Daydream thread continues.....

Davesnave

Rummer wrote: »

My green manure arrived today it is a tiny bag much smaller than I had thought :rotfl:

Don't worry, it will grow, just like mine still grows.

The gentleman here before me planted some kind of mustard as a green manure. It has a life cycle of a month and the seeds stay viable for years.

Clear a piece of ground and there it is! :mad:

rozeepozee

Impatient as always, does anyone have any thoughts on how long I'll need to leave the Phormisol over the patch of land before I can take it off and plant stuff there? I've thinking it'll be raised beds on top of what is already there.

Davesnave

After listening to you pessimists this morning, I was expecting a deluge for my visit to our old garden to close the access the purchasers were using temporarily.

I packed wellies, waterproofs and a heavy coat, but by Taunton I was looking at blue sky.

OK it wasn't brilliant weather, but it didn't rain until nightfall, by which time I was back on the M5, heading south.

Anyway, job done. Now to sell off the remaining 2m2 ......

Davesnave

rozeepozee wrote: »

Impatient as always, does anyone have any thoughts on how long I'll need to leave the Phormisol over the patch of land before I can take it off and plant stuff there? I've thinking it'll be raised beds on top of what is already there.

Err....I've only ever laid Phormisol as a permanent ground cover.:o I'd imagine 6months as a minimum.

Is your "little plot" really 150 x 1.5m? :eek:

alfie_1

rozeepozee wrote: »

Impatient as always, does anyone have any thoughts on how long I'll need to leave the Phormisol over the patch of land before I can take it off and plant stuff there? I've thinking it'll be raised beds on top of what is already there.

whenever iv made raised beds, iv always put wool carpet on the bottom anyway... no weeds up, water can go down
iv used old carpet then deep woodchip for paths.... still weed free after years :D
for herbs, i have put down a strip of carpet, row of old car tyres on top.put woodchip around tyres,fill tyres with earth,then herbs etc. runner beans,peas ,infact allsorts.

probably 100 reasons not to use carpet but it works for me....:D

Itismehonest

rozeepozee wrote: »

Impatient as always, does anyone have any thoughts on how long I'll need to leave the Phormisol over the patch of land before I can take it off and plant stuff there? I've thinking it'll be raised beds on top of what is already there.

We have a couple of small raised beds on top of Terram. It means we could move them around if we wanted to.
How long has the Phormisol been down? Depending on what was underneath it takes months.

Similar to alfie, we also use carpet on top of newly placed raised beds to kill the grass/weeds off.

Rummer

Davesnave wrote: »

Don't worry, it will grow, just like mine still grows.

The gentleman here before me planted some kind of mustard as a green manure. It has a life cycle of a month and the seeds stay viable for years.

Clear a piece of ground and there it is! :mad:

:eek: Oh no! I take it them I shouldn't use it? The last thing I need is more things that are hard to get rid of :rotfl:

rozeepozee

alfie_1 wrote: »

whenever iv made raised beds, iv always put wool carpet on the bottom anyway... no weeds up, water can go down
iv used old carpet then deep woodchip for paths.... still weed free after years :D
for herbs, i have put down a strip of carpet, row of old car tyres on top.put woodchip around tyres,fill tyres with earth,then herbs etc. runner beans,peas ,infact allsorts.

probably 100 reasons not to use carpet but it works for me....:D

I'm with you on the practical use of carpet, but I have an OH who doesn't like the idea of chemicals anywhere near his food (crazy given what we buy at the supermarket but there you are ... head in the sand and all...) I had a similar discussion with him about the use of tyres for raised beds. I'm fairly good at ignoring him though - when the need arises

I beleive that wool carpet is okay. It's the rubber backing taht we've been told to avoid. And tyres so long as they've been exposed to the elements for over a year. I don't know who comes up with theses guidelines...

Davesnave

Rummer wrote: »

:eek: Oh no! I take it them I shouldn't use it? The last thing I need is more things that are hard to get rid of :rotfl:

No, green manures are OK to use; just don't be like the twit who lived here and let them seed, probably many times over.

The whole point is that they grow fast, so you can dig them in quite soon after planting. They aren't the sort of thing you want popping up in perennial beds, but at least they pull out easily.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

morning all,

you can feel a bit of a nip in the air this morning... better get my thermals ready for this cold snap...

stonemason came in work yesturday ( non-ranch related) had another chat about things, not only will he do the stonework for us, but he will help in advise and help in other things too, french drains etc.. Plus he said I need to get hessian, so when we finish hacking off the front rendering, the hessian can be put over the front of the house ( keeps rain off the stone, and leaves the moisture out of the building) so will price around a few builders yards this morning for that.

perfumes done well on the bay, one was sold to the russian federation, so will need to get a price for postage..