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- Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:58 am
- Forum: Growing places
- Topic: Is there anything I can plant now in the Polytunnel?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6065
Re: Is there anything I can plant now in the Polytunnel?
If you are practising rotation don't forget some of these oriental salad are Brassicas and very prone to clubroot.
- Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:45 pm
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: What's the law on road kill?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 26661
Re: What's the law on road kill?
Primrose wrote:You'd have a problem getting that in the turkey roasting tray wouldn't you?
You've got to get it in your boot first!
- Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:09 am
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: What's the law on road kill?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 26661
- Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:01 am
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: Fieldfares
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2122
Fieldfares
Some of you down South must be getting a lot of Fieldfares judging by the hundreds that have being passing over us going North-South this weekend. They have had the odd noisy rest on some of what was a wonderful show of Rowan berries!
- Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:55 am
- Forum: Harvesting Q&A
- Topic: Orange cherry tomatoes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4752
Re: Orange cherry tomatoes
sparhawkiw If there was only one way of doing things the definitive book would have been written long since and there would be no magazine or forum. The truth is there are many successful ways of growing everything and we all love to champion our favourite method but when things go wrong it has got ...
- Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:42 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Facts or Feelings.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6578
Re: Facts or Feelings.
If his articles are a representative sample no wonder "Organic Gardening" had to close down, even the organically committed would recognise them as garbage. "Kitchen Garden" could follow it if it doesn't concentrate on factual rather than fatuous content.
- Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:49 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: "French" Shallot Sets.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3945
Re: "French" Shallot Sets.
We've pickled shallots from seed and first trial after about a month the flavour was disappointing so we are leaving them longer, anybody else got this problem?
- Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:48 pm
- Forum: Tools and Machinery
- Topic: lawnflite mower problem
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12264
Re: lawnflite mower problem
Was the belt slipping on the pulley or pulley going round but not transmitting to wheels? If second something in axle as you suggest.
- Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:29 pm
- Forum: Tools and Machinery
- Topic: lawnflite mower problem
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12264
Re: lawnflite mower problem
I used to have a LawnFlite 604 but I can't remember how the drive system worked or find the manual. I seem to remember two belts, one for drive and one for cutter. You say you changed all the belts and it worked fine for a while, that makes me wonder if the drive belt is slipping after its initial s...
- Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:22 am
- Forum: Tools and Machinery
- Topic: lawnflite mower problem
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12264
Re: lawnflite mower problem
So you think the engine is running fast enough but losing it in the transmission somehow?
- Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:19 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Indian summer
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4675
Re: Indian summer
Glorious day here too with insects everywhere, buried ten huge barrow loads of compost in 10'x20' area that I hope will do better next year, and followed by yet another lovely sunset.
- Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:15 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: my allotment
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3419
Re: my allotment
Please delete your photo and replace it with this one - if you post photos 1024 or smaller by anything they display a lot better.
- Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:08 pm
- Forum: Tools and Machinery
- Topic: lawnflite mower problem
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12264
Re: lawnflite mower problem
Do you mean the gearbox is stuck in neutral so there is no drive or the engine power has dropped?
- Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:59 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Gardeners world
- Replies: 73
- Views: 14637
Re: Gardeners world
I might stand against you if it comes to an election.
- Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:57 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Sweetcorn tip
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6905
Re: Sweetcorn tip
We've had a good crop of Northern Sweet in a cold greenhouse. Shredding them today - the best part, wife eats all the corn.