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Help MBE grow his dinner 2011
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I now have a straw-mulched no-dig vegetable bed:
The timber's not fixed, it's just there to contain the straw until it beds down a bit.If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.0 -
Looks good, what's going in it?0
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Was just feeling jealous because you have had rain then realised that you had watered the straw
. I am playing all of the right notes just not necessarily in the right order
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Mrs_Veg_Plot wrote: »Was just feeling jealous because you have had rain then realised that you had watered the straw.
Yep, just trying to stop it all blowing away. I've only used one bale of the four I bought (£2 each), so I've got loads spare. I assume it will settle down over time, and I'll need to add more.
It was very carefully inspected by Mr Blackbird and Mr Starling, which was fun to watch. If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.0 -
mrbadexample wrote: »Yep, just trying to stop it all blowing away. I've only used one bale of the four I bought (£2 each), so I've got loads spare. I assume it will settle down over time, and I'll need to add more.
It was very carefully inspected by Mr Blackbird and Mr Starling, which was fun to watch.
MR B, did you order your straw from somewhere local to your abode or from an online company? If the latter, could you share a link or what have you?Grocery Challenge for October: £135/£200
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katholicos wrote: »MR B, did you order your straw from somewhere local to your abode or from an online company? If the latter, could you share a link or what have you?
Somewhere local I'm afraid. A work colleague kindly picked up the straw this morning, and delivered it to my house. He has a horse so went to his usual supplier.
Ahh...it appears he has a website, here.If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.0 -
mrbadexample wrote: »Somewhere local I'm afraid. A work colleague kindly picked up the straw this morning, and delivered it to my house. He has a horse so went to his usual supplier.
Ahh...it appears he has a website, here.
Ooh thanks Mr B. That's quite interesting as it isn't that far away from me...oh, hang on, i'm just checking the distance on AA routefinder and i'm 49 miles away apparantly. Bummer. Thanks anyway.Grocery Challenge for October: £135/£200
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MrB - every time I log on you've done a bit more, your Garden looks amazing this Year and I'm loving following what your up to. I'm particularly interested in the "no-dig" bed as I keep hearing it being mentioned in books and TV programmes. I've got an Allotment so I'll be following how you get on with the "no dig". Good luck.;)"WASTE NOT, WANT NOT!"GC for OH, myself, DD18 & DD16 includes Toiletries, cleaning stuff & Food.
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Yes, no dig sounds really good to me too.
Coming along nicely Mr BE.
Herman - MP for all!
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