Ah ha! Caught up on you at last, it only just dawned on me to search on my own blog. Doh, I am a tad slow these days. Lots going on here with article writing and the like so I havn't even got to the shed yet. Still I have a "day off" tomorrow so I just might get something done. I will browse your new blog in more depth shortly.
That's good advice you give concerning replacing the plastic to knock back any weed seedlings that might germinate, only I don't think I'll be able to bring myself to do it. 'When it's up, it's up' is the only thought that's keeping me going at present :o)
I could only find reference to the band in the few pages I looked up on Google for 'Runrig', but I expect they're a varient on the medieval 'ridge and furrow' systems that were popular in England (mainly in the Midlands, I discovered when I recently read up on them - interestingly not at all common in the south east). They are far wider than I imagined, so many arn't the good example of an early 'no walk on soil' style that I thought they might be (being tended from the 'furrow' part).
Ivy is also a very good idea for the back fence - I've been meaning to give it some thought, and this sounds like the ideal solution to me (giving the plot some added privacy from the railway, and being eco-minded - Ivy being a native plant).
It looks like it shaln't be until mid-May at the earliest that I get to sow my green manure, so watering (by hand - hose pipes and sprinklers are banned down here) looks like being a chore (although I'm hoping the 1 tonne of organic compost I shall add previous to sowing will 'hold on to it').
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Ah ha! Caught up on you at last, it only just dawned on me to search on my own blog. Doh, I am a tad slow these days. Lots going on here with article writing and the like so I havn't even got to the shed yet. Still I have a "day off" tomorrow so I just might get something done. I will browse your new blog in more depth shortly.
Regards
Jimmy
Hi Jimmy! I was just beginning to worry :o)
That's good advice you give concerning replacing the plastic to knock back any weed seedlings that might germinate, only I don't think I'll be able to bring myself to do it. 'When it's up, it's up' is the only thought that's keeping me going at present :o)
I could only find reference to the band in the few pages I looked up on Google for 'Runrig', but I expect they're a varient on the medieval 'ridge and furrow' systems that were popular in England (mainly in the Midlands, I discovered when I recently read up on them - interestingly not at all common in the south east). They are far wider than I imagined, so many arn't the good example of an early 'no walk on soil' style that I thought they might be (being tended from the 'furrow' part).
Ivy is also a very good idea for the back fence - I've been meaning to give it some thought, and this sounds like the ideal solution to me (giving the plot some added privacy from the railway, and being eco-minded - Ivy being a native plant).
It looks like it shaln't be until mid-May at the earliest that I get to sow my green manure, so watering (by hand - hose pipes and sprinklers are banned down here) looks like being a chore (although I'm hoping the 1 tonne of organic compost I shall add previous to sowing will 'hold on to it').
Glad to have you back following the blog!
Best Regards,
Tim
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