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- Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:09 pm
- Forum: Tools and Machinery
- Topic: potato fork
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8990
potato fork
Dear All, my potato fork from bulldog is gasping it's last poor thing. The front metal strap is cracking and I do not think it is repairable. Does anyone know where I can buy another (possibly mail order). I am going to get some rawhide to strap it with in the hope of getting it through the Autumn d...
- Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:46 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: greenhouse roman style hypercaust
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6724
Dear Fish, before hot water boilers were invented for use in glasshouses they were heated using this method. True only the walls were heated but this allowed for a greater range of fruit. Many of the oldest of the large kitchen gardens had this system in some form or another. A little reading into t...
- Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:40 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Light pollution
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2892
- Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:06 pm
- Forum: Harvesting Q&A
- Topic: which garlic keeps the longest?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9339
which garlic keeps the longest?
Dear All,
I have grown 2 types this year Thermindrome and Music. What I want to know is which will keep the longest as bulbs as I will be putting the rest into vinegar as minced garlic and/or processing into the freezer with soup or stews.
Regards Sally Wright.
I have grown 2 types this year Thermindrome and Music. What I want to know is which will keep the longest as bulbs as I will be putting the rest into vinegar as minced garlic and/or processing into the freezer with soup or stews.
Regards Sally Wright.
- Thu May 24, 2007 8:57 pm
- Forum: Harvesting Q&A
- Topic: Garlic recognition
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4031
Dear Emma, wrong way round hon. Hardneck varieties have the flower spike and the softneck ones dont. The easiest way to check for ripeness is to wait until the first 4-6 leaves are brown. On the flowering hardneck types yield is increased by the removal of the top of the flower spike. regards Sally ...
- Sun May 20, 2007 11:12 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Acid reflux
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8053
Dear All, from what I have heard here it seems that heartburn should be renamed gardener's gullet! I have found that light meals during the day work best for me. Not too much dairy produce because this can increase the production of acid and not going to bed on an empty stomach. If all this and a co...
- Tue May 01, 2007 9:02 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Olive Trees
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5961
Dear Toffeman, We have an olive at work which is growing in a sheltered courtyard and is around 15 foot high and very healthy. It occasionally has olives but they are usually very small and not worth much. The varieties normally grown in this country are the hardy ones grown primarily for their foli...
- Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:00 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Feeling Guilty
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2065
Dear Kevin, get a jar or tin and put a label on it. Call it the seed/allotment/garden fund then ask people to put into it what they feel the jar they have taken is worth to them. This way cuts out all the embarrassment of the transaction. Then when you want something for the garden etc you have some...
- Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:50 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: club root
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11623
Dear David, potting out large plants, liming and rotation are the keys to tolerating club root in your soil. The more alkaline your soil to ph7.5 the less the plants will be affected. So liming the soil before planting is a good idea. Do a ph check before and after putting on the lime but wait at le...
- Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:17 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Maple Tree
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1999
Dear RBC, if it is a real sugar maple Acer saccharinum then it is not at all suitable for a domestic garden. It will get to around 100ft high when mature (and needs to be planted that far from buildings and your neighbours!) and is capable of putting on about 2ft a year. In just a few years you will...
- Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:27 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Substitute for hostas
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3140
Dear Primrose, Arum I.P. is poisonous but it also is a plant with very irritating juices which cause you to itch for days. I would advise you to wear gloves and long sleeves before dealing with it. I would also mention that the berries will spread the plant around extremely well so it might be an ad...
- Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:10 am
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: Does anyone keep bees?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 13154
Dear Jenny, do not site the beehive where it's flight path will be over any of the following. Washing lines, cars, patio furniture or large expanses of clean glass eg a conservatory. Bee c**p may not seem like a big problem but with @60,000 bums producing daily the above mentioned can get covered ve...
- Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:01 am
- Forum: Tools and Machinery
- Topic: Your favourite piece of equipment
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6212
Dear All, I agree with OH that my flat tined potato fork is the best. I also agree with Lynne that Felcos are the best secateurs (No 8's for me). As for pen knives I nearly had my dad's taken off me at Chelsea one year when they were doing bag searches. They didn't in the end but I thought later tha...
- Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:34 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Three Sisters
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7966
- Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:26 pm
- Forum: Readers Recipes
- Topic: pickling beetroot
- Replies: 8
- Views: 22872
Dear Submariner, the main thing is that pickling vinegar contains spices and is usually used for strong veg such as onions or gherkins which need all the help they can get. Beetroot has a delicate sweet earthy taste and should not be submerged in the paint stripper that masquerades for commercial pi...