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Blight!

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by Westi » Sat Aug 17, 2013 6:35 pm

Got my first proper warning today - the others have been near misses! I guess I know what I'll be doing tomorrow on lottie!

I know main crop spuds...

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Mon Aug 19, 2013 6:29 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:01 am

Dear Primrose, may i wish you a very Happy Birthday indeed. May i also thank you for sharing many laughs, and also plenty of gardening advice with us...

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Last post by peter
Sun Aug 18, 2013 7:43 pm
Self sown potato's

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by Shallot Man » Sun Aug 18, 2013 9:44 am

Mentioned some time ago about a row of self sown spuds [ Wilja }. Had decided to leave them in and see what happened. Been digging them up as needed....

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Sun Aug 18, 2013 9:53 am
Nitrate runoff

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by Colin Miles » Thu Aug 15, 2013 10:07 pm

The comment on a TV programme about the vast amounts of horse dung that had to be removed from London's streets in the Victorian era made me wonder...

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Sat Aug 17, 2013 6:34 am
Mid-summer bits and bobs?

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by Monika » Tue Jul 09, 2013 7:24 pm
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Having passed the official midsummer, I just thought we might need an appropriate topic now.

It's certainly mid-summer weather here : 24C today with...
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Last post by Monika
Thu Aug 15, 2013 7:08 pm
TV programmes

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by Primrose » Fri Aug 09, 2013 8:09 pm

Am I the only person who is getting thoroughly fed up with the semi documentary programmes being televised these days about people and places which...

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Thu Aug 15, 2013 8:24 am
Problems at our plot.

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by Catherine » Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:28 pm

Yesterday our next door but one neighbour came to tell us that the plot above us across the path had his shed broken into. (The plot is empty at the...

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Last post by vegpatchmum
Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:13 am
Oiling a sunblind

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by JohnN » Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:29 pm

Anyone got any bright ideas?
I've got a couple of largish sun blinds, in cassettes, that wind out over our back windows by means of a gearbox at the...

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Sun Aug 11, 2013 6:04 pm
MARMITE..LOVE IT OR HATE IT ??????

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Discuss the qualities of this lovely stuff..we get through about a jar each week , and all the family love it as well !!!
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Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:53 pm
Why do blokes have to be brave ?

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by Ricard with an H » Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:55 am

I just had the fright that gets you to having a heart-attack, i'm grubbing about in the bottom of my remaining bag of compost and got hold of a very...

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Fri Aug 09, 2013 8:57 am
HELP

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by Shallot Man » Mon Aug 05, 2013 8:46 am

Left the plot Sat. Everything OK. Just been down, the leaves on my parsnips are 40% brown. Any idea's. :( :(

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Last post by Shallot Man
Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:25 pm
Caterpillar Control

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by Arnie » Sat Aug 03, 2013 2:39 pm

Hi Everyone,

As there have been a hell of a lot of cabbage whites about :evil: I have a feeling that I will be in need of some sort of control,...

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Mon Aug 05, 2013 8:39 pm
Missing you....

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by peter » Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:50 am
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Johnboy and Tigger.

Hoping you're both ok amd wodering how;

Tigger's garden is doing.

Johnboy's tree project is coping with the summer.
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Last post by Chantal
Mon Aug 05, 2013 11:56 am
The greenhouse IS UP!!

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by Piglet6 » Sun Aug 04, 2013 10:20 am

Yep, it's up and ready for use. We scrubbed every single pane of glass yesterday before clipping them on.

It's looking lovely and shiny.....and...

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Sun Aug 04, 2013 11:22 pm
More photos of allotment 1st year.

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by Piglet6 » Fri Jul 26, 2013 5:36 pm
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Couldn't resist taking some more 'update' photos as everything is growing so quickly:-
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Last post by Piglet6
Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:25 pm
...And the harvest begins!

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by Piglet6 » Sun Aug 04, 2013 10:27 am

My little half-plot is beginning to give me produce of all kinds.

For a few weeks now I have been picking radishes, lettuce, spinach. But now my...

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Last post by Piglet6
Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:19 pm
One hell of a storm!

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by Motherwoman » Sat Aug 03, 2013 7:15 am

A really BIG electric storm here last night, sky lit up almost continuosly at around 10.30pm...swiftly followed by torrential rain and then me...

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Last post by Motherwoman
Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:17 pm
Sweet Peppers

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by Arnie » Sat Aug 03, 2013 2:52 pm

Hi

As I have always grown chili peppers :) this year I thought I would have another go at growing sweet peppers :) I have no problem growing them...

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Last post by Piglet6
Sun Aug 04, 2013 10:18 am
Relative benefits

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by Motherwoman » Sat Aug 03, 2013 9:37 pm

I can't believe my luck, of all the things my relatives could have, would have, should have done my absolutely lovely sister-in-law has got a horse!...

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Sat Aug 03, 2013 9:55 pm
Shallotman & Arnie Happy Birthday.

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by peter » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:59 am

Happy BIrthday whippersnappers. :D :twisted:

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sat Aug 03, 2013 12:34 pm
Why do you grow Sweet Peas?

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by Piglet6 » Fri Jul 26, 2013 9:25 am
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I've never understood the fascination with these flowers.

I did grow them once with the view to bring them in as cut flowers, but they were so full...
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Last post by Westi
Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:06 pm
Two-leggers are back

Last post by Monika
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by Motherwoman » Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:29 am

I got up the plot yesterday to be told that the two-legged thieves are back again. My shed was OK, I think I'm lucky to be up the top end by the...

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Last post by Monika
Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:08 pm
'Tea Leafs' about again

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by Beryl » Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:37 pm
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As if we didn't have to contend with this year with the wild life now the 2 legged variety are at it again. Fruit bushes are being stripped, some of...
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Last post by Beryl
Fri Aug 02, 2013 5:09 pm
Mystery flower

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by Monika » Wed Jul 10, 2013 5:09 pm

I need help to identify a flower which has suddenly appeared in a bed of mixed perennials, bulbs and annuals. sorry, I can't provide a photo but here...

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Last post by Monika
Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:53 pm
Blight Alert

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by Westi » Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:45 pm

Got my first 'near miss' alert! (well I did get one months ago but I hadn't even put them all in then)!

If we get this extra spell of hot followed...

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Last post by Westi
Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:45 pm
Aphids and flies in peat free compost

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by Viola » Fri Mar 02, 2012 6:38 pm

Hi all,

I am new to this forum and writing out of sheer desperation as I can't find any help on the internet, the company that makes this product or...

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Last post by glallotments
Tue Jul 30, 2013 8:47 am
Moist?

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by peter » Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:25 am

This morning the lawn and cultivated bit around the greenhouse are definitely moist. The aluminium chair I'm sat on drinking my coffee had to be spot...

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Sun Jul 28, 2013 7:32 pm
Petrichor

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by Wicky » Sat Jul 27, 2013 7:49 pm

That is all :)

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Last post by Monika
Sun Jul 28, 2013 6:59 pm
Fuss

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by Geoff » Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:35 pm

What's all this fuss about yet another child born into a life on state benefit? I suppose it is a bit unusual in that the parents are married. Don't...

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Last post by alan refail
Sat Jul 27, 2013 3:42 pm
What's your luxury on the plot?

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by Motherwoman » Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:22 am

Catherine has an umbrella on hers and sits and reads the newspaper; I have a rocking chair in my shed picked up from a charity shop for a fiver....

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Last post by peter
Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:40 pm
So hot today such a lot done on the plot

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by Catherine » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:42 pm

I have worked on our plot today. It was so hot. I put the umbrella up about 10.30 and then read the daily paper. Then I weeded, tidied, mowed and...

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Last post by Catherine
Fri Jul 26, 2013 4:21 pm
Tomato fever.

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by Ricard with an H » Wed Jul 17, 2013 6:39 pm
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I have grown tomato before, the ones i'm growing are from the seed of a tomato I bought and you already told me not to expect the same, however, i'm...
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Last post by peter
Fri Jul 26, 2013 6:51 am
Watch TV much?

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by Motherwoman » Wed Jul 24, 2013 9:17 pm

In another post Monika says that she doesn't have a TV. It's something I've toyed with but the other half likes to watch his horse racing. I don't...

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Last post by Geoff
Thu Jul 25, 2013 11:25 pm
Back Issues

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by ianw » Mon Jul 22, 2013 12:15 pm

Does anyone know of a good outlet for old copies of KG? I have 10 years worth of back issues and they are breaking my bookshelves!

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Thu Jul 25, 2013 11:57 am
It's going to be the hottest day of the year

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by Piglet6 » Sat Jul 13, 2013 8:30 am
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so far, today. (or ONE of the hottest).

I think maybe I should postpone my plan to dig out the 'rubbish' from my inherited compost in preparation...
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Last post by Westi
Mon Jul 22, 2013 8:52 pm
I've bought a greenhouse!!!!!

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by Piglet6 » Thu Jul 18, 2013 4:50 pm

Mr Piglet had been looking around on Ebay over the last few weeks (ever since the aliens returned him to me after doing their experiments on him!)....

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Last post by retropants
Mon Jul 22, 2013 5:14 pm
Help!! Where do I plant my purple sprouting?

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by Piglet6 » Mon Jul 22, 2013 7:39 am

A Plot neighbour has very kindly given me some purple sprouting plants that he didn't have room for, but I'm a bit stuck as to where I should put...

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Last post by hilary
Mon Jul 22, 2013 4:04 pm
Cape Gooseberries

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by bill_j_smith » Fri Jul 19, 2013 10:30 pm

Ok so I have two of these things growing in my greenhouse and, apart from a lot of foliage,nothing. No berrys no goose nothing - does anyone else...

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Fri Jul 19, 2013 11:23 pm
Early summer bits and bobs

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by alan refail » Sat Jun 01, 2013 7:02 am
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After the poor weather following the last two "seasonal" threads, I'm pushing luck here. But weather looks set fair, fine and warm for the...
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Last post by Motherwoman
Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:36 pm
Good old days

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by Beryl » Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:50 pm
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What ever happened to the good old days when all we had to worry about was slugs snails and caterpillars?

I went to the lottie early this morning...
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Last post by Flanjamin
Tue Jul 16, 2013 1:07 pm
Why are my aubergines not happy?

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by Piglet6 » Wed Jul 10, 2013 2:33 pm

They are looking perky enough, but the new leaves since I planted them out are kind of wrinkly and not very healthy-looking.

Any ideas please?

Am...

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Last post by Primrose
Sun Jul 14, 2013 12:32 pm
Hottest Day

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by Arnie » Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:48 pm

Hi Everyone :)

Trust me to pick the hottest day of the year to drive to Cornwall (Newquay), lets hope the motorways are clear or its going to be a...

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Last post by Monika
Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:36 pm
hydroponics

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by bubble-gum » Thu Jul 11, 2013 6:33 pm

Just wondering if anyone does this type of growing fruit and veg or knows of some-one in the worcestershire area as would like to see it up and...

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Last post by JohnN
Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:30 am
Picking my first ..........

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by Primrose » Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:00 pm

Today I'll be picking my first two ripe yellow tumbling outdoor tomatoes for ceremonial consumption.
Few of my outdoor cordon tomatoes even have...

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Last post by Monika
Tue Jul 09, 2013 7:00 pm
Tarragon again.

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by Ricard with an H » Sat Jul 06, 2013 6:30 pm
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I caught up with a short thread relating to tarragon but it didn't largely relate to my question.

Should this plant be kept in a green house or cold...
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Last post by Ricard with an H
Tue Jul 09, 2013 6:30 pm
Harvest time...

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by Piglet6 » Tue Jul 09, 2013 11:50 am

Now, I know radishes are hardly the most fantastic veg, but they're the first thing to be ready on my plot. And, seeing as I sowed them with my bare...

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Last post by vegpatchmum
Tue Jul 09, 2013 5:07 pm
Ribston Pippin.

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by traveller » Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:26 pm

Hi, I am thinking of planting a Ribston Pippin bush apple tree this autumn, does anyone grow this variety? If so any comments would be most...

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Last post by Geoff
Tue Jul 09, 2013 1:36 pm
Ribston Pippin

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by traveller » Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:14 pm

Hi, I am thinking of planting a Ribston Pippin bush apple tree this autumn. Does anyone grow this variety? if so any comments, most appreciated....

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Last post by Arnie
Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:29 pm
'Simples' - I think not!!

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by Westi » Sat Jul 06, 2013 5:29 pm

Saw the article in this months magazine about making garlic plaits. That looks simple I thought, after all I can do the onion one OK. What a joke!...

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Last post by donedigging
Mon Jul 08, 2013 5:48 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Sun Jul 07, 2013 4:53 am

Dear P.J, may i be the first of many, to wish you a very Happy Birthday.
Certainly looks as if the weather is going to smile upon you, so i hope you...

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Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:20 am

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