Hi Chris

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:12:54 -0000, "Cerumen"
wrote:


"Adrian" wrote in message
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Hi All

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:29:22 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

......who did what today in their garden? Nobody here I can tell you. We
have had high winds and rain, then everything went a bit sunny and then it
all started again in a minor key. No gardening but some satisfactory time
at a potting bench for me and away from the desk!

Windy & rainy here also (S/W Ireland) - but spend a happy couple of
hours with a borrowed rotovator getting some drainage into the soil
inside the new polytunnel.

Rotovators have moved on a bit, it seems - this one is a German 'AGRI'
- 6hp '2-wheeled tractor' - made short work of the somewhat claggy
soil. Have left it all to dry out some more before spreading some
peat-free compost on top and turning that in...

Looking forward to our first growing season here in the Emerald Isle !

I wish you well and hope you grow as much as I was able to when gardening an
acre here with polytunnel, chooks, ducks and so on. These days I am on a
different acre here which is mostly what I call "natural".

Thanks for the good wishes !

We're n 2 minds about chickens, ducks & so on.
Had hens at the last place (Suffolk, UK) - and while they were
great fun to watch, and produced lovely banty eggs, the were bit
of a problem on holidays (getting neighbours to look after them) and
with general ailments..... - I'd like ducks, but I guess they're
likely to be as much of a 'bind'.

We have about 1.5 acres - mostly 'natural' g at the moment -
but working on getting it tidy bit by bit... while still leaving some
parts 'natural'.....
Just purchased some windbreak netting to try and give a bit of
ground-level shelter to the more tender plants - the wind tends to
whip across here...

Keen to get things started in the tunnel - but a combination of some
rather claggy soil that was imported to sort out the levels, and the
relentless rainfall since Christmas has left everything a bit soggy !

Still - it's relatively mild......

Regards
Adrian