Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Hanneke Mar 2020 10:55pm, 7 Mar 2020 70,515 posts	0 Hanneke Nothing beats a good bonfire! I have a huge pile of brash to burn as my tree surgeon friend coppiced my native hedge road side a couple of weeks ago. I am waiting for a few dry days and no hooly blowing. Should have tried this afternoon, even with the strong wind, because now it is worse and tipping it down again. Sigh!
alpenrose Mar 2020 6:28am, 9 Mar 2020 43,181 posts	0 alpenrose An old boy on the radio gardening programme always used to give the recipe for a sure-fire compost activator, sounds like you may need it Dvorak. It's 1 part urine to 6 parts water, so you just need to pee in your compost bin, or a bucket etc.
Fizz :-) Mar 2020 5:13pm, 9 Mar 2020 3,574 posts	0 Fizz :-) Bob Flowerdew
alpenrose Mar 2020 6:23am, 10 Mar 2020 43,190 posts	0 alpenrose No, it was a proper "old-boy" gardener, but I remember Bob, whatever happened to him?
Eynsham Red Mar 2020 6:42am, 10 Mar 2020 5,403 posts	0 Eynsham Red Bob is often on Radio 4 Gardeners’ Question Time.
Hanneke Mar 2020 10:46pm, 11 Mar 2020 70,516 posts	0 Hanneke Does Bob still have that massive plait?
jacdaw Mar 2020 11:23pm, 11 Mar 2020 2,842 posts	0 jacdaw Yes, but it's gone grey!
Columba Mar 2020 5:17pm, 12 Mar 2020 19,429 posts	0 Columba Sowed some broad bean seeds in root trainers. The root trainers have been used for a number of years, and are threatening to fall apart. This will probably be their last year.
Markymarkmark Mar 2020 6:06pm, 12 Mar 2020 10,850 posts	0 Markymarkmark I have just stripped all the ivy between 6" up to about 8' on the old apple tree. I had to use a tree saw to get through the stems (trunks!) so I could prise most of it off. I hope I haven't left it too long and that the tree survives - the top bark is quite soft and crumbly in places. And I have assorted tree top grot in my eyes from where I was working over my head. Still, the tree looks a lot neater!
jacdaw Mar 2020 6:20pm, 12 Mar 2020 2,844 posts	0 jacdaw Shame about the ivy; it's a fabulous wildlife resource, wintr nectar and nesting / roosting sites. It rarely kills healthy trees.