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Happy Birthday Westi

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by alan refail » Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:05 am

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Fri Feb 22, 2013 8:52 pm
Living the Good Life

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by Chantal » Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:43 am

Interesting article following the death of Richard Briers

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Fri Feb 22, 2013 1:07 pm
Perlite

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by Arnie » Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:50 am

Hi everyone,

How do you measure of perlite :? we are going to be selling it in our allotment stores, I haven't a clue how to measure it :o is it by...

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Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:50 pm
Bedroom Tax and MPs Second Homes

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by The Mouse » Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:30 pm

With the so-called 'bedroom tax' looming, wouldn't it be a great idea to apply similar limits to MPs second home expenses?

In other words, one MP =...

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Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:00 pm
Happy Valentines Day !!

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by Primrose » Thu Feb 14, 2013 8:06 am

I can hardly stop laughing. I've just opened my email to find a Valentine's Day offer which must be just about the most unromantic gift on earth.
A...

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Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:29 pm
Probably safer to stay at home

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by alan refail » Wed Feb 13, 2013 11:24 am

Spot checks on heavy goods vehicles on the A55 in north Wales found the majority breaking the law, say police.

A total of 35 out of 43 HGVs (80%)...

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Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:09 pm
petition for mre allotments

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by Nature's Babe » Tue Feb 12, 2013 8:30 pm

Thought you all might like to support this petition for more allotments ?

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Wed Feb 13, 2013 5:40 pm
Amazing array of veg growing stuff at the garden centre

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by Flanjamin » Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:23 pm

I've just been down to our local garden centre to get some tools and been amazed at the range of veg growing stuff on offer. I've been out of...

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Tue Feb 12, 2013 7:26 pm
Birthday Boy....

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by oldherbaceous » Sun Feb 10, 2013 5:27 am

A very Happy Birthday to you Peter.

Thanks for doing such a wonderful job on the moderating front, a real unsung hero indeed. Also, a lovely bloke...

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Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:18 pm
I've just noticed

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by retropants » Fri Feb 08, 2013 3:10 pm
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that nobody has posted anything today, so I thought I'd start the ball rolling!

what have you got planned for the plot this weekend?
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Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:58 am
Recycled beard

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by Monika » Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:54 pm

We had a pleasant surprise today: when cleaning out the three bird boxes in our garden today, we found that every one (used by blue and great tits...

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Sat Feb 09, 2013 7:15 pm
Allotments - priceless.

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by Beryl » Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:11 pm

This is absolutely pricesless in todays Daily Mail.

ALLOTMENTS:

If you want an allotment, then it's important to take a lot of exercise, get...

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Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:16 pm
New Gardening Prog.

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by Beryl » Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:19 pm

I received an email from Charlotte O’Rourke of BBC2 asking if I would spread the word about a new gardening prog. Below is a copy of the poster she...

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Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:56 pm
Can we talk greenhouse ?

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by Ricard with an H » Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:23 pm
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I'm keen to build my own greenhouse and i'd like to share a few problems.

I have a south facing position for the greenhouse though from past...
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Wed Feb 06, 2013 10:31 pm
Postal charges

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by Primrose » Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:32 pm

I think the tail is now beginning to wag the dog in terms of postal costs.

Yesterday I ordered a replacement bare rooted flowering reducurrant...

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Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:47 pm
"Winter proper" Bits and Bobs.

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Went off to work this morning feeling quite jolly, returned after doing the splits on compacted ice, and getting soaked through with wind blown rain,...
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Tue Feb 05, 2013 8:38 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Tue Feb 05, 2013 6:48 am

A very Happy Birthday, KGAdmin, hope there's going to be cakes in the office today... :)

Thank you for all the hard work you put in to keep our...

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Tue Feb 05, 2013 6:42 pm
Hospital information leaflet!!!

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by Catherine » Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:20 pm
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I am going into hospital tomorrow for a colonoscopy under a general anaesthetic and the leaflet which came with the medicine you need to take. (I...
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Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:32 pm
The new season

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by Colin Miles » Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:02 pm

Just dug up 10 very good parsnips. Much easier than usual as the ground is so waterlogged that they just sort of slipped out. But no chance of doing...

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Thu Jan 31, 2013 6:32 pm
Medwyn Williams column

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by Smithyveg » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:14 am

Does anyone know why Medwyn Williams regular column has not appeared the past two issues? Has it finished for good?

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Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:31 pm
Lawn Food

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by Binky » Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:13 am

Now that the snow has gone, I was looking at my front lawn and it is very sad - it seems to be mostly moss. Is it too late to apply autumn lawn...

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Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:41 am
Kitchen Garden magazine.

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by Ricard with an H » Sun Jan 27, 2013 10:46 am

I don't have any complaints about any gardening magazine we occasionally buy, yesterday KG turned up on the shelf with a weekend newspaper and what a...

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Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:09 pm
"Pappy" satsumas & oranges

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by Primrose » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:54 am

I don't know whether anybody else has noticed, but many of the satsumas, clementines and similar citrus fruit we've been buying recently have been...

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Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:19 pm
E U Referendum

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by farmer jon » Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:27 pm
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If the promised day arrives & we finally vote to get out of the EU for good . will this mean the end of the systematic annihilation of our...
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Mon Jan 28, 2013 3:48 pm
Allotment Wars

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by Beryl » Sat Jan 19, 2013 3:41 pm
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If anyone is allowed to stay up late on Tuesday evening at 10.35 BB1 have a documentary on the dirty tricks played by rival garedeners.
Tues 22nd....
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Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:15 pm
Allotmenting and Arthritis (OA)

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by Piglet6 » Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:32 pm

Are they a fairly compatible mix?

Have problem hands (thumbs and some fingers). Now feeling the tell-tale signs in both knees, right hip and...

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Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:27 am
Glasgow Potato day

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by realfood » Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:30 pm

Anyway good news, its official The Glasgow Potato Day 2013 is on!

Following the success of last years event we are back for more ! Over 36 varieties...

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Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:30 pm
Biodoming with an old twist

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by broad ing man » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:39 pm

Has anyone seen this type of gardening before. The glass domes were hot bedded with a single plant inside, then covered with a woven willow roll to...

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Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:00 pm
RAW MILK

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by Shallot Man » Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:52 pm

FSA to prosecute in raw drinking milk case

The Food Standards Agency has confirmed its intention to prosecute Selfridges Retail Limited and the...

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Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:35 am
Burying carbon.

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by broad ing man » Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:42 am

Hi Folks

My first post and a topic which I found whilst surfing, and being a keen gardener I thought I would join a gardening forum for the first...

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Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:16 pm
Snow snow and more snow lost kale, PSB and TK

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by Catherine » Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:06 pm

I have been having trouble sleeping, I suffer from fybromyalgia, so I have many nights when I cant sleep. I am up and down, usually from 2pm. This...

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Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:34 am
Mackerel's off the menu

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by alan refail » Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:12 pm

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has downgraded mackerel from its list of fish suitable to eat.

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Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:12 pm
it's been a while

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by retropants » Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:26 pm

sorry for not being here for ages. For those who do remember me, I will try to post more often. life gets in the way sometimes, what with 2 jobs and...

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Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:39 pm
Anti-GM campaigner sees sense

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by alan refail » Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:14 pm

This is a long read but I think well worth the effort to see both sides of the issue. Needless to say ML is now no friend of the Soil Association....

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Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:38 pm
Home Made Carrotator

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by broad ing man » Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:28 pm

Here is my home made hydro carrot growing device. It is made from two propagator plastic lids, one to support the plastic tray which I have drilled...

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Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:26 pm
Leaf blowers . . . and snow

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by John » Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:40 pm

Does anyone know if leaf blowers are any good at removing snow? Perhaps they just faff all the snow around everywhere. Mine's electric so might not...

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Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:00 pm
Wilja |potato's

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by Shallot Man » Wed Jan 16, 2013 2:41 pm

In readers opinion, what is the nearest tasting potato to Wilja. !

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Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:40 am
If you liked that, you'll like this

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by alan refail » Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:16 am

Everyone should think about farming as a career

Colin Tudge - 15 January 2013

Britain needs more farmers - so why not become one?

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Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:00 am
Ugly Food

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by glallotments » Thu Jan 10, 2013 6:49 pm

So as a country we throw away lots of food because it doesn't come up to supermarket standards. We knew that didn't we?

They say consumers won't buy...

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Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:52 am
Feeling my age?

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by alan refail » Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:52 pm

Just now entering our fiftieth year of married life. That works out at 17,898 days and scarcely a score of them away from each other, and never a day...

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Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:12 pm
The Funnies Thread

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by Primrose » Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:01 am

I enjoy these but is it time for a new thread or just the way my computer behaves? Every time I get notification of a new "funny" it takes...

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Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:08 pm
A clever idea to solve all agriculture's problems

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by alan refail » Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:54 am

It's strange what wacky thinkers lurk in the recesses of the Soil Association - well, not that strange!

A people's buy-out of Britain's farmland...

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Last post by Geoff
Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:58 pm
Amateur potato growers blamed for late blight.

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by peter » Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:05 pm
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Article quoted from Metro Newspaper and link to actual article appended.

Army of amateur potato growers 'produces worst crop in 35 years'
Many...
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Sat Jan 12, 2013 6:06 am
Notice to quit!

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by Westi » Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:18 pm

Well the council is forging ahead with their allotment strategy - got my notice to quit from 31/12/2013 so they can implement their changes which...

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Thu Jan 10, 2013 6:55 pm
Government survey on growing your own fruit and vegetables.

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by realfood » Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:43 pm

I found the following information very interesting, and we plotters seem to be very keen on our beans!!
A recent Government survey shows that the...

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Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:10 pm
Plot Rents

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by tracie » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:57 am

Hi All,

our local parish council has put our plot rents up again, therefore we are left with no choice but to pass on the increase to our members....

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Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:52 pm
Dakar Rally

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by Catherine » Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:50 pm

My nephew David Reeve from Mazabuka Zambia is racing in the Dakar Rally starting today riding a motor bike. He is a farmer from Mazabuka and has...

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Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:24 pm
Wonderful Photo's

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by Johnboy » Wed Jan 09, 2013 1:16 am

These are really good pictures.

JB.

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Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:19 pm
Gutter cleaning

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by JohnN » Tue Jan 08, 2013 10:42 am

This is probably going to break the Olympic record for teaching egg-sucking, but I've discovered a useful dodge for cleaning out gutters with the...

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Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:03 pm
Righto Resolutions??

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by Westi » Wed Dec 26, 2012 9:38 pm
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Xmas is over & New Year is coming - anyone making any resolutions? I try not to but get caught up each year but thinking what I'd like to improve...
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Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:03 pm

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