Fieldfests Blog

[fieldfest]

Looking good, but does that Nana on the left have a pair of wellies on

well spotted, thats my son

[Trudytropics]

What, you got your son dressed as a nana to stand in your garden while you take pictures and you spy on your wife, just what kind of a man are you?

[fieldfest]

quite happy with the weekends work so far, planted one corner and dug a new border over, arranged my rock circle and took some photos!

[GoggleboxUK]

It's really coming together well, looking very impressive Fieldfest. Congratulations on making excellent progress.

[Mr List]

nice

[JungleNuts]

Looking good .... like hard landscaping design .... really nice

One quick question, the Boo you have in the top right in the last picture ... have you planted with a root barrier ?

[fieldfest]

No root barrier yet, its on a mound and i want it to spread a fair bit more. I'm ok digging up the extras a couple of times a year as I can then use those elsewhere

[Arlon Tishmarsh]

Looks A1

What will you use for barrier ? Gotta plant my boo's soon . Was thinking plastic bottomless dustbins but have just found a roll of 600mm x 30m roll of high load damp proof course in the garage, so think i'll use that

[fieldfest]

dont know if i will, might do a trench

[GoggleboxUK]

Looks A1

What will you use for barrier ? Gotta plant my boo's soon . Was thinking plastic bottomless dustbins but have just found a roll of 600mm x 30m roll of high load damp proof course in the garage, so think i'll use that

How thick is that stuff Arlon? Sounds ideal to me as long as it's more than a couple of mm thick and I'd imagine it's fairly cheap?

[JungleNuts]

Ahh kk .... looks like a standard Phyllostacus Aurea .... which case (in my experience) they arent too aggresive, and if you have the 'mound' and dont mind digging out the wandering shoots .... its only when they are in amongst the other plants, 3 or 4 years later its a flippin nightmare to pull up the runners

It was just a thought, as if we'd have known then what we know now, wouldve used barrier .... but much as you are going to do, we now keep the family and friends stocked up with boo plants from our excavation and tidying up

Boo control = no need for gym membership !

[Arlon Tishmarsh]

Looks A1

What will you use for barrier ? Gotta plant my boo's soon . Was thinking plastic bottomless dustbins but have just found a roll of 600mm x 30m roll of high load damp proof course in the garage, so think i'll use that

How thick is that stuff Arlon? Sounds ideal to me as long as it's more than a couple of mm thick and I'd imagine it's fairly cheap?

Strong enough to take the weight of tons of brick / blockwork on top of it without puncturing, so i would say strong enough to deal with rhyzome's. At about £20 a roll a lot cheaper than barrier i would guess

[Simba]

Coming along in leaps and bounds.....

[Trudytropics]

You are making great progress Fieldfest, what a difference, bet your neighbours are jealous In a few years when everything has matured it will be stunning

[fieldfest]

just picked up the last of the big rocks, guessing 150kg each. needed a 5 ft ramp and a 4 to 1 block and tackle to get them in the car