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  Topic: Cheapest Black Plastic / Weed Suppressing Material
BadBoyClub

Replies: 8
Views: 38553
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Sat Jun 23, 18 6:48 pm   Subject: Cheapest Black Plastic / Weed Suppressing Material
I've got some weed control fabric on it's way so I intend on covering the plot for 6 weeks first then adding compost.

However I can buy bulk manure at 2/3 of the price.

Am I OK to put that under ...
  Topic: Cheapest Black Plastic / Weed Suppressing Material
BadBoyClub

Replies: 8
Views: 38553
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Sat Jun 23, 18 6:43 pm   Subject: Cheapest Black Plastic / Weed Suppressing Material
Thanks for your replies.

I've been recommended the following from ebay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4m-Woven-Weed-Control-Landscape-Fabric/381956747085?hash=item58ee656f4d:m:mFebyyxA_u4XVGBWTANEf ...
  Topic: Cheapest Black Plastic / Weed Suppressing Material
BadBoyClub

Replies: 8
Views: 38553
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Sat Jun 23, 18 2:26 pm   Subject: Cheapest Black Plastic / Weed Suppressing Material
I need aprox 8 x 4m of weed suppressant material. Can anyone point me in the right direction of the cheapest online source please?

Thanks
  Topic: No dig / suppressing grass
BadBoyClub

Replies: 16
Views: 103327
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Mon Jun 18, 18 11:44 am   Subject: No dig / suppressing grass
Thanks for your reply.

When is the best time to do this? Better to wait for autumn or can be done any time?
  Topic: No dig / suppressing grass
BadBoyClub

Replies: 16
Views: 103327
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Mon Jun 18, 18 10:48 am   Subject: No dig / suppressing grass
Already thinking ahead to next year. I have a large area that I intend to use for vegetables next spring that is currently grassed.

What's the best no dig method to kill the grass without affecting ...
  Topic: Peas in Tomato Grow Bags
BadBoyClub

Replies: 6
Views: 34762
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Wed Jun 13, 18 10:10 am   Subject: Peas in Tomato Grow Bags
Thanks for your replies, I just wanted to make sure there wasn't anything in the tomato grow bag that might inhibit growth.

I've already got a dozen courgette in the ground & a greenhouse half ...
  Topic: Peas in Tomato Grow Bags
BadBoyClub

Replies: 6
Views: 34762
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Tue Jun 12, 18 9:08 pm   Subject: Peas in Tomato Grow Bags
I've got a spare tomato grow bag doing nothing & plenty of pea seeds left over.

What's the perceived wisdom in growing other things in tomato bags outside?
  Topic: Fishing West Bay, dorset
BadBoyClub

Replies: 12
Views: 39451
PostForum: Fishing   Posted: Sun Jul 17, 11 11:29 am   Subject: Fishing West Bay, dorset

I won't fish under it on account of the huge boulders that fall off it.


Not to mention the people who fall / leap off it, harry carry hotspot as well

Hey Zigs, long time no speak.
  Topic: Picking nettles
BadBoyClub

Replies: 20
Views: 18401
PostForum: Foraging   Posted: Sat Jun 13, 09 12:25 am   Subject: Picking nettles
Personally I can put up with the stings but the itching drives me mad. They are supposedly a folk remedy for relieving arthritis, although I'm not sure if there's any scientific basis for it.

My ot ...
  Topic: certified accounts - advice please
BadBoyClub

Replies: 12
Views: 38122
PostForum: Small Business Questions, Ideas and Advice   Posted: Fri Jun 12, 09 11:53 pm   Subject: certified accounts - advice please
'Certified accounts' do not have to be supplied by an accountant per se. The idea of the accounts being 'certified' means that someone is stating that 'These accounts are correct' & putting their ...
  Topic: When's the next Vanilla Pod round?
BadBoyClub

Replies: 11
Views: 8607
PostForum: Trading Post   Posted: Thu Dec 11, 08 10:13 am   Subject: When's the next Vanilla Pod round?
Just for the record, I received my vanilla pods quickly from Vanilla Mart & they are of excellent quality, so I would recommend them if anyone is thinking of being part of the next bulk order ...
  Topic: When's the next Vanilla Pod round?
BadBoyClub

Replies: 11
Views: 8607
PostForum: Trading Post   Posted: Sat Dec 06, 08 2:36 pm   Subject: When's the next Vanilla Pod round?
Am looking for a good supplier of vanilla pods for my newly opened deli in Lyme Regis - has anyone got the contact details as I would like to make a bulk order ...?
  Topic: tasty tomatoes : recommendations, please
BadBoyClub

Replies: 17
Views: 9439
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Sun Aug 03, 08 12:24 am   Subject: tasty tomatoes : recommendations, please
Sungold, without a doubt is my current favourite. I grow as much as I can squeeze into my greenhouse as I make vats of pasta sauce with it & freeze it which gives me a good supply well into early ...
  Topic: Bridport Food Festival
BadBoyClub

Replies: 3
Views: 3770
PostForum: Reviews and What's On   Posted: Sat Jun 28, 08 10:27 am   Subject: Bridport Food Festival
That was actually No. 4, and it was 9%! (that's my excuse anyway )
  Topic: Bridport Food Festival
BadBoyClub

Replies: 3
Views: 3770
PostForum: Reviews and What's On   Posted: Fri Jun 27, 08 11:43 pm   Subject: Bridport Food Festival
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Kicked off with the Bridport Beer Festival tonight:

http://www.glennbowen.com/images/bridport_beer_fest_2008.jpg

'nuff said
 
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