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Something is hampering veg growth?
I have been growing veg and flowers for as long as I remember. And their management as a groundsmen of an estate. I have over the last couple years I have noticed something, but not being able to put my finger on what that is. Plants struggling to take hold. Mature plants just giving up the ghost. Plants not putting on healthy growth in prime conditions. In the estate there are many ornamental shrubs biannual and perennials. The biennials would be prolific self seeders. This year it has been so noticeable that biennials have not grown. The perennials seem stressed where grow has been weak. This has also noticeable in the allotment and the orchard. The apple and pears are carrying 70% less fruit this year. Early veg has been weedy. On the estate there watering systems so it not down water stress. This is well drawn water I would add. It feels like there is some changing and I don’t buy the climate crisis. Is anyone else noticing similar issues???
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this year here in Greece we have a strange phenomenon. even if it rains a good bit, after at the most 2 days the soil is as dry as if it had no water for a week. first i thought it was my soil and that it has a problem, but yesterday a friend of mine told me the same observation in her garden, which is some 20 km away and has very different conditions to mine. well, no idea, why this is , but i think we will find out sometime or a solution to this.
Progress in the gardens
I’ve been blessed this year to spend time in Somerset on a friends land where I am free to garden as I like That’s allowing me to experiment a lot with permaculture, Electro culture, making fertiliser, compost teas and growing a large variety of odds and sods But all of that is great right up till you see your first tomato cucumber and melon break out Feeling like a first time dad šŸ˜šŸ‘
Progress in the gardens
1 like • 28d
@Rae Stevens nothing compared to my jungle šŸ˜„
Synthetic folic acid and it's problems!!! Please act!!
Please, please, please, sign this petition, share widely with others and use any influence or connections you have to promote this. I've only just found it and it only closes on 24th June so it needs a prompt response. If you are not aware of the issues with synthetic folic acid then please check out this video and make it known to others. Thanks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXLneMTiTDw https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/751401
3 likes • 29d
i am very lucky to have a friend and neighbour, who grows his own wheat, rye and so on, organically and he also mills it. absolutely sure to get clean flour from him and i make my own sourdough bread with it. very lucky there
AI clever or dangerous
Guys give me your thoughts on this sorry not gardening but I sent a friend a picture of me in one of t-shirts to promote the foodfindershub.org we run I know I need to loose weight too šŸ˜‚
AI clever or dangerous
2 likes • May 29
despite being AI generated, it is a nice little video
Slugs and snails
Hi guys I’ve been up since early this morning collecting slugs and snails from around the gardens tunnels and green house Yesterday was so hot they were all out as the sun dropped to get food and water and caused huge carnage I’m completely chemical free so one of my only defences is being there and picking them off one at a time I do use frass from Mad Company that is ground soldier ants that gives on a fragrance that slugs hate Keep a watch out guys as someone always wants to eat your hard work What do you use against pests in your countries ?
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2 likes • May 26
i do not use any chemicals either and fortunately slugs are not a big problem here. the biggest problem we have that we get a visit from a badger from time to time and he loves rummaging around our beds. so we lost some of our crops already. we try to keep him at bay with urine, but i am not sure that works. @Mark Byford maybe you have room for some ducks to eat your slugs?
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Angelika Batsis
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@angelika-batsis-6221
after learning permaculture with geoff lawtons PDC course, i started my own food forest about a year ago. i live in Northern Greece

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Joined Feb 5, 2026