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Post by Old Dragon (Al) on Jan 12, 2006 14:46:58 GMT 1
... 6" square of soil/turf from the banks of Llys Nant and beneath an ancient beech tree. £5 each including UK postage. When received, simply pop it onto the top of a well drained outdoor planter in a corner of your garden, keep it watered and see what grows! When we have done this before various buyers have discovered beech, hawthorn, rowan and holly saplings have appeared, also various grasses and meadow plants/wildflowers, the odd foxglove and even a bluebell or celandine or two! We cannot guarantee what yours will grow, as the area seeds naturally, but all proceeds are used to provide wildbird seed for the resident birds in that area and that will be nesting soon.
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Post by Old Dragon (Al) on Jan 12, 2006 17:44:17 GMT 1
I have just been reminded by a local member that theirs produced a wood violet and some wild strawberries, too.
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Post by Rupert's Momma on Jan 12, 2006 19:04:30 GMT 1
Oooh yes please - what a super idea and would make a lovely memorial for those at the Bridge.
Will nochex - hope that's ok?
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Post by Old Dragon (Al) on Jan 12, 2006 19:34:32 GMT 1
That's fine, Nicki, thanks. I won't post these out until the early part of each week though, so they shouldn't be waiting around in sorting offices too long. I had to get one today for someone local and feel sure that one had a wild strawberry or two in it. I have a beech sapling from one I grew here a couple of years ago. Plan to plant that into the hedge next autum and when it's a bit bigger.
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Post by Selina the Moorland Minx on Jan 12, 2006 21:58:57 GMT 1
Yes please, cant resist that, will get a cheque off to you asap
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Post by Old Dragon (Al) on Jan 12, 2006 23:47:48 GMT 1
Thanks, Selina. Here are a few photos of the place where the turf is coming from... Showing Llys Nant just beyond the bank. This old beech tree with five trunks is named 'Old Merlin' and it dropped a lot of beech mast last autumn. The stream bank was undercut by the flow of water a few years ago and this tree fell. Now it is covered in fungi. As you are facing Old Merlin, you would be facing south, therefore this area is very shady during the summer, so whatever grows may well prefer shade. However, if you get wild strawberries, these are likely as a result of birds dropping fruit, and they would probably prefer a sunnier position.
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Post by mugsy on Jan 24, 2006 14:12:49 GMT 1
Can I have 2 please Al, can't have 1 lonely because it is so far from home
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Post by Old Dragon (Al) on Jan 24, 2006 15:09:44 GMT 1
No problem, Margaret, although it will now be next Monday or Tuesday before I can post them, to avoid the chance of them ending up too long in a sorting office.
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Post by mugsy on Jan 24, 2006 20:09:47 GMT 1
I don't mind when they are posted Al
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Post by NIKKIB on Jul 16, 2006 12:57:45 GMT 1
Will you be doing these again Al Its all your fault im getting the gardening well potting bug. hehe need some advice on my sweet peas though the pods are there and dryingout do i plant them into pots now or later?
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Post by Rupert's Momma on Jul 16, 2006 14:09:59 GMT 1
Nikki, you can collect the pods and store them somewhere dry preferably in a paper bag. Then you can either plant them in the Autumn, and overwinter them somewhere reasonally cool but frost free, or plant them in the Spring. There's a little about them here: www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/4150.shtmland if you're really keen, this is the National Sweet Pea Society LOL www.sweetpeas.org.uk/Remember to keep cutting the flowers, then you will get more...otherwise they just set seed. And they are so lovely to have indoors...
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