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 Topic: What I do on Mondays! |
dpack
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 Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed May 22, 19 12:48 pm Subject: What I do on Mondays! |
slime moulds are quite a broad group some of them are rather unusual.
the ones that can "plan " a series of routes between resources for colonial expansion are neat and the ones that form themselve ... |
| Topic: this year's tomatoes |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue May 21, 19 11:40 pm Subject: this year's tomatoes |
i like tomatoes, i like mice.
discombobulating 2 of them while murdering slugs did remind me that gardening needs to be done for all involved
for a small space i have quite a selection of critt ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue May 21, 19 11:07 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
ah , the temp rain forests are ace
the one i know is a microclimate one where various factors make a pretty small area far wetter than the quite wet area around it
a three mile strip along one s ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue May 21, 19 10:55 pm Subject: Wildlife |
oops i just accidentally lamped 2 different mice a minute apart , up close and personal with a 3w led bike light, while i was conducting a cull of the slimey hoard
the slimey hoard ate my big boy s ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue May 21, 19 10:20 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
a month in a go is wet.
i was in a place where we had some serious rain, a 7 1/2 inch tall coffee jar rain gauge was full after a few hours.
it was on a hill and i had goretex and a nice bender ... |
| Topic: What I do on Mondays! |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue May 21, 19 9:29 pm Subject: What I do on Mondays! |
 wow
i like slime moulds  |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon May 20, 19 6:07 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| damp can be worse than drought, at least with the latter the use of a bucket can mitigate some of the problems |
| Topic: this year's tomatoes |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon May 20, 19 5:35 pm Subject: this year's tomatoes |
no shame mate , i had no idea some composts were less than reliable if they came in a bag.
i would have thought reputation was a high priority but it seems the odd dodgy batch or year still works f ... |
| Topic: this year's tomatoes |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon May 20, 19 11:10 am Subject: this year's tomatoes |
i have had problems with them in the past.
as a general thing bagged composts vary quite a bit from maker to maker from year to year and even batch to batch.
the current online reviews help a bi ... |
| Topic: this year's tomatoes |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun May 19, 19 11:38 am Subject: this year's tomatoes |
i suspected the medium when westland got a mention and seeing the snap it does seem the most probable cause.
my chewed one is still alive and might survive with only a little retardation, i will gi ... |
| Topic: this year's tomatoes |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat May 18, 19 5:45 pm Subject: this year's tomatoes |
| decency and good council led to copper bands and some sheep wool pellet things that smell like a long dead sheep got carded and popped through a mincer and then dried so i hope they repel the slimy ho ... |
| Topic: Exciting news |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat May 18, 19 2:54 pm Subject: Exciting news |
| looks good. |
| Topic: this year's tomatoes |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat May 18, 19 2:52 pm Subject: this year's tomatoes |
they dont look good and there are no weeds on the compost.
i might consider starting again with new compost and some plug or pot plants
the slimey hoard ate a third of the stem of one of my bo ... |
| Topic: What I do on Mondays! |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Fri May 17, 19 8:42 pm Subject: What I do on Mondays! |
the area near here with green tiger beetles might well have an ironstone flavour iirc there are iron stone/iron rich clay layers in the geology
the hydrology is very "adjusted" at several depths so ... |
| Topic: Mistletoe |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri May 17, 19 2:30 pm Subject: Mistletoe |
| i dont remember any in london or more than a couple of examples in the south east that i saw in 14 yrs . |
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