the daydream fund challenge thread

lucielle

Just got a quick question, if I get some raspberry canes am I too late to plant them? I've got gaps in mine and need to fill in.
L

Davesnave

lucielle wrote: »

Just got a quick question, if I get some raspberry canes am I too late to plant them? I've got gaps in mine and need to fill in.
L

No, this is a perfectly good time to plant. Literally dozens of packs in my local large garden centre this week.

Davesnave

Rummer wrote: »

Now I have a huge ask Ladies and Gentlemen. Please will you tell me when you are all starting to plant your seeds etc as I ended up soooooo far behind you all last year and never really caught up

As the man in the building society said, "It doesn't work like that!"

.....but I get what you mean.

Some things that should be planted by now include seeds that need to be frozen, though at this rate they won't be. That's my hawthorns and eucalyptus.:D

Some other things need a long season or a quick kick-off, so maybe I will do some of those at the end of next month. e.g. early tomatoes.
But I never plant the whole of an early sowing in one go, because very often, the slightly later ones do best.

At this time of year light levels are poo, so apart from cut & come again lettuce, land cress and similar stuff, I give planting a miss.

Davesnave

Rummer wrote: »

This year I am going to grow a.......

:jTree onion :j

Mind how you go with one of those....I've heard stories! :eek:

Rummer

Davesnave wrote: »

As the man in the building society said, "It doesn't work like that!"

.....but I get what you mean.

Oh I completely understand I am just so keen to get going that I want to start NOW :rotfl:Never seem to get the timings right, maybe this year!

It does say that the tree onion is veeerrrryyyyy special :eek:

Itismehonest

Davesnave wrote: »

As the man in the building society said, "It doesn't work like that!"

.....but I get what you mean.

Some things that should be planted by now include seeds that need to be frozen, though at this rate they won't be. That's my hawthorns and eucalyptus.:D

A quick bout in the freezer can do wonders, Dave. It's the same principle as used for sloes when making sloe gin. They should be picked after they have 'frosted' but, if the frosts are late, a day in the freezer works just as well.

Rummer wrote: »

Now I have a huge ask Ladies and Gentlemen. Please will you tell me when you are all starting to plant your seeds etc as I ended up soooooo far behind you all last year and never really caught up

Davesnave wrote: »

At this time of year light levels are poo, so apart from cut & come again lettuce, land cress and similar stuff, I give planting a miss.

It also depends on your local growing season. We can be a good month behind those at low-level.

lucielle

Davensave, I want to cover my beds with the weed suppressant matting, which is the best one?
L

RAS

Apropo farming, I was given this for Christmas http://www.anton-coaker.co.uk/index.html

Dave may know his writing from the Western Mail?

Not a small-holder (Duchy tenant right up on Dartmoor) but some interesting comments on things like SFP, DEFRA (or whoever they are now) and EID, as well as a few fantasy pieces like the first one on a rather fiesty loaned bull going amok.

Funny sometimes but some reality checks for dreamers.

rozeepozee

RAS wrote: »

Apropo farming, I was given this for Christmas http://www.anton-coaker.co.uk/index.html

Dave may know his writing from the Western Mail?

Not a small-holder (Duchy tenant right up on Dartmoor) but some interesting comments on things like SFP, DEFRA (or whoever they are now) and EID, as well as a few fantasy pieces like the first one on a rather fiesty loaned bull going amok.

Funny sometimes but some reality checks for dreamers.

Can we have some links please, RAS? I'm a total newbie to this having just bought something with about 4 acres. It's very heavy clay soil.

rozeepozee

Alfie, you're a sweetheart. Thanks for the mag. Useful info.