tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339317216265636215.post2458647495352151141..comments2024-03-12T07:50:58.760+00:00Comments on Frugal in Norfolk: Gardening...Dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490191919855219024noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339317216265636215.post-61503706134288020212016-04-13T08:46:47.642+01:002016-04-13T08:46:47.642+01:00Very true, horrible stuff bind weed. I remember Ge...Very true, horrible stuff bind weed. I remember Geoff Hamilton talking about how to get rid of it. He reckoned if it was in your flower borders to insert canes to encourage it to climb. Once climbing, put on heavy duty rubber gloves, then massage it with weed killer gel. That way it killed the growing part plus all its roots, plus you didn't get the weed killer onto your garden. Good advice I think.Dchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490191919855219024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339317216265636215.post-21232323184660148942016-04-13T08:10:58.877+01:002016-04-13T08:10:58.877+01:00I agree with Jo about being amazed that stuff turn...I agree with Jo about being amazed that stuff turns into rich, brown compost. When we got our first allotment it was absolutely full of bindweed root. We painstakingly picked it all out as we dug the plot and filled a dalek style compost bin with it. Lots of people told us it couldn't be composted but we just put the bin behind the shed and forgot about it. After several years we had the most amazing compost, and we'd beaten the bindweed problem on the plot too by digging and picking it all out rather than rotovating and increasing the problem.Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729719876504930455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339317216265636215.post-30659880624784834442016-04-12T12:45:46.484+01:002016-04-12T12:45:46.484+01:00Magical stuff compost. Plum blossom is very suscep...Magical stuff compost. Plum blossom is very susceptible to late frosts so fingers crossed.Dchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490191919855219024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339317216265636215.post-53501076691461985592016-04-12T12:22:40.066+01:002016-04-12T12:22:40.066+01:00It never ceases to amaze me how all the junk we th...It never ceases to amaze me how all the junk we throw in to the compost bin turns out such wonderful stuff which is so good for our garden. I bought a tiny patio plum tree two years ago and got quite a good harvest the first year then nothing last year. It's absolutely covered in blossom at the moment so I'm hoping for a good year, fingers crossed for us both.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.com