40:56.876-07:00Roadkill pizzas? No thanks. I have grown vegetab...Roadkill pizzas? No thanks. I have grown vegetables in a polystyrene rectangle box that a welder was packed in. People give me their plant pots too.northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-81735426084572006482021-03-07T02:38:49.602-07:002021-03-07T02:38:49.602-07:00Hi Debby. English TV gardener Bob Flowerdew (real...Hi Debby. English TV gardener Bob Flowerdew (real name) grows them in stacked tyres. Kathy (below) recommends lining the tyres with bin bags to prevent cadmium poisoning. Ground hogs? I have enough trouble with slugs, earwigs and cabbage whites.😀northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-31652028326783149812021-03-07T02:35:19.268-07:002021-03-07T02:35:19.268-07:00Yes you're quite correct YP. Do you remember...Yes you're quite correct YP. Do you remember Oxo tins?northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-87964736837553439382021-03-07T01:59:20.314-07:002021-03-07T01:59:20.314-07:00Yes I have seen the road kill cook books in the st...Yes I have seen the road kill cook books in the states and mention of road kill pizzas !!<br />The black buckets from cut flowers that many supermarkets sell are usefull, once you have put drainage holes in them. We pay 99p for 8 or 9.<br />Kathywalking in beauty carmarthenshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01353481918125809808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-26805701714915838912021-03-06T19:56:20.912-07:002021-03-06T19:56:20.912-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-6513571740297997622021-03-06T19:21:30.018-07:002021-03-06T19:21:30.018-07:00We grow our potatoes in tires. We have 20 of them....We grow our potatoes in tires. We have 20 of them. I am growing my cucumbers in 55 gal drums this year. I am going to try hydroponics to keep things out of reach of the ground hogs.Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-77986452842541182942021-03-06T16:49:28.183-07:002021-03-06T16:49:28.183-07:00Victory V's were not mints, they were fiery co...Victory V's were not mints, they were fiery cough lozenges! Perhaps you were thinking about Nuttalls Mintoes?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-87005605410799641062021-03-06T14:23:58.821-07:002021-03-06T14:23:58.821-07:00The fish he caught were whoppers JayCee. I must g...The fish he caught were whoppers JayCee. I must get a road kill cooking book. I kid you not JayCee. Such books exist! northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-90648714609833367912021-03-06T14:15:10.001-07:002021-03-06T14:15:10.001-07:00Ewww...yuck!!!Ewww...yuck!!!JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-87506109483878020822021-03-06T14:08:12.808-07:002021-03-06T14:08:12.808-07:00An empty tin of Victory V mint I forgot to mention...An empty tin of Victory V mint I forgot to mention. northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-81240408783079930342021-03-06T13:59:17.368-07:002021-03-06T13:59:17.368-07:00Gozzers YP? Back to my Coarse fishing days in Mer...Gozzers YP? Back to my Coarse fishing days in Merry old England. You can also hang a piece of meat in a bush for Mrs Bluebottle to lay her eggs. Then you bury it in an old tin of Victory V mints and a week later you will have some great fishing maggots. <br /><br />I was once fishing on a mill lodge and this old Angler gave me some Gozzers. They stunk like I don't know what. I picked them up and said: "Where did you get them?" He said: "I found a dead cat and..."<br /><br />The fishes loved them.<br />northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-42174426778008592702021-03-06T13:37:52.353-07:002021-03-06T13:37:52.353-07:00You can also grow maggots in containers in warmer ...You can also grow maggots in containers in warmer weather. Just chuck in a lump of raw meat and leave for a few days. Excellent for fishing trips. The maggots might also be stirred into fried rice for extra protein.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-36885920570468700182021-03-06T11:04:43.123-07:002021-03-06T11:04:43.123-07:00Great idea JayCee. In America(where else?) there ...Great idea JayCee. In America(where else?) there are Earth Ships made into houses from tyres packed with earth. They are supposed to be very warm dwellings and energy efficient.<br /><br />Farmers here put tyres on their silage pits to hold the plastic cover down. northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-12874687065007110172021-03-06T10:51:01.426-07:002021-03-06T10:51:01.426-07:00There is a house near us, built on a hillside, whe...There is a house near us, built on a hillside, where the owner has used a whole load of those huge tractor tyres to build a long retaining wall in his garden, filled with trailing plants. A great way to use them up. <br />The farmer who owns the field next to us has simply dumped all his tyres in a big heap in the field!JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.com