What I Did This Weekend - In Pictures!

Trumpet

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Not so sunny at Herne Bay today:
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And the beach huts are looking a bit tired:
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BobClay

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Decided to explore a deviation path from my place to the pub. It's not particularly far, but part of it I've never done. Once you get to that little footbridge, it's all unknown .... Indiana Jones territory :P
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But after that the path defeated me. I had a rough idea of where it was going to come out as I carried a GPS. Trouble is lack of use has left the path overgrown. Plenty of bluebells to be seen, but they're accompanied by thick swaths of brambles and a few plants that look like Triffids to me. Might have got through with a machete, but I've got blood on my hands and legs courtesy of those brambles. So backed off to the foot bridge and chose another route I already know. Brings you up into the village on the other side of my local ... The New Inn. So obviously I had to stop for a rest there and down three pints of Guinness. Enjoyable romp except for those brambles ... try as I might I cannot see the purpose of brambles !! :P 2.7 miles Av speed 1.1 mph (slow going in those woods.)
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Gramaisc

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It being the nicest of weather - warm, bright sunshine and the slightest of breezes - I decided to venture to a nearby lake.

During the 5km restriction, it was outside my potential orbit - since then, other places have fitted into multi-point journeys better.

But, a little spin out this afternoon seemed reasonable.

The paths around the lake are about four feet wide, so there is a suggestion that visitors should make use of a one-way traffic arrangement, to reduce unnecessary interactions - not one person was observed failing to do this.

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The lake looked quite inviting in the heat, but there are alleged to be a few Pike in there...

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littleme

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Gutted, nearly every single seed I've planted either in the mini greenhouse or out has been eaten by slugs& snails.

Has anyone tried nematodes, how do you use them, are they safe etc?
 

Gramaisc

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Gutted, nearly every single seed I've planted either in the mini greenhouse or out has been eaten by slugs& snails.

Has anyone tried nematodes, how do you use them, are they safe etc?
Is it definitely molluscs that are to blame? The damp weather will sometimes result in things rotting where the stems emerge from the compost/soil. Once it starts, the infection will spread quickly.

If we are finding the slugs and snails guilty, then nematodes are fairly safe - for you - you essentially just water them into the growing medium - you don't have to catch the slugs and inject them.

It is often possible to just prevent mollusc access to the seedling plants, though.

Or, just get yourself (a) Thrush. The garden here should suffer badly from mollusc attack, it's damp enough, the plants are ideal and there is loads of calcium carbonate available for shell construction. I rarely see a living mollusc, just empty shells, and there is virtually no visible damage from them. The thrushes just amble about, eating. I found one asleep on the lawn the other day - I initially thought he may have been the victim of an attack of some sort, but, no, he woke up and ambled off as I approached.
 

littleme

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Is it definitely molluscs that are to blame? The damp weather will sometimes result in things rotting where the stems emerge from the compost/soil. Once it starts, the infection will spread quickly.

If we are finding the slugs and snails guilty, then nematodes are fairly safe - for you - you essentially just water them into the growing medium - you don't have to catch the slugs and inject them.

It is often possible to just prevent mollusc access to the seedling plants, though.

Or, just get yourself (a) Thrush. The garden here should suffer badly from mollusc attack, it's damp enough, the plants are ideal and there is loads of calcium carbonate available for shell construction. I rarely see a living mollusc, just empty shells, and there is virtually no visible damage from them. The thrushes just amble about, eating. I found one asleep on the lawn the other day - I initially thought he may have been the victim of an attack of some sort, but, no, he woke up and ambled off as I approached.

Well,yesterday I had a full tray of cosmos seedlings in mini greenhouse, today I woke up to find one left, and the rest either completely gone, or with a tiny stump left. Everything else was gone too... Although thd labels have faded so I've no idea what they were.

On the tray I found the tiniest snail ever.... I threw him down the garden...thus is the second lot of seedlings I've lost to snails... All my veg and basket plants were eaten weeks ago.

I have one tray left of something... No idea what they are though. Grrrrrrrr
 

Gramaisc

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Well,yesterday I had a full tray of cosmos seedlings in mini greenhouse, today I woke up to find one left, and the rest either completely gone, or with a tiny stump left. Everything else was gone too... Although thd labels have faded so I've no idea what they were.

On the tray I found the tiniest snail ever.... I threw him down the garden...thus is the second lot of seedlings I've lost to snails... All my veg and basket plants were eaten weeks ago.

I have one tray left of something... No idea what they are though. Grrrrrrrr
Any slime trails? There's always the possibility of mice being the perpetrators.
 

BobClay

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Long Mynd .... (if it is, and you're describing Salop folk as yam yams ... yer not likely to get out alive.) :P
 

Thehooperman

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Long Mynd .... (if it is, and you're describing Salop folk as yam yams ... yer not likely to get out alive.) :P

I was referring to the mass influx from across the yam yam border that seem to have hogged every car park space between Church Stretton and the Welsh border.

Most are just sitting in front of their cars and not venturing very far from them for some reason.
 
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