THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

tori.k

maryb wrote: »

Hi Grey Queen. Quick question- we are going to have to reorganise our plot because one of the four big beds is quite shaded by a tree on the abandoned area that abuts our allotments. It does get sun from the West but the tree is to the South. We were going to move the raspberries onto that plot because they do reasonably well even if they don't get huge amounts of sun but I was wondering about other fruits. Do black currants and redcurrants need a very sunny spot?

Gooseberries, rhubarb and blackberries would crop the best, rule of thumb the sweeter the fruit the more sun needed, you will get a usable crop but it will be quite tart.

maryb

Thank you, that's helpful.

pineapple

GreyQueen wrote: »

My family have been reading the Guardian's sister-paper the Observer since the 1980s (I got them into it) but have been extremely annoyed about the unswerving opinion of that paper about Brexit, and how anything and everything is due to Brexit and how it must be dragged into every news story and comment piece with universal negativity.

I am registered with Guardian comments and the comments are as pro Brexit as the paper. Occasionally I have dared to put 'a different point of view' and you wouldn't believe the nasty name calling that goes on. I may well have been wrong (I don't know anything any more ) but you would think the side that so often claims to hold the moral high ground would be able to respond with other than insults.

pineapple

Does anyone have any experience with growing broad beans? My lovely neighbours have been passing me their home grown glut and say they are easy, so I thought I might try them next year. :j

chirpychick

My bestest friend is being posted abroad in a few weeks (heartbroken doesnt even come close) and we will be inheriting 2 of her many chickens. I have always wanted chickens and its taken the sting out of being abandoned I!!!8217;m excited to be getting home !!!8220;grown!!!8221; eggs!

mardatha

Lovely CC, I still miss mine, wish I had been able to keep them

moneyistooshorttomention

pineapple wrote: »

I am registered with Guardian comments and the comments are as pro Brexit as the paper. Occasionally I have dared to put 'a different point of view' and you wouldn't believe the nasty name calling that goes on. I may well have been wrong (I don't know anything any more ) but you would think the side that so often claims to hold the moral high ground would be able to respond with other than insults.

I think it's a "sign of the times" thing going on here.

For some years now I've noticed disagreements (not just this particular one) have quite a tendency to "Go Ballistic" and very polarised views and both sides going in for name-calling etc etc.

This isn't the pretty tolerant Britain I know any longer - and hasnt been for some years now imo.

My take on this is that its down to = as Times Get Harder people "fight much harder" about whatever-it-is and something that might evoke only a mild "I don't agree with you - but let's agree to disagree response" back in more Normal Times now goes "Ballistic/Fight/Fight/Different Views are :mad::eek:" because many people arent operating from a "Place of Greater Placidity" they were in more Normal Times iyswim (ie before Recession/Global Warming/border problems/etc/etc).

I'm not hopeful all this current "Aggro at drop of a hat" attitude is going to vanish any time soon and fear it getting even worse.

By now - there are times when I wonder whether the best thing to do is to "Draw up the drawbridge" around one's home and try to have as little as possible to do with the Outside World unless-and-until we are back in more Normal Times again.

fuddle

I think the faceless society we lead is the catalyst. Anyone can be rude while giving an opinion because there's very little comeback. Those in life who get kicks out of bringing other people down are loving the opportunity to run away with themselves on the social platforms. Newspaper columns are the worst though because they attract a certain type of 'intellect' that really has to show they are the absolute oracle which fast turns into a very childish game of cat and mouse.

Boring. I see better debating via football fans, being passionate over opposing coloured polyester! :rotfl:

pineapple

fuddle wrote: »

I think the faceless society we lead is the catalyst. Anyone can be rude while giving an opinion because there's very little comeback. Those in life who get kicks out of bringing other people down are loving the opportunity to run away with themselves on the social platforms.

Yes and it's got far worse than just name calling. Look at the death threats etc that people in the public eye can get. Not sure I could live with it. You don't know if the trolls are just being keyboard warriors or if they are likely to act on their threats.

Cappella

I loathe, hate and detest trolls and internet stalkers equally. They are all silly little cowards hiding behind keyboards. However they do real damage and their victims have very little redress.
As for today's society and 'celebrity culture' (surely an oxymoron?) give me my dog, anyway of the week.