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by Geoff
Mon Jan 01, 2024 8:24 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Replies: 7
Views: 96125

Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year to regulars and guests, may you resolve to be brave enough to post.
by Geoff
Sun Dec 24, 2023 8:34 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Early Winter Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 118
Views: 3363869

Re: Early Winter Bits and Bobs.

Don't forget it needs screw holes and heavy stuff can be a bugger to drill so search for drilled angle iron but make sure you get the heavier versions of it.
by Geoff
Fri Dec 22, 2023 8:34 pm
Forum: Cooking tips
Topic: What's everyone having for Christmas?
Replies: 13
Views: 76044

Re: What's everyone having for Christmas?

But have the sprouts been on since September?
by Geoff
Tue Dec 19, 2023 4:14 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Village idiots
Replies: 5
Views: 29434

Re: Village idiots

"People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots ... in fact I think they have to be ... a genius can be an idiot. The world is largely run for and by idiots; it is no great handicap in life and in certain areas is actually a distinct ...
by Geoff
Tue Dec 19, 2023 7:40 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Happy Birthday, Clive.
Replies: 13
Views: 104296

Re: Happy Birthday, Clive.

Have a good day from me too.
by Geoff
Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:50 pm
Forum: Cooking tips
Topic: What's everyone having for Christmas?
Replies: 13
Views: 76044

Re: What's everyone having for Christmas?

Son requested this as a starter.
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Then it's duck with lots of stuff from the garden. Not sure if we've settled on a pud yet, won't be heavy Christmas Pudding.
by Geoff
Sat Dec 09, 2023 10:35 am
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Parsnips
Replies: 5
Views: 29964

Re: Parsnips

I think they do best direct sown. Fork the ground over quite deeply and sow in a drill. Can dry sow or use seed that has just sprouted on strips of kitchen paper. I don't know where you are but I sow rather later than is often suggested. I warm the patch up with cloches and then sow first or second ...
by Geoff
Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:50 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Parsnips
Replies: 5
Views: 29964

Re: Parsnips

And did you sow in situ or transplant?
by Geoff
Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:27 pm
Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
Topic: Garden birds in the snow
Replies: 3
Views: 31792

Re: Garden birds in the snow

We've had a few more resident starlings this year, think I saw a couple doing backstroke this afternoon, another inch today from Global Drowning.
by Geoff
Sat Dec 02, 2023 4:13 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Early Winter Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 118
Views: 3363869

Re: Early Winter Bits and Bobs.

Just when we are having a heatwave - been up to +3.0 today but falling again. Snow not far away in Windermere.
by Geoff
Sun Nov 26, 2023 4:20 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Autumn Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 182
Views: 731251

Re: Autumn Bits and Bobs.

We used to have ours emptied by farmers but that is now definitely illegal and if caught the farmers can lose subsidies / farm payments so the ones round here won't do it any longer. I think I would carry on reporting but six months out of sync if it happens. Blame the state of the health service, h...
by Geoff
Sun Nov 26, 2023 1:43 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Autumn Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 182
Views: 731251

Re: Autumn Bits and Bobs.

There are things called the General Binding Rules that are an absolute nightmare to follow, the way they are applied varies according to how long your tank has been installed. Whether you have to make your system compliant is also vague but what seems to be definite is that you either have to be com...
by Geoff
Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:30 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Autumn Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 182
Views: 731251

Re: Autumn Bits and Bobs.

Don't think I'll be cutting grass for a while. I'm having a modification to my septic tank system done to make it compliant with the latest legislation. Been an absolute nightmare with all the rain and the stuff the digger has been unearthing, highlight probably the blades off a hay mowing machine. ...
by Geoff
Fri Nov 24, 2023 1:00 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Autumn Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 182
Views: 731251

Re: Autumn Bits and Bobs.

Premier Seeds Direct looks like the best of this weekend's seed deals. Black Friday sale! Enjoy a 10% discount on all our vegetable seeds, with over 700 varieties to choose from. This offer is running until the end of the month. Don't miss out on the chance to stock up on high-quality seeds for your...
by Geoff
Wed Nov 15, 2023 3:20 pm
Forum: Growing places
Topic: Root trainers
Replies: 6
Views: 17822

Re: Root trainers

There are two depths, I only use the deeper ones. I use them for peas (2 per cell), broad beans, runner beans, sweetcorn, sweet peas and gourds every year. This year I experimented with leeks. Instead of sowing them in a pot then lining them out to grow on before putting them in their final place I ...