tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post7925485290681539028..comments2023-10-23T09:42:31.292-07:00Comments on AnIrishalternative: Summer Harvest, one week on.Renovation in Galiciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12134753603087085719noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-54258151365379810092015-07-21T17:15:01.248-07:002015-07-21T17:15:01.248-07:00The raspberries are doing well and the blackcurran...The raspberries are doing well and the blackcurrants, unfortunately we hadn't netted the gooseberries well enough, the wild birds have had a feast.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-57663765821344790282015-07-20T23:41:20.558-07:002015-07-20T23:41:20.558-07:00Wow, so many berries! Those orchids are just so pr...Wow, so many berries! Those orchids are just so pretty and delicate. I love the mountain dog...as the page loaded pics first, I thought you may have bought yourself a new dog!lozabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223263361085075839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-45756433705198639072015-07-19T03:07:56.245-07:002015-07-19T03:07:56.245-07:00I'm not taking runners from the old strawberri...I'm not taking runners from the old strawberries, they're plants we inherited with the plot so I'd like to start from scratch again. Yes, it's important to let the orchids drain, they don't like to be sat in water. Orchids can flower again on the same flower spike, you can cut them down to a bud to encourage them to do this but I just take the whole spike off and it isn't long before they send up a new one.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-68552496275621450432015-07-17T17:23:46.485-07:002015-07-17T17:23:46.485-07:00I would have thought the currants would have done ...I would have thought the currants would have done OK we used to grow them in Spain with no problems five months of the year the temperature's rarely dropped lower than 30c mostly around 35c but with very cold and snowy winters. The rhubarb survived but wasn't as happy as it is here.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-20743205496258566612015-07-16T18:14:22.219-07:002015-07-16T18:14:22.219-07:00I so envy the rhubarb and currents! We're just...I so envy the rhubarb and currents! We're just too hot to keep things like that happy. My raspberry plants are doing well, however, so I'm hoping for many future harvests. Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-21701542664444765082015-07-16T17:11:29.185-07:002015-07-16T17:11:29.185-07:00Thanks Ian, we have returned to the rainy season s...Thanks Ian, we have returned to the rainy season so everything is growing inches overnight, including the weeds!Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-68684591024186183062015-07-16T14:24:55.130-07:002015-07-16T14:24:55.130-07:00All looking great and very colourful. Extremely dr...All looking great and very colourful. Extremely dry here now so harvests suffering a little.Ian and Luishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04821746193241943684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-28065663490350572022015-07-16T10:41:02.703-07:002015-07-16T10:41:02.703-07:00The guy has three of those dogs Jo, they really ar...The guy has three of those dogs Jo, they really are so beautiful. Are you taking runners from the old strawberries? We are giving the orchids a hour long soak once a week and then letting them drain fully, it seems to work, I didn't know about cutting of the old spikes, these plants are flowering on the same spikes as they were at first, is that usual?Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-42193718664692480232015-07-16T10:36:23.027-07:002015-07-16T10:36:23.027-07:00Don't think you've put up a picture of you...Don't think you've put up a picture of your greenhouse B.G. For the raspberries, loganberries and redcurrants we use bird netting, as we have so many blackcurrants we don't worry about the birds having a few of them. So far they have not attacked the gooseberries.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-83035983841076630822015-07-16T10:31:32.020-07:002015-07-16T10:31:32.020-07:00Don't think you will get away with that one Ma...Don't think you will get away with that one Matt!Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-31000015876179017782015-07-15T17:10:01.670-07:002015-07-15T17:10:01.670-07:00Thanks Lynda, I do like a colourful garden. On tal...Thanks Lynda, I do like a colourful garden. On talking to Ronan the owner of the lovely dog apparently they are used in both Australia and Canada quite extensively to control predators. Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-9960267717589008392015-07-15T13:14:40.905-07:002015-07-15T13:14:40.905-07:00Love the idea of Pyrenean Mountain Dogs as fox-det...Love the idea of Pyrenean Mountain Dogs as fox-deterrent. Just need a way of 'offing' three Westies without anyone noticing! :-) Matt Carehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221912203941489737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-72591762056163538052015-07-15T13:14:17.149-07:002015-07-15T13:14:17.149-07:00Love the idea of Pyrenean Mountain Dogs as fox-det...Love the idea of Pyrenean Mountain Dogs as fox-deterrent. Just need a way of 'offing' three Westies without anyone noticing! :-) Matt Carehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221912203941489737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-79433545128133381782015-07-15T04:21:54.963-07:002015-07-15T04:21:54.963-07:00I don't think I've ever seen a more gorgeo...I don't think I've ever seen a more gorgeous security guard. It's a great time of year when the harvests are coming thick and fast. Strawberries are my favourites but we haven't got a very good crop this year, partly due to neglect and partly due to old plants, I need to set up a new bed ready for next year. Your orchids are beautiful. I've got three, the oldest about seven years and the youngest two and they're all still going strong. I have to confess that they're quite neglected, I never feed them, just water them once a week, cut off the flower spikes once they've finished flowering and they soon send up new spikes.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-40123394597870325652015-07-15T00:16:53.774-07:002015-07-15T00:16:53.774-07:00A wonderful bountiful crop. My strawberries are do...A wonderful bountiful crop. My strawberries are doing well as they are in the greenhouse, but I am guessing it's the birds that keep eating my raspberries! Lovely flowers :)Bedford Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364222493698044911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448820564852330128.post-69616033051763853422015-07-14T20:53:24.643-07:002015-07-14T20:53:24.643-07:00Goodness, ive watched two programs this week about...Goodness, ive watched two programs this week about free range chicken farming in Oz and both had these beautiful watch dogs. Such a lovely site, these great big doggies looking after all those chooks and not one single death to invaders since they arrived. <br /><br />I thinking having your chooks processed is a great idea. Who wants to pluck 20 chooks - not me. Hot and stinky. Worth every cent you pay i say. <br /><br />Im using strawberries at the moment to add that red touch to green salads now that tomatoes are out of season. Nothing better than a strawberry with a little balsamic dressing. <br /><br />Garden lovely as usual. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605358521258969537noreply@blogger.com