tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post2103002182973832030..comments2023-10-23T09:42:31.292-07:00Comments on AnIrishalternative: Beltaine greetings.Renovation in Galiciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12134753603087085719noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-22133101412882754312015-05-08T12:17:04.083-07:002015-05-08T12:17:04.083-07:00We are going to candle her eggs on Sunday if nothi...We are going to candle her eggs on Sunday if nothing as happened. Yes we have used beer in the past, glad your weather has improved. We have replanted carrot seeds but so far none have germinated.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-8508850788183751532015-05-08T12:13:52.387-07:002015-05-08T12:13:52.387-07:00Daffy is still sat but nothing seems to be happeni...Daffy is still sat but nothing seems to be happening. Your strawberries look fantastic.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-75341585848764161562015-05-08T08:13:54.926-07:002015-05-08T08:13:54.926-07:00Daffy looks quite content on the nest, I am wishin...Daffy looks quite content on the nest, I am wishing her great success. Have you tried beer for the slugs. The love it in a shallow dish and go into the dish and drown. We have had very warm weather here with no rain but we still could get a frost so no seeds planted yet. Too bad about your carrot seedscarolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12510643117495822298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-69608988810463504772015-05-07T18:21:49.939-07:002015-05-07T18:21:49.939-07:00We are having a wonderful year for strawberries. I...We are having a wonderful year for strawberries. I hope yours do well. And I hope Daffy has a successful hatching! Baby ducks are so cute. Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-69262006326603013572015-05-03T11:33:10.078-07:002015-05-03T11:33:10.078-07:00Daffy being a very individual duck chose her own s...Daffy being a very individual duck chose her own spot for brooding three years ago, then it was just a barrel on it's side, now it has a floor and a door, she comes to find it every time when she wants to go broody. Glad you like the signs, still needing old wood for more statues!Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-16993513091470393782015-05-03T11:28:43.139-07:002015-05-03T11:28:43.139-07:00Yes, we love strawberries but I think the favourit...Yes, we love strawberries but I think the favourite is asparagus, it's such a shame that the season is so short and the plants take so long to establish.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-59335798246376410852015-05-03T08:56:51.581-07:002015-05-03T08:56:51.581-07:00Love the slate signs. Also strangely impressed by ...Love the slate signs. Also strangely impressed by the Daffy pic. The round bottom end of the blue barrel sits round her like a kind of halo! Good luck with the incubation(s). Matt Carehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221912203941489737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-72955109781345479572015-05-03T04:23:35.437-07:002015-05-03T04:23:35.437-07:00It's so easy to get taken in with the weather ...It's so easy to get taken in with the weather only to find out that winter isn't quite done. I've been caught out before so I'm rather cautious these days and I haven't planted anything out yet, the greenhouse is very full though. At least it isn't too late to start everything off again, I'm sure they will catch up, especially being sown and grown in a polytunnel. How lovely to have strawberries so early in the year, I think they're my favouite thing that I grow.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-21771590279400532492015-05-02T17:22:35.393-07:002015-05-02T17:22:35.393-07:00You have plenty of time to replant Chickpea, what ...You have plenty of time to replant Chickpea, what went wrong? I'm sure it wasn't frosts in Cornwall.<br />Thanks, I think Simon enjoyed doing the carving and I love painting flowers, keeps us out of mischief when it's wet.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-13905536378133561932015-05-02T17:19:24.280-07:002015-05-02T17:19:24.280-07:00I love it as well Irene, we will see how the next ...I love it as well Irene, we will see how the next one turns out before deciding if it's male or female.<br />Beltaine blessing to you and yours as well. Here's hoping for a good summer, but not too hot.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-26519084661829184062015-05-02T17:15:31.164-07:002015-05-02T17:15:31.164-07:00We use Doff an organic slug control, it's not ...We use Doff an organic slug control, it's not cheap but it works without harming other species, we also use salt barriers, and Simon does regular night patrol chopping in half any slugs who have taken a chance.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-51621534091768680252015-05-02T17:12:34.245-07:002015-05-02T17:12:34.245-07:00I think the caving is female but will wait and see...I think the caving is female but will wait and see how the next one turns out, then we will have to name them. The strawberries were lovely, looking forward to the real harvest.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-85733485798164977432015-05-02T17:10:34.131-07:002015-05-02T17:10:34.131-07:00I'm doing the same Lynda, if you ever make ano...I'm doing the same Lynda, if you ever make another trip to the homeland of your OH we will have to try to meet up.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-61409509612927541492015-05-02T14:32:47.876-07:002015-05-02T14:32:47.876-07:00I'm afraid my squash, sweetcorn and courgettes...I'm afraid my squash, sweetcorn and courgettes are not looking like they will survive. The slate and carving look great, what a talented pair you are.Chickpeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010543012720394937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-67890151468124555082015-05-02T11:08:08.020-07:002015-05-02T11:08:08.020-07:00Simon's carving is fab! You say it is a she bu...Simon's carving is fab! You say it is a she but looks very phallic to me, maybe a fertility statue? Love it!<br />Beltane blessings to you both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-21092473985203010282015-05-02T02:42:02.599-07:002015-05-02T02:42:02.599-07:00How do you keep the slugs and snails at bay? Our ...How do you keep the slugs and snails at bay? Our strawberries are flowering in the poly-tunnel.northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-18957005998210404922015-05-02T00:23:09.905-07:002015-05-02T00:23:09.905-07:00Bluebells and strawberries! Heaven. Like the carvi...Bluebells and strawberries! Heaven. Like the carving tooBedford Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364222493698044911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-54556066474957811732015-05-01T19:29:17.306-07:002015-05-01T19:29:17.306-07:00I'm going to think of you when i look at mine ...I'm going to think of you when i look at mine so its a lovely co-incidence and yes just a little bit spooky. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605358521258969537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-28709897046439590742015-05-01T17:44:32.899-07:002015-05-01T17:44:32.899-07:00I got caught out our first year back here Lynda an...I got caught out our first year back here Lynda and planted out my sweet peas the first week of May, two days later we had a frost! but they did survive. I still cant get over us buying the same statue at the same time even though we're 10.000 miles away, it's a bit spooky really ! Or maybe we just have the same taste.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-31441247004677525692015-05-01T17:40:40.365-07:002015-05-01T17:40:40.365-07:00Last year I kept admiring signs that we saw in sev...Last year I kept admiring signs that we saw in several Secret Gardens of Sligo, when I saw the slates I couldn't resist buying them. I'm chuffed with Simons carving.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-76798746442209804612015-05-01T15:21:35.266-07:002015-05-01T15:21:35.266-07:00Oh Dear, such optimism. One of your years should ...Oh Dear, such optimism. One of your years should know such things. Mother Nature has her play every now again. Actually, i think she is starting to get dementia and cannot remember the season. Its all over the place here but at least this week we have true autumn chill and we are starting to pull out woollies and throw rugs. Im impressed by the carving and will look forward to more. How small is this world that we buy the same statue on the same weekend. <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605358521258969537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-47622514126708752512015-05-01T14:40:01.697-07:002015-05-01T14:40:01.697-07:00Those slates are great! Well done! ove Simon's...Those slates are great! Well done! ove Simon's carving too. So early to have Strawberries.Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04123876034102025397noreply@blogger.com