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It's dry but, I've nothing to do. So I could have played golf.

Err. No I couldn't. Because it's a bit wet. They sent me this video with an apology.





They're going to check again on Monday. The course does drain quickly, but won't if the River Mersey is high. The sluice gates through which our course drains into it, will be closed by the pressure of the high river water, they won't re-open until the water level in the river goes below the height of the sluices.
 
Sean Regan said:
It's dry but, I've nothing to do. So I could have played golf.

Err. No I couldn't. Because it's a bit wet. They sent me this video with an apology.





They're going to check again on Monday. The course does drain quickly, but won't if the River Mersey is high. The sluice gates through which our course drains into it, will be closed by the pressure of the high river water, they won't re-open until the water level in the river goes below the height of the sluices.
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Surely you have a pair of waders for a situation of this sort, and a water polo kit?
 
Meadowlark said:
@Mike in that photo above you posted check out the Okra on the tomatoes...that's Beck's Big Buck and next to the carrots is Jambalaya okra. My two favorites.
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I might have it backwards then. Those Jambalaya may be a little too small for pickling, but look fat enough they'd be great in gumbo and jambalaya, which I assume is why they got their name. :ROFLMAO: I think those others would fair well better for pickling I think.

Have you ever grown those Burgundy? My mom is really wanting to grow a red variety because my dad always told her he preferred those and we never got the chance to grow any while he was still alive. He got some seeds from a friend of his one year, to use the next, but shortly after he became sick and we're not even sure what happened to those. Supposedly the ones he had made some relatively big ol' pods and were still pretty tender. Looking around online those Burgundy okra looked to be about the closest to fitting that description.

Anyways, may still give the Jambalaya and Big Beck both a shot and just do three different okra varieties this year. Sure ain't gonna hurt my feelings to have to eat some extra okra this year! 🤤
 
No, have never tried the Burgundy...happy with the two I raise. Go for it and let us know what you think of the Burgundy. The best way to learn about different varieties is to grow them simultaneously and compare. Works for me.
 
I do have some waterproof golf boots that I wear in the winter,

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I also have "Winter wheels" I can put on my electric trolley.

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Both give you extra grip when the fairways are wet. We do play, when there's big pools of water on some fairways. You just have to work around them with your shot selections. The greens are usually playable unless it is actually raining heavily, as by design they are higher than the fairway.
We've lots of lateral streams, which once the sluices are open drain the fairways quickly.
 
Sean Regan said:
I do have some waterproof golf boots that I wear in the winter,

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I also have "Winter wheels" I can put on my electric trolley.

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Both give you extra grip when the fairways are wet. We do play, when there's big pools of water on some fairways. You just have to work around them with your shot selections. The greens are usually playable unless it is actually raining heavily, as by design they are higher than the fairway.
We've lots of lateral streams, which once the sluices are open drain the fairways quickly.
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Well they are all well and good, but surely you need boots that reach your bum - and where is the polo equipment. If I were you, I would consider a little snow shovel as well to go on that trolley. I could, if I wanted get one for the front of my tractor mower 😁 - so put that in your pipe and smoke it ;)
 
Anniekay said:
I went around with my wheelbarrow picking up sticks. After the sticks are all gone I have leaves starting to fall and those I'll use my blower, then put them in plastic bags for leaf mold.
The sticks go into the bottom of my three raised beds that I moved which are now in the sun and will have sticks filling up the bottom so that when I put the compost and garden soil in, it won't take too much to fill them.
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Bet you notice the difference, I have tried wood of various sorts from sticks to logs. I think it is mainly the constancy of the moisture it promotes, but it all seems to help. Avoid sticks from pruning that are too fresh, you can find they start sprouting, I put them in the compost for six months, then lift them out with a fork and use as a layer between the wood and compost.
 
My mate used to tell me I should come when he played golf, "It's a really pleasant walk, Olly".
Not the way they play it North of Watford, the ice tundra has flooded.
 
olly-buckle said:
Bet you notice the difference, I have tried wood of various sorts from sticks to logs. I think it is mainly the constancy of the moisture it promotes, but it all seems to help. Avoid sticks from pruning that are too fresh, you can find they start sprouting, I put them in the compost for six months, then lift them out with a fork and use as a layer between the wood and compost.
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I did this same thing, Hugel kulture, when I set the beds up two years ago and when I moved them, all that was there was soil. It doesn't take long, evidently, for burried wood to break down.
 
No gardening today, after the "severe weather" warning given by the BBC for all areas last night.


Well, it wasn't quite that.

I often refer to our location as "The Tropic of Trafford," as the weather is mostly mild, we are protected by hills on three sides.

So this is what we got last night.


An inch and a half of snow.

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The sky is overcast, but the air is still and the temperature is slightly above freezing.

Already the snow is starting to melt.



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Sean Regan said:
No gardening today, after the "severe weather" warning given by the BBC for all areas last night.


Well, it wasn't quite that.

I often refer to our location as "The Tropic of Trafford," as the weather is mostly mild, we are protected by hills on three sides.

So this is what we got last night.


An inch and a half of snow.

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The sky is overcast, but the air is still and the temperature is slightly above freezing.

Already the snow is starting to melt.



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So pretty !! 😍
 

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