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- Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:18 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: clocks
- Replies: 35
- Views: 9716
If I had my way and lived alone and unencumbered by modern life, I would get up with the birds in summer and not go to roost until dark, late at night, but in winter I would sleep in, deal with the daytime neccessities and curl up in my little nest again when the sun went down. Life would it cheap a...
- Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:59 pm
- Forum: Harvesting Q&A
- Topic: Kale, kale and more kale
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6311
I always think of spring GREENS as those which are dark green all the way through, from outer leaves to the centre (like the Mastergreen which I mentioned above). Spring CABBAGE is dark green on the outside but has a paler green heart. But my definition is probably just my own interprretation! I thi...
- Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:52 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Rubbish Sprouts.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5994
- Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:16 pm
- Forum: Technical Data
- Topic: Blight "resistance" in harvested potatoes
- Replies: 30
- Views: 23770
- Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:46 pm
- Forum: Harvesting Q&A
- Topic: Kale, kale and more kale
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6311
Hello, Colin, We regularly harvest curly kale into late spring, say, May, but Ragged Jack kale tends to succumb to heavy frost. It's the first year we have grown tuscan kale, so I don't know how hlong it will stand. On the question of spring cabbage, Mastergreen (from Marshalls) have done us well th...
- Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:18 pm
- Forum: Harvesting Q&A
- Topic: Kale, kale and more kale
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6311
Kale, kale and more kale
We had some great kale for lunch today: curly kale Darkibor, Nero di Toscana and Ragged Jack, all steamed, chopped up and served with a bit of salt, pepper and a spoonful of low-fat creme fraiche. There's nothing to beat it - and it's supposed to be very healthy, too!
- Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:30 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Over-summered tulip bulbs
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1450
Sorry I am late with a reply, but we have been away (in sunny Grange-over-Sands): I never succeed with the larger tulips for a second year and buy them new, but the species tulips, fosteriana and multi-headed ones seem to be o.k. I grow them in containers and feed them well after flowering and only ...
- Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:41 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Make your own shopping bag and help the environment.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3688
As our nearest shops are nearly 2 miles away and I tend to walk there, I always carry a large rucksack and refuse all plastic bags in shops, even when offered. My regular haunts know by now, but some shops seem to be quite surprised. To do the main food shop at the supermarket (we use Tesco, Booths ...
- Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:09 pm
- Forum: Harvesting Q&A
- Topic: Harvesting sprouts
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9864
- Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:16 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Making leafmould
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7746
That explains it. so, as I said, I'll try both methods this year. and, John, at the moment we don't have a builder's bag but that sounds a good idea, too. By the way, road pins are really useful things on the allotment. All our wire netting (which we need as double protection against rabbits, jackda...
- Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:17 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Opium poppy seed head
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2095
- Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:11 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Making leafmould
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7746
Johnboy, I thought the idea with leafmould was that it isn't worms that do the work but fungi and bacteria and therefore the action was quite different. And I thought the bags might be too airless to allow the fungi and bacteria to work. But I'll tell you what: I will fill my leaf cage and will also...
- Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:06 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Garden recycling bins
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2259
- Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:20 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Guess what ... 2
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5965
You are all so kind! Very many thanks for your good wishes and belated happy birthday to you, madasafish (and yes, I AM older than you!). I like your idea, Primrose, of gazing at the picture and will certainly do that when it's horrible outside, though this weekend I think we might get quite a lot o...
- Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:16 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Making leafmould
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7746
Thanks for all your hints. I have tried to make leafmould in punctured plastic bags before (like Johnboy suggested) but it seems to turn into a slightly slimy mess or it did with me, anyway. I thought the extra air through the wire might help to avoid that. So I will try the 'cage' method this year ...