nepia
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For much later in the year they love the seed heads of Geranium phaeum should you have a few square yards in which you can let it naturalise
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Hope they all make it through Easter 🤞
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I think the answer to a clubroot problem is not to grow Brassicas there!
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Don't Brassicas do best in slightly alkaline soil?
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Potash boost I guess; nothing physical as large amounts scorch plants
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By 'plants' I meant larger perennial ones such as the OP's Rhododendrons. I'm about to build some raised veggie beds with scaffold boards and fill them in similar fashion so I'm with you for the veggies. Our predecessors kindly left many years' worth of composted grass mowings and raked leaves, along with a healthy ash pile from their bonfire site. I also have some old horse manure and unwanted old topsoil to mix in. Sorry for the derail @shillo ; I'm still hunting down an answer for you! Jon
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Can't speak for Canada but in the UK why not? In a burner of course, not on an open fire. It dries well, spits a bit and burns well. Fine by me.
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So my suggestion that the plants would lack anchorage is wrong? Genuine q, not picking a fight! I've just moved house and the soil here is Weald clay. The less digging I do the better; I'm aiming at no dig (though won't achieve it) and one issue I foresee is the lack of anchorage my plants will have if I plant into old organic matter without reference to the actual soil. Cheers
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Excellent. They are magnificent birds: my dad kept a couple as exotics back in the day when keeping birds in 30x10x8' flights wasn't frowned upon or a hobby for the well healed.
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A friend with DipHortKew after his name tells me that the infection gets in through damaged foliage and small stems. Maiden trees seem to be relatively unaffected. So don't trim your box is the answer (Madam!)
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Don't bother with a local councillor; go to the top - write direct to the chairperson (PC me eh?) of the council. I doubt that will be ignored. Going to the top can work; it got me in trouble once but it did shake some action that would not have happened otherwise. I happily took the slap on the wrist. I can't see what trouble you'd suffer though. All this may be to no avail but you won't sleep easy by ignoring the twats; remember that doing nothing is a licence for them to carry on. And let us know the outcome
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You're not twanging my heartstrings that easily. If I may offer some recompense you're more than welcome to free materials for your project. BN8 postcode. The bigger rings are only 3x2' 😆
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They're pretty epic stumps aren't they - WRC. Much of the timber is in a jumbled heap behind the wall; it's bloody well staying there!
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We've got this in the garden. Not a fence, just there and not built by us as we've only been here 7 weeks. I think I'll dribble some used potting compost down a few of the crevices and plant more Sedum, Sempervivum and Saxifrage. Unfortunately it faces north east so doesn't get full on sun but the plants there now seem to be okay
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Not sure the physical anchorage would be sufficient Andrew; you'd need to consider planting deep to try and obtain it but as I'm sure you know Rhodys are shallow rooted. Deep planting of them also inhibits flowering. I'd try to work a good amount of chip into the topsoil and be done with that; then a shallow mulch. Jon
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@Stubby You're a man with your ear to the ground: I've heard 27th hand (it was on FB apparently!) that a pair of white-tailed eagles were seen here recently, presumably on a day trip from the IoW. Have you had any sightings? You're much closer...
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One's been seen round here (just north of Lewes) a couple of times recently but not by me! I've only seen one - last year in the Flow Country,a bit up the road from Sussex 😊
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They're shockingly gaseous! Wild garlic is a bit too in my experience but not a patch on Artichokes.. The most flatulent foodstuff known to Man. Sophie Grigson advised in one of her shows 'if you're given JA soup at a dinner party eat the main course, bolt the pudding and go home. Let's face it they make you fart'.
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Thanks for taking the time and trouble to tell us all this Joe. I find it fascinating as it relates to such a different environment and species set to ours. Keep it coming!
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Perhaps I'm showing my age but don't I also remember a series called The Bush Tucker Man? The guy had his life in a large 4WD and spent it driving back and forth across the Top End, always trying to keep ahead of 'the Wet'
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You may be right; the crossing wingtips look so... I was guessing from my usual standpoint of at least semi ignorance. But what a corking selection of birds; stunning
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The first pic - Blue Robins? Just guessing...
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Mum not having help with quads; that's good going.
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