Anyone planting garlic this autumn (or already done so perhaps?).
Hardneck or softneck?
Any varieties you would recommend? I've just planted 'Czechmate' (a hardneck variety) in pots.
Anyone start their garlic cell modules first for later transplanting?
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- Fri Nov 02, 2018 4:16 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Garlic Preferences
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5805
- Mon Jul 17, 2017 12:48 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Knives on the Allotment
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6079
Knives on the Allotment
There's been much in the press recently about knife crime. "Basically, it is illegal to carry a knife in public without good reason, unless it has a folding blade with a cutting edge 3 inches long or less. m" Just wondered if anyone had run into problems using knives on the allotment, or e...
- Mon Feb 20, 2017 11:34 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Pricking Out Tomato Seedlings - Leaf or stem?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4153
Pricking Out Tomato Seedlings - Leaf or stem?
Well, if you look at the March issue of KG it looks like our expert gardeners have different approaches to pricking out tomato seedlings. On page 33 we have the instruction: "Handle the seedling by its leaves, NEVER the delicate stem” (Ben Vanheems). But then on page 11 we have Joyce Russell ha...
- Thu Jan 19, 2017 12:02 pm
- Forum: Cooking tips
- Topic: Parsley-sage-rosemary and thyme ?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 30489
Re: Parsley-sage-rosemary and thyme ?
Fresh coriander towards the end of cooking a curry gives it that something extra I find. Chive flowers especially nice in salads.
- Thu Jan 19, 2017 11:55 am
- Forum: Cooking tips
- Topic: Parsley-sage-rosemary and thyme ?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 30489
Re: Parsley-sage-rosemary and thyme ?
Don't seem to have had a problem - you can always add the cloves a little later I suppose...
- Tue Jan 17, 2017 11:22 am
- Forum: Cooking tips
- Topic: Parsley-sage-rosemary and thyme ?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 30489
Re: Parsley-sage-rosemary and thyme ?
Don't seem to have had a problem - you can always add the cloves a little later if they're getting cindered.
- Tue Jan 17, 2017 10:34 am
- Forum: Cooking tips
- Topic: Parsley-sage-rosemary and thyme ?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 30489
Re: Parsley-sage-rosemary and thyme ?
We like to roast our potatoes with cloves of garlic and sprigs of thyme; rosemary over the roasted carrots
- Mon Jan 16, 2017 1:07 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Top tips to start seed off
- Replies: 95
- Views: 157450
Re: Top tips to start seed off
I got this through from Simply Seed recently that pepper sowers might find interesting: The Cheats Guide to Germinating Chilli and Pepper Seeds. What you need: One packet of our chilli seeds - you can reseal them, and they are foil lined! One piece of kitchen roll. A splash of water. A bit of heat. ...
- Fri Jan 06, 2017 3:45 pm
- Forum: Cooking tips
- Topic: Cooking Mince
- Replies: 30
- Views: 19757
Re: cooking mince
I popped just one of my Carolina Reapers into last night's chill con carne. First time I've used a CR. Have to say it was a warm meal, but not excessively so - in fact, it was the best chilli con carne we'd had in a long time. Put a few Super Chillies in the last one but it turned out very tame. I g...
- Fri Jan 06, 2017 3:38 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Mid-winter Bits and Bobs - 2016/17
- Replies: 95
- Views: 24120
Re: Mid-winter Bits and Bobs - 2016/17
Whilst reluctantly cleaning out the pantry over the weekend I happened up on two 'Germidour' garlic bulbs that I had obviously bought in the autumn but must have dropped down the back. Anyway, spent some of yesterday afternoon happily planting out two rows. The sun was out, the sky was wonderfully c...
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:46 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Superoot Air Pots
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10912
Re: Superoot Air Pots
Good point - I do have some of these in the shed so will try them out this year to see what happens.
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 10:32 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Oyster mushrooms
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2498
Re: Oyster mushrooms
We were sent one of these pearly oyster mushroom kits from http://espressomushroom.co.uk/.
Got a decent first crop: after a couple of weeks:
Got a decent first crop: after a couple of weeks:
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 10:06 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Superoot Air Pots
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10912
Re: Superoot Air Pots
As a previous member has mentioned, they work on the principle that when the roots make contact with the air through the holes they are effectively 'pruned' which then stimulates further root development. If you're interested in finding out more about them go to: http://air-pot.com.
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 9:57 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: A personal message for New Year 2017
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4415
Re: A personal message for New Year 2017
That's truly inspirational Pa Snip and an example to all in present and future adversity. Wishing you all the best for 2017 and more words of wisdom from you on the forum!
- Fri Dec 23, 2016 9:25 am
- Forum: Ask the team
- Topic: Merry Christmas!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7771
Merry Christmas!
Have a great Christmas everyone and have a brilliant 2017.
In the words of Lao Tzu:
"To see things in the seed, that is genius."
from all of us here at KG!
In the words of Lao Tzu:
"To see things in the seed, that is genius."
from all of us here at KG!