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  • Pretty old 'new arrival' on his latest comeback trail!

    Yet another comeback for this dotty puddle-head, as I emerge from a cold, wet winter into the first few days of Spring.

    A lot of things have changed in the time I've been away: Most notably the departure of Lucy Halsall (Congratulations on your wedding if you ever read this post!) and the apparent 'divorce' between the Forum and the magazine.

    Regarding the latter: What went wrong there? In the very happy days when I was on here all the time, there was a really happy link up between the two, but when I flicked through my 'comeback' mag I was take by the 'silence' when I couldn't find a reference anywhere to the goings on down here. Was it an amicable split, or did the two just drift apart? I understand if if no-one wants to talk about it too much, but it was still a bit of a shock when I found out for the first time.

    Anyway, lots of high hopes for the new season despite the snow and freezing rain we had this morning, and another bunch of new plans do this year.

    Last year was all about moving in and getting settled, and without a proper veg plot it was pretty much a case of 'make the best of what you've got'. A decision was taken early to try my hand at raised bed growing, and what couldn't fit in there was grown in tubs and troughs and pretty much anything else that came to hand around the place.

    Amongst this year's new plans are for a wheelbarrow/veg tub/flower rub conversion as the old one is being pensioned off but set for a new life as a 'rustic' (more like 'rusted!') garden feature. I've really got high hopes for this, and just need to figure out what to grow in there, so does anyone have any tips based on their own experience, please? I'm thinking of nasturtiums around the edges, and veg or flowers in the middle, but am open to all ideas, so it could end up as something different altogether by the times it's done.

    One more question to close this now: A really nasty problem has developed over the winter as the previous grass surround to the raised beds has become a messy patch of mud with virtually no grass now at all. The budget is a bit tight just now, so a fully flagged surrounding path might not be possible, but could anyone suggest a viable solution at a a pretty affordable cost? It really pains me to have to look at it when I walk out in the garden every morning, and I really must get it sorted once the rain relents and the ground dries out a bit. Any suggestion so would be very gratefully received.

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    I am sorry i have no idea what you are talking about but i welcome you back to the vine
    I grow 70% for us and 30% for the snails, then the neighbours eats them

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Lisasbolt View Post
      I am sorry i have no idea what you are talking about but i welcome you back to the vine
      Don't worry, Lisa - that's why H&V is a "dotty puddlehead"
      Welcome back, young man, and if you really want my advice, its either wood chip or stop walking round your garden!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Lisasbolt View Post
        I am sorry i have no idea what you are talking about but i welcome you back to the vine
        Thank god! I thought it was just me

        Hello herbsandveg welcome back to the vine

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        • #5
          Hi H&V

          There is still some forum stuff in the magazine, it's not always obvious bud. If you have the March issue have a butchers at page 76/77 there might be other bits I've not seen yet.
          He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

          Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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          • #6
            Hello, welcome back to the forum
            The best things in life are not things.

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            • #7
              Welcome back from me too..
              As VC says, try wood chippings or bark or couple of bags of pebble to deter slugs also
              I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives....


              ...utterly nutterly
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                Hi and welcome back

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                • #9
                  Welcome back to the vine herbsandveg
                  Location....East Midlands.

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                  • #10
                    Hello,I had the same problem with my grass,when walking on it when wet,I was thinking of some stepping stones & then I didn't want to spend money & did nothing. It's grown back now but it will happen again. Does anyone know how can you contain the wood chippings so that they don't move all over the grass or do you just do a really thin amount & tread it in?
                    Location : Essex

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                    • #11
                      You will need some form of edging Jane or the lawnmower will flick it all over the place
                      He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

                      Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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                      • #12
                        Thats a point,thankyou I'm planning a new area now & I've got some edging. An edged path of bark would look really neat next to the grass,I'm starting soon (after this cup of tea) before I change my mind again.
                        Location : Essex

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                        • #13
                          Hi H&V and welcome back from a fellow northerner!

                          Have you considered artificial grass? We had similar problems in our current garden and the artificial grass was the best thing we ever did. Not ridiculously expensive either

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                          • #14
                            Hello HV and welcome back to the home of all things growable (and not).

                            I hope you enjoy catching up with all the threads that interest you.
                            I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison

                            Outreach co-ordinator for the Gnome, Pixie and Fairy groups within the Nutters Club.

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                            • #15
                              Hello and a very warm welcome back to the Vine
                              Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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