Search found 1588 matches
- Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:55 pm
- Forum: Harvesting Q&A
- Topic: Chillies
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14981
Re: Chillies
I have grown Jalapeno chillies for the first time this year. I don't use them but intend to put most of them on our allotment Michalmas stall when they are red. But a neighbour always preserves them in olive oil. He makes a small hole in the top and drizzles in the oil then packs them into a jars an...
- Wed Aug 02, 2017 2:23 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Beef Steak tomatoes splitting.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5762
Re: Beef Steak tomatoes splitting.
I think it is the weather, the sudden heavy down pours is too much all at once for out door tomatoes. My cherry ones are splitting, but great for using for soups etc.
Beryl.
Beryl.
- Wed Mar 15, 2017 8:24 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Aeonium - help please
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6233
Re: Aeonium - help please
Thanks PP now I understand. Not sure I want to take so much off the main plant just yet.
Westie I have always had an email notification of replies to any topic I have posted or commented on. Now I am having to check every time. I've checked my setting they seem to be ok. It's a mystery.
Beryl.
Westie I have always had an email notification of replies to any topic I have posted or commented on. Now I am having to check every time. I've checked my setting they seem to be ok. It's a mystery.
Beryl.
- Wed Mar 15, 2017 3:27 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Aeonium - help please
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6233
Re: Aeonium - help please
Not really sure what you mean Plumpudding.
Can you help with another problem
I'm not receiving email notifications to any of my postings - does anyone know why?
Beryl.
Can you help with another problem
I'm not receiving email notifications to any of my postings - does anyone know why?
Beryl.
- Tue Mar 14, 2017 1:46 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Aeonium - help please
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6233
Aeonium - help please
I have successfully rooted this rosette Aeconium ‘Nigrum’ from the plant I bought last year. But can anyone tell me how do I get it to branch out like the mother plant.?
Many thanks
Beryl.
Many thanks
Beryl.
- Sat Mar 11, 2017 8:22 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Tips on manure
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7544
Re: Tips on manure
Good stuff but looks fresh to me; when I have loads like this I put in in my compost bins and try to layer with anything else that comes to hand, green waste, shredded paper, annual weeds, kitchen waste etc. keep adding to it then use it in the autumn to dig in or use as a mulch in the spring. TIP: ...
- Fri Mar 10, 2017 3:38 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Another one
- Replies: 0
- Views: 9204
Another one
Beryl.
- Fri Mar 10, 2017 2:52 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: new funny
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4033
Re: new funny
Chocolate lovin' Mr Cadbury and Miss Rowntree met on a Double Decker, it was After Eight. She was from Quality Street, he was a Fisherman's Friend. On the way they stopped at a Yorkie Bar, he had a Rum and Butter, she had a Wine Gum. He asked her name, 'Polo, I'm the one with the hole' she said. 'I'...
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 8:23 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: strawberry safety!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7537
Re: strawberry safety!
I grow the variety Marshemello which naturally holds the fruit higher off the ground, Keeping it clean and relatively slug free.
Beryl.
Beryl.
- Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:31 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: new funny
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4033
new funny
If My Body Were a Car! > This is just so funny - scary how true it is!!!> > If my body was a car, this is the time I would be > thinking about trading it in for a newer model. > > I've got bumps and dents and scratches in my finish > and my paint job is getting a little dull... > But that's not the ...
- Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:47 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Plum Beauty - even earlier blooming!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4881
Re: Plum Beauty - even earlier blooming!
Had a look at mine today Westie and yes there is some blossom but most of the buds are being sensible and staying tight for a bit longer - I hope.
Beryl.
Beryl.
- Mon Jan 30, 2017 2:28 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
- Replies: 1389
- Views: 809440
Re: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
https://www.facebook.com/andy.seatherto ... 753751582/
I think this must be one of Southern's trains.
Beryl.
I think this must be one of Southern's trains.
Beryl.
- Sun Jan 01, 2017 7:50 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Sterilising secateurs
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10371
Re: Sterilising secateurs
Already added to my Amazon list - many thanks OH
Beryl.
Beryl.
- Sun Jan 01, 2017 1:42 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Sterilising secateurs
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10371
Re: Sterilising secateurs
Thanks OH. found it on Amazon. Good review to.
Beryl.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hortisept-Pro- ... B00A6T04V0
Beryl.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hortisept-Pro- ... B00A6T04V0
- Sat Dec 31, 2016 8:30 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Sterilising secateurs
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10371
Re: Sterilising secateurs
I had a spray can of Dettol in the shed and used that but don't know if it is really as strong as Jeyes.
Beryl.
Beryl.