At least one outbreak was caused by infected meat being imported "unofficially" from Asia.
I have a friend in Belgium who has a truck-load of council compost delivered evey autumn and spend December and part of January barrowing it around the beds while the bulbs and perennials are mostly dormant and it's thus easy to spread. He keeps his own garden compost for the potager because he hoes those beds more regularly and that deals with volnteer weed seedlings.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast. "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
I have used council compost very happily for many years. The heat is not artificially added, it is produced by the composting process. Because the heaps are huge, they generate a lot of heat.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
I'm definitely envious of his potting shed. I have a nice potting bench but I can never get to use it because the shed is full of stuff. I usually have to pot up at the garden or kitchen table depending on the weather. I'd love to be able to pop round there and pick up a load of terracota pots of various sizes. Oh and if he's got any pleached hornbeam I'd love some of those to block out the view of our neighbours house.
I'm definitely envious of his potting shed. I have a nice potting bench but I can never get to use it because the shed is full of stuff. I usually have to pot up at the garden or kitchen table depending on the weather. I'd love to be able to pop round there and pick up a load of terracota pots of various sizes. Oh and if he's got any pleached hornbeam I'd love some of those to block out the view of our neighbours house.
Get that shed cleared out and enjoy your potting bench - go on - you can do it!👍 Oh those HUGE terracotta pots that Monty was preparing with his HOME GROWN canes😍 Agree, you need privacy in a garden to potter without being annoyed.
We all know that MONTYS gaff is idealistic, wouldn't have it any other way! Why would we want to see broken pots, muddy planters that we have to wash YET AGAIN after YET MORE rain, seedlings that have disappeared overnight and tools that are ancient😐😁
Any ideas to help Yviestevie create a neighbour privacy area? We want some quick solutions, not tiny fir trees that will take ages to grow. What about one of those small canvas gezebo things that is covered in, positioned correctly it would give you a nice cool place to enjoy this Summer? Quite inexpensive, not garden party standard but might do the trick to block the blue meanies?👍
It's unrealisitic which is fine on one level but he doesn't remind us often enough so beginners will be disappointed when their plants don't grow because they didn't know about soil preparation or using the right compost or watering before and after planting and or acid lovers or alkaline lovers or wussy ones that need shelter and so on................
Your post count indicates you are new here so, welcome, but it does mean you haven't seen all the posts asking for help with basic plants and basic errors or misunderstandings that arise week after week, year after year and all because the basic info isn't given.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast. "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
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I have a friend in Belgium who has a truck-load of council compost delivered evey autumn and spend December and part of January barrowing it around the beds while the bulbs and perennials are mostly dormant and it's thus easy to spread. He keeps his own garden compost for the potager because he hoes those beds more regularly and that deals with volnteer weed seedlings.
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
The heat is not artificially added, it is produced by the composting process. Because the heaps are huge, they generate a lot of heat.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Oh those HUGE terracotta pots that Monty was preparing with his HOME GROWN canes😍 Agree, you need privacy in a garden to potter without being annoyed.
Your post count indicates you are new here so, welcome, but it does mean you haven't seen all the posts asking for help with basic plants and basic errors or misunderstandings that arise week after week, year after year and all because the basic info isn't given.
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw