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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyztoScience Memes@mander.xyzHAIL HYDRA!
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    21 days ago

    Yeah, that is why I am thinking of planting mint there instead. Should come up with some ways to preserve large amounts of mint when I have it for when its dead over winter though. Mint jelly is an obvious one.

    I think mint honey should have a decent shelf life too without requiring refrigeration. Probably isn’t that different from mint jelly but using honey as a source of sugar and it isn’t set with pectin, which shouldn’t really impact the shelf life. Use it like a sweet minty syrup.




  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyztoScience Memes@mander.xyzHAIL HYDRA!
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    22 days ago

    Mine haven’t flowered that much yet, but perhaps stress from transplanting them could be involved and they are still growing larger. Would be nice to see them flower as I have seen others that look quite nice when they do.

    Will look into the bread, got sourdough starter so may use that.


  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyztoScience Memes@mander.xyzHAIL HYDRA!
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    22 days ago

    The impression I get is some types of bamboo can grow non invasively, though not native either. But would need more space to grow and may not be a great yield in the first place grown in the UK.

    Helping bees is always a bonus, in my back garden I have chives and sage that both get quite a bit of attention from the bees. Also growing thyme and rosemary but they don’t seem to care for that. Poppy patch is also loved by bees, was hoping to use the poppy seeds for baking but don’t really get that much. Shitloads for growing more poppies but not very useful to eat.

    When I planted the lawn (was previously concrete paved across the entire garden) I used a mix of meadow grass and clover, but the clover hasn’t really done much which is a shame. Don’t care for obsessively treated lawns, it’s a space to sit down. Not certain, maybe park grass would have been better? Don’t really know tbh, ideally want something that will grow deep roots and is never going to have artificial fertiliser or any other treatments because fuck that effort and money.

    Probably never going to water it either, beyond maybe dumping not too filthy waste water on it if available. Currently got 300L combined of rainwater storage, but that is reserved for the plants I can eat.


  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyztoScience Memes@mander.xyzHAIL HYDRA!
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    22 days ago

    But the entire point of growing something is to eat it. Or be useful in some way at least, considered bamboo for free canes but it sounds like it can damage concrete around it and even clumping bamboo would try and grow larger than the space I have fairly quickly due to the narrow width.




  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyztoScience Memes@mander.xyzHAIL HYDRA!
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    22 days ago

    Fine, I will plant mint instead.

    Actually considering mint for the front garden though. It’s a narrow strip of dirt surrounded on all sides by 10+ metres of paved land. Hopefully it would be less thirsty than using pots and tbh all that is growing in it currently is thorns.