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Beautiful Day (but)

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by Westi » Sun Jun 30, 2013 5:10 pm

24 degrees on lottie today and although we had rain a couple of days ago had to water everything. Some things are really getting a move on - salad...

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Last post by Catherine
Thu Jul 04, 2013 1:28 pm
The idyl of living by the sea.

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by Ricard with an H » Wed Jun 26, 2013 12:28 pm

Today for the third time i've changed from shorts and teeshirt with flip-flops to heavy gardening pants, wooly socks, boots and fleece jacket then...

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Last post by peter
Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:44 pm
Badgers

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by Cider Boys » Mon May 20, 2013 6:19 pm

I see that Chris Packham has joined the anti badger cull trial. There was a time when the Television companies employed true countrymen such as Phil...

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Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:50 am
It's the way you tell 'em

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by Diane » Sat Jun 22, 2013 1:05 pm

A rancher needed to borrow enough money from the bank to get a bull to
service his cows.
The banker who lent the money later stopped by to see how...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sat Jun 22, 2013 6:40 pm
How far behind are you?

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by peter » Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:43 am
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How far behind normal or average are you with things this year?

I'm interested to see for outdoor crops more than other stuff and the sown or...
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Last post by Ricard with an H
Fri Jun 21, 2013 10:21 am
Allium White Rot management

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by AmyLeBlanc » Thu Jun 20, 2013 11:01 am

I found the Kitchen Garden Reader Forum while doing some reading/research about using biostimulation to manage Allium White Rot. A gentleman was...

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Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:34 pm
Tydemans Late OrangeN

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by traveller » Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:47 pm

Hi, I have a 2yr; old tree which the foliage was all killed off by frost damage in early May. Would you expect it to produce some new growth later...

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Last post by traveller
Thu Jun 20, 2013 12:19 pm
shiny green beetle

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by Diane » Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:32 pm

Saw a beautiful shiny, metallic green beetle yesterday, about the size of a shield bug - but much more attractive. It looked like it should have been...

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Thu Jun 13, 2013 10:03 am
*^*%$ tourists!

Last post by Primrose
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by alan refail » Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:45 am

Never again will I whine when our local roads are crowded with caravans and the sea full of roaring jet-skis, and that only for about eight weeks of...

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Last post by Primrose
Sun Jun 09, 2013 3:33 pm
My new Foodie Blog

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by jglazebrook » Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:33 pm

Hi All,

I have recently started my own foodie blog and would be really interested in your views and feedback. Its early days yet but I am slowly...

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Last post by jglazebrook
Sat Jun 08, 2013 6:55 pm
All ready to plant up.

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by Piglet6 » Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:19 am

Can hardly believe it looks so good.

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Last post by vegpatchmum
Fri Jun 07, 2013 7:53 am
Happy Birthday.

Last post by donedigging
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by oldherbaceous » Thu Jun 06, 2013 6:48 am

Morning Tangoman,

May i wish you a very Happy Birthday, and hope you get many jars of the brown stuff... :)

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Last post by donedigging
Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:25 pm
Which 'family group' do I put radishes with?

Last post by Piglet6
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by Piglet6 » Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:12 am

Out of:- Legumes, Brassicas, Potatoes, Onions&Roots.

Logic tells me it should be roots, but something about it being brassicas sticks in my...

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Last post by Piglet6
Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:16 am
Where were you at the time? Specially for the over-65s

Last post by Geoff
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by alan refail » Fri May 31, 2013 2:11 pm
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Sunday is the 60th anniversary of the coronation. If you are of a certain age do you remember the day? I have never forgotten the village party in...
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Last post by Geoff
Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:49 pm
Our allotments threatened with development.

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by bicci » Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:11 pm
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Hello all,
We have been told by the council they are offering our
allotments up for development.
They propose to relocate us to the side of the M25...
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Last post by bicci
Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:54 pm
I want more growing space.

Last post by Ricard with an H
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by Ricard with an H » Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:53 am

This growing-stuff lark has really pandered to my state of happiness, even though these first two seasons have been difficult because of the...

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Last post by Ricard with an H
Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:28 pm
How's your cheese crop coming on this year?

Last post by Spare Chair
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by alan refail » Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:42 pm

Oh dear!

Almost a third of UK primary pupils think cheese is made from plants and a quarter think fish fingers come from chicken or pigs, suggests...

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Last post by Spare Chair
Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:44 am
Broad bean pollination

Last post by hilary
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by hilary » Mon Jun 03, 2013 12:14 pm

Hi all,
I was just wondering having spent a lot of time this weekend up the lottie and noticed the absence of buzzing whether anyone has had any...

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Last post by hilary
Mon Jun 03, 2013 6:12 pm
Real spring bits and bobs

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by alan refail » Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:54 am
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Well, someone's got to start a new (optimistic) thread.

Spring equinox today.

Another sunny (ish) day here, tomatoes and some peppers doing well...
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Last post by Shallot Man
Sun Jun 02, 2013 8:11 am
Sowing and planting, Bits And Bobs.

Last post by Motherwoman
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by oldherbaceous » Sun Apr 28, 2013 9:58 am
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Back to tending my allotments this morning, after a little break doing other jobs. And how nice it feels to be back on them, i have to say.
Planted...
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Last post by Motherwoman
Fri May 31, 2013 2:00 pm
It can only get better, can't it?

Last post by Parsons Jack
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by Parsons Jack » Tue May 28, 2013 8:35 pm

Just recently got back from two weeks in Seefeld, Austria. The first full day, I spent 7 hours in Innsbruck cardiac clinic having various tests. It...

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Last post by Parsons Jack
Fri May 31, 2013 7:15 am
Earthquake

Last post by alan refail
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by Arnie » Wed May 29, 2013 8:10 am

Hi Alan

Did the earth move for you :lol: :shock:

Regards

Arnie

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Last post by alan refail
Wed May 29, 2013 4:26 pm
Great news... I think!

Last post by Westi
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by donedigging » Thu May 23, 2013 9:28 pm

Today I have been offered a full plot....and I have excepted..
What have I let myself in for :?
I can keep my little one till Christmas but this...

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Last post by Westi
Tue May 28, 2013 6:12 pm
Not much left to dig

Last post by Primrose
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by Piglet6 » Tue May 21, 2013 6:54 am

You wouldn't believe it, looking at this picture, but three-quarters of the plot has been dug! Thankfully!! Yay, I can actually see the end of the...

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Last post by Primrose
Fri May 24, 2013 7:27 am
Watermelon

Last post by FelixLeiter
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by Gwen » Tue May 21, 2013 9:25 pm

I bought a watermelon, and just for fun, put some of the seeds in compost on a windowsill propagator with heat underneath. The seeds have, amazingly,...

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Tue May 21, 2013 11:11 pm
Is it Selfish?

Last post by Westi
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by Westi » Sat May 18, 2013 9:50 pm

To say I really don't want to go to a christening tomorrow! I want to go to lottie and hoe etc (Yes friends- of course I'll go to christening!)

What...

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Last post by Westi
Sun May 19, 2013 8:51 pm
Happy Birthday ladies

Last post by Elaine
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by alan refail » Tue May 14, 2013 3:42 pm
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Nobody spotted the double birthday today of two of our favourite forum members :!:

Hppe you're having a great day, donedigging and Elaine
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Last post by Elaine
Sun May 19, 2013 2:16 am
Happy Birthday GLAllotments

Last post by Westi
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by alan refail » Fri May 17, 2013 6:33 am

All best wishes to you and hope you have a great spring day

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Last post by Westi
Fri May 17, 2013 9:04 pm
Shallots versus Onions?

Last post by Monika
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by Primrose » Tue May 14, 2013 7:57 am

Westi made a comment in Bits and Bobs that she thought shallots give you back much more than an onion. I was debating this with myself because I'm...

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Last post by Monika
Fri May 17, 2013 5:26 pm
Progress on the new Lottie

Last post by alan refail
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by Piglet6 » Sun May 12, 2013 9:06 pm
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Well, we've cleared LOADS of top-weeds, and dug out quite a lot of the perennials. Hubby has dug the edge after we decided where it was!! I've begun...
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Last post by alan refail
Fri May 17, 2013 3:15 pm
Plot Regeneration 1 - Rain 2

Last post by Piglet6
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by Piglet6 » Tue May 14, 2013 7:14 am

Trying really hard to get my new half-plot Lottie sorted to at least get a few bits in this season, but the weather seems to be conspiring against...

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Last post by Piglet6
Thu May 16, 2013 9:38 pm
Petition

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by Chantal » Wed May 15, 2013 11:15 am

I've just received this from our Allotment Association.

"It would seem that the The EU is passing a LAW that will criminalize those who want...

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Last post by vegpatchmum
Wed May 15, 2013 10:01 pm
Perching

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by peter » Wed May 15, 2013 1:38 pm

How to sit on a sofa, by my number two dog.
sofa-dog.jpg

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Last post by Motherwoman
Wed May 15, 2013 9:36 pm
And we thought horsemeat was the ultimate food scandal...!

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by Primrose » Mon May 13, 2013 11:29 am

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Last post by Motherwoman
Wed May 15, 2013 9:28 pm
Foxes

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by JohnN » Wed May 15, 2013 10:56 am

P1030617.jpg Thought ya'all might like to see a couple of pics taken in a local garden last week. (Hope these come thro' OK, my attachment skills are...

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Last post by Primrose
Wed May 15, 2013 8:38 pm
Multi-purpose compost???

Last post by Gwen
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by The Mouse » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:40 am
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Grrrr, multi-purpose compost my arse - I should do them under the trade descriptions act!

I'm talking about a bag of Homebase Multi Purpose Peat...
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Last post by Gwen
Tue May 14, 2013 9:45 pm
Hello, new to forum

Last post by Spare Chair
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by Spare Chair » Mon May 13, 2013 9:43 am

Hello all, new bloke from Nottingham.
I've been growing for a while and have had an allotment for a few years. Last October my wife and I moved onto...

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Last post by Spare Chair
Tue May 14, 2013 4:57 pm
Ditch the Gym and Get Gardening

Last post by peter
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by Chantal » Mon May 13, 2013 5:00 pm

I apparently run the equivalent of at least seven marathons a year, so why am I not skinny?
:roll:

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Last post by peter
Mon May 13, 2013 8:22 pm
LEEKS

Last post by Beryl
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by Shallot Man » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:23 pm

Whilst propping up the bar at the rugby club, putting the world to rights. Mentioned during a rare lull in the conversation that I had yet to buy...

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Last post by Beryl
Mon May 13, 2013 8:29 am
At what age do you become "Elderly"

Last post by Westi
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by Primrose » Wed May 08, 2013 9:54 pm

During the course of conversation today, somebody mentioned a person in their early seventies as being elderly. I don't consider that...

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Last post by Westi
Sun May 12, 2013 8:34 pm
Bread paddles

Last post by Motherwoman
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by JohnN » Fri May 10, 2013 8:58 am

I make my own bread in a machine but get very irritated at the end when I have to extract the mixing paddles from the base of the loaf. I use the...

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Last post by Motherwoman
Fri May 10, 2013 10:13 pm
20 years!

Last post by retropants
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by retropants » Wed May 08, 2013 10:22 am

I've been tending and growing veg, fruit and flowers on my plot with my mum and dad for 20 years this year! where did that go then?

also, I am...

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Last post by retropants
Thu May 09, 2013 7:06 pm
Asparagus Question

Last post by FelixLeiter
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by Arnie » Thu May 09, 2013 11:32 am

Hi Everyone,

Can anyone tell me :) Can asparagus be transplanted :? and if yes when is the best time.

Regards

Arnie :wink:

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Thu May 09, 2013 1:20 pm
Leak in water butt

Last post by FelixLeiter
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by Primrose » Sat May 04, 2013 3:49 pm

I've noticed that one of our water butts seems to have developed a small leak which appears to be dripping from somewhere here near the base and am...

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Wed May 08, 2013 10:57 pm
I GOT ONE I GOT ONE I GOT ONE!!!!!!!!!

Last post by pongeroon
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by Piglet6 » Sat May 04, 2013 7:24 am
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*sings & skips around the forum* I've got an allotment, I've got an allotment :D :D

It couldn't have been much better timed:- on the evening...
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Last post by pongeroon
Wed May 08, 2013 7:52 pm
Asparagus! (Whoop!)

Last post by pongeroon
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by Westi » Sun Apr 28, 2013 8:23 pm

Last week there was a single little pale thing that may or may not have been an asparagus - this week have lots! OK now is officially spring down...

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Last post by pongeroon
Wed May 08, 2013 1:28 pm
Depressed Myself

Last post by Colin Miles
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by Westi » Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:34 pm

Went onto one of those long range weather sites - June, July & August looked well below average temp although lots of little suns by the side of...

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Last post by Colin Miles
Fri May 03, 2013 10:32 pm
Allotments in Buckingham?

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by Ian in Cumbria » Sun Apr 28, 2013 1:59 pm

Hello All

We are planning a move to Buckingham. (I'll need to change my username!) The problem is that we are moving to a new-build house with a...

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Last post by Ian in Cumbria
Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:52 pm
Bees & pesticides EU move to ban some pesticides

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by peter » Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:26 am

BBC article

Bee deaths: EU may ban neonicotinoid pesticides
EU states are to vote shortly on a proposal to restrict the use of pesticides...

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Last post by peter
Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:26 am
Rasberrie root shoots?

Last post by Elaine
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by CJS » Sun Apr 21, 2013 12:58 pm

Hi people long time no post . . . done nothing for this year at all, only put a few seeds in today . . . to late? The weather has been so cold!

My...

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Sun Apr 28, 2013 10:37 am

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