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by peter
Fri May 05, 2006 12:16 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Damp ground
Replies: 24
Views: 8446

Was it Russia?
by peter
Fri May 05, 2006 8:33 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Valmarg's views on John Prescott...
Replies: 10
Views: 4852

Democracy.

The present holders of the posts have been appointed for reasons that have not been made public to me.As this Forum is motivated by a commercial concern they have the right to do so. However it may have come to the time where the mere contributors who are the lifeblood of the forum took a more acti...
by peter
Fri May 05, 2006 8:26 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: strange posts
Replies: 16
Views: 5675

BIG Sisters

I think some deviant has posted a website about that under Seasonal Tips!
:oops: :roll:
by peter
Fri May 05, 2006 8:13 am
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Cardboard debate
Replies: 11
Views: 4627

perhaps we should follow the example of the toddler groups and ban loo rolls and use kitchen rolls instead and that nonsense was in case the little darlings caught nasty diseases from the cardboard! Presumably just in case some ignoramus wiped their a*** with the cardboard tube instead of the paper...
by peter
Thu May 04, 2006 11:45 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: FAO Chantal
Replies: 3
Views: 1828

FAO Chantal

Chanter, slow down a bit.
I know its exciting, but my PM area is 98% full and I need to clear it our a bit.
Please don't send me any more PM's till I PM you.

Regards, Peter.
by peter
Thu May 04, 2006 11:37 am
Forum: Seasonal tips
Topic: Potato planting
Replies: 35
Views: 15665

At last..

.. a few leaves are emerging after three weeks. I was starting to have to resist the temptation to have a poke around and probably break the hidden shoots. Planting method was rotovate, repeat with a furrower instead of skid, plop the spuds in then earth up with a dutch hoe, so they are all under ei...
by peter
Thu May 04, 2006 11:29 am
Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
Topic: bloomin bindweed
Replies: 30
Views: 12535

Never mind

Jopsy, perhaps your DH was trying to get rid of the bindweed for you. :)
I had not seen your other thread when I posted my reply.
Regards, Peter.
by peter
Thu May 04, 2006 8:42 am
Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
Topic: bloomin bindweed
Replies: 30
Views: 12535

Jopsy, take heart, it can not stand regular mowing.
Regards, Peter.
by peter
Thu May 04, 2006 8:39 am
Forum: Best practices
Topic: The correct way to use Vitax
Replies: 7
Views: 6399

Pickaxe?

Pickaxes and the local firemen, purely as a keepfit exercise for them. PS keep Grock away that day. :twisted:
by peter
Thu May 04, 2006 8:28 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Allotments under threat - case studies please
Replies: 13
Views: 5955

OH, given the syntax of her posting, I suspect that perhaps the young lady had been browsing the fourum, read your signature, mistook this forum for a somewhat different forum and responded in kind.
:P :twisted: :roll:
by peter
Wed May 03, 2006 5:58 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Allotments under threat - case studies please
Replies: 13
Views: 5955

Erm, ah, erm, well!

What a very forward young lady. :oops: :oops: :oops:

Tell you what OH, I'm already taken, but you sound like a young man about town.... :twisted:
by peter
Wed May 03, 2006 5:09 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Allotments under threat - case studies please
Replies: 13
Views: 5955

Esther try;

The archive in this site, search.

http://www.allotments-uk.com/forum/default.asp

http://www.farmgarden.org.uk/ari/

and google.
by peter
Wed May 03, 2006 11:10 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: New lock for gates
Replies: 10
Views: 4097

We had exactly the same problem, twice! First time some nit twisted their key off in the lock, 3mm inside the slot so nothing to grip with plier. The Council had a spare lock that took the same key. Last time 99% certain some other nit left it unlocked and the little darlings in the park spotted it ...
by peter
Tue May 02, 2006 5:33 pm
Forum: Tools and Machinery
Topic: Howard 200 rotavator.
Replies: 5
Views: 4707

Some sources in order of usefulness

m Enginee Specialist in Surry, list Villiers on their website. m Agricultural Machinery People who definately have Howard knowledge, I get my 350 parts from them. m An individualistic trader who knows alot and has alot, but can be slow. www.Hancox.co.uk Engine specialists in Birmingham. Hope one of ...
by peter
Tue May 02, 2006 3:17 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: especially for gentlemen
Replies: 8
Views: 3365

Do I win a prize, or just get barred? :wink: