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- Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:54 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: tidal power
- Replies: 41
- Views: 13239
Hello Madasafish If only it were true; do you really think our country could be served by home generation? I would be interested in the facts to back that up. Would you be happy to lay on an operating table at your local hospital with windmills and solar panels supplying the electricity. I’m afraid ...
- Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:14 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Hot-Beds
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3922
- Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:09 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: tidal power
- Replies: 41
- Views: 13239
Hello Johnboy You are certainly correct in saying our government does nothing about an impending energy crisis. Like many things they only ‘talk the talk’. However, this is totally by their own making. Historically New Labour has been with the Green lobby in attacking Nuclear power. Now they are fac...
- Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:39 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Beds. Calculation
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5444
- Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:37 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Hot-Beds
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3922
Hot-Beds
There appears to be many small stable owners advertising their manure for free collection. Perhaps this fresh manure could be used for hot-beds that were popular in the past. The idea is to get fresh straw manure that can be mixed with fresh leaves then turned and watered to produce a slow fermentat...
- Thu Nov 09, 2006 2:33 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: 1000th query
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5755
- Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:00 am
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: BROAD BEANS
- Replies: 52
- Views: 24651
Hello Colin I suppose we should be worried about it because as I understand both reactors have been shutdown and this reduces the Country’s energy supply. An electric power station (whether the water is heated by coal, gas or nuclear) is just a big steam engine that drives around a turbine electrica...
- Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:57 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: BROAD BEANS
- Replies: 52
- Views: 24651
Hello Geoff Over wintering broad beans are well worth growing and their flavour is fine when picked young. We have always grown Aquadulce and try to sow them in late September /early October but this is solely to get the early spring market when the prices are at their highest, we then follow up wit...
- Sun Nov 05, 2006 6:27 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Kale - which variety?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5912
- Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:50 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Agapanthus Plants
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2616
- Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:31 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: No-Digging
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5786
Hi Fred I am a great supporter of the ‘no-digging’ system. For some years my eldest son used to haul manure a dump large quantities on my allotment. After about a year he would then clear it and the soil beneath was always in a wonderful condition and needed no digging to produce a fine tilth. Howev...
- Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:58 am
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: No-Digging
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5786
No-Digging
I have enjoyed and been informed by the many recent debates on seeds, carrots and of course organics etc. and I noticed a recent contributor (I think the name was Orgasmic Fred or something) allude to ‘no-digging’ in her contribution on ‘Falling Leaves on the Allotment’ as follows. “Yes, sometimes t...
- Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:45 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Agapanthus Plants
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2616
Agapanthus Plants
I have three Agapanthus plants that I brought back from the Isles of Scilly and I know little about them. At present they are each in a Pot placed against a South West facing wall. I realise they would be better indoors during the winter but I have no room for them, what do you advise?
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- Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:20 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Trick or treat.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8273
Dear Old Herbaceous No, you are not alone in having concerns about this ridiculous ‘trick or treat’ nonsense. I am generally regarded as being a miserable b*****, and I am proud of it. Children of today do not know the meaning of the word NO and so expect rewards for no effort. I have been fortunate...
- Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:28 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: E.U Interference!!!*****!!!
- Replies: 91
- Views: 30630