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Calling SMB veg growers

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DaveH said:
I've noticed a massive increase in uplighters. Someone new down the street just proudly added them. Two on the front of the house and two either side of the garage door. Nice bright lights pointing upwards, giving about 10% of the light they give off projected up their walls and the other 90% lighting up the sky. I'd ban them. I'm firmly against outdoor lighting.
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I know exactly the uplighters you mean - about 5 sets have appeared in our street in the last couple of years


People just don't care about light pollution!!!
 
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Stubbs ftm said:
Pyracantha is canny, but not a climber as such.
Good for the birds though
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Grown one espaliered along the side of my garage. Stunning when the berries come on in the late summer, early autumn.
Hair Flick said:
Cotoneaster would be good. Loads of tiny flower’s buzzing with bees in spring/summer, heaving with berries for the birds in autumn, evergreen and interesting arching branches. It’s hardy as f*ck, drought tolerant and practically indestructible. There’s dozens of different varieties so look for the characteristics you want.
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Great shout that mind.👍
 
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phil said:
I know exactly the uplighters you mean - about 5 sets have appeared in our street in the last couple of years


People just don't care about light pollution!!!
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Wasted energy too. Why pay good money to shine a light in the sky, just so a small part of it puts a triangle on the top half of your wall?
 
Got my raspberry canes in the garden and strawberry bare roots into pots, they have joined the yellow tom tomato seeds in the front bay window. Going to order 3 blueberry plants from gardening direct. My wife wants to get a cherry tree but I don't think we have any space left for it!
 
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Nookie Bear said:
My greenhouse was wrecked lastnight , going to pick it apart tomorrow and see if salvageable but if not will be getting a more robust one
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Thought I'd lost mine last year marra. Lying flat after the storms, but surprisingly easy to salvage mate. Stronger base, new glass. Good as new. You'll be alright mate.👍
 
Georgewhitt said:
Thought I'd lost mine last year marra. Lying flat after the storms, but surprisingly easy to salvage mate. Stronger base, new glass. Good as new. You'll be alright mate.👍
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Going to replace it , the light plastic windows aren’t suitable for the Northumbrian gale winds it seems and I’d hate this to keep happening - insurance approved payment and I can get one with shatterproof glass same size for a bit less bizarrely
 
Nookie Bear said:
Going to replace it , the light plastic windows aren’t suitable for the Northumbrian gale winds it seems and I’d hate this to keep happening - insurance approved payment and I can get one with shatterproof glass same size for a bit less bizarrely
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Proper result marra.
Just secure it to the ground well mate. I used the securing points that were pre drilled. Not enough mate. Wind got under it, and it lifted up like an untethered parachute. Drilled extras, and nee problems since.
 
Georgewhitt said:
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Proper result marra.
Just secure it to the ground well mate. I used the securing points that were pre drilled. Not enough mate. Wind got under it, and it lifted up like an untethered parachute. Drilled extras, and nee problems since.
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Aye we had the base bolted and chemfixed and that didn’t move at all - the bolt brackets on the frame and roof / corners actually split the aluminium.

When Wilfy got up for work one panel was flapping , when I got up this was the sight to behold
 
Butcher's Coat said:
Busy week there.
Tomatoes, chilli's, sweet peppers, aubergines, melons, summer cabbages all set away in the propagator.
Onion sets planted in Old yoghurt pots.
Seed potatoes are chitting away in the shed.
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Just lost most of my multisown onions after greenhouse came down in the storm on Thursday.
Will probably go sets now as I like them out early for a secondary crop.

Got shallot sets going in modules. Chiilis were done a few weeks ago. Cauli, turnips, Fennel and spring onions in the propagator last weekend and all out now. Just sown the summer cabbage in modules and will probably get the peas in tomorrow. Lettuce and salad leaves away next weekend.

Will probably have to be a plastic greenhouse as a temp replacement for the seedlings and hope for no more wind 🤞
 
Put my onion sets in the ground today. Put some more potatoes out to chit but in the shed window.

Also sowed peas (meteor) in modules, spring onions and leeks too, put them all in the polytunnel for a bit of protection.

It's March next week !
 
High Entropy said:
Put my onion sets in the ground today. Put some more potatoes out to chit but in the shed window.

Also sowed peas (meteor) in modules, spring onions and leeks too, put them all in the polytunnel for a bit of protection.

It's March next week !
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Aye. Leeks, peas and scallions are away.
Do my peas in compost in a length of guttering, then just slide them in to a trough when they are ready to go out.
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A good day today. Cleaned all the old dead stuff out my greenhouse and got the first few trays of seeds started. Hopefully get a load more away tomorrow. By the calendar it feels late to be starting, but it was snowing 2 weeks ago.

I had a load of onions that never really did anything last year. Grown from sets they grew a little and died back in the heat wave. Now they have sprouted again they are like giant spring onions rather than looking like they will form a bulb. Is it worth leaving them? Are they likely to form proper onions or am I better digging them up now? While they are still new fleshy stems, they will be great in soup or stir frys.
 
DaveH said:
A good day today. Cleaned all the old dead stuff out my greenhouse and got the first few trays of seeds started. Hopefully get a load more away tomorrow. By the calendar it feels late to be starting, but it was snowing 2 weeks ago.

I had a load of onions that never really did anything last year. Grown from sets they grew a little and died back in the heat wave. Now they have sprouted again they are like giant spring onions rather than looking like they will form a bulb. Is it worth leaving them? Are they likely to form proper onions or am I better digging them up now? While they are still new fleshy stems, they will be great in soup or stir frys.
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Onions will probably bolt marra.
I would take them out and put new sets in personally.
See what everyone else says. I'm not exactly an expert.🙂
 
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