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- Tue Sep 26, 2017 8:58 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Pumpkin flavour recommendations please?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3761
Re: Pumpkin flavour recommendations please?
Sally reminded me of a special occasion on my gap year in France when my host had taken the biggest Turks Turban squash I have ever seen and had cut the turban downwards to make a lid then hollowed out the bottom section and filled with a fruit salad which was superb and that was on Saturday night a...
- Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:21 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Growing a Christmas tree from a cutting
- Replies: 15
- Views: 19252
Re: Growing a Christmas tree from a cutting
Hi Liam,
The Norwegian Spruce Tree is the traditional Christmas Tree can be grown from a semi-mature cuttings taken during July and August but the chances of getting a worthwhile Christmas Tree are slim. Norwegian Spruce grown for Christmas Tree production are grown from seed.
The Norwegian Spruce Tree is the traditional Christmas Tree can be grown from a semi-mature cuttings taken during July and August but the chances of getting a worthwhile Christmas Tree are slim. Norwegian Spruce grown for Christmas Tree production are grown from seed.
- Fri Sep 22, 2017 12:07 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Pa Snip Enterprise: A questionable start
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9219
Re: Pa Snip Enterprise: A questionable start
I would keep quiet about using Jeyes Fluid as a soil sterilizer because it is against the law to use it. It is no longer licenced as soil sterilant.
JB.
JB.
- Thu Sep 21, 2017 11:53 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: F1 Seed
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3984
Re: F1 Seed
Hi Shallotman It is quite simple to have a succession of F1 cabbages by simply not sowing them all at the same time and there are very few open pollinated varieties the can match the the vibrancy of an F1 hybrid. Having said that I still grow the open pollinated pointed cabbages myself and no longer...
- Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:30 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: French bean Cobra
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5040
Re: French bean Cobra
Hi Tony, May I enquire if you save your own Cobra seed? When you sow several varieties of French beans and although they are self fertile it could be that they produce hybrid seeds which can reduce the strain. Fresh seed each year from a reputable seedhouse to me is must with not only French varieti...
- Mon Sep 11, 2017 1:06 am
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: Moths - lack of
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17843
Re: Moths - lack of
Hi Gerry,
I sometimes drive a Land Rover and still a lack of windscreen suicides.
I sometimes drive a Land Rover and still a lack of windscreen suicides.
- Sat Sep 09, 2017 6:06 pm
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: Moths - lack of
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17843
Re: Moths - lack of
Hi Monika, Stream-lining I think not. It may cut a few out but I very often do an 80 mile round journey and I go through mainly very rural meadow and woodland and these insects simply are not about. Theories are fine but theories have to be proven. My house doesn't have streamline windows and on a b...
- Sat Sep 09, 2017 5:50 pm
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: Moths - lack of
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17843
Re: Moths - lack of
Hi OH, I haven't noticed a decrease in bat activity but to be honest I haven't been looking. I have three different species of bats here two in my loft, pipistrelle and long eared, and daubenton in the barn. I need something to distract me at present as I have managed to break my left arm and can't ...
- Fri Sep 08, 2017 4:57 pm
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: Moths - lack of
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17843
Re: Moths - lack of
When I moved here nearing 40 years ago night driving was nightmare because of the flying insects and on say a 50 mile journey at night you would have to stop and physically clean the windscreen and today I can do the same journey without even stopping. Perhaps we did have too many night insects then...
- Fri Sep 08, 2017 4:12 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Alpine strawberries
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3227
Re: Alpine strawberries
My comment would would be too much picking for the amount of eating.
- Fri Sep 08, 2017 4:04 pm
- Forum: Ask the team
- Topic: Egg Shells for Calcium
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3439
Re: Egg Shells for Calcium
The best way to dry eggshells is in a tray at the bottom of your oven and when heated and allowed to cool they are easier to crush. You can go the whole hog and put the crushed particles through a blender and this gives a coarse kind of flour and this is best added in small quantities to each layer ...
- Thu Aug 24, 2017 12:48 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Mid Summer Bits and Bobs - 2017.
- Replies: 185
- Views: 50090
Re: Mid Summer Bits and Bobs - 2017.
I do have an estate behind my place and we get plenty of Pheasants that take over on my place in the belt of Maize that I grow for them. Occasionally we do get a few in the the veg plot and as Monika says they can be thugs. As a matter of priciple I neither shoot or eat Pheasants as if you study tha...
- Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:24 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Happy Birthday Old Herbaceous!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6068
Re: Happy Birthday Old Herbaceous!
Dear OH, I can see that you are trying to catch me up. By the time you read this greeting I fear the event will have taken place. How ever I would like to thank you on your birthday for all the good advice you have given over the years and the hundreds of people who have benefited from your advice. ...
- Sat Aug 05, 2017 2:35 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Hard day at work?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2697
Re: Hard day at work?
Hi Peter,
Originally I put the website that you have kindly supplied but the video was missing so I had to quickly make an amendment. What I got was a different version altogether which I do not understand.
I am truly thankful for your kind assistance.
Sincerely,
JB
Originally I put the website that you have kindly supplied but the video was missing so I had to quickly make an amendment. What I got was a different version altogether which I do not understand.
I am truly thankful for your kind assistance.
Sincerely,
JB
- Sat Aug 05, 2017 7:37 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Hard day at work?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2697
Hard day at work?
If you have had a hard day and need something to allow you chill out try logging onto this site. marwood hill gardens and click on garden to run the short video and watch while you also enjoy a nice glass of your favourite tipple. If you know of any other like sites please add to the thread. JB. htt...