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by robo
Fri Jun 09, 2017 4:33 pm
Forum: Cooking tips
Topic: Finally got a 'Spiralizer'
Replies: 27
Views: 12516

Re: Finally got a 'Spiralizer'

I've never had cauliflower rice , my wife makes cauliflower cheese it's to die for but she struggles these days as her memory is not good due to a stroke thankfully our eldest daughter Carrie's on the family tradition
by robo
Fri Jun 09, 2017 4:27 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: General Election
Replies: 38
Views: 11426

Re: General Election

At least our gerry will have time to sort his plot, I wonder if he subscribes to kitchen garden magazine
by robo
Thu Jun 08, 2017 6:03 pm
Forum: Cooking tips
Topic: Finally got a 'Spiralizer'
Replies: 27
Views: 12516

Re: Finally got a 'Spiralizer'

You could wrap your coir yarn around it when you go out tying your tomatoes and veg up
by robo
Thu Jun 08, 2017 10:47 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Tidy plot versus a jungle
Replies: 11
Views: 4193

Re: Tidy plot versus a jungle

I'm on an ongoing battle to keep my wife from planting flowers in my vegetable beds , we tried nasturtiums last year which did not do anything to keep pests off now they have reseeded my wife is on about pulling them up and trying something else just to claim a bit more of my veg beds if I left weed...
by robo
Thu Jun 08, 2017 10:40 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Sitting and admiring your plot
Replies: 14
Views: 5647

Re: Sitting and admiring your plot

We go down the plot most days if it's only a flying visit to get the eggs weather permitting , we have a couple of old friends two plots up from ours and we are on friendly terms with most of the plot owners we can be seen regularly sat around our table outside the shed putting the plots to right so...
by robo
Wed Jun 07, 2017 7:40 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Nothing Worse Than Having The Wind On The Plot
Replies: 5
Views: 1818

Re: Nothing Worse Than Having The Wind On The Plot

Should not use glass on a plot unless it's toughened that's one reason I don't like greenhouses most are glazed with 3mm glass and it's deadly not a thing to have over your head
by robo
Wed Jun 07, 2017 3:03 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Early Summer bits and bobs - 2017
Replies: 241
Views: 57912

Re: Early Summer bits and bobs - 2017

Peter I know how you feel, I was going to sit in my shed all night to catch the scum but the wife stopped me, the police are not the bit interested unless the police commissioner has a plot on your allotment
by robo
Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:07 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Early Summer bits and bobs - 2017
Replies: 241
Views: 57912

Re: Early Summer bits and bobs - 2017

Rained all day yesterday and yellow flood warning for today, who was the one who said their soil was like concrete
by robo
Mon Jun 05, 2017 6:28 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Newbie
Replies: 9
Views: 2996

Re: Newbie

Hi Linda, welcome I hope you stick around its a good forum very helpful ,my wife and myself spend a lot of time in Spain or I should say we did until we had a run of real bad luck but if all goes well in the next couple of months we will be going back over , it's hard growing a lot of our favorite v...
by robo
Sun Jun 04, 2017 3:02 pm
Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
Topic: Plot holder worried by weedkiller
Replies: 11
Views: 6906

Re: Plot holder worried by weedkiller

I know this is an old post but ,a few weeks ago I made my own weed killer mainly as an experiment it worked very well not only did it kill every weed it was sprayed on but over a month down the line and nothing has grown again it also works quickly in about three days ,2 litres of coke , 1 litre of ...
by robo
Sun Jun 04, 2017 2:53 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: slugs and WD40
Replies: 2
Views: 2256

Re: slugs and WD40

Wd40 is made out of fish oil mainly herring oil, maybe a smear of undiluted hearing oil might work
by robo
Sat Jun 03, 2017 10:19 am
Forum: Ask the team
Topic: early Peas
Replies: 38
Views: 15525

Re: early Peas

Hi johnboy I use a kindle fire I find it excellent it's fast enough to search the web and light enough to use for reading ebooks ,when I take it to Spain it automatically finds the modem I have over there and switches to it you may find its easier than you think to use ,best of luck I normally get m...
by robo
Fri Jun 02, 2017 4:16 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Early Summer bits and bobs - 2017
Replies: 241
Views: 57912

Re: Early Summer bits and bobs - 2017

I'm growing dwarf French beans out side this year and three different colors ,green,yellow and purple, the cobra which I normally grow outside I'm growing in the pollytunnel but only around eight I should get enough beans off eight to feed a family of sixteen if the one I grew in the tunnel last yea...
by robo
Fri Jun 02, 2017 12:37 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Early Summer bits and bobs - 2017
Replies: 241
Views: 57912

Re: Early Summer bits and bobs - 2017

Grandad them climbing beans look like knotweed to me haha
by robo
Fri Jun 02, 2017 8:09 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Early Summer bits and bobs - 2017
Replies: 241
Views: 57912

Re: Early Summer bits and bobs - 2017

Woke up this morning to heavy rain ,I checked three different forecasts when down the plot yesterday afternoon none forecast rain for the next three days so I watered everything , they never get it right, it was that muggy last night I said to my wife " I wouldn't be surprised if it rained"...