BC Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 We used to have this topic in the old forum. Sadly my grass is looking rather sickly. I don't know if it needs a bit of a feed to kick start it or maybe a scarify Next door's looks nice a green but she pays for an ex green keeper to come and care for it every so often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 My little garden. Does me quite well I must say, better than grass... Need to really to cover the electricity bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Pass me your address Neils and I will send some of my colleagues round to take that problem off your hands, you won't need to bother with planning your meals for the next few months either...............assuming you like porage :police: :police: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Actually, I don't. Your welcome to come around and have a whiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 ;D ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 My little garden. Does me quite well I must say, better than grass... Need to really to cover the electricity bill. what a coincidence, that looks like the inside of my loft. have you been round? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke (DeWitt) Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 As soon as we can plant ill get some pictures but for this year we are staying with just some squash and ALOT of potatoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 I was selecting seed potatoes at the weekend. Also begonias down from the loft so they can start to sprout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MF-ROB Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Not much growing in my veg garden apart from some last years leaks just getting ready for this years crops. Been spreading dung on Sunday so when it drys up il be digging it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 We used to have this topic in the old forum. Sadly my grass is looking rather sickly. I don't know if it needs a bit of a feed to kick start it or maybe a scarify Next door's looks nice a green but she pays for an ex green keeper to come and care for it every so often. hello bc. i would say your grass isnt looking to bad. it seems to have a good, even growth pattern.[and no weeds]. my grass looks much the same this time of year. i add a gentle dose of npk [nitrogen,phosphate,potash] in ealy spring to perk it up, either granual or liquid. the nitrogen gives it a better colour and the p&k help the roots.my neighbour waters his in spring with a liquid seaweed feed, to great results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 It just looks so so yellow Chris There is a retired farm work down the road from me and his is always nice and green in fact he has cut it this year already. I don't know what exactly he applies but I sure ever year he must spread lime on it since well its white and not snow. I'll have to have a look in Costco to see what lawn care stuff they have in but its maybe just early enough to apply just now with still the risk of frost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke (DeWitt) Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I was selecting seed potatoes at the weekend. Also begonias down from the loft so they can start to sprout. How is the supply of seed potatoes? My grandfather sells them and said that there is a talk of a possible shortage of seed potatoes this year. We ordered some early from him this year. Last year he had around 50 bu. and my uncle bought about 95% of them so he could plant them for his store. We beat him to it this year though. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 It just looks so so yellow Chris There is a retired farm work down the road from me and his is always nice and green in fact he has cut it this year already. I don't know what exactly he applies but I sure ever year he must spread lime on it since well its white and not snow. I'll have to have a look in Costco to see what lawn care stuff they have in but its maybe just early enough to apply just now with still the risk of frost if it is lime he is putting on, he shoud'nt need to put it on every year. on the farm we only add lime if needed to acidic soil very occasionally, i.e 10 year intervals. soil p.h testing kits are very cheap from most garden centres and you maybe might think about testing your soil, they are easy to use. my grandad, god rest his soul, swore by his testing kit. if any plant in his garden was struggling, the first line of investigation was the soil p.h level. your man down the road wants to hope you dont have a sharp frost, that will make newly cut grass go yellow for a few weeks. i know up north you have had a lot of rain in recent months, this can also make crops/grass look yellow due to water-logging. going back to my grandad, every spring he would aerate the lawns by going over it sticking a fork in 6 to 8 inches deep, he swore it helped drainage. hope this helps bc, be sure to post pics of your lawn in may, i would love to see it in all its late spring glory. rgds, chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 Yes I sure aerating it with a fork would do it good Chris but its the thought of the time it would take frightens me....mind you now that it is getting lighter at nights I should maybe just start doing a section at a time. May take a while but as my old man always used to say if I was trying to speed him up he would retort "Rome wasn't built in a day" ;D Many many years ago when my dad worked at an Agricultural College he borrowed a machine that took cores out of the grass. Well I wish I had never seen the machine since it looped about like a "puddock" ( frog) and not only that had a leaking petrol connection so I think it did more harm to the grass than good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 How is the supply of seed potatoes? My grandfather sells them and said that there is a talk of a possible shortage of seed potatoes this year. We ordered some early from him this year. Last year he had around 50 bu. and my uncle bought about 95% of them so he could plant them for his store. We beat him to it this year though. ;D I honestly don't know about supply in Scotland Luke. I only grow a small amount since well they seem to taste much nicer just dug and boiled. I just normally keep out seed from the previous years crop...sometimes swapping seed with my dad for a change of ground....don't know if that makes any difference or not ...but well dad seems to think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 I'm determined to get my grass looking better this year. Bought two bags 17.5 kg bags of Lawnfeed weed and moss killer and Aftercut lawn feed & conditioner. Still to early to apply but its nice to have in stock for when the time comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Absolutely no point in me applying any of that - having two ******* weeing in one particular place means nothing grows there and during the winter where they chase around (usually 'cos they are in a hurry to get back indoors) it looks like I have had a motocross rally or have been invaded by off-roaders on a jaunt! I have given up on that lawn at least and the big "lawn" is 400-year old ley. I could, I suppose, give that a weed and feed compound and a going over with moss control, and then seed the patches (which would mean almost all of it)... ...could being the operative word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fendt Fahrer Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 you would not want to see my lawn and garden....... currently covered in snow! and defenitly not as well cared for in the summer. Yours looks fine to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Absolutely no point in me applying any of that - having two ******* weeing in one particular place means nothing grows there and during the winter where they chase around (usually 'cos they are in a hurry to get back indoors) it looks like I have had a motocross rally or have been invaded by off-roaders on a jaunt! I have given up on that lawn at least and the big "lawn" is 400-year old ley. I could, I suppose, give that a weed and feed compound and a going over with moss control, and then seed the patches (which would mean almost all of it)... ...could being the operative word I would not say I'm a keen gardener Sue like my next door neighbour but I do like to see a tidy looking one and with lush green grass plus I like to work out doors ...makes a pleasant change from working in an office which has air conditioning but being at a window on the sunny side I usually start to get sleepy around 2pm. Absolutely no point in me applying any of that - having two ******* weeing in one particular place means nothing grows there and during the winter where they chase around (usually 'cos they are in a hurry to get back indoors) it looks like I have had a motocross rally or have been invaded by off-roaders on a jaunt! I have given up on that lawn at least and the big "lawn" is 400-year old ley. I could, I suppose, give that a weed and feed compound and a going over with moss control, and then seed the patches (which would mean almost all of it)... ...could being the operative word Well every ones garden looks much the same in snow Markus...but believe me I'm happy to look at tired looking grass this year rather the the snow we had in the past few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I would not say I'm a keen gardener Sue like my next door neighbour but I do like to see a tidy looking one and with lush green grass plus I like to work out doors ...makes a pleasant change from working in an office which has air conditioning but being at a window on the sunny side I usually start to get sleepy around 2pm. .... My big lawn does look lush - it is just that most of the green is sphagnum moss! Lovely for hanging baskets though and I do not need to buy any! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Pass me your address Neils and I will send some of my colleagues round to take that problem off your hands, you won't need to bother with planning your meals for the next few months either...............assuming you like porage :police: :police: :laugh: too funny Mike, porage oh yum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 First out door shot I tried with the new camera yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke (DeWitt) Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Ahhh the first signs of spring. ;D We still have a few weeks, I think... Bit of an odd winter here, one week it is freezing and there is 6 inches of snow on the ground and the next week it all melts. I cant complain though. Looks like the new camera does a nice job, how do you like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 Just getting used to it really Luke....but got a carrying case for it today so it should be all systems go for next week ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Last year my Arizona garden did well. We got 3 bushel per acre of Scorpions, 1 bushel per acre of Diamond Back Rattlers, over 100 bushel of Cactus Thorns, mmmm yummmy. Would of done better but it hit 40 c here early and dried up my hoe....good news is the sweet corn is in the market as well as strawberries and watermelon..so shopping is what I do....wish I had a little tractor like Lord Fergunson then I could plant some sand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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