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Greengage Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 3129 Location: Kildare
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 7:00 am Post subject: Spring. in the garden |
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Got to plant Potatoes Sharpes express and British queens last weekend, rain and Hail shoowers put stop to play. When the weather improves i will plant Carrotts (Flyaway) Parsnips (Little gem) Onion Setts (Stuttrgarter Giant) adn Kale.
The heavy rain has destroyed lots of Tulips but there is still a good display to come when weather improves. The Crocus have got a bit of a hammering so their best days are over. So too are the snowdrops.
Bees have being collecting pollen from Salix caprea (Goat willow Male) but they are also going over while hazel is dropping its catkins. Next into flower will be dandelions, did you know we have 70 different species in Ireland, Flower shape, stem colour, Leaf position and seed type all help in identification. I know most people dont like them on their lawns but i hope the council dont loose the run of themselves cutting verges after all they have signed up to the All-Ireland pollinator scheme. Did you know they close up in cloudy weather. We used call them fairy clocks and when you blew the seeds off the number left indicated the number of children you would have in the future, lucky for me thats not true or I would be like the old woman living in a shoe. |
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kindredspirit Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 2300 Location: Mid-west.
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Lius Rank attained: Ash Tree


Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Posts: 203 Location: Ballinteer, Dublin
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 9:23 am Post subject: |
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I have my spuds (Orla again) down since the week before Paddy's, however it didn't seem to speed up the process as I can't see anything above ground yet, still too cold.
BTW, how do you cook the Tulips, Crocus and snowdrops? My wife grows all those flowery things but I haven't seen a meal out of them yet.  |
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 5188 Location: Co. Wexford
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Welcome back Lius, it has been a while. _________________ “It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE |
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