Help MBE grow his dinner 2011

Sambucus_Nigra

The idea of comfrey is that it sends it's roots down deep, and brings the nutrients into it's leaves - which you then cut and use to feed your potassium hungry crops [toms, peppers etc]. So, sorry - but no!

Strapped

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

The idea of comfrey is that it sends it's roots down deep, and brings the nutrients into it's leaves - which you then cut and use to feed your potassium hungry crops [toms, peppers etc]. So, sorry - but no!

It's also brilliant for muscular/ligament aches and sprains (dry some leaves, put in glass jar, cover in olive oil and stick in sunny window, shake a couple of times a day when you remember). Massage in after a hard day's gardening.

mrbadexample

Strapped wrote: »

It's also brilliant for muscular/ligament aches and sprains (dry some leaves, put in glass jar, cover in olive oil and stick in sunny window, shake a couple of times a day when you remember). Massage in after a hard day's gardening.

Also known as knitbone, I believe, just in case you have a truly disastrous day in the garden.

mrbadexample

I think I'm actually starting to get somewhere.

mrbadexample

Now I normally don't take photos of the horrible bits, but hopefully I'll embarrass myself into getting on with this bit:





This will be a problem if I don't sort it out soon, the drain's filling up with muck:



And I should really plant carrots here or something, because the weeds flourish:



As before, all I want to do is clear it and not have to do it again. I don't want to do too much, because if the planned extension ever goes ahead, it won't be there.

aliasojo

What is the bottom of your fence made with MrBE? Are they actual blocks or printed concrete or something else entirely?

Your beds are very solid looking...is that ordinary timber or treated stuff? Garden is looking very neat.

Edit: Or at least it was ...until I saw the latest pics. :rotfl:

lemonjelly

I have got 3 toms sprouting - finally!

Friday I spent planting onion seeds, beetroot and carrots. Wasn't going to do onions, but heard they compliment carrots, as well as keeping carrotfly away, so why not?

Beans and Peas are in pots in the greenhouse. So all my seeds are now done (except for second tomato batch, & lettuce throughout the summer).

Big job this weekend was tree pruning. Big job through the week will be cutting up the trees for the refuse collection!

mrbadexample

And the other horrible bit's at the top end.

Behind the shed:



Between the shed and the greenhouse:



Behind the greenhouse:



Now I guess most of you would see that and think "well, you can't see it, and you can't do anything with it", and to a certain extent I'd be inclined to agree. It certainly isn't a priority, but I want to at least get rid of all the rubble & junk to tidy it up. I also thought that if I could get rid of all the rubble, and if I eventually find soil at the bottom, I could fill it up to ground level and plant comfrey there. I'm only really talking about the bit in the middle, between the shed and the greenhouse, as the rest is probably too dark. But it might work.

Or has anyone got any better ideas?

Sambucus_Nigra

Good tip - wherever you have weeds somewhere where you are not going to use the actual ground, hoe them off [dig out any bindweed etc] and sow creeping thyme or the chammomile that you can walk over. Or, hoe them off and [having previously sown the two above in plug plants] dot them around the place and they should soon acclimatise themselves and take over that part of the garden. You will still have greenery, but it will smell nice and you can say it is meant to be there....

mrbadexample

aliasojo wrote: »

What is the bottom of your fence made with MrBE? Are they actual blocks or printed concrete or something else entirely?

Steel-reinforced concrete gravel boards.

aliasojo wrote: »

Your beds are very solid looking...is that ordinary timber or treated stuff? Garden is looking very neat.

Just ordinary timber, untreated. It's about 9"x2" though, so pretty hefty. Well worth the price of a helping hand and a couple of beers. :beer:

aliasojo wrote: »

Edit: Or at least it was ...until I saw the latest pics. :rotfl:

Don't laugh or I'll make you come and weed it!