Gardening, the simple metaller's simple pleasure

[Eoin McLove]

Mon ta fuck! Seeing as I derailed the Simple Pleasures thread and everyone seems more interested in discussing gardening than metal it's only right that it gets its own thread.

[Bigmac]

Seems appropriate!

I first read about Grow Cook Eat and picked up a copy, instantly got hooked on the idea of growing my own food, ignored all the advice, grew way too much, and created a vegetable disaster.

Learned a bit over the past couple of years and I'm having a bit more success. Currently reading through David The Good's books about survival gardening and extreme composting. Who knew composting had an extreme genre.

Be interesting to hear how folks got into it themselves, and if they've any good resources to check out.

[Nebula]

I left work and decided to take a bit more control of our food, tastes better  less plastic waste, double the nutrition, miles cheaper. Ah yeah, I have Grow cook eat, and was a GIYer but I find them to be a bit expensive for the subscription. Though they got me into chard... Which is the king of veg! I'm mad into organics and permaculture. Charles Dowding is a bit of a god so he's worth checking out on youtube. Also Huws Nursery has excellent videos along with Claires allotments. For permaculture and living more off grid, Bealtaine cottage (she composts her own shit) and Mossy Bottom (more philosophical videos) are also great youtube channels!

If anyone has any experience in brewing from berries, and fruit, I'd be interested in any ideas?Got arou 20 blackcurrant bushes, a plum tree, raspberries  gooseberries, sloes and some elder trees.  Also maybe interested in rhubarb champagne or elderflower champagne. 

[Eoin McLove]

I'm a complete novice so all tips will be taken on board.

[DeletedUsermNqGIiIuGy]

Aboot time ye fucked off to yer own thread   

[Bigmac]

Yeah I also picked up a copy of Gaia's Garden, in relation to permaculture. Still pretty new to the concept, but that'll hopefully shed a bit of light on it.

The whole food forest idea is fantastic.

Spent a good bit of time watching Charles Dowding, I remember seeing a photo of him with a fuckin epic parsnip ha ha

Bealtaine Cottage looks amazing too.

Yeah the GIY stuff can be a bit expensive, but I find their videos on YouTube to be really handy for the basics. That Claus guy is entertaining to watch.

[Circlepit]

I love and hate gardening. I need to work myself up to it but when I'm at it I enjoy it. My lawn is my constant nemesis. The fucker is always wild and weedy and the 2 terrorists that came about from me being so sexy have destroyed it.,
Also this year the slugs are munching the shit out of everything.

[Bigmac]

I find if you just do a few minutes each day or two, rather than leaving everything for the weekend makes it easier to work up to doing it.

Beer traps can work well for slugs, I popped a couple beside my lettuce and oriental greens.

I suppose they can be an emergency backup too if you ever miss the offo.

[Trev]

Any ideas for a natural weedkiller? Have a load of thistles coming up in the back garden, got rid of most of them last year with roundup, but now the kids are older and will be outside more I don't want to go so severe

[Kurt Cocaine]

Any ideas for a natural weedkiller? Have a load of thistles coming up in the back garden, got rid of most of them last year with roundup, but now the kids are older and will be outside more I don't want to go so severe

Weed remover tools are quite handy. I have one that you twist into the ground to pull the weeds out. It wasn't expensive.

https://youtu.be/SsxV7UWWdwM

[Makeshiftatomsmasher]

Any ideas for a natural weedkiller? Have a load of thistles coming up in the back garden, got rid of most of them last year with roundup, but now the kids are older and will be outside more I don't want to go so severe

My Wife used a mixture of hot water, washing up liquid & vinegar. Mix it up in watering can & pour.

[Mr Moonlight]

Simplicity! Metal! Gardening!! Is this...thread heaven!  I fuck about cluelessly in the garden from time to time buoyed on by my desire to see a little patch of nature flourish(ish) as opposed to some soul-less concrete mess or a wasted baron space. I must admit, it's appealing to me more and more each year. Auldness?? possibly.

[Nebula]

Any ideas for a natural weedkiller? Have a load of thistles coming up in the back garden, got rid of most of them last year with roundup, but now the kids are older and will be outside more I don't want to go so severe

I find the only way to kill weeds is digging them up. Strim them /chop em down first and then dig up any roots and runners that may be hiding underground. Then grow something else there straight away to block light and provide competition for any Fuckers that think of growing back.  Its a pain in the ass but if you do it right first you won't have to keep going back in there with roundup or some other carcinogenic and useless weedkiller.

[Nebula]

Yeah I also picked up a copy of Gaia's Garden, in relation to permaculture. Still pretty new to the concept, but that'll hopefully shed a bit of light on it.

The whole food forest idea is fantastic.

Spent a good bit of time watching Charles Dowding, I remember seeing a photo of him with a fuckin epic parsnip ha ha

Bealtaine Cottage looks amazing too.

Yeah the GIY stuff can be a bit expensive, but I find their videos on YouTube to be really handy for the basics. That Claus guy is entertaining to watch.

Ah yeah forgot about that Claus Lederhosen guy... His book is incredible!

[jobrok1]

I can't get this fucker  to embed an image, but here's a simple weedkiller I've started using.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hhF7KqNR_OOVQegcxWxR00H2BcdlW7ne/view?usp=drivesdk

1 gallon of Vinegar
2 cups of Epson Salts (I've used regular salt too)
0.25 cup of washing up liquid


On the drive used cheap rock salt directly onto weeds along the edge. Kills most off over a couple weeks. Put on when weather is dry, so weeds are hungry when there is eventually a drop of rain.