Just to let you all know, OH is doing okay but still in hospital. He says he hopes you’re all behaving yourselves while he’s on temporary leave. Regards, The Cook. Thank you Cook, as if we would dare not behave !!!! cough cough Being as you are Cook I am reluctant to sign this message as being from...

Pa, I,m sorry yiou can no longer enjoy your own marmalade on toast. That's hard as home made marmalade somehow always seem to taste better than shop bought, especially when yiu have the really tasty thick peel bits. Any chance you could still get the flavour of it by having it whizzed up in some so...

Dear OH

I have deliberately held off posting in the hope that I might think of something to say which isn't at my normal anal level.
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As you can see I have failed

Good luck, best wishes

Your mate
Sausage

Good to hear your grandson is going strong on his target. ~We wish him well

Amazing, appears to take 2 minutes less if you speak Welsh

Never mind being daunting taking one on, they will soon learn its daunting maintaining one at times. But oh so satisfying

At last your opportunity to learn how to grow the infamous Panorama Spaghetti Tree may not be far away.

oldherbaceous wrote:The Blackbirds are singing loudly out there this morning, I hope they don't start nesting yet, as it's still very early.

the queen is in the parlour eating bread and honey

As some may have seen by the post I made elsewhere I have been studying seed catalogues. Finding it far far too cold around chest to venture out much, despite thermal layers Have ventured out a couple of times to make our selection of seed potatoes. Ordered 2 bags shallots from Wilko as a experiment...

OH , I think your point is very valid, and could be said to be proved by the number of community allotment projects one does hear about. However, there are many councils / associations which avoid involvement which is surprising in areas where ground stands fallow for years on end getting overgrown...

Quite agree Primrose many people have no need of raised beds but like all things it's horses for courses'.

doubt Adam had the luxury of a raised bed in the Garden of Eden

Without getting side-tracked from the subject,
You've mentioned an icon, Geoff Hamilton, met him a few times at shows, what a nice man he was.

I have mentioned this before but it really bugs me. RAISED BEDS !!!!! or rather what are actually mini fenced beds. To me the very term 'raised bed' infers that something, maybe made of wood or bricks, is built up from ground level in which to contain soil at a height greater than that at the ground...

Welcome aboard Alison

Our conclusion is that saving outdated seeds is just not worth the effort. Have experienced too many failures for the sake of a quid or two,
Parsnips are a prime example, since buying quality new seed each year we get better germination and success.