The Poultry Keeper

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6975 Location: isle of lewis

julia ,what you need is a walled garden ,the farm has a secret garden ,didn't know it was there ,out the back door and there are apple trees ,plums ,blackberries ,nobody knows when it was planted and hamish the owner of the farm is not a young man ,nobodies looked after it and there are apples falling all over the place ,i've never seen so many plums on a tree Shocked

mojo · Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject:

fat fool in france here...........in the cold and windy bits here(finistere)they put up open weave fencing to make a warmer place to plant fruit and veg might help where you are?

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6975 Location: isle of lewis

mine blew away Embarassed

must get some more Wink

mojo · Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 9:01 pm Post subject:

they put guy ropes on theirs

CP · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:29 am Post subject:

Maybe gal ropes would be better? Laughing

George · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5661 Location: London

CP · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:56 am Post subject:

Yeah, I'd love one of those too! Very Happy

Gilly C · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 2382 Location: South Cumbria

We live on a headland overlooking Morecambe bay it is very mild climate but windy, we were given some green mesh and we have fastened it to the chainlink fence with cable ties it has made a big difference except for such as runner beans that are above fence height, if it was our own and we were staying longer I would be putting a higher fence to protect the veggies !

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6975 Location: isle of lewis

so di i when i saw it
wall trees that had once been trained up walls ,big trees ,groups of flowers ,it hasn't been touched for years
hamish says not for about 50 Shocked

George · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5661 Location: London

and then suz comes along !!

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6975 Location: isle of lewis

,i know but about half an acre of walled garden
who could resist Embarassed

jaydee67 · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:50 pm Post subject:

Not me - I'd be drooling!

Old Man of the 80's · Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 305 Location: Wittering, UK

Loudmouth Schnook · Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:32 am Post subject:

Traditionally, in the Hebrides, people constructed dry stone walled gardens to protect their veggies from the ferocious winds - called a planticrue. Our croft in Bernera has one next to the derelict house. Unfortunately, no secret plum or apples trees. Crying or Very sad