tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post3365211528888655373..comments2023-06-05T16:18:39.636+02:00Comments on Snippets from me: Tilth! We don't have any!Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-78026272436178599732013-05-19T23:39:09.613+02:002013-05-19T23:39:09.613+02:00We don't have tilth here either, just a thin l...We don't have tilth here either, just a thin layer of something on top of something else that makes it all hard work.<br />Your rows of seeds look marvellous.....I hope they all come up ok.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-71145759121399342242013-05-18T02:27:21.087+02:002013-05-18T02:27:21.087+02:00Your Tardis! Are you a fellow Whovian??? ;)Your Tardis! Are you a fellow Whovian??? ;)Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14059042936366536786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-29790684020694042172013-05-17T02:33:59.992+02:002013-05-17T02:33:59.992+02:00Your plan of planting the seeds shows you've ...Your plan of planting the seeds shows you've got an inventive mind.<br /><br />Anyway, with today's technology I've seen wonders done in our desert soil. It seems everything is possible nowadays.DUTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979375799258978432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-80330078353368575812013-05-12T11:43:11.681+02:002013-05-12T11:43:11.681+02:00Oh good on you with the seedlings!
We have heavy...Oh good on you with the seedlings! <br /><br />We have heavy clay on top of chalk here. Hellishly heavy to dig and sticks to spades like glue. It was no fun when we put in our baby fruit trees.<br /><br />If we ever get round to a veg plot it will be in raised beds.Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-37473867348924661232013-05-10T22:50:34.249+02:002013-05-10T22:50:34.249+02:00Horst, have started doing that!
Jessica, and I s...Horst, have started doing that! <br /><br />Jessica, and I sometimes wish I had your raised beds! <br /><br />John, the hens don't go into the pig pens since they started getting electric shocks from the fencing! Still, there is always a first time so will watch out!Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-31913756568210455832013-05-10T22:37:30.797+02:002013-05-10T22:37:30.797+02:00I lost 5 hens to a greedy sow
I hope your fowl don...I lost 5 hens to a greedy sow<br />I hope your fowl don't meet a similar fateJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-67522376404985614762013-05-10T22:10:54.518+02:002013-05-10T22:10:54.518+02:00Clay and stones here too. And complete absence of ...Clay and stones here too. And complete absence of tilth. But I wish I had all your space.. rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238493821002258459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-35048763405433476642013-05-10T22:00:45.631+02:002013-05-10T22:00:45.631+02:00Do they sell black top soil in bulk in your area? ...Do they sell black top soil in bulk in your area? Something to investigate. The best thing for a garden is to put as much vegetable matter in the garden year after year. Horst in Edmontonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523290699599403329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-57410313443855424292013-05-10T17:59:20.428+02:002013-05-10T17:59:20.428+02:00Hi SueC, the mattock is for me as well! Same probl...Hi SueC, the mattock is for me as well! Same problem with you in regards to thinning seedlings, that's why I thought I would put them in already thinned out! Probably end up with loads of gaps now!<br />By the way, I do try and leave a comment on your blog but it always come back into my email tray as 'not accepted'. And yes, it will get hot soon, and then we shall asking 'When it is going to rain!'Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-88475220686678676142013-05-10T15:34:10.769+02:002013-05-10T15:34:10.769+02:00your soil looks about as bad as mine - no tilth he...your soil looks about as bad as mine - no tilth here either - thinning carrots etc impossible during the summer. Once it gets hot ( it will get hot this year won't it?) my garden tool of choice is the mattock!SueChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16320017038832852444noreply@blogger.com