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- Sun Jan 27, 2013 5:19 pm
- Forum: Tools and Machinery
- Topic: Aniversary Present
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8963
Re: Aniversary Present
Count me in on your order list. They look lovely.
- Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:05 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Grafted tomatoes
- Replies: 54
- Views: 24527
Re: Grafted tomatoes
Well - a bit more than a week later - our grafted tomatoes produced more fruit, earlier and bigger as they did last year. Having said that, this year's crop is poor overall, as are most of our fruit and veg.
We're planning on only growing grafted tomatoes next year, so we'll see how that works out!
We're planning on only growing grafted tomatoes next year, so we'll see how that works out!
- Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:09 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Happy Birthday Tigger.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4567
Re: Happy Birthday Tigger.
Welsh water is always great Alan. Bala is one of our favourite places. It used to be our regular sailing and windsurfing haunt, but now it's walking and swimming for dogs. We don't have any children of our own Monika, although we often have other peoples'. We're substitute grandparents for many and ...
- Sun Sep 30, 2012 10:46 pm
- Forum: Growing Advice for beginners
- Topic: new kitchen garden member needs advice
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11575
Re: new kitchen garden member needs advice
Welcome to the forum Dave. I would suggest you only do a small patch at a time, getting plenty of composted stuff/manure/straw into the soil to open it up. We don't dig, although we do occasionally rotovate. We use the deep bed method and just add compost and manure on our raised beds. We don't walk...
- Sun Sep 30, 2012 10:33 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Happy Birthday Tigger.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4567
Re: Happy Birthday Tigger.
Thank you. We celebrated it yesterday because the weather was better - went to Llangollen for lunch, then on to Bala to walk the dogs and see how the puppy reacted to water (she's only been in our brook so far). They had a great time and the little one (she'll be 6 months old this week) discovered s...
- Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:46 pm
- Forum: Readers Recipes
- Topic: Beetroot tomato & garlic salad
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13533
Re: Beetroot tomato & garlic salad
And me/us. Lovely.
- Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:42 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Tucker's Open Day 24-25th Sept
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2362
Re: Tucker's Open Day 24-25th Sept
Thanks Colin. That looks like a good day out.
- Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:38 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: asparagus
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4820
Re: asparagus
We've got two established beds of about 8 by 8 crowns in each, plus another new bed the same size. Whilst we are only 2 folk and agree that we can easily tire of the new crop, it's a great product to give away. We don't undercrop but we do break the fern stems over at the height of summer to create ...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:13 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Old herbaceous birthday ton!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6395
Re: Old herbaceous birthday ton!
No doubt you've recovered now OH. Happy belated birthday.
We want to see the telegram - eventually!
We want to see the telegram - eventually!
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:09 pm
- Forum: Readers Recipes
- Topic: Beetroot tomato & garlic salad
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13533
Re: Beetroot tomato & garlic salad
Sounds fab. We'll make it this weekend.
- Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:27 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: How difficult is it to grow Celery?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3432
Re: How difficult is it to grow Celery?
We grow it every year. We thin it out as you would carrots and use the little stems in salads and soups. Then - as JB says - we get a bit more serious about excluding the light. We haven't had any real success with self blanching.
- Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:10 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Strange?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9102
Re: Strange?
Mine were in raised beds too!
- Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:33 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Strange?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9102
Re: Strange?
I'm with Chanters, we've had a dreadful year for garlic and onions. They look great but they're full of water and very little flavour. They won't keep so we're using them fresh.
- Sat Jul 28, 2012 6:03 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Breakfast: the most important meal of the day
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8019
Re: Breakfast: the most important meal of the day
I have a very large latte first thing, usually about 6.30am and eat my breakfast at work, sometime around 8am. Much to everyone's disgust, it's usually leftovers and always savoury (I don't like sweet breakfasts) - curry, chilli, fish pie, liver and onions, whatever. If there's no leftovers then I h...
- Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:55 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Dissapointing Patio Potatoes
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7104
Re: Dissapointing Patio Potatoes
The ones grown outside sit on a substantial layer of manure with a hefty sprinkling of chicken pellets. The tubs have some manure in the bottom and some pellets but we always add a liquid feed each week.
it's not scientific but it works!
it's not scientific but it works!