Sas Gardener

Hester Winterbourne wrote:

Sas Gardener wrote:

PS:  I love Morris dancing although we don’t have it in Scotland....and I do dig that look!😉😂

Ha ha that made me laugh, thankyou!  There are a couple of Morris sides in Scotland.  Banchory-Ternan Morris Men dance Cotswold, and Border Reivers Morris are a Border side in Glasgow.  There may be more!  Of course it's not traditional to the country, but there are non-traditional dance display teams in England (some amazing belly dancers), so why not.  Maybe the anti-English sentiments are too strong?

I’ve only witnessed Morris dancing on one occasion years ago, and that was on a day trip to Alnwick Gardens.  🙏😀

Hi All, I’m new to Permies.  I’m in Scotland and have been a gardener on and off all my life.  Currently supporting my dad on his smallholding and taking opportunity to get back into gardening and all it’s challenges.  Exploring no dig, natural methods and want to go fully permie in future.  I’m reading this thread with interest and find it refreshing to see people think out of the box and consider what I would term non-traditional minority preferences.  In future I would like to have someone to come and be a permie with me.  I’m in my early 50’s and to be honest I have no interest in romantic relationships and up until now I’ve felt that’s me doomed cos no-one else will want a platonic life partner/companion with similar interests in permaculture, gardening and nature and to journey through this war with.

As a matter of interest, is everyone here aware of Michael Tellinger’s One Small Town?  I love the concept of this and it is perfect for these times, but tricky to get enough of us together in one place to do this.

PS:  I love Morris dancing although we don’t have it in Scotland....and I do dig that look!😉😂

That makes sense!🙂

It will temporarily be piled up next to the composting station but we will need access to that space.  I was assuming potato haulms were counted as green waste rather than brown waste so had been looking on brown waste such as woodchip and cardboard to layer with then green waste - grass cuttings, veg peelings, and soft plant foliage, etc.   But after your comment I’m wondering if the haulms are counted as brown waste and not green?

Hi Anne,

Thanks  for your warm welcome and reply!   Unfortunately I don’t have an any free beds I can mulch.  I’m doing a no dig experiment with part o fly dads garden and he is a traditional gardener.  We have grown potatoes for years as a small commercial sideline to solely supply a local farm shop.  I did do a search on permaculture and potato haulms but it didn’t bring up anything.   I might try and see if they will go through the mulcher without getting stuck.  The stalks are very fibrous though.

New to permaculture and just exploring and learning.  We have two large polytunnels of potatoes to harvest.   Way too many shaws/haulms to put on small composting station.    Looking for ideas to recycle them.   There will be another crop going staring into polytunnels so they have to be composted or used out with that area.  I’m wondering if they can be mulched in a mulched?  Or can the leaves be used for fermented plant juice, or plant teas or mulching around plantS like comfrey leaves.  I’m based in Scotland.  Thanks!