Hello again John I think you have given the answer to your question. Accent is an early and Victoria is a maincrop variety. In fact Victoria is noted for its good storage. The only only thing you can do is to keep eating the Accent and save the Victoria for later! John PS Its never worth growing mor...

Hello John What variety of potato do you have? Earlies and second earlies do not store well as their dormancy is easily broken and they will sprout all too soon when given half a chance. Maincrop pots should store well but if they are too warm they'll also start sprouting. They are best stored as co...

Hello Dashboard seems to be for Macs only. I have Allrecipes (m) on my bookmarks. Its a US home cooking site. There are masses of recipes there and they are all rated by members. The recipes though are all very american - loads of cups of sugar, masses of shortening and so on and so not always to ou...

Hello Cherry As far as breeds go, I agree with the others about ex-battery hens. These will be coming to end of their first laying cycle and will be perhaps 18 months old. They soon get used to the outdoor life, feather up nicely and get down to the serious business of laying lots of brown eggs. The...

Hello Cherry Just a few points which I hope will help. Chickens are very sociable creatures that thrive best when kept as a flock. I would suggest 3 hens as the absolute minimum. If you have only two hens and something happens to one of them then you have the problem of a single hen. If you are goin...

Hello Chris The line to insert your picture should look something like this where the http:/---------- .gif will be the photobucket reference for your picture: ['img]http://www.phpbb.com/images/phplogo.gif[/'img] Leave out the ' before the img - I put this in so that the line displays as text. When ...

Is it possible to use domestic heating oil in paraffin greenhouse heaters? I was talking to the tanker driver when we had a delivery and he said he knew people who did this. Apparently heating oil and paraffin are virtually the same stuff. He did say though that he didn't know if it would burn as cl...

Hello fen Point taken. I know that quite a lot of people don't like pictures in postings as you say because it slows things down. One way round this problem would be to have a forum 'Gallery' or whatever just for pictures of interest. I have suggested this in an earlier posting but Mr P Head hasn't ...

Hello Chris and Mandylew I used Clive's advice when I asked about picture posting last week as you will see when you follow the link given. There is also a bit of help on the site itself. When you click on 'post reply' and the text box comes up, go down a bit lower to the left and find BBCode is ON ...

Hello Julie I would simply dry the seeds off slowly and store them in a paper bag somewhere cool and dry. They should germinate well next year. Cucurbits are incredibly promiscuous though so what you get growing next year from your seed might be quite different from the parent plants. It'll depend o...

Apologies for the snowflakes!
Just playing about with this Avatar thing.
Enough of this frivolity - must get back to some serious postings

John

Hello All In a discussion of old v. new forum, Mr Potato Head claims that the old forum was groaning under the weight of 30,000 posts a year ('Fora Bunda', Nov 24th)! I should think it was as I only ever managed to read a few new posts most days - just couldn't keep up with them all! I'm amazed as t...

Hello Jane Yes, its being to look like the old forum. If we all remember to post into 'General Chatter' then it will really be just like old times, with a few bells and whistles. Can't see the point of the sub-forums within the main forums - if we ignore them perhaps they will just go away! Nice to ...

Hello Jacquie Broad beans are really tough and will stand some pretty severe winter weather. The thing to watch out for weatherwise is several days of hard penetrating frosts when the frost doesn't lift during the daylight hours - a temporary covering of fleece should give enough protection. Put the...

Thanks a lot Clive.
I'll give it a try.

John

Great rhubarb!