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loughlin20
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Joined: 15 Jan 2009
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:00 pm    Post subject: Environmental Science Student here Reply with quote

Hi all,
Just to intro myself to this great forum, Im a 25yr old environmental science who loves being in the garden and growing my own produce. Anyone else gettin really annoyed at volume of rain and the lands inability to absorb it..........slugs in my spuds......water pools around my carrots aaaaaaa
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello loughlin20 welcome. Where there is water raise the soil. Raised beds for the win. Laughing
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stoneygardens
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Joined: 19 Mar 2009
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Location: Co.Kilkenny

PostPosted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:18 pm    Post subject: hi Reply with quote

Hello welcome
This site helped me
I've got a very wet site
Bottom of my garden
I dug a trench x around my veg garden
18 inches deep 1 foot wide into a soak hole pit
instead of raising all my beds and it worked
For me best of luck
Stoney
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