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Courgette mountain!

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by KG Steve » Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:48 pm

Hi Everyone,

In KG next month (August issue), we would like to include a light-hearted feature with advice for readers on what to do with their...

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Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:34 pm
Oiling a blind

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by JohnN » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:20 am

Has anyone a bright idea on how to get oil into the mechanism in the middle of a roller blind?
The sun blind is 8ft wide, and operated by a winding...

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Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:42 am
Charlotte & other spuds questions.

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by Ricard with an H » Tue May 05, 2015 11:17 am
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Ok, this isn't a growing question though that may soon raise it's head as I have a short row of Charlotte looking keen.

This is about some Charlotte...
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Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:45 am
do i need to say sorry to my cut son ?

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by clairelv1 » Wed Jun 24, 2015 7:45 am

nowadays everyone wants to be praised . so does my six years old son . he will pick up the clothes for school by himself every morning and always...

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Mon Jun 29, 2015 1:43 pm
At Last

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by Blackbob » Fri Jun 26, 2015 9:44 am
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Some proper summer conditions on the way next week for us up north.
full cross model agreement on serious heat Tuesday onwards, how long for though...
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Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:40 am
Early Summer Bits and Bobs.

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by oldherbaceous » Fri May 29, 2015 11:49 am
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Since it chucking it down with rain and feeling rather chilly with the strong wind, i thought it was time to announce Summer. :)
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Sun Jun 28, 2015 9:53 am
Crystal Ball purchasing

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by Johnboy » Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:04 pm

Comment.
Garden Centre Association President Will Armitage said:
"The majority of consumers don't know how much peat content is in a bag of...

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Sat Jun 27, 2015 5:46 am
Why relaxing in the garden is so exhausting

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by Primrose » Sun Jun 21, 2015 4:05 pm
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Thought I'd just spend a couple of minutes standing in the garden after lunch before having a cup of coffee.

What actually happened...

1 I spotted...
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Thu Jun 25, 2015 3:39 pm
i am in a good mood today ...

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by clairelv1 » Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:38 am

i am learning baking and was suggested to buy a flour scale and some other gadgets . but what they suggested is too expensive and i got a small one...

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Wed Jun 24, 2015 7:26 am
Brown/Fothergill

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by Diane » Sun Jun 21, 2015 4:29 pm

I've just found out that these are the same - as I've just thanked, by email, D.T.Brown for my perfectly packed rhubarb plants...and received a nice...

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Last post by Monika
Mon Jun 22, 2015 6:55 pm
Blenheim Palace Garden Show

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by Pa Snip » Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:51 am

Anybody visiting Blenheim Palace Garden Show this Saturday (20th June)

Mrs Snip usually attends with some work colleagues, however this year they...

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Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:43 am
Levington muti purpose compost

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by Blackbob » Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:44 pm
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Really poor this year and full of household debris and lumps of tree bark.
Wrote to them and received the following response.

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 Hide...
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Sat Jun 20, 2015 7:59 pm
Peat free compost WARNING

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by Johnboy » Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:32 am

It would appear that between 2008 and 2013 there were 16 cases of Legionnaires' Disease and very sadly there were two deaths directly contributed to...

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Sat Jun 20, 2015 12:17 pm
Still learning the benefits of home grown.

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by Ricard with an H » Fri Jun 12, 2015 6:49 am
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The endless search for a decent tomato, carrots that taste like paraffin, green beans that spent so much time in storage they are soft as I'm...
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Sat Jun 20, 2015 8:36 am
'Grazers' any good?

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by Monika » Fri May 29, 2015 7:17 pm
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Clive, any idea if the 'Grazers' worked? We are really being plagued by house sparrows eating all the tips of the pea plants and by doing so, pulling...
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Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:21 pm
help please

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by robo » Tue Jun 16, 2015 3:07 pm

I am looking for something to keep the field we have here in spain in a neatish order , i have in the past spent days strimming it, then it rains and...

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Wed Jun 17, 2015 12:00 am
Bolting onion sts.

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by Shallot Man » Sat Jun 13, 2015 9:59 am
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Some 40% of my Centurion onion sets have bolted. :( :(
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Last post by snooky
Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:24 pm
Pea'd Off

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by Pa Snip » Sat Jun 13, 2015 8:33 am

I've mentioned before about the problems experienced this year with germination. Beans and Peas in particular have been a nightmare.
Don't know why...

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Last post by Elaine
Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:35 pm
...sent to try us!

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by alan refail » Fri May 22, 2015 7:11 am
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Firstly, apologies for any typing errors in this post.

If forthcoming operations go well, I think this year will go down in my book as "the...
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Tue Jun 09, 2015 10:01 am
Back again at last

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by 2ofus » Fri May 08, 2015 9:47 am

Hello everyone, after a long lapse I hope it's alright for us to join in again. Hubby is busy renovating this old property though, amongst other...

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Sun Jun 07, 2015 8:56 pm
do i really need to lose weight?

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by clairelv1 » Fri May 22, 2015 1:12 pm

Why i have to lose weight ? i am not very fat but not slim either, but i always want to lose weight .years and years . i don't dare to eat too much...

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Sun Jun 07, 2015 7:01 pm
NSALG

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by Beryl » Fri Jun 05, 2015 3:02 pm

Does anyone know what has happened to the NSALG website.

Seems to have disappeared.

Beryl.

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Sun Jun 07, 2015 6:23 pm
Do not be a embarrassed mom

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by clairelv1 » Wed Jun 03, 2015 5:29 am

i have a son with 6yeas old and very cute and smart . of cause i love him very much .i always try my best to play with him when i am free and he...

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Fri Jun 05, 2015 7:39 pm
Magazine Index

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by Geoff » Sun May 31, 2015 11:07 am

It being the day before flaming June starts it is wet and windy so I thought a bit of research could be done. We have been given two Sweet Potato...

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Wed Jun 03, 2015 5:31 pm
Electronic fox scarer.

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by Shallot Man » Fri May 29, 2015 10:47 am

Installed one of those battery electronic fox scare gadgets. Problem is no one has told the fox :? :? .

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Sun May 31, 2015 12:33 pm
Invasive raspberries

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by Stephen » Sat Apr 09, 2011 6:56 pm

Do others find that the primocane autumn fruiting raspberries more invasive than the traditional summer fruiting ones?
I am delighted with the...

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Wed May 27, 2015 7:23 pm
Chelsea .

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by Elaine » Thu May 21, 2015 8:34 pm
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Are any of you watching the Chelsea Flower Show coverage? I have to say, I become more disappointed with it every year...I might not follow it after...
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Last post by Johnboy
Wed May 27, 2015 11:57 am
Spring has finally sprung, Bits and Bobs.

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I have just been edging the grass paths over the allotments and i'm sure i am right in saying, Spring is now with us in growing terms.... what a most...
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Last post by Geoff
Tue May 26, 2015 8:37 pm
Funny short clip.

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by Diane » Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:56 pm

This makes me laugh every time.

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Last post by clairelv1
Mon May 25, 2015 10:52 am
Now that's what I call a disappearing road...

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by Motherwoman » Sat Feb 22, 2014 7:09 am

Bits of the island are falling off. Undercliff has had a few problems, there is nowhere left to move this road to as there is a large cliff behind...

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Mon May 25, 2015 6:51 am
Greenhouse problem of the day!

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by peter » Fri May 22, 2015 3:42 pm

Sat in my study having a working from home day and concentrating on "stuff", daughter appears and asks where the “hose thingy” is, so she...

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Last post by sally wright
Fri May 22, 2015 11:29 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Mon May 11, 2015 11:52 am

Dear Motherwoman, may i wish you a very Happy Birthday indeed. Thank you for all the interesting replies you have given people over the last...

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Fri May 22, 2015 1:17 pm
Happy Birthday Elaine.

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by oldherbaceous » Thu May 14, 2015 6:49 am

Dear Elaine, may i wish you a very Happy Birthday and hope you have a fantastic day. :)

Thank you for all the laughs and smiles through the year,...

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Last post by Elaine
Fri May 15, 2015 5:26 pm
Grape vine

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by alysonh56 » Wed May 13, 2015 12:55 pm

I have a grape vine in a large pot in my polytunnel. It's inherited in that the allotment is my sister in law's and I think the vine predates her....

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Thu May 14, 2015 5:19 pm
Can tenancy agreements ban the growing of fruit?

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by Barry » Wed May 13, 2015 12:14 am

Just curious: is it possible for a tenancy agreement to legally ban plot holders from growing fruit such as strawberries and raspberries?

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Wed May 13, 2015 11:53 pm
Lack of Swallows this year.

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by Johnboy » Thu May 07, 2015 10:05 am
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Following my record of young Swallows raised on my plot last year I am saddened to have only five breeding pairs to date this year.
There seems to be...
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Wed May 13, 2015 7:57 pm
Changing the time

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by Catherine » Sun May 10, 2015 8:02 pm

Please can someone remind me how to change the time as my clock is showing 7.01 and I can't remember how to do it. :oops:

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Mon May 11, 2015 7:42 am
Oystercatcher and a sheep

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by Catherine » Sat May 09, 2015 9:46 pm

Today we drove through the Trough of Bowland, having lunch at Puddleducks Cafe in Dunsop Bridge (new owners and our lunch was fantastic) as we got on...

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Mon May 11, 2015 7:19 am
CARROTS.

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by Shallot Man » Mon May 04, 2015 10:22 am

Last year I seem to recall a lady offering advice on carrot fly as used by her Grandfather. He sowed seed as normal, then with his size nine boots...

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Tue May 05, 2015 8:52 am
Spanish bluebells

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by Catherine » Sun May 03, 2015 9:49 pm

We were in Barton Grange about three weeks ago when we overheard a lady asking for bluebells. The member of staff said "we dont have any English...

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Mon May 04, 2015 7:44 pm
Cor!

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by retropants » Wed Apr 29, 2015 10:12 pm

Nobody has posted anything today, well, except me of course :)

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Thu Apr 30, 2015 6:30 am
Asparagus is up!

Last post by Monika
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by Westi » Sun Apr 19, 2015 8:09 pm

To me the start of the growing season is the arrival of the Asparagus & today I have been rewarded with my first crop - & it's all mine!...

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Last post by Monika
Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:09 pm
made me smile.

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by Diane » Tue Apr 28, 2015 4:35 pm

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Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:09 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Mon Apr 06, 2015 11:57 am
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Not sure how i missed this at the bottom of the page but, may i wish you a very Happy Birhday, Johnboy and may you have many more years of doing what...
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Last post by Catherine
Sun Apr 19, 2015 9:45 pm
Gardening word game

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Hi everyone,

Cathy here.

I thought it'd be fun to play a word game!

The first letter of your word must be the same as the last letter of the...
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Thu Apr 16, 2015 7:35 pm
Happy Birthday Pa Snip.

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by oldherbaceous » Mon Apr 13, 2015 12:57 pm

May i wish you a very happy Birthday, Pa Snip, hope you have a great day.

Also thank you for some wonderfully funny posts and sensible ones too... :)

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Tue Apr 14, 2015 7:12 am
What are you trying thats new

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by Pa Snip » Sat Apr 04, 2015 8:37 am
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Are you trying something that's new to the market or maybe something you just haven't tried before.

Is anybody else trying the new tomato seed...
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Sun Apr 12, 2015 6:41 pm
2015 Springing Bits and Summer Bobs

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Quoting OH from Mid Winter Bits and Bobs thread
i think we need to change the topic to "earlrly spring bits and bobs",
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Sun Apr 05, 2015 7:23 pm
Help needed in sourcing

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by Pa Snip » Tue Mar 31, 2015 11:59 pm

I have in the past read about an international species of annual, Primusiocus Aprillis , which blossoms in many countries around the world at the...

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Fri Apr 03, 2015 8:15 am
Life in the 1950s

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by Primrose » Wed Mar 18, 2015 9:36 pm
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Did anybody watch last night's BBC2 peogramme about life and food in the 1950s? It,s worth a watch on iPlayer for anybody who wants to dig up some...
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Thu Apr 02, 2015 9:48 am

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