CJS I love old tools ,we have a fork which will forever be "Aunt Sophies "fork.It's sharp and light and one of my special favourites. I agree with you about B&Q type places ,we're lucky to have and old style hardware shop not too far away.They will even sell you a single washer.don't y...

WELCOME Suzie.
Love the avatar,we've all had some of those

Love these new avatars
NOTE must change mine

We always used to grow these and they were always slow ,but once planted were fine.They're a lovely potato a pleasant change as a main crop although they're fiddly to clean.I usually give them a good scrub bring them to the boil and then discard the water ,replace with fresh and cook as normal.We 'r...

Beautiful picture Geoff

Does it mean that lot's of folk have to upload new avatars ?I've now done it but still can't see many others

I'm back

Thankyou Peter I have been trying to do this but sadly it is not like riding a bike and you do forget!
I have resized the image in photobucket and then I thought you just copied ad pasted but perhaps I'm wrong.
As my OH would say I often am

I have just checked and the display avatars is ticked for yes,
I can see some but very few,do you think I'm being slowly phased out and next week they show me the door ?

OH. Good evening I can't see yours so it must be something my end

I know the forum has been revamped but where have the avatars gone
I've been trying to reinsatate mine but I think I'm doing something wrong as it's just not working

We mainly grow climbing french,I'm sure it's a better use of space and when they get away they are no longer troubled by slugs which I find a problem on the handful of dwarf beans we grow later in the season

We love our wolf tools,we have a very long handle (a bonus if you suffer sore backs) a hoe,and a couple of cultivars one being what we refer to as the "star tool" it breaks soil down to a tilth good enough to sow seeds. we would recommend them every time several allotment friends have boug...

Hi Compo, I just can't get going this year
I've sown a few toms and chillis early peas and sweet peas but it keeps getting sooo cold.
Even my lovely frogs have spawned only to have it frozen will the taddies survive ?Think I might have a duvet day tommorrow

glallotments SORRY I should have been clearer and not said heat the greenhouse I only meant a propagator,sorry the comment at the end of my post was misleading
(in defence I refer you to my signature)