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Post by lobeydosser on Sept 2, 2015 6:41:14 GMT
thatguy - The book that chykensa mentioned is what you want to grow veg in your type of space. Called "All You Can Eat in 3 Square Feet" it tells you all about varieties, how to grow that and how to harvest them. All You Can Eat in 3 square feet
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Post by lobeydosser on Sept 1, 2015 23:14:05 GMT
chykensa _ we are about 3 weeks to a month behind Cornwall, but our winters are still fairly mild. The Gulf Stream and all that. So once we get going next year, I do hope to have some winter veggies, perhaps in miniature poly-tunnels built over the raised beds. The first year will simply be the veg we use anyway, although in subsequent years we may branch out a little and grow some that we cannot buy easily in the shops. Our greenhouse is only 8 by 6 so that will be purely for propagating in the first year, but again, we may try melons, cucumbers and tomatoes in the future. Might even try some Vegetarian Haggis in the greenhouse. I'm told it can be grown in "captivity"! 
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Post by lobeydosser on Sept 1, 2015 17:52:29 GMT
No, you are not expecting too much. I had big plans too, but then when I got down to measuring up what was possible and then priced out what I could afford, then reality took over and the real plans were put together. Much as I would like a garden the size of an allotment, I really couldn't manage something that big. My raised beds will give me 200 square feet of veggies and some tubs around the rest of the garden will give me some soft fruits like Tayberries, Strawberries and Rhubarb. My bad back and mechanical knees mean that raised ground levels are manageable and anything else is out of the question. Ofcourse the real reason for all this "garden work" is that it keeps me clear of "housework"!!!! |
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Post by lobeydosser on Sept 1, 2015 14:04:46 GMT
Awaiting the soil delivery, but the beds and paths are almost finished now.  It will be nice to walk about the garden without getting my feet covered in mud. |
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Post by lobeydosser on Aug 22, 2015 15:45:25 GMT
I wear my ecig on a lanyard and so it is always there, dangling about 10 inches below my gob.
So it is not a matter of not seeing or forgetting about the ecig, just a matter of only thinking about a toot when the 2 brain cells thinks I could do with one.
I have been working in my garden all afternoon and despite wearing the lanyard all day, the only times I have been vaping is during my wee rest breaks.
For these breaks I sit in my shed where there are lots of mods with different flavours and I tend to toke a few different ones and possibly toot more than I would if I only used the lanyard mod all day.
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Post by lobeydosser on Aug 21, 2015 22:20:04 GMT
When I changed from smoking to vaping, I still had certain cravings for a fag.
If nothing else, this proved to me that there was other addictive substances in fags than just nicotine.
Now that I am on my 3rd year of Vaping, the fact that, like others, I can go a while without bothering to toot signifies to me that when I want a toot, it is for a nicotine fix, only.
However, going for a few hours without a vape is one thing. Stopping vaping altogether is a whole different ball game.
By all means try it, but no one will criticise you if you end up back vaping.
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Post by lobeydosser on Aug 19, 2015 21:23:50 GMT
I have just had to look up what TC means.
Certainly an upgrade from me ol' Clay Pipe!
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Post by lobeydosser on Aug 19, 2015 21:12:56 GMT
I don't think I have ever worked so hard on any one project before and I am very aware of the fact that at 68 years of age, I should have started this idea 10 or better still 20 years ago.
Then again, 10 or 20 years ago, food and where it came from didn't come into my way of thinking.
The raised beds and the compost that will feed them are only a part of the overall scheme of things, so although these are nearly finished, I still have ditches to dig for the armoured cable that will take electricity to the greenhouse and then paving and bark paths that will tie the whole garden together and make it all "look pretty".
Not forgetting SWMBO's flower trough with trellis to hide those nasty compost bins!
Oh well, I suppose I have to be able to show something for not taking any holidays this year.
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Post by lobeydosser on Aug 19, 2015 18:02:21 GMT
Well the beds are finished at last and now I just have to line them with yon blue tarpaulin and I will be ready to order my 16 ton of topsoil.  |
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Post by lobeydosser on Aug 15, 2015 20:13:56 GMT
Whether I am a "smoker" on my medical records or not doesn't bother me.
What annoys me is that the NHS first of all put on my records that as a Vaper, I was a Non Smoker and now some bored pen pusher with no knowledge of vaping has decided that because I am a vaper, then I am now a smoker again.
This pigeon holing of vapers by the NHS, will affect many other decisions taken by none medical businesses as to the way they will deal with us in the future and has much wider implications than just those controlled by the NHS.
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Post by lobeydosser on Aug 15, 2015 17:39:48 GMT
Hi Roscopecotrain, I use 50/50 in all my e-juices these days. Much prefer the smoothness of these. |
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Post by lobeydosser on Aug 14, 2015 20:18:01 GMT
lobeydosser - I have just bought this book for my wife, and she has read it twice in two weeks! It talks specifically about raised beds and double-cropping, one in spring and one in early summer, to get the most productivity from each bed. It also details the best varieties of each veg and includes detailed instructions about sowing, planting out and harvesting. Well worth the money! All You Can Eat in 3 Square Feet
Yon book arrived today. A quick read through it and if I can grow all I can eat in 3 square feet, with 200 square feet I will be like Jesus with his loaves and fishes and be able to feed the whole dammed village!!!
Excellent book that will give me hours of reading and I can see it being my bible for many years to come.
Many thanks for putting me onto it. 
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Post by lobeydosser on Aug 14, 2015 18:24:17 GMT
3 years ago the same Diabetic Sister changed me from a Smoker to a non-smoker because I had started vaping.
Now she has changed me back to a smoker in accordance with NHS Policy.
'Sfunny how I can get classed as one thing or the other without me changing what I do.
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Post by lobeydosser on Aug 14, 2015 16:29:31 GMT
I have just returned from my 6 monthly Diabetic Clinic check-up and all is A1 apart from the fact that the status on my records has been changed from Non-Smoker to Smoker because I Vape. This is a NHS Ruling.
This is despite the fact that a person using a nicotine inhaler is classed as a non-smoker even although that instrument contains more chemicals than an E-cig. The reason given is that a nicotine inhaler is classed as a pharmaceutical device and the e-cig is not.
It looks like the NHS has still a long way to go in the education department.
However, I for one am not surprised by this turn of events. |
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Post by lobeydosser on Aug 13, 2015 21:02:20 GMT
If I add an electric fence to each of my raised beds, do I elevate them to E-Beds? E-Beds |
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