They say the old ideas are the best. I recently came across some old gardening advice. When sowing veg seeds directly outside, once you have dug your trench and placed the seeds in the soil, before backfilling, cover the exposed seed with chopped gorse - the thorns stop pests such as mice from getting to the seed and eating it. Anybody else got any old gardening tips?
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exposed ya butt to see if the soil is warm enough to sow
Originally posted by Liza View PostNOTE: not something I will be doingLast edited by piskieinboots; 11-03-2010, 05:15 PM.aka
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Hundreds of tips...lots on here.
Gorse trick mainly used for peas and pumpkins. It is quite an unpleasant job for the human too.
Some soak their peas in paraffin for the same reason. Paraffin can also be watered up a row of carrot seedlings to stop fly.....not my scene though.
for me the best tip is don't sow your peas outside. I have a mouse free greenhouse where I sit with the radio and sow my peas in guttering sliding them out when they are 4 or 5 inches tall.
....oh liza beat me to itLast edited by Paulottie; 11-03-2010, 05:20 PM.
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Originally posted by piskieinboots View Postexposed ya butt to see if the soil is warm enough to sowOriginally posted by Paulottie View Postfair dos ...less likely to be arrested with a thermometer..... but if you want to sit on the sod.
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Originally posted by DaveJ View Postcover the exposed seed with chopped gorseOriginally posted by Comfreyfan View PostI use hollyAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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Everything I do is an old gardening idea. I'm an old gardener!Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring
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Originally posted by DaveJ View PostI also have heard of the parraffin technique. Apparantly seeds were soaked in parraffin and also mixed with red lead - certainly not my cup of tea.
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Originally posted by Paulottie View PostIf they were making their tea with red lead and paraffin it is surprising they got to be old gardeners at all.....just PG tips and a spot of milk for me.
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