Finally got my seeds from the market…… so this week, I’ll have my green manure in.
Bought…. chick peas, rye & tic peas to go with what is left over from last years seeds.
Just need to go to the toyshop and buy some MORE bird netting.
Lucky1 said:
Finally got my seeds from the market…… so this week, I’ll have my green manure in.Bought…. chick peas, rye & tic peas to go with what is left over from last years seeds.
Just need to go to the toyshop and buy some MORE bird netting.
so whats your question? LOL
pepe said:
Lucky1 said:
Finally got my seeds from the market…… so this week, I’ll have my green manure in.Bought…. chick peas, rye & tic peas to go with what is left over from last years seeds.
Just need to go to the toyshop and buy some MORE bird netting.
so whats your question? LOL
I guess…. when will it be ready for turning in???
I know its about knee hight before the flowers start to develope and the roots are at their peak.
I guess…. when will it be ready for turning in???
I know its about knee hight before the flowers start to develope and the roots are at their peak.
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6” high i’m guessing.
my mustard is just up and growing slow. my green manure failed basically – thanks to the spoggies.
i’ll be turning weeds in as green manure.
pepe said:
I guess…. when will it be ready for turning in???I know its about knee hight before the flowers start to develope and the roots are at their peak.
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6” high i’m guessing.
my mustard is just up and growing slow. my green manure failed basically – thanks to the spoggies.
i’ll be turning weeds in as green manure.
Hence the trip to the Toyshop.
Top knots are likely to do the seeds over in 1/2 a day if not covered.
rather than making a frame for the netting (if frame work would be extensive,) i think you’d get away with just laying the netting over the just sown (and lightly covered by soil) green manure seed. which you can easily lift off when the green manure is already up.
aquarium said:
rather than making a frame for the netting (if frame work would be extensive,) i think you’d get away with just laying the netting over the just sown (and lightly covered by soil) green manure seed. which you can easily lift off when the green manure is already up.
Tried that, birds dig around the soil through the netting if laid on the ground.
Got heaps of poly pipe that was given to me, to use as frames:)
aquarium said:
rather than making a frame for the netting (if frame work would be extensive,) i think you’d get away with just laying the netting over the just sown (and lightly covered by soil) green manure seed. which you can easily lift off when the green manure is already up.
i tried that – the sparrows just sat on top – 50 of them – and picked off the seed as it sunk down to the soil.
even supporting it on wooden stakes as a low frame didin’t work.
pepe said:
aquarium said:
rather than making a frame for the netting (if frame work would be extensive,) i think you’d get away with just laying the netting over the just sown (and lightly covered by soil) green manure seed. which you can easily lift off when the green manure is already up.
i tried that – the sparrows just sat on top – 50 of them – and picked off the seed as it sunk down to the soil.
even supporting it on wooden stakes as a low frame didin’t work.
mosquito net?
Tried that, birds dig around the soil through the netting if laid on the ground.
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ditto and snap
bluegreen said:
pepe said:
aquarium said:
rather than making a frame for the netting (if frame work would be extensive,) i think you’d get away with just laying the netting over the just sown (and lightly covered by soil) green manure seed. which you can easily lift off when the green manure is already up.
i tried that – the sparrows just sat on top – 50 of them – and picked off the seed as it sunk down to the soil.
even supporting it on wooden stakes as a low frame didin’t work.
mosquito net?
yeah – i saw your green manure and you win (this year).
finer netting would help.
funny thing was i grew a barley crop in a nearby place last year and the bloomimg birds didn’t harm it.
this year they have left my peas alone – so far.
funny thing was i grew a barley crop in a nearby place last year and the bloomimg birds didn’t harm it.
this year they have left my peas alone – so far.
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Fussy birds have higher tastes this year????
Lucky1 said:
funny thing was i grew a barley crop in a nearby place last year and the bloomimg birds didn’t harm it.
this year they have left my peas alone – so far.
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Fussy birds have higher tastes this year????
i guess dietary requirements – who knows??
According to book “Organic Gardening in Australia”
Choosing Green Manures
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~chriswww/choosing_green_manures.pdf
aquarium said:
According to book “Organic Gardening in Australia”Choosing Green Manures
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~chriswww/choosing_green_manures.pdf
you made a PDF how did you do that?
have Mac..will travel ;)
using “Pages” = word processor….OSX operating system has native PDF support in every application.
thats why i cant find a Pdf maker on my pc i am using windows xp. wonder if i can find one.
you can get pdf output in windows by setting up a pseudo printer…….a combination of a port redirector program (free) called “redmon” and ghostscript (free) pdf/ps interpreter……then you merely set it up accordingly as per instructions here http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/redmon/index.htm
or just get a Mac :)……..but they’re only for sexy people…..somehow i managed to qualify 8=)
think i found a program.
aquarium said:
sorry to bring down your feelings XP is for really sexy people and then visit is abit sexy Mac to me = pretty darn bad.
or just get a Mac :)……..but they’re only for sexy people…..somehow i managed to qualify 8=)
heh, heh….
anyhow…the pdf printer type solution gives you pdf export to all applications for free….some of the proprietary low-end software entails a cost, and can only output pdf from specific applications = lame.
aquarium said:
heh, heh….anyhow…the pdf printer type solution gives you pdf export to all applications for free….some of the proprietary low-end software entails a cost, and can only output pdf from specific applications = lame.
found a program :P
>thats why i cant find a Pdf maker on my pc i am using windows xp. wonder if i can find one.
Download openoffice.org Veg. The name is also the url.
OO.org is free, and is a MS office replacement.
So, write your spreadsheet or written document, then “Export As PDF”, under the File menu. Easy.
CollieWA34 said:
>thats why i cant find a Pdf maker on my pc i am using windows xp. wonder if i can find one.Download openoffice.org Veg. The name is also the url.
OO.org is free, and is a MS office replacement.
So, write your spreadsheet or written document, then “Export As PDF”, under the File menu. Easy.