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- Mon Jul 10, 2006 2:24 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: maincrop carrots ?
- Replies: 50
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- Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:52 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Beside myself with excitement!!!! Lottie at last!!
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10627
- Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:43 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: irritating
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5421
- Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:41 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: What's doing well......?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3077
- Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:37 am
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Cures for aphids - not!!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7940
- Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:32 am
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Garlic harvested, me disappointed
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3327
- Sun Jul 09, 2006 8:17 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: What's doing well......?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3077
What's doing well......?
Tried any new varieties this year? Impressed or not? Thumbs up for me are Lettuce Bronze Arrowhead, Courgette Striata di Napoli both Real Seeds and Cucumber Rocky (great little 3" cues for young ones lunch box). Thumbs down suprisingly Tomato Costoluto Fiorentino which started really well but a...
- Sun Jul 09, 2006 8:08 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Beside myself with excitement!!!! Lottie at last!!
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10627
- Sun Jul 09, 2006 8:00 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: First attempt at growing Rocket
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3309
If you want a nice zingy leaf for your salad that's not as much trouble as rocket try French Sorrel,sown in pots to pick young or as a permanant clump in the garden. It doesn't suffer from flea beetle or bolt at the first sign of hot weather and it even makes a good soup! The leaves have a fresh lem...
- Sun Jul 09, 2006 7:50 am
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: What is this?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2468
- Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:40 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: What is your very, very favourite book ?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12711
I think it has to be 'My family and other Animals' by Gerry Durrell,just so observant and funny,although I'm with Peter on the desert island choice. For non-fiction it has to be any cookbook by Jane Grigson...who needs pictures when you can describe recipes like that? I take them to bed for a night ...
- Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:29 am
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Blossom end rot on tomatoes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2838
Blossom end rot is caused by irregular watering leading to ,I believe calcium shortage?,help me out someone,is that right? Anyway,it's not a disease or fungus that spreads so don't remove the fruit a lot of them will be usable for cooking etc. when you remove the black end. Sort out the watering and...
- Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:22 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Saving tomato seeds
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8443
There's a trick you can use to remove the slime from around the seed and that's to put the scooped out seeds in a jam jar with a little water and leave it for just 3 days,it will start to go mouldy,then wash in a sieve and lay out to dry either on paper (which they will stick to)or on a saucer or pl...
- Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:06 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Long trailing marrow??
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2164
- Fri Jul 07, 2006 6:58 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: This week I've mostly read......
- Replies: 94
- Views: 31699