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Airtight homes.

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by Ricard with an H » Tue Nov 25, 2014 6:20 pm
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I'm recently bombarded with professional encouragement to promote airtight homes when most of my working years were to do with the exact opposite...
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Sun Nov 30, 2014 1:21 am
A pre Christmas rant!

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by Primrose » Fri Nov 28, 2014 12:16 pm

How is it that "Black Friday", adopted from the USA suddenly seems to have overwhelmed the UK this year?. I either must have been oblivious...

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Sat Nov 29, 2014 11:49 am
What are they saying?

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by alan refail » Sun Nov 23, 2014 4:22 pm

HRH and Raymond Blanc from yesterday's Times.

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Mon Nov 24, 2014 9:17 pm
Autumn Bits and Bobs and something else!

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by oldherbaceous » Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:07 pm
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Well it seems to be getting that feel of Autumn, even if the leaves on most of the trees are still green, although there were enough leaves on the...
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Sun Nov 23, 2014 10:03 pm
GARDEN Centres?

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by Monika » Tue Nov 18, 2014 6:53 pm

Why do garden centres at this time of the year convert completely to Christmas tat and tinsel towns? Presumably, it is is to keep the pennies flowing...

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Fri Nov 21, 2014 9:23 am
Mud, glorious mud!

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by Monika » Sat Nov 15, 2014 8:37 pm

My OH and I undertook a job today which we had been putting off for a long time - we cleared out our garden pond! And what a job it was: about 20...

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Last post by Monika
Thu Nov 20, 2014 6:57 pm
a way of using excessive vegatables

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by robo » Thu Nov 13, 2014 6:58 pm

We have been out today for one off our usual " menue del dias" we treat our selves most weeks to one ,they are a dinner time menu , most of...

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Last post by robo
Mon Nov 17, 2014 3:47 pm
Time to start the precautionary-winter-lard-up.

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by Ricard with an H » Mon Nov 10, 2014 4:28 pm
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No twinky bars though and cut down on anything like that apple tray bake she did at the weekend. I couldn't keep away.

I'm mostly a slim figure of...
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Sat Nov 15, 2014 8:23 pm
Enthusiasm for kale ?

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by Ricard with an H » Fri Oct 24, 2014 3:50 pm
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I'm sharing a moan here so if hate moaners then ignore the thread, I not a regular moaner nor a depressive.

My enthusiasm for growing and eating...
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Fri Nov 14, 2014 7:24 pm
Wiondows 8

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by Bren » Thu Oct 30, 2014 2:20 pm

Have anyone on the forum changed to windows 8 recently and did you have a problem changing, my first computer was w. 95 and then XP no bother there...

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Sun Nov 09, 2014 5:35 pm
Does anybody else's garage get like this

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by Primrose » Sat Oct 18, 2014 4:08 pm
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I decided today would be a good time to start trying to declutter our garage shelves and was shocked at the number of gardening products stored on...
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Sat Nov 08, 2014 6:44 pm
ever so slightly rude

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by Diane » Wed Nov 05, 2014 4:14 pm

:shock:

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Thu Nov 06, 2014 1:00 pm
worm pills.

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by Diane » Mon Nov 03, 2014 3:13 pm

Just popped into our local vets for a worm pill for the cat - £6.50 just for one pill. :shock:

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Wed Nov 05, 2014 2:04 pm
Interesting read for dark nights

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by Primrose » Fri Oct 31, 2014 5:01 pm

I'm halfway through an interesting book I found in our library called "A Green and Pleasant Land - How England's Gardeners fought the Second...

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Tue Nov 04, 2014 9:23 pm
Real life funnies

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by alan refail » Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:46 am
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A few things that really happened and have amused me in recent weeks.

The first from our granddaughter who is currently working with our Welsh...
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Thu Oct 30, 2014 1:00 pm
Our allotments hit their centenary

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by Stephen » Wed Oct 29, 2014 4:41 pm

The allotments at Butts Meadow were created in October 1914. It seems a bit odd, considering the war had just started, but it was no doubt at the end...

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Last post by Shallot Man
Thu Oct 30, 2014 8:22 am
Wrong time!

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by Elaine » Tue Oct 28, 2014 9:51 am
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It is currently Tue Oct 28, 2014 9:45 am

So it says...but it isn't...it's 10:06am!

Any help please? I know it isn't really crucial but I hate wrong...
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Last post by Motherwoman
Wed Oct 29, 2014 5:11 pm
Error message

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by Beryl » Fri Oct 24, 2014 6:31 pm

anyone else having trouble getting into TKG this evening via emails?

I keep getting messages up to say it is a permanent error and to consult the...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Mon Oct 27, 2014 5:51 pm
Is this a record?

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by Primrose » Thu Oct 23, 2014 6:11 pm

I received a regular monthly magazine today. Slipped inside were no less than sixteen different flyers, posters and pieces of unsoolicited...

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Last post by Elaine
Mon Oct 27, 2014 5:35 pm
Commercial Organics still in decline.

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by Johnboy » Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:51 pm

According to DEFRA, Commercial Organics have for the fifth successive year decreased both in land base and producers.
The organic land base has...

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Thu Oct 23, 2014 2:10 pm
Pairs

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by Motherwoman » Sat Oct 18, 2014 10:40 am

OK, I get a pair of socks, pair of gloves but why is it a pair of pants?

MW

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Sat Oct 18, 2014 11:04 am
Facebook Gardening Groups

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by Elaine » Sat Oct 04, 2014 10:52 am
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I do love Facebook and have joined many Local History and Wildlife based groups which are most informative, accurate and with wonderful photography....
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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sat Oct 18, 2014 6:46 am
News from the Farmette.

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by Ricard with an H » Wed Oct 15, 2014 3:20 pm
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Im still making an absolute mess of myself and parts of the kitchen every-time I prepare cooked beetroot, they slip out of the skins and daub our...
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Thu Oct 16, 2014 5:06 pm
Happy Birthday Tigger,

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by oldherbaceous » Tue Sep 30, 2014 5:01 am

Dear Tigger, i know you haven't been on the forum for a while, but here's hoping you visit today, so i can wish you a very Happy Birthday indeed. :)...

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Last post by Bren
Sat Oct 11, 2014 9:36 am
Late Summer bits and bobs.

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by oldherbaceous » Mon Sep 08, 2014 10:18 am
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Well since i'm predicting this lovely weather to last until at least November, we should have plenty of time to fill the pages. :)

But just beware...
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Last post by Shallot Man
Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:06 am
Garden building advice please

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by Cathy1960 » Fri Sep 26, 2014 3:15 pm

Hello everyone,

My husband and I have a very large back garden, and so he wants to build/buy himself a little workshop where he can do woodwork and...

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Last post by Cathy1960
Wed Oct 08, 2014 4:28 pm
Reverse seasons?

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by JohnN » Sat Oct 04, 2014 4:58 pm

I assume that vegetables in Australia/New Zealand are sown in "our" autumn and mature throughout "our" winter. If we plant seed...

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Last post by Diane
Wed Oct 08, 2014 1:34 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:02 am

A very Happy Birthday to you Robo, hope you have a great day....also, thanks for the many laughs you provide through the year. :)

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Last post by alan refail
Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:59 pm
Mildew on leaves

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by Bren » Fri Sep 26, 2014 2:37 pm

All the leaves on my squash plants are covered in mildew will it be alright to put these leaves on the compost heap or would it be better to take...

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Mon Sep 29, 2014 3:42 pm
Lincolnshire Members

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by Elaine » Thu Aug 21, 2014 6:43 pm

Did any of my neighbours across the Humber see the Vulcan Bomber and two Lancasters today??
I've just watched them on Look North and got goosebumps....

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Last post by Elaine
Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:19 pm
Thin on the ground you-lot.

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by Ricard with an H » Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:59 pm
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Whats happening ?

Is it BBQ's ? Politics ? TV ? So busy on your plot you're too tired to talk about your day ? Nothing-doing to talk about ?

Surely...
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Last post by Ricard with an H
Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:33 am
Equinox

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by alan refail » Tue Sep 23, 2014 6:17 am

If you thought the equinox was two days ago, here's a surprise: it occurred at half past three this morning :shock:

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Tue Sep 23, 2014 2:57 pm
The last cougette

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by Primrose » Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:26 am

Why is it when I am now sick to death of courgettes and my plants are drooping from mildew that I find myself psychologically incapable of yanking...

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Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:51 am
Banana art

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by Diane » Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:45 pm

For those with time on their hands :D

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Fri Sep 19, 2014 8:05 pm
Enorma and Firestorm Runner Beans

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by Colin Miles » Sun Aug 10, 2014 12:51 pm
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Following on from my earlier post about these 2 - never quite sure where to post it - Firestorm is easily outcropping Enorma, despite being a bit...
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Fri Sep 19, 2014 7:29 am
Good Days

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by Arnie » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:49 pm

Hi everyone :D

We have just spent two days dismantling my 20ft wooden greenhouse which was a lot quicker than it took to build :) I will be...

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Fri Sep 19, 2014 6:35 am
BT broadband Email.

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by Johnboy » Thu Sep 18, 2014 4:56 am

Recently BT have changed their Email and have gone to their own system.
My windows programme is XP and this is not compatible the browser they are...

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Last post by Ricard with an H
Thu Sep 18, 2014 3:37 pm
Twenty Five Years Too Late

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by Cider Boys » Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:35 pm

As some of you may remember much of Somerset was badly flooded for many months during last winter and the previous winter. Locals campaigned for...

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Thu Sep 18, 2014 5:35 am
PC problem -please can you help.

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by Beryl » Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:35 pm

Can any of you computer boffs out there tell me why all of a sudden I cannot sign into my account with Amazon. Internet Explorer closes 'owing to a...

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Last post by Beryl
Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:13 pm
Where is everybody?

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by alan refail » Sun Sep 14, 2014 12:59 pm

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Mon Sep 15, 2014 3:28 pm
TV Programme well worth watching

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by Shallot Man » Sun Sep 14, 2014 7:38 am

Suggest you find time to watch "Moo Man" on Film4 Tues 16Th at 0125-0335 About a dairy farmer who has to sell his milk at a loss and is on...

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Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:54 am
Happy Birthday Catherine

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by alan refail » Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:13 am

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Sun Sep 14, 2014 7:54 pm
Automatic login

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by Elaine » Sun Aug 24, 2014 9:28 am
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My automatic login thingy has stopped working. Do you think it is due to my using a new laptop? It worked on my old one.

It's not crucial but I kind...
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Last post by Elaine
Sat Sep 06, 2014 5:52 pm
Happy birthday O H

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by alan refail » Fri Aug 15, 2014 7:00 am
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Well, why not? You were 100 two years ago and 0 last year. Now you're 53.

Seriously, all best wishes to the forum's greatest character.
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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:14 pm
Veggie Highpoints

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by Motherwoman » Sun Aug 31, 2014 5:10 pm

I've just posted under another thread about cheese and tomato sandwiches with my own toms as a high point in the gardening year. Next is probably the...

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Sat Sep 06, 2014 11:36 am
I love most vegetables, but I just can't stand.....

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by alan refail » Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:16 pm
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I reckon in my time I've tried growing and eating most vegetables, though as age creeps on I am very selective in what I grow.
I was intrigued by the...
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Last post by Johnboy
Fri Sep 05, 2014 4:02 am
Meat eating

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by Motherwoman » Mon Sep 01, 2014 6:47 am

In the news this morning is the topic of eating more meat than is good for the planet again. Do we?

I know I'm preaching to the converted as we all...

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Last post by Ricard with an H
Tue Sep 02, 2014 3:34 pm
Mid Summer Bits and Bobs.

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Well. i don't know what it is like elsewhere around the country but, here it is hot and steamy.... :)
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Sun Aug 31, 2014 8:57 pm
How cold?

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by alan refail » Sun Aug 24, 2014 7:06 am

Out here near the sea it only got down to 6C, so no problems.
How have those of you inland fared after a cold night?

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Wed Aug 27, 2014 9:15 am
Male insight please!

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by Primrose » Mon Aug 25, 2014 10:48 am

We currently have ready for picking in the garden tomatoes, carrots, runner beans, French beans, courgettes, Cavalo Nero and Swiss chard.
This...

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Tue Aug 26, 2014 10:55 pm

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