tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post8750413035285755305..comments2024-03-28T13:00:45.457+00:00Comments on An English Homestead: Some New Raised BedsKev Alvitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-4638944089091185952015-01-10T09:31:42.386+00:002015-01-10T09:31:42.386+00:00Those garden beds are looking fantastic! Hope your...Those garden beds are looking fantastic! Hope your back held up for the filling of them :)Taniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10176661940614462611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-42151460990901471612015-01-07T22:28:45.310+00:002015-01-07T22:28:45.310+00:00Update for you tomorrow. Don't laugh when you ...Update for you tomorrow. Don't laugh when you see it!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-85894141579994196502015-01-07T21:15:18.071+00:002015-01-07T21:15:18.071+00:00I'll do one on it but it's going to be ver...I'll do one on it but it's going to be very disappointing for you! I was aiming to cut some in five years time but it looks like I might have to wait a little longer! Hope you find your blog. I'd be gutted it I lost mine. Shame there isn't a way to back them up really.Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-78761898294559752532015-01-07T21:13:05.575+00:002015-01-07T21:13:05.575+00:00Hey Kev, just a heads up something has happened to...Hey Kev, just a heads up something has happened to my blog. I can only log in on other peoples blogs and make comments my blog isnt there? I am, awaiting assistance that will be here at the weekend.<br /><br />If you are looking for a blog post, could you do one about the willow you have planted. I am super interested in that and if you have started to burn it yet?Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-66092548528045394272015-01-07T20:56:19.510+00:002015-01-07T20:56:19.510+00:00They're free thats the best bit! Not sure how ...They're free thats the best bit! Not sure how long they'll last though. I reckon at least four or five years though but we'll see.<br />The raised building is a chicken coop I got given although I've modified quite a bit. I raised it up as I hate giving rats or mice somewhere else to live. I keep the chickens in with soft fruit for a few months over winter as I tend to think it keeps bugs down and adds a bit of muck. <br />I'm sure when you get set to it in the spring you'll knock spots off what I've managed to do!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-29969097114164479652015-01-07T20:52:47.840+00:002015-01-07T20:52:47.840+00:00You should use it to grow some tomatoes next year ...You should use it to grow some tomatoes next year and see how you do! A few grow bags and a packet of seeds is all you need for that. I remeber you saying it got washed away but how about planting an area surrounded by a low hedge. Once that has established you could then plant crops in the space in the middle. The roots from the hedge would help hold everything there if heavy rain came, giving it some structure.<br />Not sure you've sold it to her with the bears! My wife likes people too much. She never wants to live without neighbours close by! Quite unlike me in that way! I'd love it I think. Being able to be in the workshop at midnight making a noise would be a dream come true!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-40799706947072785322015-01-07T14:03:55.938+00:002015-01-07T14:03:55.938+00:00If you would like a couple of globe artichoke plan...If you would like a couple of globe artichoke plants I will happily give you some as I am splitting mine this year.<br />Looks like I might have a use for my rampant Jerusalem artichokes this year as we are hoping to get a couple of pigs and they love JAs.Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-79598583085182028932015-01-07T09:29:09.909+00:002015-01-07T09:29:09.909+00:00Ahhhh once again nice, visually appealing, wooden ...Ahhhh once again nice, visually appealing, wooden raised beds. Looking really good there Kev.<br /><br />What's the little raised building in the picture used for if I may ask?<br /><br />I haven't done a thing for landscaping, opening up new land or more beds this Winter yet since I had to focus on my Mother's retirement mini-house and storage shed. At this point I think the plan is to keep her locked up in there in her old age and wheel her out to sit on the porch on nice afternoons and let her play with the lambs as she smiles and I wipe drool off her chin. It's pretty severely put me behind in garden and pasture grooming this year.<br /><br />Prolly won't do much outside now until March either so I will just live vicariously through you right now.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-32126583183278680512015-01-07T09:11:03.219+00:002015-01-07T09:11:03.219+00:00I actually have a green house, but I use it as a t...I actually have a green house, but I use it as a tool shed. Someone challenged me to try growing some food this past summer after I ventured the opinion that it could not be all that difficult. So I built some beds on the side of the mountain, but torrential rain came and washed them away. It was an embarrassing episode all around.<br /><br />I bet your wife would like the mountains. The only draw back is that you have little kids so you would have to put up a strong electric fence and keep fierce dogs to keep the bears from eating them . That's what I did after my daughter ran around the corner of my barn and ran right up on a big boar Ursus. There are also wild hogs. Either of those animals can easily tear down an electric fence which is why you need the dogs.Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-65286323727594710492015-01-07T07:40:41.752+00:002015-01-07T07:40:41.752+00:00Yeah, I like the look of where you live - not sure...Yeah, I like the look of where you live - not sure my wife would though! The trick is to start small though, that way you won;t get overwhelmed and you can build on the areas you're good at. maybe you could start with a greenhouse to grow tomatoes? That way you could keep the critters out as well.Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-48233057890570992042015-01-07T07:38:45.495+00:002015-01-07T07:38:45.495+00:00Yeah, don't worry, I planted globe artichokes ...Yeah, don't worry, I planted globe artichokes down there when I first planted the garden up and they all rotted and died. So you should be fine. Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-82459029798533116512015-01-07T07:37:37.054+00:002015-01-07T07:37:37.054+00:00I hope so! That's what I was thinking about th...I hope so! That's what I was thinking about the beds as well, they should stay a bit wetter. The area does dry out in summer but it's not for long.Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-50889647630415185952015-01-07T07:36:33.053+00:002015-01-07T07:36:33.053+00:00Your situation is a bit different to mine! That wo...Your situation is a bit different to mine! That would be a good excuse to leave it though! Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-74578530936674866972015-01-07T07:35:56.072+00:002015-01-07T07:35:56.072+00:00That'll give you a big growing area! For veg o...That'll give you a big growing area! For veg or flowers?Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-75680879600437910882015-01-07T07:35:20.485+00:002015-01-07T07:35:20.485+00:00There's very few stones in the soil here Dave,...There's very few stones in the soil here Dave, in fact hardly any. I remember someone looking around our last garden (that was on an old river bed) and them asking if I'd split gravel everrywhere - the soil had loads of stones in but it was brilliant for growing!<br />As for the drain I'll put a pipe at the bottom with stone on top I think. It only needs to be a few meters long for now to drain to the field, then I need to do a bigger drain for the field!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-49968293126902950522015-01-07T07:32:49.916+00:002015-01-07T07:32:49.916+00:00I'll still have to raotate these beds as well ...I'll still have to raotate these beds as well but it should help me keep organised.<br />I need to think about starting seeds. I want some more globe artichokes in and they're pretty much the first things to be sown here.Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-9777283654665266862015-01-07T07:31:34.978+00:002015-01-07T07:31:34.978+00:00It's amazing what you can grow in a small spac...It's amazing what you can grow in a small space! It does take some keeping on top of though when you want to be intensive. My last garden grew loads in a much smaller area than I've got now - like you I used to concentrate on mainly summer veg.Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-55960491893847374002015-01-07T07:29:37.031+00:002015-01-07T07:29:37.031+00:00Yeah, I think this is the best idea for this area,...Yeah, I think this is the best idea for this area, otherwise it just grows weeds!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-45763196115094277382015-01-07T07:28:28.531+00:002015-01-07T07:28:28.531+00:00I have a ericasious bed for blue berries but my so...I have a ericasious bed for blue berries but my soil is pretty acid anyway as I have blue hydrangeas, but I didn't know that when I built it!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-41843447407461884162015-01-07T07:27:16.039+00:002015-01-07T07:27:16.039+00:00I'm trying to keep on top of things this year,...I'm trying to keep on top of things this year, but I know it'll soon slip! Last year was such an effort to get things back to normal after the weeds went wild, I'm just trying to find better ways to keep on top!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-5259745214703027842015-01-07T05:10:13.893+00:002015-01-07T05:10:13.893+00:00Outback Tania in Australia does a lot of vegetable...Outback Tania in Australia does a lot of vegetables gardening in raised beds like yours.<br /><br />Darn shame you don't live here in the North Georgia mountains. You could teach me your food growing skills and I could help you widen your firearms expertise.Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-71425498904979387172015-01-07T02:16:16.366+00:002015-01-07T02:16:16.366+00:00OOPS just checked that link.. we are talking two d...OOPS just checked that link.. we are talking two different artichokes .. whew ok good :O)Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560812716080117867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-43222682771038733472015-01-07T02:15:25.442+00:002015-01-07T02:15:25.442+00:00If Artichokes did well where you said that water s...If Artichokes did well where you said that water stands a good part of the year, (if I understood that right)...then I am worried. I don't have that kind of water here. Are they particularly thirsty plants? Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560812716080117867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-34974074061376280622015-01-06T15:00:59.421+00:002015-01-06T15:00:59.421+00:00Kevin, those beds will be FULL of food in a few mo...Kevin, those beds will be FULL of food in a few months! Well done - you worked hard and it looks great not to mention practical as the moisture will wick up into the raised beds (which always tend to run drier). Can't wait to see them in full production!Little Home In The Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14542813650753976168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-76902537764644338792015-01-06T13:49:12.597+00:002015-01-06T13:49:12.597+00:00Nothing doing for us until the snow has melted.
Ja...Nothing doing for us until the snow has melted.<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.com