Oh, I understand G, thanks!Kata, that wouldn't help in this case as they are just screenshots.
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Re: Yorkshire Kris blog March gardening, sleeper video 2
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i personally went with augering about five 6inch wide holes with a post hole auger at the dampiest spots in my garden that some water built up, around 3-4 foot down i think, used that drain pipe sock, and filled pea gravel inside, popped it into the hole, and tied it at the top , filled the outside of the sock with grit - and filled the upmost top bit back with soil.pdid wrote:Have you thought about putting perforated drainage pipe in the channels at the bottom of the ditches? It's available fairly cheaply at most builders merchants and I think it would drain better than just gravel which may get silted up.
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ConcreteJungle wrote:i personally went with augering about five 6inch wide holes with a post hole auger at the dampiest spots in my garden that some water built up, around 3-4 foot down i think, used that drain pipe sock, and filled pea gravel inside, popped it into the hole, and tied it at the top , filled the outside of the sock with grit - and filled the upmost top bit back with soil.pdid wrote:Have you thought about putting perforated drainage pipe in the channels at the bottom of the ditches? It's available fairly cheaply at most builders merchants and I think it would drain better than just gravel which may get silted up.
If I was going to cover the drainage area with soil I would have laid down drainage pipes but as the ditches are filled with gravel with a weed supressing membrane under it I don't think they will silt up much if at all as the soil wont pass through the membrane.
I will use some piping for the last section where soil will go over the top of the channel.
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New fence to baffle the wind and to stop the cows eating my plants.
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what happened to all the plants you'd put at the back Kris? could of sworn i'd seen a pic of hawthorn or something planted?Yorkshire Kris wrote:New fence to baffle the wind and to stop the cows eating my plants.
Love the wind baffling idea Can't beat a secluded garden on a windy day to excape it all and soak up the heat
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cordyman wrote:what happened to all the plants you'd put at the back Kris? could of sworn i'd seen a pic of hawthorn or something planted?Yorkshire Kris wrote:New fence to baffle the wind and to stop the cows eating my plants.
Love the wind baffling idea Can't beat a secluded garden on a windy day to excape it all and soak up the heat
Believe it or not there are 50 Hawthorns, 25? Buckthorns, 2 bamboos a fatsia and 4 Eucs in or near the above photo!
Hopefully they'll establish now that the cows cant munch on them and the wind doesn't burn them.
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My parents house borders field and that is a necessity, cows will eat pretty much anything, including scots pinesYorkshire Kris wrote:New fence to baffle the wind and to stop the cows eating my plants.
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cheshirepalms wrote:My parents house borders field and that is a necessity, cows will eat pretty much anything, including scots pinesYorkshire Kris wrote:New fence to baffle the wind and to stop the cows eating my plants.
Yeah I found that out last year (note the de-leaved Fatsia between the two bamboos on the left.
I still want to see the cows, hence the see-through boundary solution.
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Re: Yorkshire Kris blog: Cow protection
Good idea, its certainly a very nice backdrop to your garden and a huge plus point to not be overlooked.
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No cows around these here parts
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Good idea
You could always have had someone named Pat stand guard
You could always have had someone named Pat stand guard
Re: Yorkshire Kris blog March gardening, sleeper video 2
If it were me I would definitely put perforated drainage pipe in them - even if just the 2" version. The pipe creates a decent hollow "through" the gravel, which lets the water travel much more quickly, so will be far more effective - in particular when we get long and persistent rain like last Winter and Summer of 2012.Yorkshire Kris wrote:If I was going to cover the drainage area with soil I would have laid down drainage pipes but as the ditches are filled with gravel with a weed supressing membrane under it I don't think they will silt up much if at all as the soil wont pass through the membrane.pdid wrote:Have you thought about putting perforated drainage pipe in the channels at the bottom of the ditches? It's available fairly cheaply at most builders merchants and I think it would drain better than just gravel which may get silted up.
I will use some piping for the last section where soil will go over the top of the channel.
For sure you only want to do it once - retro-fit will be a PITA!
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But do I need the the water to drain that quickly away? The water once in the channels means it below the level of the raised beds and all eventually drains down the the lowest point where I have dug a hole which I intend to channel into a ditch/pond.
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Here's the drainage channel after last nights rain. (photo taken just now 20 hours later)