Stuck some herbs in an old washing machine drum (think I posted pics) and the mint and oregano have worked a treat, popping out through all the holes everywhere. Just those two in there. My Mrs bought a big bath from some auction website (anyone heard of John Pye) without checking and it had a chip in it. Can't use it, can't take it back. That will be a herb garden for other herbs!
No mate, no cabbage changed hands. The figs are payment for services rendered though; I’ll be doing some heavy lifting for them this winter as they’re getting on a bit, and will be spending more time in Cyprus
Jeez that's some crop of figs you've got there. I can't ever remember trying figs, they say you can eat the skin as well.
I wouldn't advise eating the skins. Wouldn't do you any harm, but would be a bit like eating paper; not very tasty and zero nutritional value. I'm surprised by how well fig trees do in England, because they're not native. There's a lot of Greek and Turkish Cypriots in North London, and they all love a fig tree if they've got the space. This one's about 20 years old.
I've always been rubbish with houseplants and have stuck to cactus because of that so I'm quite pleased that my outdoor plants all seem to be doing well. Quite enjoy it now.
I grow some herbs. Mint, chives, basil, thyme, rosemary. Plenty of courgettes this year. Some peas. Used to do beans but they taste ****e. Potatoes, sweetcorn, tomatoes. The obligatory sunflowers. A few pots on the patio with flowers and some clematis climbing the house. It's good and my 8 year old son likes to help. He has an aquarium and the water out of the tank makes great food for everything. Weirdest thing I own is a wormery. Lad loves that too. Throw the kitchen scraps in there and they turn it in to great organic fertiliser. Mix it through the compost and it really feeds the roots. That's what I would do with that old bathtub @Chief. Make it a wormery. A bit eccentric but it's pretty good once up and running.
Might seem like a stupid question but what if you aint got any worms? Where you gona buy some from? Just sayin
Valid question. You need composting worms, not regular garden worms. You can buy them online. I use tiger worms, they eat their own bodyweight per day and **** the good stuff out. You can buy wormeries but they are a piece of piss to make. Just need some plastic boxes (or in an ideal world a bathtub).
Had a bit of autumn quarantine tidy up today. It still being August and that. Now just got to wait for all the bastard leaves and acorns to fall.
Nice. My daughter's off to Uni in Swansea need to pick your brains on good place for her to go when she fancies something a bit nicer than the usual student haunts. Beaches, bars, restaurants.
Absolutely. You'll have to give me a shout when you're down for a beer or two. I take it she'll be at the new campus initially?
Yes the new one, access to the beach and it seems like a nice place and only half hour away from us so all good.
It's a good campus, my kids have done Christmas concerts in the theatre there. Stuck a bit out of town though and there's not much off campus in that neck of the woods. Buses go there though obviously, so not a problem getting to town and beyond.
