Geoff wrote:Shopping for Tomato fertiliser is one of the most challenging mental arithmetic tests you can do, should be part of GCSE.

errm... It was on mine ... that was about 9-10 years ago now :/ lol

Tony, if my doc gives me the all clear, then I might see you on the walk if I do, ill be the one carrying the curly top 2 year old on my back needless to say, I shan't be doing the climb, just the hike. People said I was mad when I wanted to cary my 3stone toddeler for the hike. Then I remind them I...

Oh to be able to ride a bike... I cant even ride a push bike, never mind a motorbike... I have been toying with the idea of a 3 wheels chopper, but my wife would prefer a camper van... And since its her inheritance money, I guess I have to agree with her lol. (noone we knew, an obscure relative who ...

Allen, that last one hits a bit too close to home. Since my cat, who is female, one bit one of my testicles. That resulted in an embarrassing a&e trip, and 3 highly uncomfortable stiches

Just dont ask how it happened, but rest assured we always shut the door now

Dont worry, you'll add new items to that list every year I'm sure... I know I do...
My one this year is red kale... Russian red to be precise. Dont get me wrong, I love the stuff, but its taken over a massive section of the bed, and suffocated most of by broccoli lol

Elaine wrote:Life is too short. Retire now, sod the pension. Time for me and Ken now, time to put myself first for a change.

Welcome back sounds like you've had one heck of a year...

I could retire now sod the pension, but at 24, I've got a way to go yet lol.

Thanks plum I've got an offer for a nuc of some very docile and none swarmy bees. But end of the day, swarms do happen, so its just a case of keeping ontop of them and splitting / requeening when needed I buy all my honey from the Sheffield honey company, so I don't think I could go back to shop bou...

I'm with pa on this one

My advice would always be, take the advice that's offered, then do what you feels best anyway

my guess would be its not popular enough for the set growers to make a good profit. Sad really, I've decided after this year to go back to sets, and I wont get anything like the same variaty as I'm growing this year... But I'll get more than the 1 or 2 of each type that will actually survive my negl...

Hi guys,

I'm looking at taking up bee keeping, both for therapeutic value, and pollination. Bonus honey would be nice too

I've done my research and started building a long deep topbar hive

I just wondered if anyone on her has any advice? Since you lot are nicer than the beekeepingforum.co.uk lot

Westi wrote:What's a gallon???

Westi

About how mutch the patients in the alcohol unit can throw up before you send the student to get a bigger bucket

I make it 22610.7 uk gallons

Or 27154.3 us

So give or take the same as robo and alan

1 gallon... That was 10 inches horizontally if rain wasn't it?

Lots of miner trails in the leaves, and a large number of grubs at the ends of said trails

And yeh, no visable signs in the veg patch

Well this is a new one on me. I've got a serious infestation of leaf miner ... In the weeds... Ok more information, the patio area has some broad leaved weeds growing in the cracks... While pulling them today, I noticed the leaf miners... So I having crushed all the ones I could see, I went to check...