Like Dear OH I need time to think about this.. You might be interested to know that on a visit to a store in Nottingham today I was entertained by their in-house music..... playing Christmas carols ....is this a first? The sad thing is that I found myself singing along to them without realising what...

Why thank you OH...I have to admit I haven't 'looked in' as often as I used to and when I have its been just a quick look around the site to see how you all are.

Now that I am semi-retired I seem to have even less time....I am seriously considering going back to work full time.

Garden Organics have a schools educational programme...they may be able to help

Come on now you horrid people without a golf course these poor people would have nowhere to go to wear their silly multi-coloured trousers...they have rights you know

Don't mock the afflicted

Sounds like a poor illconceived notice SH.....it was only in one language!

Its just 8.0pm here and its really dark and heavy almost the lull before the storm

I just wish it would rain and get it over with

Bren....that's fantastic....what a mine of information you are...that was the lady I had in mind

Thanks for the links too

In the Monty Don programme some years ago where he visited some Birmingham allotments there was a lady who grew various plant for their dyes... I actually saw her giving demonstrations of the processes in The Garden Show at the NEC the following year Now if anyone still has a copy of that show...it ...

I wouldn't say I ended up laughing but for the fourth year on the trot Badgers have taken all my sweetcorn This in spite of building a substantial fruit cage with the wire buried and pegged...it/they still dug their way in....they must have been darned good cobs thats all I can say...shame I didn't ...

A fellow I worked with almost forty years ago, sadly no longer with us, had a saying...."you can't play around with nature and get away with it"... I have tended to agree with him in most instances

JB...Can I take it you won't be sending HRH a Christmas card this year then?

Di

I get mine from the HSL (Heritage Seed Library)at Garden Organics

Interestingly enough I checked out the Biodynamic garden at GO just last last week...the tomatoes look superb whilst in the allotment garden next door the tomatoes have a touch of blight

This debate sounds so much like a situation that regularly occurs in my industry....you may get away with some things for so long and then Wham! problems hit big time... in my industry that can mean a high financial cost to the rule bender

I am with Johnboy on this one

I have heard good reports of the Robinson variety PlumPudding and they are on my 'to grow' list for next year

I was given a tall Heritage variety of Tutankhamen to try this year and they produced exceedingly well the peas being quite sweet.. I understand they will be in the catalogue this year

Richard...

with respect there are a lot more young people with serious 'attitude and aggression'problems out there too..

we old fogies just get grumpy from time to time ..most of us are harmless