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- Sun Oct 31, 2010 4:56 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Catalogue mania?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2774
Re: Catalogue mania?
I,too,get several catalogues but over the last few years only ordering from one-Wallis Seeds who in my opinion are the best value for money seed company. There isn't much that I want this year,it seems that after sorting through my seedbox and binning any old packets of seed I have a lot of the free...
- Sun Oct 31, 2010 4:31 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: What a lovely day.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2023
Re: What a lovely day.
Yes it was a lovely day yesterday,so much so that I had a burst of energy,and made time to go over to the allotment for a couple of hours and clear it and dig over a patch to plant my garlic in.Good to be there,something which has,for differing reasons been awkward lately.Back to normal today,had to...
- Sun Oct 31, 2010 4:16 pm
- Forum: Readers Recipes
- Topic: Dried Chillies
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4275
Dried Chillies
What is the opinion on the shelf life of dried chillies?I still have some in a jar which my wife dried about four years ago.They appear to be ok but a not very appetising brownish colour.I want to bin them and replace with the ones I've grown this year but my wife says to use them fresh and use the ...
- Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:00 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
- Replies: 1388
- Views: 692166
Re: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
The horse and mule live 30 years ... ... And never knows of wines and beers. The goat and sheep at 20 die Without a taste of scotch or rye. The cow drinks water by the ton And at 18 is mostly done. The dog at 15 cashes in Without the aid of rum or gin. The modest, sober, bone-dry hen Lays eggs for n...
- Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:28 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
- Replies: 1388
- Views: 692166
Re: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
Never heard of them before, and golly they’re funny!
The Fascinating Aidas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAg0lUYHHFc
The Fascinating Aidas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAg0lUYHHFc
- Mon Sep 13, 2010 6:35 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
- Replies: 1388
- Views: 692166
Re: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
Kitchen Wisdom Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of an ice cream cone to prevent ice cream drips. Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the cone, for Pete's sake! You are probably lying on the couch with your feet up eating it anyway! To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in...
- Sun Sep 05, 2010 5:36 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Favourite or Topical Gardening Quotes
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4669
Re: Favourite or Topical Gardening Quotes
As has often been said and written:-
'There's always next year!!'
'There's always next year!!'
- Sun Sep 05, 2010 5:32 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Green manure
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2547
Re: Green manure
Afternoon Bren, There was an article on Green Manure on Gardeners World this week and,no doubt, if you call it up you will find it on BBC I-player which may give you some answers. Wallis Seeds have a good selection of Green Manure at a reasonable cost but the best idea which I have come across is to...
- Sun Sep 05, 2010 5:18 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Has this been a "light" year for Tomato blight?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8488
Re: Has this been a "light" year for Tomato blight?
Last weekend no blight on outdoor tomatoes.This weekend all six plants have succumbed rather badly.They are now bagged and on their way to an incinerator!
- Mon Aug 23, 2010 4:23 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
- Replies: 1388
- Views: 692166
Re: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
A little known fact ...
The first testicular guard (“ball box”) was used in cricket in 1874
and the first helmet was used in 1974.
It took 100 years for men to realise that their brains could also be important ....
The first testicular guard (“ball box”) was used in cricket in 1874
and the first helmet was used in 1974.
It took 100 years for men to realise that their brains could also be important ....
- Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:00 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
- Replies: 1388
- Views: 692166
Re: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
Colonoscopy All the organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who was the one in charge. "I should be in charge," said the brain, "Because I run all the body's systems, so without me nothing would happen." "I should be in charge," said the blood, "...
- Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:22 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Urgent warning.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1148
Urgent warning.
Received the following e-mail from my sister:- URGENT!!! PLEASE CIRCULATE to your friends, family and contacts . In the coming days, DO NOT open any message with an attachment called: Black in the White House, regardless of who sent it to you . It is a virus that opens an Olympics torch that burns t...
- Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:02 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
- Replies: 1388
- Views: 692166
Re: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
Subject: Fw: Two Priests Decided To Go To Hawaii On Vacation Without friends, life isnt living:-) , Two priests decided to go to Hawaii on vacation. They were determined to make this a real vacation by not wearing anything that would identify them as clergy. As soon as the plane landed they headed f...
- Fri Aug 06, 2010 7:13 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
- Replies: 1388
- Views: 692166
Re: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
John decided to go skiing with his buddy, Keith. So they loaded up John's minivan and headed north. After driving for a few hours, they got caught in a terrible blizzard. So they pulled into a nearby farm and asked the attractive lady who answered the door if they could spend the night. 'I realize i...
- Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:02 pm
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: Dead jackdaw mystery
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6244
Re: Dead jackdaw mystery
Llyn Peninsular-'Bermuda Triangle'for Jackdaws