Path to Freedom

[Bev]

Originally Posted by Sunlightdemented

I only have a small garden, I have an old bath I grow my potatoes in. I have lettuce, raddish, strawberries growing in planters on a wall (due to having hens).

Oooh, the bath is a good idea! I might steal that. I did grow carrots for a couple of years in an old dustbin (the old fashioned sort, not the wheelie bin) and that worked quite well.

[Sunlightdemented]

Originally Posted by Bev

Oooh, the bath is a good idea! I might steal that. I did grow carrots for a couple of years in an old dustbin (the old fashioned sort, not the wheelie bin) and that worked quite well.

We got our old bath from a builder, we filled it with compost just propped it up at one end to allow water to drain.

[heretic]

Originally Posted by scouse83

My father had an allotment for 30 years and grew all sorts of organic stuff very rarely using pesticides.I have been thinking about digging parts of our back garden over growing potatoes and cauliflower,i think you can grow ptatoes in any soil with natural fertilizer ie horse shit.

you dont need any fertilizer for potatoes, when you get those green little buds/shoots growing out of the potato, dig a small trench aproximately 1 to 1 and a half foot deep, plant them in there with the side of the potato with the most buds on facing up, plant them 6-8 inches apart, cover with soil and give plenty of water.....simples!. you should grow veg, i am of the opinion that a garden goes to waste otherwise

[Sunlightdemented]

Originally Posted by heretic

you dont need any fertilizer. you should grow veg, i thing a garden goes to waste otherwise

I have never used any fertiliser, been growing my own for two years now.

[heretic]

Originally Posted by Bev

On a slightly related note - has everyone taken this test about whether you would survive if there was a total collapse of law and order?

http://www.gotoquiz.com/would_you_su...f_social_order

I have a 64% chance of survival, but that is, of course, without any sort of firearm. I also felt sorry for the thieving guy and let him go with just a kicking, which I think lowered my score.

78 percent chance of survival. i killed the thieving swine without a moments hesitation, i feel no guilt at all, and would do the same again.

[Bev]

I don't use fertiliser either, though on the bottom of deep troughs, I put a few inches of used guinea pig bedding, partly to save on compost and partly for the fertilising qualities.

[Sunlightdemented]

Originally Posted by heretic

78 percent chance of survival. i killed the thieving swine without a moments hesitation, i feel no guilt at all, and would do the same again.

Same here will have no hesitation. 67% chance of survival.

[Sunlightdemented]

Originally Posted by Sunlightdemented

I only have a small garden, I have an old bath I grow my potatoes in. I have lettuce, raddish, strawberries growing in planters on a wall (due to having hens).

Lots of tips on here.

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/grapevine/

[Iain]

Funny reading these old threads. This is just the kind of thing that Joe would accuse one of pursuing ‘dead end tactics’ for if you advocated it today. He’ll, he’d probably call you a grass.