Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Fizz :-) Jun 2020 8:07pm, 1 Jun 2020 3,888 posts	0 Fizz :-) Blimey, that is a big job! A question, my autumn onion sets have flopped over. Is it most likely that they’re too dry, or could they be ready (albeit still quite small)?
Dvorak Jun 2020 8:13pm, 1 Jun 2020 19,859 posts	0 Dvorak Sounds excellent Hann. The dinner, not the watering. Four hours a day! Is this not a case where some technology should come in? I'd have thought you'd have some form of irrigation system given the scale your at. Pleasing to hear of strawberries. I've just had some (shop bought) - mine are still forming up. A few bees buzzing around - saw three on one raspberry cane yesterday. And round the aquilegia and echium blue bedder.
Columba Jun 2020 12:07pm, 2 Jun 2020 19,830 posts	0 Columba Strawberries nowhere near ready yet, except the little Alpine strawberries which are all over the garden and which I eat as I discover them. Gratifyingly, neither the slugs nor the birds seem interested.
jacdaw Jun 2020 12:15pm, 2 Jun 2020 3,080 posts	0 jacdaw Lots of rain forecast here for tonight!
Flatlander Jun 2020 12:26pm, 2 Jun 2020 1,714 posts	0 Flatlander Is your hosepipe long enough to reach East Anglia, so we can have some of your water?
jacdaw Jun 2020 12:29pm, 2 Jun 2020 3,081 posts	0 jacdaw Trying not to gloat...
rf_fozzy Jun 2020 12:42pm, 2 Jun 2020 10,064 posts	0 rf_fozzy Saved an oak sapling from my allotment last night. It's only about 50cm tall, but the root must be 30cm! I've put it into a pot, but that's only just deep enough to contain the root. Hopefully I'll repot it into something bigger at some point and it'll survive.
Markymarkmark Jun 2020 12:49pm, 2 Jun 2020 11,708 posts	0 Markymarkmark Bonsai oak?
rf_fozzy Jun 2020 1:21pm, 2 Jun 2020 10,065 posts	0 rf_fozzy Not sure I can be that bothered! I was more thinking if I can get it through to 2-3m size, I might be able to find somewhere to plant it. Should be big enough to avoid casual destruction if I can get it to that size.
Angus Clydesdale Jun 2020 1:28pm, 2 Jun 2020 18,320 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale I’ve planted out my beans. Just in time for nature to water them in for me