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hopefully have solar powered watering system up and running, got the panel, battery, converted cordless drill and pump. Just need to put it all together lol
Quote from: tartonterro on October 17, 2009, 21:08:08hopefully have solar powered watering system up and running, got the panel, battery, converted cordless drill and pump. Just need to put it all together lol tartonterro, I'll be very eager to hear about your watering system and its particulars. Best wishes.
Quote from: GrannieAnnie on October 19, 2009, 13:34:09Quote from: tartonterro on October 17, 2009, 21:08:08hopefully have solar powered watering system up and running, got the panel, battery, converted cordless drill and pump. Just need to put it all together lol tartonterro, I'll be very eager to hear about your watering system and its particulars. Best wishes.will get some pictures and post on friday/saturday.the basics are an old cordless drill that ive "converted" by ripping out the trigger and wiring directly to the motor, this i then connect onto a 12v "hobby battery" i got from screw fix, attached to drill is a fluid pump i picked up from diy show (not sure which one) to pump the water from water barrels round the garden. i will keep the battery charged with a solar battery charger you can use to keep your car battery charged up with.i was very lucky last year and picked up 2 aqua pod 10's for £15 each - think they retail for £35 to £40 each and will use these along with other bits of micro tube irrigation i have to water the 3 raised beds i have and hopefully as far as my greenhouse (hopefully getting a new one for start of year)
What are your veg garden plans for 2010?What will be new,old and left by wayside?
Quotepurple Italian pole beansWhat variety do you grow? Are they for eating as pods or for dried beans. I grew a heritage variety called Mrs Lewis's Purple podded this year and it was amazing. Ate piles of pods and then left some to run to seed and ended up with 400 beans. Only started with 10 beans, and ended up with only 8 plants.
purple Italian pole beans
Quote from: Digeroo on October 15, 2009, 06:46:39Quotepurple Italian pole beansWhat variety do you grow? Are they for eating as pods or for dried beans. I grew a heritage variety called Mrs Lewis's Purple podded this year and it was amazing. Ate piles of pods and then left some to run to seed and ended up with 400 beans. Only started with 10 beans, and ended up with only 8 plants.Did you actually count the beans?I'm sticking to Cherokee Trail of Tears from now on, I sowed 10 beans and harvested 511g of dried beans. No idea how many beans that is, but I'd guestimate over 1000. The beans harvested are perfectly dry too, shattering when struck with a hammer; and all this despite being a neglectful gardener. We were drought hit here in Maidstone, but I didn't water my beans and the CToT still delivered.My jumbo beans were a disaster, though, 10 beans from 20 sown.
did you leave them on the plant to dry, ive grown these for the last two years and this year is the 1st year ive tried drying them, but with the weather we have had ive taken them of the plant and have them on drying racks in the hut