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by peter
Sun Sep 10, 2023 7:32 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Stupid job titles
Replies: 8
Views: 6921

Re: Stupid job titles

I work in local government, the worst I've seen is "Domestic Abuse Practitioner" which is dreadful juxtaposition of English words, it needs something like Prevention or Reduction instead of just Practitioner!
by peter
Mon Sep 04, 2023 9:09 pm
Forum: Cooking tips
Topic: Bringing home the bacon
Replies: 3
Views: 3524

Re: Bringing home the bacon

Bringing home the bacon meant the worker earned enough to afford bacon.
by peter
Fri Aug 25, 2023 1:36 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: What smells like manure?
Replies: 5
Views: 1382

Re: What smells like manure?

Grumbles around the edge of my town on social media, the brief muck-spreading season is open.
Between harvest and cultivation for the next crop.
by peter
Fri Aug 25, 2023 1:34 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Tree advice, please
Replies: 17
Views: 2936

Re: Tree advice, please

Horse Chestnut trees are brittle, the wood snaps easily and they can grow to a prodigious size. However as with any tree, if tree surgeons do a cut-back they are opening up routes for infection and rot, mostly by fungi. That causes longer term damage, the short term is that many trees respond to bei...
by peter
Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:35 am
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Jermor Shallots.
Replies: 7
Views: 2418

Re: Jermor Shallots.

Dobies were offering them, got an email from them this week.
by peter
Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:07 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY O.H.
Replies: 11
Views: 24998

Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY O.H.

Belated happy birthday to you OH.
by peter
Wed Jul 19, 2023 5:28 pm
Forum: Website Help
Topic: Post approval
Replies: 9
Views: 7003

Re: Post approval

I really don't see why kg subscribers should wait for approval, they need their subscription id number to join and it would be simple to get hold of their name and address if they misbehaved in any way. Just a thought. Jan Just the way the magazine has set up the forum, no distinguishing difference...
by peter
Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:27 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Allotment Association Shop Supplier's.
Replies: 5
Views: 1662

Allotment Association Shop Supplier's.

We got some bad news last week. The supplier we've used for years is shutting down later this year. We've been buying a three ton lorryload of mixed stuff. Three different compost/growbags, bagged manure, granular fertiliser, lime, canes, weed membrane, seed potatoes, etc Asked if they had a competi...
by peter
Tue Jul 04, 2023 8:14 am
Forum: Seasonal tips
Topic: Sowing Peas and germination
Replies: 26
Views: 23078

Re: Sowing Peas and germination

Could it be the compost you're using? Our Allotment Association has found that the peat-free composts are somewhat variable, we can't get peat based composts any more. Principally when sowing seeds, some things that people never had problems with were not germinating well and in some cases not at al...
by peter
Mon Jun 26, 2023 11:07 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Who still visits the forum?
Replies: 59
Views: 30876

Re: Who still visits the forum?

"Some regular folk are nominated as volunteer moderators & can remove posts immediately if in breech of rules which are then followed up by proper admin or FB if really naughty." that's me that is.
by peter
Tue Jun 20, 2023 7:21 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Early Summer Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 196
Views: 141374

Re: Early Summer Bits and Bobs.

Finally last night we had some decent rain, the terrace plant pot "saucers" were full of water at 8am, looking forward to finally being able to plant out my squash seedling without them shrivelling up. Allotment hasn't seen any measurable quantity of rain for weeks..... forecast, didn't ar...
by peter
Thu Apr 27, 2023 6:15 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Will the British ever ive up their neat tidy lawns?
Replies: 20
Views: 8474

Re: Will the British ever ive up their neat tidy lawns?

Well manicured lawns are good for songbirds, less cover for predators and easier to get the creepy-crawlies & worms.

What I really don't get is the plastic grass, what's the point?
by peter
Sat Apr 22, 2023 6:24 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Long awaited Spring Bits and Bobs…
Replies: 339
Views: 65565

Re: Long awaited Spring Bits and Bobs…

Two more rows of spud in, that's four rows so far and about 120'.
by peter
Sat Apr 22, 2023 6:22 pm
Forum: Cooking tips
Topic: Coronation signature dish
Replies: 26
Views: 10672

Re: Coronation signature dish

I think small beer was made with the mash from the good strong beer, rewatered and rebrewed.
by peter
Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:55 am
Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
Topic: Animal Repeller
Replies: 10
Views: 2515

Re: Animal Repeller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1Jli3EQCII Jasper Carrot Mole Sketch Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I bought a sonic thing to frighten off Moles, didn't flippin' work, I even stuck it in one of their runs and the Moles just pushed it out of the way, bit sceptical me. You can get things that go on the front of ...