the daydream fund challenge thread

Rummer

I did have ordered tidiness but now all our beds look overgrown and messy and there has not been a day dry enough to get them sorted. Next year I will do better!

COOLTRIKERCHICK

loving all the posts lately, its like i am living the dream...lol... reading about pigs and raspberries... poly tunnels etc...... aaahhhhh one day...

Davesnave... have you got a scrap metal dealer in your area? might be worth weighing the metal in.... ok scrap isnt very high at the mo, even if you get a £ or 2

Rummer

Does anyone know of a good and inexpensive place to get netting with very small holes? I just couldn't take losing all of my brassicas again! I am going to stock up on things over the winter months so I am ready for the summer!

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Rummer wrote: »

Does anyone know of a good and inexpensive place to get netting with very small holes? I just couldn't take losing all of my brassicas again! I am going to stock up on things over the winter months so I am ready for the summer!

i have heard old net curtains can do the trick....

JayneC

Hi again,

Rhiwfield your garden looks lovely, maybe I'll get some photos up of my feeble little plot so you can all have a giggle

Rummer - permaculture started off as a way of designing planting and growing food using nature rather than fighting it. Like a forest where it all keeps itself alive and thriving without intervention. The idea is to plant things that support each other and so keep down pests and naturally fertilise the area without the need to use chemicals or keep weeding, etc. It's now developed into a whole way of life where you consider the impact of your actions on the community and the environment in order to sustain it - if that makes sense?

Not been out in garden this week was off work Mon and Tues but weather was a bit pants. Did venture out for a little walk with DS2 and DGS up to the park. DS2 has found a medlar tree but not sure what to do with them?? Any ideas? Also discovered some quince trees planted on roadside a couple of streets away, DS2 wanted to climb up and pick some (there were plenty on the floor but all bit squashed) but didn't quite have the nerve to send him up right in front of someone's house!!! And there's a pear tree just in the next street but it's on land belonging to some flats so don't feel able to go pick them - shame as they're all just rotting on the floor

Hopefully weekend weather will be a bit better and I'll get out and about in the garden. I got a tayberry from someone on freecycle and need to find a suitable spot for it.

JayneC

Rummer they have net curtains in charity shop near me for £1 - may be worth having a mooch?

Rummer

I was just wondering would the net curtains not rot outdoors over the summer?

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Rummer wrote: »

I was just wondering would the net curtains not rot outdoors over the summer?

they shouldnt as they are a manmade fbire, they would take ages to rot down.....

here we go just found this for you

http://scarecrowsgarden.blogspot.com/2009/03/back-on-track.html

Rummer

Fabulous! Thank you so much for that! I will need to trawl the local charity shops till I find some!

Davesnave

CTC, I'm not sure my metal would be worth the diesel to get to the nearest scrappers. All of it is ferrous and mostly very rusty stuff I've dug up/pulled out of hedges etc. It makes better sense just to get rid with the plastic, which is more troublesome for disposal. I have to go to town anyway with my tax return, so I'm hoping to do a Superman-style change in the back of the van, going from Mr Messy to Mr Clean as soon as we have unloaded!:rotfl:

Rummer, I got loads of shade/windbreak netting for free when I saw a huge renovation scheme weas coming to an end. They were using it as scaffolding shielding. I contacted the site manager and he gave me a call when it was down. It would have gone in a skip otherwise. The best scaffolding shield is called Monarflex, which retails around £5 metre, but that seems to be rarely used nowadays, more's the pity!:rolleyes:

Talking with a neighbour yesterday, it seems my boggy area where I'm digging out all this buried plastic, may be a spring, or an ancient land drain. Both exist in the area, but the drains were messed-up years ago when they ploughed to do arable for the first time. Failing that, it might be a leaky water pipe that's been forgotten. Whatever it is, burying plastic won't solve anything! Like my neighbour, I will make a feature of it if/when I find the source. Free water is always welcome, in the correct doses of course!