tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137246611326999073.post7236199402590131745..comments2024-03-24T08:23:19.201+01:00Comments on Mr Tomato King's Blog: May 2011 in the GardenStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03329172791821667793noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137246611326999073.post-11108906385977473182011-05-14T09:42:26.791+02:002011-05-14T09:42:26.791+02:00Hi Stuart.
I have been using grass cutting around...Hi Stuart.<br /><br />I have been using grass cutting around all my fruit bushes,the raised beds a full of seedlings at the moment, but when I larger plants I will mulch around them. <br /><br />SteveAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02956729124220983371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137246611326999073.post-87517704382527765972011-05-12T08:45:42.258+02:002011-05-12T08:45:42.258+02:00Hi Stuart
I have been using the grass cuttings ar...Hi Stuart<br /><br />I have been using the grass cuttings around the fruit trees. But the raised beds are full of tiny seedlings so so not need it at the moment, you have to be a little careful with grass cutting and not but them too thick at a time. But like you say mulching is perfect to keep the soil from drying out. The strawberries are going mad now, looks like strawberries every evening for a while!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03329172791821667793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137246611326999073.post-10322814434524727442011-05-11T08:50:39.549+02:002011-05-11T08:50:39.549+02:00Hi Steve,
With all the dry weather and the tendenc...Hi Steve,<br />With all the dry weather and the tendency of raised beds to be comparatively drier (we have raised beds too) mulching is very good at keeping in moisture. You say you are doing lots of grass mowing: grass cuttings make a super mulch, applied weekly in thin sprinklings. We got this idea from Bob Flowerdew's <i>No Work Garden</i> and now can;t get enough of them, taking grass cuttings from three neighbours in addition to our own. The strawberries look great, I'm envious!Stuart and Gabriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886622731103783384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137246611326999073.post-83870661616045074762011-05-10T11:26:51.178+02:002011-05-10T11:26:51.178+02:00Its just the cats that are a problem Matron,I appr...Its just the cats that are a problem Matron,I appreciate their toilet habits, but not in the middle of a seed bed!<br /><br />Hi Andy<br />We did have a very long dry spell, then luckily enough we had a good few showers a few weeks ago, that with the warm weather has really pushed crops on. <br />Bramble is banned from the poly-tunnel now, she has not quite learnt to use the paths in there.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03329172791821667793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137246611326999073.post-75726047775323157292011-05-10T10:48:42.279+02:002011-05-10T10:48:42.279+02:00Some great shots there Steve. You seem to be ahead...Some great shots there Steve. You seem to be ahead of us, we have had no rain and a hosepipe ban has been implemented as well! Global warming or just seasonal weather patterns? Good to see Bramble keeping an eye on you too!Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121541468293903883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137246611326999073.post-78902618280738674982011-05-10T09:20:45.675+02:002011-05-10T09:20:45.675+02:00Interesting... my dogs always seem to use the path...Interesting... my dogs always seem to use the paths on my allotment instead of trampling over the beds.Matronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07705506930308472527noreply@blogger.com