[Big Eggy]

Thanks for all the kind words guys.. i think this thread is gonna be a good few years before it's over.

Bit of new i might aswell add..

There was two wire fences at the back of the garden between us and the farmers feild we took our side down although it was not on our property we needed to clear the land of all the shit previous tenant had dump over the past 50 years.. we intended to plant large shrubs and trees but didn't want to spend too much incase the famer objected. The original farmer died last year and the feild has over grown somewhat but his son came round on the tractor (a brand new John Deer) on Sunday inspecting his grazing field.. was a bit worried he'd mention the fence, Today he has installed a new barbed wire fence infront of his own so i guess we can do what we like on our side now. Has incresed the garden by 2 meters.

will still treat it as not mine but will spend a bit more on plants now that the boundarys have been definded properly.

While i'm here does anyone know of a sure way to kill redants?? i dont think i've got "Imported fire ants" just the normal small uk ones.. but they are everywhere i turn. I kill one nest and find two. I must have about 10-15 small nests in the garden.

I've tried Borax mixed with Sugar they ate it but still they are here, I've treid Peanut Butter and Borax and they didn't take any notice. at the moment i'm using Doff ant powder and hot water. it's doing the trick at keeping them at bay but i know i wont be killing all the queens and reckon in a month i'll be back to sqaure one.

The current meathord of killing them is okey for now.. but when i have a nice flat new lawn i dont want to be putting ant powder and boiling water on it.

any cultral or envromental solution would be welcome.. failing that if you know of a Chemical one that is garenteed to sort it id love to know.

Eggy

[Big Eggy]

Couldn't work out why the farmer had put one strip of barbed wire on the new boundary last week.. it's about 1.5m high. Had me thinking he'll come back and put another strip lower down cuz the sheep will just walk under it...

anyway got the fright of my life last night when this girl and about 6 of her friends were looking in at me in the garden.



my little ones are gonna love this.

Does anyone know why farmers keep such a small herd of cows? is it just to keep the grass under control?

Eggy

[paulo73]

What do you mean by a small herd? 7 cows is a very nice herd if you are not doing big scale commercial exploration of milk/meat.
7 cows will keep grass under control, give a couple of youngsters every year and a steady supply of milk everyday.
How pastoral is that? Growing the sacred herb while the sacred cows watch it all.

[Big Eggy]

Yeah only about 6-7 of them.. it was hard to count as i was running for a camera, this was the only one still about when i came back. I could here all the dogs up the street going mad as the went by.

The Farmer normally has sheep for wool in the back feild but he died last year and assume his son has taken over the business.. i'm liking the new neighbours though.

there is nothing like country life

[mitch_connor]

Looks like a nice space to play with mate,

You could screen off an area for a greenhouse and potting shed?

Whoever suggested raised beds, i made some very inexpensively in my old yard and it was great for disposing of soil from indoor, and had some massive potato plants in them.

Best of luck with the project anyway.

like the progress your making i have decked my garden and dug a pond in the last month to parra to put it on here... good luck with the rest of it hard work proper gardening cant stop once im in to it

[RudeDog]

Got your work cut out there Eggy mate...

Petrol & fire for the ants?

Keep up the good work

[Big Eggy]

Thanks guys!

Got a Big Bag 'O Sand out the front of the house that i've got to get down the garden this weekend to finish the shed base.

Also got the Mother of all "Domestic" chainsaws in the shed to chop down the big dead tree near the shed that i'm moving... I'm a bit scared of it though and need the owner to come show me what to do.. he's a Copper so will need to hide my plants form him lol.

I choped one part (Double trunked) of the tree down with an Axe last year but it took me a hell of a long time.

Hopefully it'll give me a fair amount of fire wood for the wintre.

Will get a Photo updat this weekend things are coming along.. have a grafted Lilac "Canada Girl" to plant into the nomans land.. It doesn't look much at the moment but should look great in flower next year.

Looks like a fun project! Just started digging a new bed in preparation for a nice winter veggie garden (: