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Comment on Books about Bees, Earl update by comfreycottages

comfreycottages — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:56:02 +0000

thank you littlerunningdeer:)

Comment on Books about Bees, Earl update by littlerunningdeer

littlerunningdeer — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:50:37 +0000

Nice!

Comment on >More about Herb Day- Thought on Sustainability by Comfrey Cottages

Comfrey Cottages — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:47:42 +0000

>Hi everyone:) Thank you for you thoughts and experiences! Now let me tell you mine… I ended up getting shingles last summer. Not fun and being out in the sun and sweating was definetely out so Comfrey Cottages gardens did not get weeded out once! Quite a shambles and looked pretty horrid too! Tall weeds shaded many things including the strawberries, which fruited great actually, but all in all I am like Gerry and think that just totally letting it go is not helpful. I feel that all these approaches have some merit and some things I just am not completely at peace with:) All food for thought. And Rowan, I imagine that your wild plants on the edges is probably the best idea. And oh yes, I am sure the birds help:)and yes Anke, great for helping with moisture.Rita, love you agree straw yes and weeds…. Thank you all for joining in the conversationxx

Comment on >Herb and Floral Design to Music by Comfrey Cottages

Comfrey Cottages — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:21:25 +0000

>Right, Deb? lol She basically just pecked at her bouquets with her head, like doing the funky chicken, periodically. lol

Comment on Attention U.K. Friends who Care about Bees by Comfrey Cottages

Comfrey Cottages — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:14:41 +0000

>You are very welcome Lucinda:) Please pass that bit on to every new keeper you meet! lol so simply but so often neglected xxx

Comment on >Herb and Floral Design to Music by petermanbrookherbfarm

petermanbrookherbfarm — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:06:46 +0000

>That woman has to shake her booty a little more!

Comment on >More about Herb Day- Thought on Sustainability by Rita M

Rita M — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:55:28 +0000

>Sounds like a really interesting event Leslie.Straw mulch ok , but weeds ….XXXX

Comment on >More about Herb Day- Thought on Sustainability by Anke

Anke — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:18:01 +0000

>Thank you Leslie for all the info. I've read a little about the no till method, and I'm going to research the "straw" idea a bit more. I'm sure it would be very beneficial to the garden to have this straw cover and it probably wouldn't dry out as fast either. Lots of things to think about…

Comment on >More about Herb Day- Thought on Sustainability by Gerry Gomez Pearlberg

Gerry Gomez Pearlberg — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:29:15 +0000

>Lots of good info here, including the links. Thanks!I used raised beds with lots of hay mulch (straw is a fortune, so we use hay which has lots of weed seeds…). It's by no means a "no work" process; plenty of good exercise to be gotten from hauling the bales around, spreading them etc. But we do get great harvests and lots of biodiversity and activity in the soil. Not sure about the advice to leave all weeds. I'm hardly an avid weeder and I certainly appreciate plants like goldenrod on their own merits, but neglect has enabled certain tough, deep-rooted plants like goldenrod to become permanent residents, reducing my limited space for vegetables and flowers.That said, I tolerate some weeds, but the ones that set super-deep roots I'm learning to stay more on top of. Removing them once they're really in there is a ton of labor. Letting them stay essentially leads to their taking over the entire bed. All of these approaches, though, are good food for thought…so many thanks again.

Comment on >More about Herb Day- Thought on Sustainability by Rowan

Rowan — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:25:42 +0000

>The whole Herb Day sounds like a really interesting event. I was interested in the theory about letting weeds grow among your plants. I don't exactly do that (most of the timeanyway) but I do have a lot of wild plants growing around the edges of the garden especially in the woodland area at the bottom. It's true that I don't have much problem with insect pests but I've always put that down to having a large and varied bird population. Maybe the weeds help too!