Thanks for the link, Jim. I might well end up giving her technique a go! One thing I didn't see mentioned though, was that it would be cruel I feel not to release back a suckling female (I don't know if female moles leave their young to forage, and how obvious their teats are - it's possible to tell in live-captured rabbits I read). I might send her an email on this point.
No deer problems (certainly no cows around) as far as I'm aware.
> Are you going to add any horse manure or stick to the green stuff?
I'll probably add some compost to the area I'm thinking of sowing with a green manure, simply to help hold the moisture (I'm dreading a hot summer as we are chronically low in rainfall down here at present. Hosepipe bans are already being talked about!) :o(
Once I'm cutting the beds (hopefully by this time next year) I'll add a goodly amount of well-rotted manure/compost (shop brought) to give them a good start in life. From then on I'll rely on the worms doing the job for me, by deep mulching (with hopefully my own home-made compost in main).
Cheers again, Jimmy, for all your great comments here (where would I be without you?) :o)
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Thanks for the link, Jim. I might well end up giving her technique a go! One thing I didn't see mentioned though, was that it would be cruel I feel not to release back a suckling female (I don't know if female moles leave their young to forage, and how obvious their teats are - it's possible to tell in live-captured rabbits I read). I might send her an email on this point.
No deer problems (certainly no cows around) as far as I'm aware.
Best Regards,
Tim
> Are you going to add any horse manure or stick to the green stuff?
I'll probably add some compost to the area I'm thinking of sowing with a green manure, simply to help hold the moisture (I'm dreading a hot summer as we are chronically low in rainfall down here at present. Hosepipe bans are already being talked about!) :o(
Once I'm cutting the beds (hopefully by this time next year) I'll add a goodly amount of well-rotted manure/compost (shop brought) to give them a good start in life. From then on I'll rely on the worms doing the job for me, by deep mulching (with hopefully my own home-made compost in main).
Cheers again, Jimmy, for all your great comments here (where would I be without you?) :o)
Tim :o)x
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