Spearmint, a species of mint (mentha) scientifically classified as Mentha spicata (/ˈmɛnθə spaɪˈkeɪtə/,[6][7]) also known as garden mint, common mint, lamb mint and mackerel mint,[8][9] is native to Europe and southern temperate Asia, extending from Ireland in the west to southern China in the east.[10] It is naturalized in many other temperate parts of the world, including northern and southern Africa, North America, and South America.[11][12] It is used as a flavouring in food and herbal teas.[Library Service]
No (tried raised garden beds) because she-who-must-be-obeyed set the policy for the veggie patch for many years namely it was hers and not mine. She finally realised she'd made a horrible mess and handed it over to me 15 years later!
I've hit paydirt with my veggies after all these years of gardening and it's due to my "magic mulch" - a combination of decomposed grass (hay)(which I have in abundance) and leaf mould.I was just using leaf mould (broken down leaves etc from the compost) but it was a very dense medium that baked into mud brick in a pot in summer and the plant roots couldn't go anywhere. The penny dropped when I saw YouTube video about someone growing spuds and their growing medium was very loose and I needed to find something to do with all the grass I was cutting so I combined the grass (as hay) with the compost decomposed leaf material and...bingo! Some plants love it and go beserk particularly cucumber. Capsicums turn up their noses a bit as do tomatoes but they grow in it. As I heard a gardening expert say once - your plants tend to get enough nutrients from whatever soil you use but what they really need is an easy medium for their roots to grow in!
Lettuce- Black Seeded' seeds
Lactuca sativa
Loose-leaf variety
Fast growing
Slow bolting
Looseleaf variety. A fast growing variety that has light green crinkled leaves. Great flavour; good for salads. Does better in harsh weather than other varieties; slow bolting and cold tolerant.[Library Service]
Possibly but if the grubs prove a problem I go out at night with a torch and nose pliers and...it's the killing fields. Problem is we have these critters called leopard slugs...giant spotted slugs...which are apparently good for the garden because they eat other slugs and so I leave them alone but if one of those gets near your plants I'd imagine it would be like a tractor eating all in its path!
"You're plucking them regularly?" - not as regularly as I'd like. I grow the veggies my wife wants me to and then she doesn't eat them ffs! Thanks to her telling me how thrilled she'd be if I could grow cucumbers...we had cucumbers coming out our ears and I had to eat most of them! Next year I'll definitely grow less. And ditto lettuces, beans.
A lot of the people offering advice don't realise how difficult it can be to engage with other folk. You can't go up to someone and say: "hey, be my pal and we'll go bike riding together". If you said it to a woman you'd have a visit from the Police. I have no answers.
paul_neri 0 points 37 minutes ago
sorry but I know very little about computers an' stuff!
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paul_neri 0 points 38 minutes ago
I saw that. I had two AZ doses. Guess I was one of the lucky ones.It was an unnerving time I can tell you.
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paul_neri 0 points 40 minutes ago
gators!
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paul_neri 0 points 41 minutes ago
They do look very light but it's a nice look imo - so light and clean. No slug/bird damage.
https://i.ibb.co/9YkqnyF/IMG-8115.jpg
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paul_neri 0 points 46 minutes ago
Spearmint, a species of mint (mentha) scientifically classified as Mentha spicata (/ˈmɛnθə spaɪˈkeɪtə/,[6][7]) also known as garden mint, common mint, lamb mint and mackerel mint,[8][9] is native to Europe and southern temperate Asia, extending from Ireland in the west to southern China in the east.[10] It is naturalized in many other temperate parts of the world, including northern and southern Africa, North America, and South America.[11][12] It is used as a flavouring in food and herbal teas.[Library Service]
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paul_neri 0 points 48 minutes ago
No (tried raised garden beds) because she-who-must-be-obeyed set the policy for the veggie patch for many years namely it was hers and not mine. She finally realised she'd made a horrible mess and handed it over to me 15 years later!
I've hit paydirt with my veggies after all these years of gardening and it's due to my "magic mulch" - a combination of decomposed grass (hay)(which I have in abundance) and leaf mould.I was just using leaf mould (broken down leaves etc from the compost) but it was a very dense medium that baked into mud brick in a pot in summer and the plant roots couldn't go anywhere. The penny dropped when I saw YouTube video about someone growing spuds and their growing medium was very loose and I needed to find something to do with all the grass I was cutting so I combined the grass (as hay) with the compost decomposed leaf material and...bingo! Some plants love it and go beserk particularly cucumber. Capsicums turn up their noses a bit as do tomatoes but they grow in it. As I heard a gardening expert say once - your plants tend to get enough nutrients from whatever soil you use but what they really need is an easy medium for their roots to grow in!
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paul_neri 0 points 1 hour ago
It's a rough garden but some of those "weeds" is mint.
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paul_neri 0 points 1 hour ago
Lettuce- Black Seeded' seeds
Lactuca sativa
Loose-leaf variety
Fast growing
Slow bolting
Looseleaf variety. A fast growing variety that has light green crinkled leaves. Great flavour; good for salads. Does better in harsh weather than other varieties; slow bolting and cold tolerant.[Library Service]
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paul_neri 1 point 15 hours ago
Don't humour them!
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paul_neri 2 points 15 hours ago
Possibly but if the grubs prove a problem I go out at night with a torch and nose pliers and...it's the killing fields. Problem is we have these critters called leopard slugs...giant spotted slugs...which are apparently good for the garden because they eat other slugs and so I leave them alone but if one of those gets near your plants I'd imagine it would be like a tractor eating all in its path!
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paul_neri -2 points 16 hours ago
This is at odds with a previous comment of yours that you didn't want the site to be an "echo chamber".
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paul_neri 2 points 16 hours ago
"You're plucking them regularly?" - not as regularly as I'd like. I grow the veggies my wife wants me to and then she doesn't eat them ffs! Thanks to her telling me how thrilled she'd be if I could grow cucumbers...we had cucumbers coming out our ears and I had to eat most of them! Next year I'll definitely grow less. And ditto lettuces, beans.
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paul_neri -4 points 18 hours ago
We need more Jews on the site to balance the arguments.
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paul_neri 0 points 18 hours ago
At least I'm news! You are yesterday's fish & chip wrapper!
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paul_neri 1 point 22 hours ago
Wtf! After being accused of being a female on account of my hands now...a bird ffs! When will this torment (which I obviously wallow in) end?
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paul_neri 0 points 1 day ago
"chastise"! How can you blame someone for their hands ffs?
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paul_neri 0 points 1 day ago
Yes! Agree!
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paul_neri 0 points 1 day ago
For a moment I thought you were being facetious but then I re-read your comment and thought "no this dude is fair dinkum!". Thanks bro.
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paul_neri 1 point 1 day ago
Oh!
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paul_neri 0 points 1 day ago
Good evening. What was your old account name please?
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paul_neri 2 points 1 day ago
A lot of the people offering advice don't realise how difficult it can be to engage with other folk. You can't go up to someone and say: "hey, be my pal and we'll go bike riding together". If you said it to a woman you'd have a visit from the Police. I have no answers.
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paul_neri 2 points 1 day ago
I think that's why a lot of folk are hoping for WW3?
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paul_neri 1 point 1 day ago
You'll need to do charity/volunteer work of some kind or you'll go mad.
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paul_neri 0 points 1 day ago
Oh!
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paul_neri 1 point 1 day ago
Thanks bro. I'm chuffed!
Edit: hang on! But you voted it as a yawn post! Hurtful, damn hurtful!
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