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by Shallot Man » Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:27 pm

Help. The old greenhouse lean-too has started to leak Need a clear liquid gunge that can be painted along the glass panes with a long handled brush....

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Tue Mar 04, 2014 5:36 pm
In the bleak Mid Winter, Bits and Bobs.

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Well, actually it looks like the next few days are not going to be as bad as the new topic reflects. :)

It did turn out to be a nice sunny...
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Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:09 am
Mild weather Good v's Bad!

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by Westi » Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:57 pm

You can't deny it's been a mild winter even if a bit damp, so what are the consequences on your plot??

Today I found my purple sprouting was - well...

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Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:05 am
Namby-pamby townies!

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by alan refail » Sat Mar 01, 2014 11:14 am

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Sun Mar 02, 2014 4:30 pm
SCAM

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Sun Mar 02, 2014 12:10 pm
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus

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by alan refail » Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:03 am

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Happy? I'm never happy!
Oh, go on have a pice of bara brith!

Well, we're happy!
Click us and...

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Sat Mar 01, 2014 9:02 am
Happy Birthday Nurse Westi

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by alan refail » Sat Feb 22, 2014 9:16 am

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Let me be the first to wish you a very happy birthday

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Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:09 pm
Spring digging

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by old codger » Sun Feb 23, 2014 4:59 pm

I have just finished doing some digging getting ready for onions, carrots,and beetroot it has been dug since the autumn but the rain has put it down...

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Sun Feb 23, 2014 9:57 pm
New Gardening prog.

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by Beryl » Thu Feb 20, 2014 3:28 pm

If anyone is interested.

Beryl.

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Fri Feb 21, 2014 7:17 pm
Allotment Toilets

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by Uphavering » Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:34 pm
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We have a small grant from the Local Authority to install a toilet. We are looking for a low cost low maintanenace units (no mains) suitable for the...
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Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:08 pm
App

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by Westi » Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:31 pm

OK not the right forum maybe but will argue is technical! Can anyone recommend an app for my phone that will give me a UK planting guide / calendar?...

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Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:30 pm
Now that's what I call a blocked road!

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by alan refail » Tue Feb 18, 2014 6:07 pm

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This massive pine was felled by last Wednesday's storm. Nearly a week later it's still blocking one of the lanes out of the...

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Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:30 am
EU seed regulations

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by ken » Fri Jan 31, 2014 5:33 pm

Apologies to all if this has been discussed before, but I've just been alerted to some disastrous-sounding draft EU legislation on seeds. There's a...

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Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:47 am
GM Potato Blight trials to go ahead.

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Defra have given The Sainsbury Laboratory the go ahead on a three year trial on Genetically Modified Potatoes. These are blight resistance trials....
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Mon Feb 17, 2014 3:40 pm
crop rotation help required pls

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by Piglet6 » Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:58 pm

Could you guys please help me with with a "4 section crop rotation".

My first year has been:
Legumes
Brassicas
Potatoes
Onions and roots...

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Last post by Geoff
Sat Feb 15, 2014 6:13 pm
Oh great news - more rain.

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by peter » Fri Feb 14, 2014 2:51 pm

Yet more rain here, Greater Anglua are "lifting restrictions" aka use offpeak tickets in rush hour and Police, Council, etc forecasting...

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Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:29 pm
Valentine

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by alan refail » Fri Feb 14, 2014 6:32 am

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Last post by Catherine
Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:47 pm
Rice ?

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by WestHamRon » Thu Feb 13, 2014 6:35 pm

At the risk of seeming flippant, isn't it worth some of the flood-affected farmers trying this as an alternative crop?

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Last post by Diane
Fri Feb 14, 2014 4:39 pm
Life

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by Beryl » Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:19 pm

LIFE IS TOO SHORT

Life is too short, so enjoy it.
Dust if you must, but wouldn’t it be best to paint a picture or write a letter, bake a cake or...

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Last post by Catherine
Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:34 pm
Short on space to grow?

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by alan refail » Tue Feb 11, 2014 6:17 pm

If your plots are a bit wet at the moment, you might like to widen your horizons :wink: :wink:

Space-Grown Vegetables Are Safe To Eat, Scientists...

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Last post by Westi
Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:52 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Mon Feb 10, 2014 5:08 am

Dear Peter, may i wish you a very Happy Birthday indeed. Hope you have a great day. :)

Also, thank you for doing such a wonderful job as moderator,...

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Last post by Catherine
Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:57 pm
A nice dilemma for some?

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by Primrose » Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:07 pm

We have a drinks cupboard full of spirits and licqueurs which have been lurking for years, (gifts or duty free bought ages ago). But we're not huge...

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Last post by Shallot Man
Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:08 am
Sodden here.

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by peter » Fri Feb 07, 2014 6:17 pm

A number of stories in my local paper but this set the tone,

and this one takes the biscuit, he chose our most notorious car eating ford in bad...

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Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:23 pm
恭喜發財

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by alan refail » Fri Jan 31, 2014 6:45 am

年年有餘

Every year more (May you have bountiful harvests!)

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Thu Feb 06, 2014 2:12 pm
Happy Birthday.....

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by oldherbaceous » Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:34 am

Not sure if the same person is still doing the KG Admin, if the answer is yes, I wish you a very Happy Birthday, if no, i thank you for all the work...

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Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:15 pm
I love a nice tomato.

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by Ricard with an H » Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:18 pm
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Unfortunately I haven't had a decent tomato since during summer when I found my taste for tomato which is slightly on sharp side. Plenty of...
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Tue Feb 04, 2014 6:39 pm
Don't you just hate that...

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by Motherwoman » Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:52 am
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Funny old night, himself got out of bed around 2.30am and realised that the electric trip had gone, so goes down to the fuse box and turns it back on...
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Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:14 pm
Wow!

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by alan refail » Sun Feb 02, 2014 7:16 am

Boulder smashes through Italian farm

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Last post by Monika
Sun Feb 02, 2014 7:09 pm
Glasgow Potato Day

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by realfood » Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:13 pm

:D Glasgow Allotments Forum will be holding their 3rd GAF POTATO DAY on Sunday 23rd Februry 2014 at The Pearce Institute, 840/860 Govan Road, Govan,...

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Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:39 pm
Potatoes of the night

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by Motherwoman » Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:23 pm

Does anyone else remember the Billy Connelly tale about 'potatoes of the night'?
He went into a small cafe for a meal and the menu said potatoes of...

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Last post by Motherwoman
Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:38 pm
Ponders End Allotments

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by Arnie » Sat Mar 24, 2007 2:24 pm

Hi

Can anyone remember a TV program about Ponders End Allotments London, I used to have a copy on tape, but they were all been binned when we...

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Last post by Arnie
Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:07 pm
Greetings to all

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by alan refail » Sat Jan 25, 2014 6:17 am

Love to all on Santes Dwynwen's Day

Not forgetting:

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Last post by Primrose
Sun Jan 26, 2014 2:24 pm
Winter digging

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by old codger » Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:10 pm
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I looked out of my bedroom window this morning about 7-30 and I thought I was seeing things there was a body walking to the allotment gate whith a...
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Last post by Geoff
Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:47 pm
Cooking for one issues.

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by Ricard with an H » Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:53 pm

In my prime I cooked for a family of three daughters and a wife at a time vegetarians were regarded as extreme, it wasn't easy.

I am now also in my...

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Wed Jan 22, 2014 4:56 pm
An unexpected find in my trousers! (U classification)

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by alan refail » Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:36 pm

If anyone else had posted this I would suspect they were having us on.
But it is true, I can vouch for that.

This morning our cat Tomos brought in a...

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Last post by Catherine
Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:37 pm
Welcome Grow It Readers!

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by Westi » Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:08 pm

May I offer everyone from 'Grow It!' a warm Welcome to the Kitchen Garden Forum! Please join us - don't be shy, there are so many experienced...

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Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:56 pm
A new type of sprout. - or had they blown.

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by Primrose » Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:06 pm

On the veg stall in our local market this week they were selling Brussels sprouts staks but the sprouts were purple and all curly and open like curly...

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Mon Jan 20, 2014 8:10 am
Hello from west Wales

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by Pennyroyal » Fri May 17, 2013 8:07 pm
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I have a garden that give me lots of challenges - half way up a hill overlooking the sea, lots of slopes with poor stony soil -...
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Sun Jan 19, 2014 7:15 pm
A prat with a sat!

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by alan refail » Fri Jan 17, 2014 2:04 pm

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From our local paper yesterday.

Oh, how I wish I'd been there on Tuesday afternoon. We were there in the morning,...

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Last post by robo
Fri Jan 17, 2014 5:02 pm
Gardening gloves

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by Primrose » Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:23 am
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What do you all do about trying to keeping your gardening gloves fit for use? Mine seem to go quickly stiff with mud and I'm wondering whether...
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Last post by The Mouse
Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:40 pm
Deceptive labelling

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by Colin Miles » Wed Jan 15, 2014 4:53 pm

I am sure that none of this will come as a surprise to members of this forum, but the consequences could be interesting, if the new rules are...

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Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:13 pm
Fifty years ago today...

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by alan refail » Sat Jan 11, 2014 3:11 pm
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...we caught the bus to Leeds Register Office and got married. 6d each for the fare, five shillings for the licence, and got married. Cheap meal in a...
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Last post by Cider Boys
Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:04 pm
Down South!

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by PieGirl » Wed Jan 15, 2014 3:48 pm

It's all change here as my OH has been offered a job in Southampton. Not sure how I feel about it but it's such a good opportunity, I just don't like...

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Thu Jan 16, 2014 4:59 pm
worms in the floods

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by Diane » Mon Jan 13, 2014 3:17 pm

Was pondering on the fate of worms and other creepy crawlies when the fields get flooded. There's so much saturated ground - so where do they go? Do...

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Last post by Motherwoman
Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:28 pm
New Year Resolution!

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by Tigger » Fri Jan 10, 2014 12:00 am

Happy New Year. I'm sorry I haven't been about for the last few months. Work has taken up pretty much all of my time and I've been spending at least...

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Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:42 pm
Early Winter Bits and Bobs.

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I suppose with the cold snap only days away, we are now into early Winter.

I would just like to kick off with how much i love and appreciate the...
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Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:17 pm
What's flowering in your garden?

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by Monika » Fri Jan 03, 2014 6:47 pm

We are amazed we still have a beautifully formed flower on the climbing rose Zephyrin Drouhin, a flowering Welsh poppy (both outside) and flowers on...

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Last post by Bren
Sat Jan 11, 2014 10:49 am
My nephew is racing in the Dakar

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by Catherine » Mon Jan 06, 2014 6:41 pm

I am so proud because my nephew from Zambia is racing a motor bike in the Dakar. On the second day he is up to #32 place from 172 place. He raced...

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Last post by Catherine
Thu Jan 09, 2014 6:54 pm
A nice email.

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by Beryl » Sat Jan 04, 2014 8:43 pm

TO: God.Com

Dear Lord,

Every single evening
As I'm lying here in bed,
This tiny little Prayer
Keeps running through my head:

God bless all...

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Last post by Beryl
Sun Jan 05, 2014 3:30 pm
land drains

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by tracie » Sun Jan 05, 2014 2:47 pm

Hi All,

we self manage our site with a elected committee on behalf of the local parish Council.

At the moment we have a significant problem with a...

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Sun Jan 05, 2014 2:47 pm

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