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- About Me:
- I am interested in using our limited resources sensibly and fairly, particularly energy. I am looking at ways to either reduce my energy consumption or to use more sustainable sources of energy at home.
I haev started to use my back garden to grow food, particularly varieties of vegetables and fruit that are either unavailable in supermarkets or very expensive. I have more seeds that I need and would be happy to swap seeds with others or act as a seed bank.
- Key Interests
- Recycling, Composting, Gardening
Events
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Launch of "Bag For Life" - Donate, Don't Dump
January 5, 2010 at 10am to January 3, 2011 at 5:30pm – The Salvation Army charity shop, Wandsworth
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Embrace Woodlands! Improving habitats and access
January 7, 2010 from 10:30am to 3:30pm – Dulwich Upper Wood
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Focus On Hedges - why, what, where and how to plant
January 7, 2010 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm – Centre For Wildlife Gardening
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Pruning old fruit trees- A two-day course
January 9, 2010 at 10am to January 10, 2010 at 5pm – Stanmer Park, Brighton
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Good to meet you and hope to see you again at further Green Drinks
SPAB - Society for Protection of Ancient Buildings - leaflet on Removing Paint from Old Buildings.
Hope this is useful.
Go to
http://www.spab.org.uk/html/online-shop/the-bookshop/?sSubCategory=Information%20Sheets
Susan
I got that particular type because the fruiting season is the longest i believe, and it is recommended for container growing, which i wanted to do to curtail the size, they can grow into large trees. who knows i might plant it out one of these years though.
yes definately i have aspare redcurrant for you, if you fancy testing , you might think about growing two, mine is more advanced so you would get a bigger crop sooner, then as yours comes a long you could either keep the two ( which i've found i needed) or pass one on... dont worry re swapping now, if you dont have anything at present, though if you take cutting of your gooseberry i would love to try growing it on. any reason for choosing invicta? good to experiment on the northfacing wall too, congrats!!! tell the rhs!!!
mmm the usual problems re organice gardening...I actually have quite limited experience with veg and fruit, and am in the same boat as many suddenly relising that i should grow it instead of all the ornamental stuff. I use to have an alottment but only grew in sthe summer. Firstly you snail/catterpillar prob.. everyone seems to say with the latter that you just have to keep picking them off (feed them to the birds??), the only have a limited lifecycle. UK SAFARI .com has the best resource I've come accross for identifying caterpillars. There are someplants that I should get to be able to transfer the cats. and allow them to grow on if they result in particularly impt moths or butterflies, this site would be able to advise on their preferred food source! With snails/slugs it seems to be all about barriers and nemetodes, and again, picking them off, after dark with a torch when their are activly hunting their fav food and merrily chomping your!! You see this is why I dont tend to grow food...its labour intensive organicalyy!! But there are many people who do, and Iguesss its a matter of keeping on and asking as many people as poss. The Organic Garden Catalogue www.OrganicCatalougue.com the company that I know which has a huge array of products, you might know them. for containers i've found copper tape barriers can work well, can you learn to hand feed your local blackbirs or thrushes??!! Redcurrent corden, that sounds real interesting, They are such tough plants and seem to thrive with little care. Mine have been in for about 4-5 years now, as busshes, and this year gave me a wonderful crop, but I think it must have been a good year for berries becuaus the normally ravaging by birds didn't go ahead which means they must have had a good, and preffered source of food elsewhere..thank gawd!! I do actually have a couple of plants grown on from cuttings if you know any one who would like?? theyt are about 18" high now, and into their second year. How interesting about your cherry, I gues it's a wait and see on many of these things, if they get better year on year, and just feeding them as much nutrient rich compost as poss ..?? Can't wait to get my mulberry tree and see how that goes. Actually it might be an idea to do generally postings on this sight of our experiences of urban growing, I will do one, I think, for the mulbery (did I tell you I am growing it in a container?) I dont know how to do that without sending the mail to individuals on this site - do you by any chance? I would love to know about your gooseberries forinstance - species - growing conditions - problems with, crop, aesthetic of, wild life benefits, etc etc. I could also do something re my apple tree when I eventually get it. best of luck
Alice
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