Gardening, the simple metaller's simple pleasure

[Blackout]

https://giy.ie/ has anyone used these guys? Seem interesting.

[Bigmac]

https://giy.ie/ has anyone used these guys? Seem interesting.

Yep! Grow Cook Eat is actually the book that kicked it all off for me. Worth picking up.

I've got some of their herb and mixed salad grow boxes and they were grand. I use their veg directory quite a bit when planning sowing and harvesting dates, as well as figuring out what varieties I want to grow. Handy little resource.

I've ordered most of my seeds from Quick Crop:

https://www.quickcrop.ie/

You can pre-order seed potatoes from them, and if you're planning on growing potatoes it's a good call, as the more popular varieties sell out fast, and might be gone by the time you start thinking of sowing the first earlies in March.

[jobrok1]

Got a box of seed spuds and other bits from Quick Crop delivered already.

Have a Polytunnel on the way next month too, lockdown permitting.

[Bigmac]

Nice! Hopefully mine will be on the way shortly so. Went a bit mad and ordered about 100 euros worth of seeds, so should keep me entertained this year.

I have a 'Survival Garden' tucked away as well, 15,000 spare seeds sealed up, which apparently stay good for at least 20 years.

I need a new cover for my polytunnel now, the last storm finally shredded it beyond use. Got a good few years out of it though. What polytunnel did you go for?

[Blackout]

https://giy.ie/ has anyone used these guys? Seem interesting.

Yep! Grow Cook Eat is actually the book that kicked it all off for me. Worth picking up.

I've got some of their herb and mixed salad grow boxes and they were grand. I use their veg directory quite a bit when planning sowing and harvesting dates, as well as figuring out what varieties I want to grow. Handy little resource.

I've ordered most of my seeds from Quick Crop:

https://www.quickcrop.ie/

You can pre-order seed potatoes from them, and if you're planning on growing potatoes it's a good call, as the more popular varieties sell out fast, and might be gone by the time you start thinking of sowing the first earlies in March.

Sounds good but I'm in an apartment so the smaller ones will have to do.

[jobrok1]

What polytunnel did you go for?

This one...
https://www.ksbgarden.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=59&product_id=53

[Bigmac]

Looks class! I wouldn't have the space for something like that just yet, one day!

[Trev]

Jaysus! I just have a little 1 square metre job for a few tomatoes, maybe upgrade to something like that in a few years 😂

[Bigmac]

The last of the seeds arrived today, almost time to get cracking once again. This'll be the most I've ever grown, so hopefully it'll be relatively disaster free. Adding two extra beds to accommodate courgettes, butternut squash, and crown prince pumpkins. These are all a first for me, so should be a bit of fun.

Not sure if it's the same everywhere else, but Quickcrop seem to be experiencing seed shortages. I reckon I'll pay more attention to seed saving this year.

[Kurt Cocaine]

You remind me of someone....

[Bigmac]

You remind me of someone....

Who could that be?

LET'S FIND OUT!

[Kurt Cocaine]

 

[StoutAndAle]

Zombie thread RESURRECTION!  

My wife spent time on a weekly basis between the end of last year and the start of this year calling dozens of landscapers to do a job in our garden only to be told that the job is "too small", "not worth their while" etc. - only one fella actually turned up to see the job in person!

I decided to do it myself. On my fucking own.

Two solid 10-hours days at it, I'm sore by the end of the evening but I'm enjoying myself... after a fashion. It's not even remotely finished but it's coming along. I have the sleepers cut, levelled and installed. The whole area is dug out 50mm and I made myself a heavy duty soil sieve/ridler.

Next up is membrane to block the weeds and then lay gravel over it.

I have a load of bricks left from when the old drive was taken up. I was going to use them to edge the path (between the path and the gravel).

Can anyone tell me if I can just lay them on sand or should I cement them in?

[Carnage]

Lay them down, once the sand below is well compacted you should be grand.

[Hellyeah]

Had similar experience last year. Just done it myself also. Very satisfying. Bought this house 4 years ago from an elderly lady. Complete day of the trivods going on.
One lidl chainsaw and some graft got rid of all the unwanted and made everything manageable.
Planted 10 saplings that were gifted to me this spring and all have taken. Even ordered some plants online.
Maybe it's an age thing, but I'm enjoying it.