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by snooky
Sun Jun 18, 2023 6:22 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Cuttings.
Replies: 3
Views: 2213

Re: Cuttings.

Thanks Geoff for the info.I shall certainly try your method.I have all the makings for your mixture so in the next couple of days it will be all systems go.Always did wonder if putting a plastic bag over the pot with the cuttings in was detrimental to them.Forget about them for few days and the cutt...
by snooky
Fri Jun 16, 2023 4:03 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Cuttings.
Replies: 3
Views: 2213

Cuttings.

I stuggle to get cuttings to strike.Does anyone have a well tried and trusted method of getting both soft and hard cuttings to take?I am looking to take Rosemary,Dianthus(Pinks) and Forsythia cuttings and would hope to get 50% to take.
by snooky
Fri Jun 16, 2023 3:54 pm
Forum: Growing places
Topic: 2023 season begins..................
Replies: 153
Views: 167290

Re: 2023 season begins..................

Thankfully my growing season is taking off.After four weeks of radiotherapy Monday to Friday with two further weeks of chemo thown in my body is coming back to normal,about 80% there.Still tire easily but by taking it easy on the the allotment, over the past few weeks I have managed,with the help of...
by snooky
Sun Mar 05, 2023 10:12 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
Replies: 1388
Views: 624560

Re: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?

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by snooky
Thu Feb 16, 2023 7:59 pm
Forum: Cooking tips
Topic: KItchen gadgets - slow cooker
Replies: 9
Views: 3133

Re: KItchen gadgets - slow cooker

Slow cooker is brilliant for batch cooking of which I do a lot.Provides me with a meal for that day and the extra divided up and frozen for another day.I even made rice pudding in it and it wasn't half bad.
by snooky
Thu Feb 16, 2023 7:51 pm
Forum: Cooking tips
Topic: Vegan black pudding
Replies: 5
Views: 3091

Re: Vegan black pudding

Can't think of anything more horrible!!!My son provides me with the proper job pudding when he visits from Preston.
by snooky
Thu Feb 16, 2023 7:45 pm
Forum: Ask the team
Topic: Using standard decking boards to make raised vegetable beds
Replies: 10
Views: 2473

Re: Using standard decking boards to make raised vegetable beds

Not a great fan of raised beds but if push came to shove and I had to garden that way because of health problems then I would consider using secondhand scaffolding boards.
by snooky
Sun Jan 29, 2023 4:16 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Potato Fertilizer
Replies: 6
Views: 2210

Re: Potato Fertilizer

Hi Colin,
Recipe for home made Potato fertilizer:-
1/2lb Sulphate of Ammonia
1lb Superphosphate
1/2lb Sulphate of Potash
Enough for a 30ft row.Apply at time of planting.
by snooky
Sat Jan 28, 2023 7:34 pm
Forum: Cooking tips
Topic: Make sure your fennel is fennely enough
Replies: 8
Views: 2248

Re: Make sure your fennel is fennely enough

Keith Floyd-best ever.Say no more!
by snooky
Sat Jan 28, 2023 12:35 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: How many animals did you kill today?
Replies: 5
Views: 2271

Re: How many animals did you kill today?

Can't catch the pair of foxes trying to take over my back garden.They are on my kill list!!!
by snooky
Sat Jan 28, 2023 12:29 pm
Forum: Cooking tips
Topic: Make sure your fennel is fennely enough
Replies: 8
Views: 2248

Re: Make sure your fennel is fennely enough

Rick Stein is on my list to switch off as is Monty Don.I find that they are patronising and smug.
by snooky
Sat Jan 28, 2023 12:25 pm
Forum: Growing places
Topic: Potatoes in containers?
Replies: 15
Views: 10032

Re: Potatoes in containers?

This was my experiment for last year Stravaig.I bought ten tubers of the variety Gemson and planted them up five to a forty-five litre woven nylon bag and gave them,what I thought;optimum conditions and they turned out to be a disappointment.Good strong haulms;potatoes the size of pigeon eggs and on...
by snooky
Mon Jan 09, 2023 4:45 pm
Forum: Growing places
Topic: Spring preparation.
Replies: 2
Views: 2198

Spring preparation.

Last round of chemotherapy this week then a C.T. scan and then the Surgeons get their hands on me followed by up to week in hospital post-op and at least three months rehabilitation. To that end I have taken my son-in-law to the allotment and shown him what is to be done.Obviously no heavy digging f...
by snooky
Thu Jan 05, 2023 4:43 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Early Winter Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 157
Views: 32959

Re: Early Winter Bits and Bobs.

PM'd you Primrose(hope it is in your inbox}
by snooky
Wed Jan 04, 2023 11:44 pm
Forum: News and Views
Topic: New subscriber. Mudketeer content not available
Replies: 1
Views: 1500

Re: New subscriber. Mudketeer content not available

Welcome sezicoolcat to the Forum. I don't have an answer to your problem and with the problems we are experiencing with this site I do not expect that you will get an answer soon.But,the holiday season is over so it may be that we will get some answers from the team who put this new Forum together. ...