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Cold Storage room for canning storage and food preservation

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by jardinier » Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:30 pm

Hello friends,
I decided to build myself a cold room in my home basement . The goal was to store garden vegetables, canning and canned beverages. Of...

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Fri Mar 27, 2015 12:46 am
My 200 feet long artifcial stream - Idea for water garden

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by jardinier » Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:01 pm

Hello gardener,

I built an artificial creek in my backyard.

i use it to water my kitchen garden.

See --- > My meander artificial creek building...

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Fri Mar 27, 2015 12:25 am
Has anyone ever....

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by Diane » Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:48 pm

.......won any of the KG competitions?

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Sun Mar 15, 2015 5:56 pm
Cruft's

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by Westi » Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:09 pm

Oh doggy misdeeds & murder!

Not gardening for sure but how obsessive can you get! At least gardening can't be considered murder! (Although I do...

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Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:39 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Tue Mar 10, 2015 5:10 am

Dear Mouse (Bert), may i wish you a very Happy Birthday and hope you have a very enjoyable day.

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Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:59 pm
In the bleak Mid Winter, Bits and Bobs...

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Since it doesn't look like we have seen the last of the Winter yet, i thought we better have a new topic.

Anyway, have just been down the woods, to...
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Sun Mar 08, 2015 1:43 pm
St David's Day

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by Pa Snip » Sun Mar 01, 2015 8:40 am

Happy St David's Day to all members / contributors in or from Wales.

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I cannot claim to have grown these leeks myself, I...

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Last post by WestHamRon
Sun Mar 01, 2015 6:47 pm
New log store progress.

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by Ricard with an H » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:27 pm

This where my greenhouse should be emerging, I have two logs stores. One contains logs that need to sit for two years as they dry to be perfect, then...

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Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:53 am
How you know you have the gardening bug...

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by Stonecoloured » Sun Feb 01, 2015 8:44 pm

I've just finished off a pack of 200 x Jiffy peat pellets and ordered another bag...

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Tue Feb 24, 2015 6:24 pm
OAP increase

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by Shallot Man » Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:25 pm

Just had notification of my OAP pension increase. I note that for over a year now I have been payed £0.25 per week extra for passing 80. Wonder what...

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Last post by WestHamRon
Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:13 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Sun Feb 22, 2015 5:40 am

Dear Westi, may i wish you a very Happy Birthday indeed. :)
And thank you for being such a wonderful forum member, always full of laughs and also...

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Last post by Monika
Sun Feb 22, 2015 7:01 pm
新年快樂

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by alan refail » Thu Feb 19, 2015 6:08 am

Happy New Year!

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Sat Feb 21, 2015 9:46 am
Garden shed theft

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by alan refail » Wed Feb 18, 2015 9:37 am

For those of you who have suffered thefts from sheds, here's a new twist. We do things differently in North Wales :shock:

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Fri Feb 20, 2015 5:53 pm
One for cat lovers! (Or maybe not)

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by alan refail » Sat Aug 25, 2012 5:14 pm

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A picture of our youngest granddaughter in South Africa last month posing with cheetah. Yes, it was a real live one and...

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Tue Feb 17, 2015 7:16 pm
Burning Issues of the Day

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by Pa Snip » Sat Dec 20, 2014 9:28 am
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Those things that you wonder if you should do, or if something will happen.

Such as

Will my onion seed order arrive before Christmas so that, for...
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Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:25 am
Clock this Old Herbaceous - It's a wind-up!

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by alan refail » Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:45 am

Our youngest granddaughter, the one who hugs cheetahs,

is now working in the National Audit Office in London. It seems we now have a clock winder...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:40 am
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:04 am

Peter my dear fellow, may i wish you the happiest of Birthdays. :)
Hope you have a fantastic day.

And thank you for being such a wonderful...

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Last post by retropants
Wed Feb 11, 2015 10:57 am
The Job I hate Most On The Plot...............

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by Pa Snip » Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:19 am

Weeding !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's like painting the forth bridge. You know full well that the damn things, or their successors, will come back....

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Last post by robo
Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:18 am
Spam, spam, beans and spam

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by Motherwoman » Sat Feb 07, 2015 2:57 pm

Why are spam emails sent? Is anyone ever daft enough to believe them. This morning I had several offers of Russian brides (I've told himself that...

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Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:16 pm
2015 Big Allotment Challenge

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by Pa Snip » Fri Jan 02, 2015 10:30 am
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Jan 2nd, New series starts 9pm tonight on BBC2

Anybody any opinions on it ?

Snag with it as far as I was concerned was bringing people from all...
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Last post by Pa Snip
Sun Feb 08, 2015 7:31 pm
My favourite job this week has been....

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by Motherwoman » Sun Feb 08, 2015 9:17 am

....pruning the huge grape vine at the holiday cottage.

I love this job, snip, snip, up the ladder. It covers a very stout pergola and I cut back to...

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Last post by Clive.
Sun Feb 08, 2015 1:27 pm
Adverts on telly

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by Motherwoman » Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:00 pm
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Most adverts lately I find strange or stupid or both BUT the ads for a well known supermarket brand whose name begins with A and ends in i (other...
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Last post by peter
Mon Feb 02, 2015 7:23 pm
Early Witer bits and bobs.

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And what a nice way to start, and that's to see Tigger all over the forum....
It's brightened a rather dull morning. :)
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Last post by Cider Boys
Mon Feb 02, 2015 5:14 pm
Election. Aaargh!

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by alan refail » Tue Jan 27, 2015 2:16 pm
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Does anyone have any guaranteed survival tips to get through the next hundred days?
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Last post by Ricard with an H
Sun Feb 01, 2015 1:38 pm
Cabbage is king again.

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by Ricard with an H » Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:12 pm

Not really, well not for me because I can't grow it without slugs living in the leaves and I don't want to spend all that money on more slug...

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Last post by Ricard with an H
Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:33 pm
Spring.

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by Beryl » Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:40 pm

This little ditty was sent to me today.

'Of all the things in summer, the joy and comfort they bring
But when a man sits on a tin tack, tis the...

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Last post by Motherwoman
Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:05 pm
Kale matters.

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by Ricard with an H » Fri Jan 23, 2015 2:26 pm

Of course you-all know I'm growing masses of Cavelo Nero though I'm also growing some curly kale. A dwarf veriety that came recomended as extra tasty...

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Last post by Ricard with an H
Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:49 pm
Found this on another site..made me smile.

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by Diane » Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:02 pm

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Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:11 pm
Interesting Forest-Garden website in Scotland

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by Stonecoloured » Sun Jan 18, 2015 9:13 pm

looks interesting. He blogs about different veg/fruit/herbs planted in a forest garden/shady garden that can survive in Scotland... Gives me a...

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Last post by Diane
Mon Jan 19, 2015 5:47 pm
Je suis Charlie

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by peter » Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:52 pm

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité.

Vive la France!

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Last post by peter
Sat Jan 10, 2015 2:50 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Fri Jan 02, 2015 5:19 am
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Dear Retropants, may i wish you the happiest of Birthdays and that you have a lovely day today. :)
Also thank you for being such a wonderfully funny...
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Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:11 pm
Tigger OBE

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by Tigger » Thu Jan 01, 2015 11:10 am
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I got an OBE in the New Year's Honours. Very unexpected but not bad for an Irish immigrant! Do you think they get to see the list in heaven? My dad...
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Last post by Chantal
Mon Jan 05, 2015 12:48 pm
Happy New Year!

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by Westi » Wed Dec 31, 2014 5:37 pm

Here's to 2015 Everybody!

May it give you everything you wish for, especially an abundance of health & happiness. And may you keep all your...

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Last post by Redfox
Thu Jan 01, 2015 6:23 pm
Festive yet?

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by Motherwoman » Sat Dec 20, 2014 9:51 am
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I am woefully behind with festive stuff, just having a clean up around the house so that I can put up decorations.

Are you all ready?

MW
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Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:20 pm
Chilterns seeds catalogue

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by Diane » Tue Dec 30, 2014 5:07 pm

I've just received mine...but pages 125 -156 are missing. Has anyone else had this problem? I've contacted them and they're sending me another...

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Tue Dec 30, 2014 6:22 pm
Late harvest

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by Motherwoman » Fri Dec 26, 2014 11:49 am

I've got fed up being indoors so decided to wander down to the greenhouse for a look-see. I have a row of large pots alongside the path and I'd...

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Last post by Westi
Mon Dec 29, 2014 5:26 pm
Devices of the modern world

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by peter » Fri Dec 26, 2014 10:23 am

A child of '62 and working with IT since '80 todays technical devices are the stuff 8f the science fiction I devoured as a teenager.

Spring just...

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Last post by Elaine
Mon Dec 29, 2014 3:27 pm
What's new for 2015?.

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by Primrose » Sat Dec 27, 2014 2:59 pm

The seed catalogues are starting to arrive and I'm wondering what new or different varieties people are planning to grow next year. I always like to...

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Sun Dec 28, 2014 10:02 am
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:31 pm

Dear Alan, i'm so sorry this didn't appear first thing, i'm not sure how i missed it.

Anyway, may i wish you a very Happy Birthday, hope you have a...

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Last post by Shallot Man
Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:10 am
Compost accelerator

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by JohnN » Tue Dec 23, 2014 11:52 am
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Forgive me putting this query on this site, but it seems to be the most read and I wanted to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and Healthy and...
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Last post by Pa Snip
Fri Dec 26, 2014 11:02 pm
Merry Christmas.

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by peter » Thu Dec 25, 2014 8:58 am

Wishing everyone on KG forum a Merry Christmas. :D :D :D

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Last post by Diane
Thu Dec 25, 2014 9:31 am
Festive Season

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by Elaine » Tue Dec 23, 2014 6:09 pm

I would like to wish all of you a very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy 2015.

Have a fun, peaceful and lovely time. :)
xxxx

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Last post by alan refail
Thu Dec 25, 2014 7:28 am
Wanderers

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by Motherwoman » Sat Aug 30, 2014 7:38 am
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Does anyone else have a problem with uninvited wanderers poking around their plots?
I'm moving some trellis to one side of my plot as a not so subtle...
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Last post by Shallot Man
Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:38 am
Solstice greetings

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by alan refail » Sun Dec 21, 2014 5:31 am

Best wishes to all

It can only get lighter

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Last post by Elaine
Sun Dec 21, 2014 8:35 pm
Just found out why I can't get brussels-tops.

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by Ricard with an H » Sun Dec 07, 2014 5:56 pm

Tonight watching that TV program hosted by Greg whatsisname, they pull the tops of and throw them back to mother earth.

There was a time I wouldn't...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:48 pm
Alcohol in food

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by Motherwoman » Sun Dec 07, 2014 12:41 pm

I was really hacked off on Thursday. I went out to lunch with a friend I used to work with, we were going to have a Christmas dinner. Went to a nice...

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Last post by Motherwoman
Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:20 am
BACON

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by Shallot Man » Thu Oct 30, 2014 8:25 am
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Being partial to streaky bacon, picked some up yesterday whilst shopping with the Memsahib. Then I noticed it was dearer than best back. How come !!
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Last post by peter
Mon Dec 08, 2014 2:44 pm
Any regular bread bakers ?

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by Ricard with an H » Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:46 pm

I know this is a kitchen garden forum and I dont expect to be able stretch that interest to far though the the kitchen part includes all-sorts of...

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Sun Dec 07, 2014 9:08 am
Black leaves on lemon tree

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by Shallot Man » Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:36 am

Hi . Have black leaves on the memsahibs Lemon Tree. Have had conflicting advice, from copper spray, and a fungicide to washing with a spray oil, what...

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Sun Dec 07, 2014 8:49 am
Funny feeling

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by Motherwoman » Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:14 pm

I feel sort of odd today. What, odder than normal? Yes, odder than normal. Apart from holding a conversation with myself, I have a feeling of unease,...

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Mon Dec 01, 2014 3:31 pm

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