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Early Xmas

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by Shallot Man » Fri Aug 22, 2014 3:51 pm
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Just had an email from my local nursery telling me that their Xmas Dept is now open. :cry:
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Mon Aug 25, 2014 8:52 pm
Let the preserving commence!

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by retropants » Wed Aug 13, 2014 10:37 pm
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I always make pickled sliced gherkins with dill, and very basic beet root in vinegar, both for my dad. This year, I am feeling a bit...
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Mon Aug 25, 2014 4:32 pm
Late Summer Round-up

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by Motherwoman » Wed Aug 20, 2014 1:34 pm

Mist over the stream this morning and a heavy dew on the grass; getting to the end of summer. How's things gone with everyone? Good, not so good, or...

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Last post by robo
Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:06 pm
Who writes a blog?

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by Lauralou » Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:48 am

I need some help. I'm wanting to start a blog but I don't really know where to start. I've had a quick look at which blog site to use but there are...

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Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:10 pm
Happy Birthday Primrose

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by alan refail » Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:57 am

Have a very happy day flower!

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Last post by Elaine
Fri Aug 15, 2014 5:06 pm
Astounding

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by Johnboy » Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:57 pm

According to a liver specialist on BBC Radio 4 this morning who explained that a litre of Vodka has the same amount of calories as two litres of...

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Wed Aug 13, 2014 9:28 pm
Saving Leek Seed

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by Arnie » Thu Aug 07, 2014 7:49 pm

Hi everyone,

I left some of last years planted leek run to seed, can anyone tell when is the best time to cut them down :? I know that I will have...

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Sat Aug 09, 2014 9:15 pm
Apple trees from pips

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by Primrose » Sat Aug 09, 2014 12:52 pm

I was reading an item about food branding In today's Telegraph, specifically mentioning Pink Lady apples for which growers have to be licenced and...

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Sat Aug 09, 2014 9:06 pm
Asparagus

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by Catherine » Tue Jun 10, 2014 9:43 pm

I had a new recipe for Asparagus, puff pastry, roast ham and cream cheese last week end from the Good Food magazine, and I went shopping for fresh...

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Last post by appsy
Fri Aug 08, 2014 8:59 am
Home grown cucumbers

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by Primrose » Tue Jul 29, 2014 11:03 am

I,m intrigued to know whether the full length home grown cucumbers have the same crisp crunchy texture as the "miniI" varieties which I,m...

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Last post by Primrose
Wed Aug 06, 2014 11:42 am
PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN ON CARROT FLY

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by Shallot Man » Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:21 am

Acknowledgements to Michael Baker. KG Sept issue. Page 16.

Put on your biggest and heaviest boots and walk heel to toe along the line of seedlings...

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Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:20 am
Open your garden for Age UK Norfolk

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by AgeUKNorfolk » Mon Aug 04, 2014 10:20 am

We are looking for people in Norfolk to share their passion and open their gardens, helping us raise money to improve later life for older people...

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Mon Aug 04, 2014 10:20 am
At last I've found out what OH does in his spare time!

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by peter » Sun Aug 03, 2014 5:52 pm

He does this

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Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:24 pm
Selling it doesn't mean you know what it is!

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by Primrose » Thu Jul 31, 2014 5:25 pm

I sometimes womder if the fruit & veg stallholder at our local market has any idea what he's selling. The courgettes are labelled Corjets, the...

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Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:56 am
Happy Birthdays.

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by oldherbaceous » Fri Aug 01, 2014 4:57 am

A bit kike buses, we don't have any Birthdays for a while, then two come along together. :)

Anyway, i would like to be the first of many, to wish...

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Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:12 pm
When does a giant courgette become a marrow, if ever?

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by Primrose » Sat Jul 26, 2014 4:24 pm
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I ask because at the village horticultural show I attended today there was a class for giant marrows and both exhibits looked to me like jumbo...
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Thu Jul 31, 2014 7:41 pm
Runner Beans

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by Colin Miles » Sat Jun 14, 2014 12:46 pm
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Enorma was voted one of the best/most realiable Runner Bean for the 20th century and I have been growing it since the late 60's. But I like to try...
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Last post by Cider Boys
Thu Jul 31, 2014 7:26 am
I just have to share this.

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by Ricard with an H » Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:40 am

My first three raised beds didn't have any wire in the bottom, anyone who has created raised beds knows what hard work it is particularly when...

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Last post by Monika
Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:02 pm
Pub humour

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by JohnN » Sat Jul 26, 2014 4:16 pm

Oh, I do love the way some pub conversations go!
Posh man in snug bar, with lovely little dachshund on extending lead. Dog pulls out lead from where...

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Last post by retropants
Mon Jul 28, 2014 3:54 pm
Iphone

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by Arnie » Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:24 pm

Hi

Can anyone tell me how to the KG Forum on my Iphone please

Regards

Arnie :wink:

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Last post by ken
Sat Jul 26, 2014 3:43 pm
Britain in bloom

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by robo » Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:35 pm

today we have had a crowd of people down the allotment, we have been told that our part of town has been entered into the britain in bloom...

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Last post by Westi
Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:53 pm
awsome tree

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by Diane » Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:11 am

How about this for a fruit tree....

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Thu Jul 24, 2014 4:58 pm
Climate differences affecting veg growth in the UK

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by RexysKitchen » Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:39 am

Myself and my husband are moving down to Hampshire from the North East of the country and we've just bought this house on Bermuda Close in...

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Last post by Westi
Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:36 pm
Big butterfly Count

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by PLUMPUDDING » Sun Jul 20, 2014 3:36 pm

Recorded 25 butterflies and three moths. Also saw a ladybird which looked suspiciously like a harlequin going to get identification chart out.

Yes...

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Mon Jul 21, 2014 11:02 pm
cucumbers

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by retropants » Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:04 am

I have just spoken to my mum, I wasn't able to get to the allotment yesterday, as I was doing a craft fair. she told me she picked several cucumbers,...

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Last post by retropants
Mon Jul 21, 2014 7:19 pm
Daylia yams

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by Bren » Sat Jul 19, 2014 12:22 pm

Have any member grown or eaten daylia yams?, I had never heard of them till my son mentioned this week that he was growing them, he got the seed from...

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Sat Jul 19, 2014 10:21 pm
Early Summer Bits and Bobs.

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by oldherbaceous » Sun Jun 01, 2014 9:08 am
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And what a gorgeous day it is out there today..... you can nearly hear the weeds growing, not on my plot of course. :)
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Sat Jul 19, 2014 8:24 am
Blueberry

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by Elaine » Sun Jul 13, 2014 11:30 am

I would like to grow a Blueberry bush in my back garden but it will have to be in a pot. Is this a good idea or not?

If so, any advice as to which...

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:57 am
Productive tomatoes

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by ken » Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:04 am

There are just 6 tomato plants in my small, 6x6 greenhouse, but for the 2nd year running I've tried to boost productivity by allowing one of the low...

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Last post by Shallot Man
Thu Jul 17, 2014 11:55 am
A question about peas

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by bigrog106th » Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:28 pm

I grow 'Alderman' every year and have saved seed for the last 2 or 3 years. The last seed that I bought contained a few peas of a different variety...

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Last post by Geoff
Sun Jul 13, 2014 4:58 pm
Whoever has posted a PM to me.

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by Johnboy » Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:09 pm

It would appear that due to my prolonged abscence from the forum that my PM's have all been deleted and even when I logged on today I had a new...

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Thu Jul 10, 2014 4:43 pm
Always Gob Smacked!

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by Westi » Sun Jul 06, 2014 8:03 pm

OK not the best title I admit! Down at lottie & noted some good sized ( but not ready) outside cucumbers - brought back memories of the first one...

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Last post by Elaine
Wed Jul 09, 2014 9:30 pm
Happy Birthday PJ.

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by oldherbaceous » Mon Jul 07, 2014 6:58 am

Morning PJ, may i wish you a very Happy Birthday indeed. :)

Hope you manage to do something special for the day.

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Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:37 am
Composts - old style

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by peter » Sun Jul 06, 2014 8:18 pm

Again, stumbled on while looking for a bee book.

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Tue Jul 08, 2014 7:02 am
Last Word

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by Beryl » Wed Jul 02, 2014 6:02 pm

Thank you so much to Barbara Pilcher for her 'Last Word' In the August TKG. What more could one add, such wonderful encouraging advice. Care Homes...

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Last post by Beryl
Sat Jul 05, 2014 12:46 pm
Cabbage seed. HELP

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by Shallot Man » Mon Jun 30, 2014 4:16 pm

Trying to source "Mr Ellams early dwarf cabbage seed. I think it is also known as "La Samence Bio. One of the best cabbages I have eaten....

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Last post by Shallot Man
Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:55 am
Has anyone.....

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by Diane » Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:46 pm

.....opened their garden to the public?

I had a glorious afternoon yesterday, wandering round the open gardens, with my daughter..all for a good...

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Last post by Chantal
Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:33 am
Solstice

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by alan refail » Sat Jun 21, 2014 5:55 am

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 8:44 pm
Murder on the plot

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by Elaine » Thu Jun 26, 2014 10:14 am

Last week, my husband, Ken, was at our allotment whilst I was doing my Dad's shopping.

Ken rang me to tell me he had found dozens of beetles on the...

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Last post by Elaine
Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:50 pm
Tomato Indigo Rose

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by KG Steve » Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:50 am

Hi All - I've been growing the new 'black' tomato 'Indigo Rose' from Suttons this year. The plants look very healthy and are setting plenty of fruit...

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Last post by Geoff
Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:24 pm
I just have to have a good moan.

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by Ricard with an H » Sun Jun 22, 2014 3:18 pm

You're such a cheerful lot, cheerful and generally positive so I feel a humbug raising issues.

I have a number of issues about the way underhanded...

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Mon Jun 23, 2014 1:10 pm
I can't take this dog anywhere.

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by Ricard with an H » Thu May 29, 2014 5:52 pm

No-really, she does this to me right outside M&S or Boots.

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Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:20 pm
spain

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by robo » Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:39 am

We are over in spain for a short break our field around the house is as bad as ever I had it pickadored 6 weeks ago the grass and weeds are waist...

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Last post by robo
Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:28 am
Carrot Fly

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by Shallot Man » Mon Jun 16, 2014 10:25 am

Just noticed my first carrot fly damage to my carrots. Which raises the question. What are farmers allowed to spray on their carrots, that us mere...

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Thu Jun 19, 2014 1:51 pm
My garden this year .

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by Diane » Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:51 pm

smaller.jpg At least it's all coming together (in spite of the chickens!).

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Tue Jun 17, 2014 7:54 am
My mini garden.

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by Diane » Sat Jun 14, 2014 11:37 am

Pic of my latest mini garden. mini garden_edited-2.jpg

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Sun Jun 15, 2014 10:09 am
Lost in translation?

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by peter » Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:07 pm

Lost in translation?

Alan, any translation for us?

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Sun Jun 15, 2014 5:34 am
Which bumblebee?

Last post by Geoff
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by Monika » Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:32 pm

One compartment of our three-part 'sparrow terrace' is occupied by a bumblebee nest (they make a fascinating very loud humming noise in the box, even...

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Last post by Geoff
Sun Jun 08, 2014 9:39 pm
WottaLottaClutta

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by FredFromOssett » Sat May 03, 2014 5:59 pm
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Just spent a productive day emptying the shed on the allotment, to clear the area in readiness for a new shed going up at the end of the week. Whilst...
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Last post by Elaine
Wed Jun 04, 2014 6:52 pm
Too funny for words.

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by Beryl » Mon Jun 02, 2014 6:49 pm

... A woman goes back to work after thirty years.

Watch carefully, the video is only 5 seconds long, but, you'll get it.

If you're younger...

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Wed Jun 04, 2014 9:46 am

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