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- Thu Jun 15, 2017 9:03 am
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Tomato leaf curling
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5166
Re: Tomato leaf curling
I've one tomato with leaf curl out of 16 ,my mate two plots down has the same the rest are very healthy looking ,it could be lack of water or to much feed but I'm not sure with mine what it is
- Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:10 pm
- Forum: Growing places
- Topic: Recommended Polytunnels?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10960
Re: Recommended Polytunnels?
Make sure the pleats face downward unlike some of mine which turn green with algi with the trapped rainwater ,it's not a bad job to do we did ours in a very wet February last year ,the hardest part is setting it out you have not much play when you are knocking starter posts into the ground you then ...
- Wed Jun 14, 2017 7:01 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Solstice, the best time to harvest most garlic.
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11546
Re: Solstice, the best time to harvest most garlic.
Bloody hell pa snip if it's raining you might get rusty ,spray your self with wd40 two days prior to dancing
- Wed Jun 14, 2017 2:00 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Solstice, the best time to harvest most garlic.
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11546
Re: Solstice, the best time to harvest most garlic.
I will be harvesting mine when they are ready , I've never been one to go out at midnight and pull garlic when I'm naked that would be against council rules as well as upsetting most of our town
- Wed Jun 14, 2017 9:18 am
- Forum: Growing places
- Topic: Recommended Polytunnels?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10960
Re: Recommended Polytunnels?
Westi Waite till you see the price then you will be speechless
- Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:14 pm
- Forum: Cooking tips
- Topic: Jam SOS!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10149
Re: Jam SOS!
Monika, did you forget to put strawberries in as they are missing from your list of ingredients
- Tue Jun 13, 2017 5:09 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Weedkiller Gel
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3047
Re: Weedkiller Gel
I've made my own weed killer which might be ok with pets but it's not a gel
- Mon Jun 12, 2017 8:45 pm
- Forum: Growing places
- Topic: Recommended Polytunnels?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10960
Re: Recommended Polytunnels?
Westi they will do a complete package ,you prepare the area they will do the rest if the thought of doing it yourself frightens you ,I don't know the cost but it's worth considering
- Sun Jun 11, 2017 10:32 pm
- Forum: Growing places
- Topic: Recommended Polytunnels?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10960
Re: Recommended Polytunnels?
I bought ours from first tunnels I searched loads of different firms before placing the order and have to say I'm happy with it ,ours is a 12 feet x6 feet not as big as some but it was all we are allowed by the council,it is held down by roughly 12 inch square metal plates buried in the ground it ha...
- Sun Jun 11, 2017 10:19 pm
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: Newts in the pond
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5193
Re: Newts in the pond
Hi Monika we have 2 floating around I did an inspection tonight and it is getting clearer ,it's been a long battle up to now , it started when the koi killed the waterlilies they where in planters with rocks weighing them down full of soil ,after a while the empty planters floated to the surface
- Sun Jun 11, 2017 5:24 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Tidy plot versus a jungle
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4229
Re: Tidy plot versus a jungle
Anyone else suffer with horses tails our allotment is over run with them I've taken to using a gas gun to singe the huggers it works but it's like fighting the triffads , any wonder cures I've missed
- Sun Jun 11, 2017 10:24 am
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: Newts in the pond
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5193
Re: Newts in the pond
We have a pond in the garden problem is there is that many frogs and toads you can't see into the water it's that cloudy, Dragonflies seen up to six years as a nymph before turning into the dragonflies we all know
- Sat Jun 10, 2017 2:29 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: General Election
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11457
Re: General Election
Is Jimmy crankie still kicking
- Fri Jun 09, 2017 6:58 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Bread making corner
- Replies: 105
- Views: 25741
Re: Bread making corner
I've tried pizza in Italy ,I was not that impressed
- Fri Jun 09, 2017 4:44 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Bread making corner
- Replies: 105
- Views: 25741
Re: Bread making corner
I've never been a lover of pizza it's just a poor cheese on toast but we used to have pizza nights our daughters and husbands , kids and friends used to come around ,I always made masses of pizza dough in the bread maker we had every topping you could think of and every one made their own with any t...