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The little digger that could!

Last post by CelticRambler « Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:42 pm

by CelticRambler » Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:42 pm

Cheap Chinese diggers get a bit of a raw deal from the Kubota fanbois and other lads who seem to have several tens of thousands of euros to spend,...

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Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:42 pm
Fruit and veg plans 2023

Last post by 95438756 « Wed Aug 23, 2023 10:00 am
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by CelticRambler » Wed Dec 28, 2022 8:39 pm

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Right lads, off we go! :lol:

As I was weeding/clearing the last of my veg beds in preparation for a new season, I spotted two self-seeded batavia...

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Picking them now. Yummy.
Lots of annoying spiders webs are prominent around the berries this year.

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Wed Aug 23, 2023 10:00 am
Fake Grass now going out of favour

Last post by PogMoThoin22 « Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:16 pm
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by 95438756 » Sun Aug 06, 2023 10:27 am

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Don't let your dog poo on it.
Leaves don't decay into it
You must Hoover it.

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Major League Baseball star Tug McGraw when he was asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf:

I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf.

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Last post by PogMoThoin22
Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:16 pm
Are your neighbourhood lawns looking Mown? What about the grass virges on your Road?

Last post by 95438756 « Fri May 26, 2023 8:45 am
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by 95438756 » Sat Apr 29, 2023 8:39 pm

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I'm sure they're all fine and there's no need to check so you won't receive any Booby Prizes
My back garden is completely weedgrown. but the front...

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Well I can post here with a clean conscience that I mowed the front lawn and side strip last night

Give me a thanks below.

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Last post by 95438756
Fri May 26, 2023 8:45 am
Getting rid of ivy rampant on a willow tree

Last post by marhay70 « Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:06 pm
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by 95438756 » Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:09 pm

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Can any tree pundit here recommend a weedspray that will get the ivy but not adversely affect the tree?
Affect root and trunk of tree well...

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Can any tree pundit here recommend a weedspray that will get the ivy but not adversely affect the tree?
Affect root and trunk of tree well...

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Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:06 pm
Gardening Plans 2022

Last post by Hairy-Joe « Thu Feb 09, 2023 9:24 pm
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by 765489 » Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:24 am
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I've taken an executive decision this morning to have a handy summer. :D I will not be growing any veg whatsoever as I'm planning to resheet the...

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First grass cut of 2023 done.

It's stupid how much the grass is growing this early in the year!

Plans in reality is to cut and keep in check....
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Last post by Hairy-Joe
Thu Feb 09, 2023 9:24 pm
Sowing wild oats ... for the times we live in.

Last post by CelticRambler « Sat Dec 24, 2022 8:49 am
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by CelticRambler » Fri Jun 10, 2022 9:37 pm

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This is something I'd considered before we started living in these cereally challenged times, but got distracted by other things ... Anyway, while I...

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:? So should I stop asking family, friends and strangers to give me all of their glass jars with decent lids?

Or just keep clear of the chain-saw...

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Sat Dec 24, 2022 8:49 am
Solar powered drip irrigation system

Last post by CelticRambler « Sun Dec 04, 2022 4:49 pm
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by KHD » Wed Nov 30, 2022 11:10 pm

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Anyone got these setup for their polytunnel or greenhouse. I was mulling over the idea this evening to have a system running from a few IBCs that I...

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Right, I'm back! 8-)

This is something I'm in the process of setting up, which will be a made-to-measure system and strictly speaking isn't a drip...

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Last post by CelticRambler
Sun Dec 04, 2022 4:49 pm
Tree planting plans 2022

Last post by KHD « Mon Nov 28, 2022 4:24 pm
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by KHD » Sun Oct 30, 2022 10:51 am

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Well its the time of the year again. The ground is nicely waterlogged for bare root tree planting. Anyone have any plans ?

I've ordered two plum...

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The squirrel farm is now completed. I had a mountain ash tree that has been moved for the third time to a place I once had a blue Siberian Christmas...

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Last post by KHD
Mon Nov 28, 2022 4:24 pm
Farming in a time of crisis

Last post by KHD « Thu Nov 24, 2022 9:54 pm
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by CelticRambler » Sat Nov 12, 2022 11:03 pm

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Posting this under Gardening as it seems like the typical gubernite gardener is really a farmer trapped in the wrong body and/or century!

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That was last year! The second one's picked and dried and in the jar a month already. :D

I'm on to the lambs lettuce now (growing in the saffron...

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Last post by KHD
Thu Nov 24, 2022 9:54 pm
To rake up leaves or not?

Last post by Hairy-Joe « Sat Oct 29, 2022 3:31 pm
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by quodec » Fri Oct 28, 2022 6:10 pm

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I’ve raked up leaves from the garden for years but am considering leaving them be this autumn! What’s your view?

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Well, in Ballincollig this morning, they'll have to rake the ones that have fallen on the paths of Main St. They are feckin' slippy for...

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Last post by Hairy-Joe
Sat Oct 29, 2022 3:31 pm
Gardening chit chat

Last post by 765489 « Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:23 am
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by Guburnor » Sun Aug 01, 2021 10:08 am

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Hi, new forum because AOB getting a few gardening threads. Chat here or post new thread for specific discussions. Enjoy!

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Interesting article about the benefits of using straw as a mulch.

I'm planning on getting a couple of bales to build up the organic matter...

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Last post by 765489
Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:23 am
Post your Gardening photos

Last post by CelticRambler « Thu Aug 04, 2022 4:26 pm
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by 765489 » Sat Jul 24, 2021 10:41 am
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Post your gardening successes and failures :)

Happy with the tomatoes this year. A bit of leave curl due to heat stress but will do them no harm....

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Vertical gardening!

This is my pre-landscaping vegetable patch, still in use and supposedly dedicated to root veg while I improve the soil in...
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Last post by CelticRambler
Thu Aug 04, 2022 4:26 pm
Too good to be true, and yet ...

Last post by CelticRambler « Tue Aug 02, 2022 9:25 am
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by CelticRambler » Tue Aug 02, 2022 8:40 am

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The new landscaping in the garden calls for a proper greenhouse (as opposed to the obviously DIY but solid rafters-and-roof-membrane facility...

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The catch is that its probably of asian origin, along with all the finesse of spotwelds from a car battery.
Misplaced welds, incorrectly aligned that...

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Last post by CelticRambler
Tue Aug 02, 2022 9:25 am
The Scythe

Last post by 765489 « Tue Jun 28, 2022 3:17 pm
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by 765489 » Tue Jun 14, 2022 4:15 pm

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Anyone else stumble across this peculiar addiction?

I bought two Austrian scythes earlier this year, one is a long bladed scythe for cutting grass...

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My neighbour can't get over the bales ( I gave him 70 of them ) He has a couple of cattle indoors awaiting testing and he leaves some of the local...

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Last post by 765489
Tue Jun 28, 2022 3:17 pm
Plants You Really Don't Like

Last post by Cobham « Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:58 pm
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by isha » Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:39 pm
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Got to thinking of this when himself told me today that Pampas grass outside someone's house was a secret sign they were swingers :shock:
We had...

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yep kids used to play sword fights with the leaves and they seem to drop all year round... neighbours lot would fall my way. I think they only thrive...
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Last post by Cobham
Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:58 pm
Don't forget your shovel, if you want ta go ta work!

Last post by 765489 « Tue Jun 21, 2022 8:53 am
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by CelticRambler » Mon Jun 20, 2022 11:00 pm

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Whatdya think, Ncdjd2 ? With your tai-chi scythe experience and my fancy footwork, could the pair of us do something like this in half the time?...

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I could only watch half of it will watch the rest later. That is some job, the skill of them lads. I'd definitely give it a go if we had them soil...

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Last post by 765489
Tue Jun 21, 2022 8:53 am
Keeping birds out

Last post by isha « Mon May 02, 2022 8:40 pm
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by Frank » Mon May 02, 2022 4:55 pm

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Anyone have any tricks to keep birds, particularly starlings, from nesting in sheds? I’ve a good amount of holes around the roof and doors that I’ll...

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They do shyte a fair amount. You can gather it and put it on the compost heap. Leave some cardboard under the nests. We have them under all the...

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Last post by isha
Mon May 02, 2022 8:40 pm
Ninja slugs

Last post by 765489 « Sun May 01, 2022 10:14 am

by 765489 » Sun May 01, 2022 10:14 am

I've witnessed this a couple of times over the years in my polytunnel. Slugs suspended and dropping down from the roof of tunnel on my plants. Not...

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Last post by 765489
Sun May 01, 2022 10:14 am
Best way to get rid of thistles in lawn grass?

Last post by peasant « Sat Apr 23, 2022 8:33 pm
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by quodec » Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:12 pm

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I have a section in the garden with new grass down since last autumn. Unfortunately there are batches of big thistles in it now. I'm prepared to dig...

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This is supposed to be quite good:

Cheaper, hand held trowel like thistle cutters also exist

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Last post by peasant
Sat Apr 23, 2022 8:33 pm
My new gardening outfit

Last post by peasant « Sat Feb 26, 2022 9:00 pm
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by peasant » Sat Feb 26, 2022 12:33 pm

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Fashion conscious as I am, I bought myself a new gardening Jacket and gloves :mrgreen:

Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you ...not only are...

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These are the tyres now almost completely filled with goop - attached to Monster-Mower - also orange :mrgreen:

(not my actual mower - pic from...

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Last post by peasant
Sat Feb 26, 2022 9:00 pm
Strawberry fields forevvvver

Last post by CelticRambler « Sun Feb 13, 2022 7:50 pm
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by CelticRambler » Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:43 pm

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Well, strawberry beds at least. Spent this morning (trans)planting just over 100 plants into their new bed. All of one variety (June-cropping...

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Glad to be of service, especially if it means something you've been keeping for years has finally come in useful! :lol:

But how can you not like...

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Last post by CelticRambler
Sun Feb 13, 2022 7:50 pm
Neighbors dog fouling

Last post by Seanybiker « Sun Dec 26, 2021 11:31 pm
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by 8760976543 » Sat Dec 25, 2021 10:36 pm

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Not sure whether to post this here or in one of the other topics so sorry if this is in the wrong spot.

One of our neighbors a few doors up go...

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If you start s**ttng in your own garden, the dogs will walk all over it and drag it back to their owner's house. It's like the saying goes don't s**t...

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Last post by Seanybiker
Sun Dec 26, 2021 11:31 pm
Millionaire in the making!

Last post by CelticRambler « Tue Nov 02, 2021 5:34 pm
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by CelticRambler » Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:21 am

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Here we go - the beginnings of my retirement fortune:

Ready for harvest, three high quality, organic saffron strands, worth about 10,000€/kg. 8-)...

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Quick follow-up: after that first flower, the rest came (and continue to come) quick and fast. I've so far collected just short of 100 blooms,...

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Last post by CelticRambler
Tue Nov 02, 2021 5:34 pm
Lawn Care. Tips and questions

Last post by 490808 « Wed Oct 20, 2021 2:13 pm
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by CelticRambler » Thu Aug 12, 2021 2:34 pm

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I wouldn't normally contribute to a lawn care thread either, seeing as mine is more of a mole-infested prairie and I've never bothered too much about...

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The old gardening trick when anyone was going to visit the garden (and I'm talking big multi acre big house gardens) was to cut the grass, sweep the...

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Wed Oct 20, 2021 2:13 pm

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