Help MBE grow his dinner 2012

emiff6

lemonjelly wrote: »

Creep!:D damn minimum character thingy...

Wondered how you did it!

Feel the need to release my inner child.......

mrbadexample

I have borrowed a pickaxe. :cool:

Guess what this weekend's project is, weather permitting?

annie123

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I did a brilliant job this morning, dug the last deep trench for the potatoes, added manure, went off and did something else to make my back feel a bit better.
Came back, filled in trench, washed hands, made cup of coffee...... realised I still had a full box of seed potatoes.
Yep, I left them out of the trench :rotfl:

mrbadexample wrote: »

I went to work this morning and left my sarnies in the fridge. :doh:

I'm so pleased I'm not the only one who does that sort of thing

mrbadexample wrote: »

I have ordered my pond liner. :cool:

:j get it in quick before you have a hose pipe ban too.

pink_poppy

mrbadexample wrote: »

Guess what this weekend's project is, weather permitting?

Good luck, we have rain & gales here (N.Yorks), definitely not digging a pond weather!! :eek: Hopefully it'll brighten up by the weekend.

I bought some multi-purpose compost today ~ 40L for £1.99 from Ald1 ~ did my back in getting the bag in & out of the trolley

There was one solitary [STRIKE]stick[/STRIKE] plant for sale, which the label said was a gooseberry. It really did look like an ex-gooseberry so I didn't buy it, even though I would really love to have one. Are goosegog plants supposed to look dead when you buy them??

nmaria

pink_poppy wrote: »

Good luck, we have rain & gales here (N.Yorks), definitely not digging a pond weather!! :eek: Hopefully it'll brighten up by the weekend.

I bought some multi-purpose compost today ~ 40L for £1.99 from Ald1 ~ did my back in getting the bag in & out of the trolley

There was one solitary [STRIKE]stick[/STRIKE] plant for sale, which the label said was a gooseberry. It really did look like an ex-gooseberry so I didn't buy it, even though I would really love to have one. Are goosegog plants supposed to look dead when you buy them??

yes they don't look alive at all when you buy a stick but as soon as you give it some attention and nie compost, leaves will appear.

pink_poppy

nmaria wrote: »

yes they don't look alive at all when you buy a stick but as soon as you give it some attention and nie compost, leaves will appear.

Thanks nmaria, wish I'd bought it now. I just don't trust myself to buy the right things yet, I'd rather check here first No point in going back tomorrow as it'll be long gone, but lesson learned for next time

mrbadexample

pink_poppy wrote: »

Good luck, we have rain & gales here (N.Yorks), definitely not digging a pond weather!! :eek: Hopefully it'll brighten up by the weekend.

I bought some multi-purpose compost today ~ 40L for £1.99 from Ald1 ~ did my back in getting the bag in & out of the trolley

There was one solitary [STRIKE]stick[/STRIKE] plant for sale, which the label said was a gooseberry. It really did look like an ex-gooseberry so I didn't buy it, even though I would really love to have one. Are goosegog plants supposed to look dead when you buy them??

Another Yorkie eh? Where are you then?

Poundland sell gooseberry bushes. Quite cheaply too. If you scrape back the bark with a fingernail, as near to the root as you can get (they're wrapped in plastic usually) you can see if it looks alive (green) or dead (brown).

Do you know anyone with a gooseberry bush? They're easy enough to take cuttings from.

annie123

pink_poppy wrote: »

Thanks nmaria, wish I'd bought it now. I just don't trust myself to buy the right things yet, I'd rather check here first No point in going back tomorrow as it'll be long gone, but lesson learned for next time

To check if a stick is alive or dead, towards the root end scrape away a just a little of the bark with your finger nail.
If it's green it's alive if not it's dead.

kara7758

I'm a bit (very) excited because I have pimineto de padron seedlings appearing! My mama brought the seeds back from Spain ( homeland) last year and I didn't think they would germinate. Fingers crossed they grow and produce lovely peppers. Linky about them:
http://www.galiciaguide.com/Padron-galicia-festivals.html

hazzie123

Don't think my DIY skills are up to making a bench sadly and the OH is no better,he managed to drop the drill onto the fish tank the other day.Smelly water and flappy fish all over the front room floor then into the kitchen.:mad:

Wonder how John is after his Op?

Does anybody else keep checking seed trays every hour or so for germination? I expect my newly planted seeds to have germinated,sprouted true leaves and be pot bound in the same day.Sadly it's not that fast and no matter how many times I check a day nowts happening.It's sooooo slow.