[Jaye]

tbh i'd heard of comfry tea but never tried it - i had assumed it was a beverage but it was probably either medicinal or the fertiliser.

Jaye

[Sally A]

Tea made from the leaves is supposed to relieve stomach ulcers and coughs, or stick it in your bath to soften the skin.

[Selkie]

It's good in the bath for aches and pains too, but I wouldn't recommend someone to take it internally over a period of time, I think it can damage the liver...but I may be wrong!

[gobs]

Comfrey is good externally for bruises, broken bones(hence Knitbone) but you are better off considering comfrey tea a fertiliser, do not take any internally, unless prescribed by a qualified professional!

Jaye! I would consider putting the kids in the shade.

I don't understand the wet bit, how come a wet ground be under a conifer hedge? They suck the place dry!

The only things that would make it there is a few variety of soft fruit as Splodger suggested and nettle.

Veg-wise, I'd go with Wiggy and sorrel will make it, too, but I just can't believe it's wet there.

[Jaye]

it's because there is their conifer hedge then my shorter hedge, then a flowerbed full of msture shrubs and then the lawn where I was thinking ofmputtting the vegs. So they would not be direct undr the conifers. we're all clay soil here and it's a south facing garden, so basically the height of the hedge at the bottom is blocking out the sun and causing big shade....

Jaye

[gobs]

When did you move there, Jaye, please, 'cos it sounds a lot like my garden.

[Jaye]

Well gobs - erm - you know that time you thought there was someone living in your shed.....??!! :oops:  

[sweet nasturtium]

I hate to state the obvious Jaye , but are you on the waiting list for a lottie?

[gobs]

Well gobs - erm - you know that time you thought there was someone living in your shed.....??!! :oops:  

      You've caught up on past post fast! I always thought it was the squirrel. :roll:

So, you are not telling then(when you moved there), fair enough.

[Jaye]

Yes i'm on the wating list for a lottie, but there is 20 ppl before meon the list......and apparently the plots are slow moving, they don't like chucking pploff (parish council), but i think that's fair enough tbh

Jaye

[Jaye]

Gobs I moved here 3 years ago.

Jaye

[gobs]

So forget me then, I just was feeling around it might be as stone baked dry as mine in the summer. You must be living in a 'bog' of some sort  with a conifer hedge round and still damp. :roll:

[Jaye]

I think everyones land around here is a bit er mushy....

Jaye

[gobs]

Have you thought about rice?

On a more serious note blueberries and cranberries like those conditions just would need more topping up in acidity from the conifer foliage.

[Jaye]

Can you grow cranberries in the Uk then?

(remember i'm  a newbie - i always imagined cranberries from the US and paddy-fieldesque)

Jaye