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Chatting => Frugal Living => Topic started by: calli on June 21, 2007, 21:36

Title: Raised Beds
Post by: calli on June 21, 2007, 21:36
When we moved onto our place there were loads of old tractor tyres around the yard, so the obvious thing to do is?

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Title: Raised Beds
Post by: David. on June 21, 2007, 21:50
My daughter grows her marrows in tyres and they grow better if I put a circular piece of polythene on top of the soil filling (tucked under the rim), as it gets quite warm inside and it helps keep the moisture in.
Title: Raised Beds
Post by: WG. on June 21, 2007, 22:31
Heh Calli - why would anyone be discarding good tyres like that.  They've got years of tread in them still  :wink:
Title: Raised Beds
Post by: Ice on June 22, 2007, 13:50
Quote from: "whisky_golf"
Heh Calli - why would anyone be discarding good tyres like that.  They've got years of tread in them still  :wink:


Typical scotsman. :lol:
Title: Raised Beds
Post by: Aunt Sally on June 22, 2007, 14:17
Quote from: "Ice hockey mad"
Quote from: "whisky_golf"
Heh Calli - why would anyone be discarding good tyres like that.  They've got years of tread in them still  :wink:


Typical Scotsmen. :lol:

 :evil:  Scots men are not mean Ice  :!:

It's just a rumor they put about to stop people asking them for anything  :wink:

(Sorry WG, Worzel is Scotish so I'm qualified to comment)
Title: Raised Beds
Post by: WG. on June 22, 2007, 14:23
Quote from: "Aunt Sally"
Sorry WG, Worzel is Scottish so I'm qualified to comment
In some people's eyes, I am not truly Scottish.  I come from Orkney which only became part of Scotland fairly recently.  1472 to be exact after Norway failed to make dowry payments following Princess Margaret's marriage to James III of Scotland.
Title: Raised Beds
Post by: Aunt Sally on June 22, 2007, 14:37
So you're Norwegian WG  :!:

We'll have to change your name - how about Arvid or Vegard  :wink:
Title: Raised Beds
Post by: WG. on June 22, 2007, 14:59
Quote from: "Aunt Sally"
So you're Norwegian WG  :!:

We'll have to change your name - how about Arvid or Vegard  :wink:

Odd might be the best Norwegian name for me.  And my username would need to be aquavit_biathlon

Interestingly (or maybe not!), there is still a huge amount of Old Norwegian (Gamle Norske) words in the Orcadian and Shetland dialects.  My brother went to Iceland on holiday & stayed at a B&B where the owners, unusually, spoke no English.  He went for a walk with the old guy & could understand the Icelandic names for virtually every bird they saw.
Title: Raised Beds
Post by: Ice on June 22, 2007, 17:12
So there's a bit of Norwegian in you WG.  I won't ask which bit. :wink:
Title: Raised beds
Post by: Freddie on July 25, 2007, 23:42
Thats great  :lol: