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Tomatoes etc.

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by PLUMPUDDING » Mon May 09, 2016 9:21 am

Have you noticed how tomatoes look twice as big as soon as they planted in their final positions in the greenhouse? Did mine yesterday in the large...

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Mon May 09, 2016 5:44 pm
What was that for?

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by Geoff » Sat May 07, 2016 7:52 pm

Our local history group had an event today "Please bring along any old farming implements, tools or domestic utensils which are no longer used...

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Sun May 08, 2016 8:04 pm
Monday 9th May

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by peter » Fri May 06, 2016 3:05 pm

The techies have said they are doing a security update Monday morning.
So the site will be down at some point as it gets reloaded for the patches to...

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Fri May 06, 2016 9:55 pm
Garden Pearl tomatoes

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by Diane » Thu May 05, 2016 4:08 pm

Has anyone grown these - what do they taste like?

Reason for asking.....I found a packet of seeds dated 2013 and I planted loads (just to see what...

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Fri May 06, 2016 7:40 pm
Frilly sprouts

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by Catherine » Tue Nov 03, 2015 8:54 pm
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We picked our first frilly sprouts today. A cross between curly kale and sprouts. We bought the plants from a garden centre in the summer, just on a...
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Thu May 05, 2016 8:07 pm
O.U.

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by Westi » Mon May 02, 2016 7:26 pm

Open Uni sent an e-mail today of new free courses via Future Learn, loads of them! But Food as Medicine caught my eye. Now scoff if you want, but my...

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Tue May 03, 2016 7:31 pm
Now it is Spring Time (Confirmed)

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by Westi » Sun Apr 10, 2016 7:01 pm
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And just how do I know that you ask?

Well my gardening year starts when the Asparagus pops up & today I found one!
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Twas a wee...
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Mon May 02, 2016 6:35 pm
Welcome Spring, Bits and Bobs - 2016.

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What a wonderful Spring day it is here today.....i've just cut the grass over the allotments, so it won't be long before we can get going.

I know...
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Mon May 02, 2016 6:19 pm
whats the craziest thing you did today (or this week, or just whenever)

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by dan3008 » Tue Apr 26, 2016 5:25 pm
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For me... I went paddling bare foot in a stream up to my knees with my little girl... Air temperature, abot 3-4 •c, water temp felt about -50•c

My...
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Sun May 01, 2016 8:45 am
Edible flowers

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by Primrose » Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:36 pm

Just browsing through the June edition of KG when I spotted on page 30 a photo of a pink dahlia which has been chosen by the Natuonal Botanic Garden...

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Thu Apr 28, 2016 8:14 am
Is it you down there, is it?!

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by Barry » Thu Apr 14, 2016 4:36 pm
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This lunch time, I dug an 80cm post hole as part of a fruit cage I am putting up.

I used a normal spade and simply kept digging into the clay, which...
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Tue Apr 26, 2016 7:00 pm
KG Seeds

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by Pawty » Mon Apr 25, 2016 4:23 pm

Like a kid, I get really excited when my magazine turns up and (being a seedaholic) smile at the rattle indicating new seeds!

However, this month...

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Tue Apr 26, 2016 6:54 am
Birthdays !

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by Primrose » Sat Apr 16, 2016 8:19 am
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When I switched on my laptop this morning, I made a point of going to the bottom of the Board Index section to check birthdays.
Alas for my...
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Mon Apr 25, 2016 7:40 am
% Failsafe

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by Pa Snip » Wed Apr 06, 2016 5:34 pm
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I've been down the greenhouse sowing seeds today.

Wondered if any of you have a set percentage you sow extra in case of germination failure.
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Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:06 am
Words of Wisdom

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by Oakridge » Wed Apr 20, 2016 1:58 pm

1. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.

-- John Adams...

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Last post by Oakridge
Wed Apr 20, 2016 1:58 pm
mystery tomatoes

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by Diane » Sun Apr 17, 2016 3:01 pm
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Can anyone remember the variety of tomatoes that we subscribers were sent, a couple of months ago? I planted some and, of course, have lost the...
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Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:16 am
A bit of a rant asking 'what's the point'

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by Pa Snip » Thu Apr 14, 2016 7:35 am
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I sat here this morning and wrote a long diatribe rant about something relating to my membership of this site,

Then having got 3/4 of the way...
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Mon Apr 18, 2016 8:38 pm
BBC cancel Garden Programme

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by Cider Boys » Mon Apr 18, 2016 10:18 am

What an absolute disgrace the inept and shameful BBC are, their arrogance and dictatorial effrontery to again cancel gardening programmes enjoyed by...

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Mon Apr 18, 2016 4:51 pm
I'm quite new around here.

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by Oakridge » Sat Apr 16, 2016 7:03 pm

I could not find a proper place to introduce myself so here I am. You will see from my DoB that I am not a youngster, but my Grandad kept his...

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Sun Apr 17, 2016 9:37 am
Registered Users Onine

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by Pa Snip » Sun Apr 17, 2016 8:55 am

Just looked down bottom of Board Index page and noticed that amongst the ' Registered users online' there were 4 search engines listed
Now my...

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Sun Apr 17, 2016 9:34 am
belated birthday wishes for pa snip

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by dan3008 » Thu Apr 14, 2016 9:15 am
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Happy belated birthday Pa
And happy allotment international day too :wink: Lol

Sorry we missed it yesterday
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Last post by Westi
Sat Apr 16, 2016 8:32 pm
chromebook...

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by Marigold » Thu Apr 14, 2016 10:31 am

Well, my aged laptop finally died this week.. rip faithful friend... A kind friend gave me a new chromebook last year so I got it out.. Then had to...

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Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:59 pm
Seeds

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by robo » Thu Apr 14, 2016 6:22 pm

I've bought very few seeds this year I've decided to use up some of the stock I seem to have collected , today I realised I was out of sprout seeds ,...

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Fri Apr 15, 2016 6:03 pm
A restoration project

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by Pawty » Thu Apr 14, 2016 6:15 pm

Hi,

My nan passed away a few months ago, my gramp died some 20 years earlier. I loved them both very dearly, so when my mum asked me to help sort...

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Fri Apr 15, 2016 1:45 pm
Which flower

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by Primrose » Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:17 pm
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Can anybody identidy this wild flower for me, found in a footpath. It has pointed leaves rather like a snowdrop but longer, and a brighter green.
Is...
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Last post by snooky
Thu Apr 14, 2016 7:57 pm
How to re-set a combination padlock

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by Barry » Wed Apr 13, 2016 7:31 pm

The code for our combination padlock on the main gate has been compromised and it looks like people are now entering the site and stealing things....

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Wed Apr 13, 2016 7:57 pm
BACON

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by Shallot Man » Thu Apr 07, 2016 9:10 am
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Thought I would do myself a bacon sarnie, whilst cooking and looking at all the salt water evaporating, I wondered on how much salt water the public...
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Tue Apr 12, 2016 8:17 am
High Rise Worms

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by Parsons Jack » Fri Apr 08, 2016 4:54 pm

Every time I open my half full 'dalek' compost bin, there are loads of worms sitting around just under the lid.

What are they doing up there, and...

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Tue Apr 12, 2016 5:13 am
Stone shortage

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by Barry » Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:42 pm
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I'm really baffled by my new plot: there are virtually no stones in the soil. Is this a good or bad thing?

When I do come across them, they are...
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Last post by Barry
Mon Apr 11, 2016 9:23 pm
BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR JOHNBOY

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by alan refail » Wed Apr 06, 2016 9:15 am

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86th BIRTHDAY WISHES OLD FRIEND

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Sat Apr 09, 2016 5:37 am
Apropos Grape Roots - our old place.

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by peter » Mon Apr 04, 2016 8:49 am

Demolished in the early 90s and replaced by a courtyard of houses.

That is a shame, but such is the way of 'progress' and economic needs of owners...

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Mon Apr 04, 2016 9:56 pm
Weed

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by peter » Fri Apr 01, 2016 10:31 am

In the course of weeding all I could smell was weed!

Local yoof seem to have decided the park and paths round my site are an ideal area to transact...

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Fri Apr 01, 2016 8:31 pm
New Forum format.

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by Johnboy » Wed Mar 30, 2016 1:00 am

I note that Peter has put some useful links which I am sure will be a great use to some.
With the reorganization of the entire website I found myself...

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Fri Apr 01, 2016 11:59 am
Digging for treasure

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by Pawty » Wed Mar 30, 2016 4:00 pm

So, what's the best thing you've ever dug up on the allotment? Here's a selection of my finest treasure - nice old glass bead today.

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Last post by Stephen
Thu Mar 31, 2016 4:10 pm
Early Easter Gardening Plans ?

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by Pa Snip » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:52 am
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As I write (06:50am) the sky is a combination of bright blue, small white clouds, larger grey clouds forming and looking very grey towards the south...
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Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:27 am
Of Easter Eggs...

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by Marigold » Sun Mar 27, 2016 6:52 am

Well, HAPPY EASTER everyone! I claim the award for the best bargain in eggs.. Apart from the free range brown eggs I was given at the Traditional...

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Sun Mar 27, 2016 7:36 pm
Oh DEAR!

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by Marigold » Thu Mar 24, 2016 4:51 pm
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It is going to be very IRISH here in the near future...came home after a long day shopping etc to realise the outside drain at the back is blocked...
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Sat Mar 26, 2016 4:17 pm
The changing taste for apples

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by Barry » Sun Mar 20, 2016 8:56 pm

Here in Kent, farmers are digging out whole orchards of Bramley apples; the market for them in the UK - amazingly - is in long term decline. Tastes,...

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Thu Mar 24, 2016 6:33 pm
Removing all taste from apples... and tomatoes

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by Barry » Sun Mar 20, 2016 8:43 pm
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I buy a lot of my groceries from Lidl, because prices are fair and the quality usually very good. However, I am yet to be convinced by their fruit....
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Thu Mar 24, 2016 4:44 pm
Beware SPAM from KG

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by John » Sat Mar 19, 2016 5:50 pm

Beware
I have just started getting SPAM emails from KG, probably not directly.
They only have a few words so I guess the spammers are just testing if...

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Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:34 am
growwild seeds arrived (plus a giveaway from me)

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by dan3008 » Tue Mar 22, 2016 11:15 am

Well, just after my community garden I closed due to lack of funding, my grow wild pack with seeds ect arrives...
Typical lol. On the plus, I now...

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Tue Mar 22, 2016 11:15 am
No dig course

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by AdeTheSpade » Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:29 pm
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Just returned from a day's course on the no-dig method of growing with Charles Dowding (as a result of a post on this forum) - I'm delighted to say...
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Tue Mar 22, 2016 10:07 am
Christmas & Easter Cacti

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by uselessgardener » Sat Mar 19, 2016 11:42 am

We seem to have a problem with tiny black fly's, its a little sticky., please don't say wipe each bracket ,there are just to many as have quite a few...

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Last post by Primrose
Sat Mar 19, 2016 5:04 pm
A P(l)otted History Part 3 Jan 2016 Onward

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by Pa Snip » Thu Jan 14, 2016 10:08 am
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Time does fly. November 20th since I last updated part 2. Not there has been much to update with.

well folks, a new year is here, one that I was...
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Fri Mar 18, 2016 2:51 pm
Good times ahead, Bits and Bobs.

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I know with the weather and life being rather stormy at the moment, it seems a long way off. But things will change and the better weather and the...
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Wed Mar 16, 2016 10:02 pm
Getting Madder & too Old!

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by Westi » Tue Feb 09, 2016 6:38 pm
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Thought it was pretty difficult preparing for an interview, little did I know the DBS check would cause much more angst!

I pay all my bills online...
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Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:13 am
Introduction

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by Pa Snip » Tue Mar 08, 2016 2:44 pm
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I have mentioned a number of times that eventually my daughter will be taking over my plot and the reason why.

To that end I have held her arm up...
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Last post by Pa Snip
Sun Mar 13, 2016 11:46 pm
Project Garden Snap (a 12 month photo project)

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by dan3008 » Sun Mar 13, 2016 8:53 pm

So, as previously promised, here it is, I'm starting my photo project in my garden. Here I'll be documenting my garden through photos, Some will be...

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Last post by dan3008
Sun Mar 13, 2016 8:53 pm
Oh!what chaos!

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by FredFromOssett » Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:13 am
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If you are reading this, you have presumably solved the conundrum of how to access the forum.
Yesterday morning, there it was; yesterday afternoon,...
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Sun Mar 13, 2016 1:36 pm
mothers day surprise

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by dan3008 » Sat Mar 05, 2016 10:51 am

So, my family surprised us yesterday by showing up on our door step, taking our little girl for the weekend (they have her every other week, and had...

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Sun Mar 06, 2016 8:16 am

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