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Digging a lane

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by JohnN » Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:31 am

This isn't strictly a gardening query, but I feel someone out there will have a good suggestion!
I live down a cinder lane which soon gets lots of of...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:04 pm
Let's just give up and try again next year!

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by alan refail » Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:28 am
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Too hot, too cold, too windy, too dry and now torrential storms over here. I planted out courgettes, pumpkins and climbing beans yesterday, at least...
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Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:43 pm
Thanks to Jason

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by alan refail » Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:36 am

If you hadn't noticed, the forum was down for a while this morning. Many thanks are due to Jason (KG Admin) for getting it up and running smoothly so...

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Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:21 pm
New uses for old barrows

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by alan refail » Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:28 pm

Sut mae defnyddio hen ferfa.JPG

Handy shade for ducks on a (rare!) sunny midday.

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Fri Jul 06, 2012 4:34 pm
Grumpy 'ole gardeners.

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by Beryl » Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:50 pm

Are we turning into a nation of Grumpy 'ole gardeners?
Usually a very happy crowd on the whole. I put it down to the weather. It can't get any worse...

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Last post by Ricard with an H
Fri Jul 06, 2012 4:05 pm
Framberry

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by Benspab12 » Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:35 pm

Picked up a Framberry plant today. My natural curiosity got the better of me!

The selling point was it is 'a cross between a strawberry and a...

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Last post by Johnboy
Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:22 am
Definitions

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by ken » Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:07 pm

Water butt A barrel or similar shaped container for collecting rain water, devised in such a way that it is full to overflowing when water is not...

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Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:59 pm
Broccoli raider but who is it?

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by Catherine » Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:12 pm

The chap on the next plot to us came to see me yesterday to ask if I could go and look at a problem he had with his broccoli. :? (He is 85 yrs old)...

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Last post by Catherine
Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:26 pm
In the words of Geoff Hamilton

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by Nature's Babe » Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:20 am
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“ I think that gardeners buy peat because of brain conditioning rather than soil conditioning .” Geoff Hamilton

I know a lot of the substitutes are...
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Last post by Johnboy
Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:15 am
Feeling more Optimistic

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by Westi » Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:41 pm

Everything is soo much better today - yes still chilly & misty but harvested some spuds that were usable size, summer purple has a head on it,...

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Last post by mrs l
Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:08 pm
Fungi and Global Warming

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by Nature's Babe » Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:20 pm

Fungi erupting in the chicken pen recently, some in the lawn, some between the paving a few in the veg beds - a bit weird for late June, but the warm...

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Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:45 am
Next time you think I'm going to volunteer for something ...

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by vegpatchmum » Sun Jul 01, 2012 7:00 pm

..... kick me - HARD! Is what I said to one of my friends last week.

In what was obviously a moment of madness way back in February/March, I...

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Last post by Westi
Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:34 pm
Money talks ...

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by Monika » Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:47 pm

Our paper reported this morning that many universities will accept foreign students with lower A level grades than British ones because of their...

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Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:19 pm
Wales leads the way on plastic bags

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by alan refail » Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:45 pm
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Plastic bags to cost 7p from next spring. Well done Assembly Government
:) :) :)
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Last post by snooky
Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:57 pm
Excellent 'allotment waiting list' news (& a little 'but')

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by Piglet6 » Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:21 am

Put my name on the waiting list in August 2010 and was told that you pretty much had to wait for people to move or 'move on' before rising up the...

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Last post by Kleftiwallah
Thu Jun 28, 2012 12:34 pm
Early Summer bits and bobs.

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by peter » Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:23 pm
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Despite the weather, June is summer, so here goes.

Busy weekend so far.
Friday mowing everything & setting the opposite top corner post for my...
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Last post by Shallot Man
Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:56 am
So what is your least favourite gardening job?

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by vegpatchmum » Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:45 pm
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You may well have gathered by now that I am a bit of a chatter box and like to talk about all manner of things :)

Today I was in one of my...
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Last post by Westi
Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:37 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Fri Jun 22, 2012 7:03 am

Happy Birthday Ash, hope you have a great day,

Glad you seem to be settling into the forum nicely. :)

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Last post by Johnboy
Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:22 am
Hospepipe ban lifts tomorrow! 14th June.

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by vegpatchmum » Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:54 am

Says it all really. Someone from Anglian Water has finally realised that the wet stuff outside is due to excessive rainfall and not another ill...

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Last post by Johnboy
Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:08 am
Who's been standing on my potatoes?

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by vegpatchmum » Sat Jun 23, 2012 8:38 pm

Inconsiderate neighbours, that's who. Think nothing of hopping over my back fence or leaning over with a rake or broom to retrieve their childs...

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Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:51 pm
Black Potatoes

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by Benspab12 » Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:02 pm

Came across a 'black', all be it, dark purple potato variety in a fruit and veg shop in York last year. Kept them over the Winter and am growing them...

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Sat Jun 23, 2012 6:55 pm
Starting out a bit late this year

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by Piglet6 » Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:02 pm

Had been hoping The Patch would be completed and ready for use this Spring, but what with one thing and another (weather mostly!), it is still not...

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Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:07 pm
Compost tumbler

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by Jane » Wed Jun 20, 2012 3:06 pm

Hi
Have seen old posts on this subject but wondered if anyone had any recent experience on using the horizontal type of compost tumblers. I seem to...

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Last post by Colin_M
Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:35 pm
Who says men can't multitask?

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by alan refail » Sat Jun 16, 2012 7:18 am

At least one of us can :wink: :wink:

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Last post by Stephen
Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:30 pm
Is this the place to say Hello ?

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by Ricard with an H » Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:28 pm
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Hello anyway.

I've been reading this forum for two weeks, got sorted with a few problems and now I have a few more.

At the age of 70 I'm...
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Last post by Nature's Babe
Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:08 am
A little rant

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by vegpatchmum » Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:01 pm

No offense to cat owning board members but I am trully sick to death of having to check my lawn for cat droppings before my girls can play on it and...

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Last post by Tony Hague
Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:39 am
Teeth and spinach

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by Jude » Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:06 pm

Had a lovely big plateful of freshly picked spinach (perpetual) with grated cheddar and tomato ketchup (often enjoyed as a child) for lunch today. It...

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Thu Jun 14, 2012 9:55 pm
My allotment today.

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by peter » Sun May 27, 2012 7:11 pm
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Somewhere to share pictures of your plot(s).
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Last post by Redfox
Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:03 pm
Be careful folks.

Last post by Beryl
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by peter » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:59 pm
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I'm out of action for at least three days!

Used both rotovators at the allotment, when I drove the Howard 350 back ito the garden I parked it...
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Last post by Beryl
Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:36 pm
Internet weather forecasts

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by Monika » Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:51 pm
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I regularly use metcheck, metoffice and the BBC weather sites, but I find the most accurate for our area is

It's easy to find your locality, very...
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Last post by Colin Miles
Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:30 am
Mangetout problem

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by Colin Miles » Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:19 pm

My Oregon Sugar Pod Mangetout, normally so reliable, is producing very few blossoms or pods. The haulm is very healthy, indeed splendidly so and the...

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Last post by glallotments
Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:41 pm
Weather forecast

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by ken » Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:29 am

There's a squirrel round here that's being fed by neighbours, which keeps burying peanuts, in their shells, in our borders and pots. What I want to...

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Last post by Beryl
Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:05 pm
Grow your own clothes ? - Compost them later LOL

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by Nature's Babe » Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:59 pm

New bio degradeable material for fashion.

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Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:18 am
Jubilee

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by Beryl » Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:58 pm
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What's everyone doing for the Jubilee celebrations?

Here in Gosport the allotment holders are having a scarecrow parade and a bring-your-own food...
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Last post by Monika
Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:16 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:55 am

Happy Birthday Thetangoman, hope you have a great day..... :)

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Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:09 pm
Mystery seedling

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by ken » Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:12 pm

I've just completed a new greenhouse, very close to our compost heap. Right in the corner of the greenhouse, a seedling has appeared, which must have...

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Last post by ken
Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:15 pm
odd smell from Bread

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by Arnie » Fri Jun 01, 2012 3:12 pm

Hi Everyone :D

I bake my own bread and have done for a number of years, my last two loaves have been fine and the taste is okay :) but after a...

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Last post by Johnboy
Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:18 am
Growmore

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by Geoff » Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:18 pm

How much do you pay for Growmore?
Been going round the diy websites and it seems to have gone up even more than I expected. They didn't have their...

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Last post by Geoff
Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:49 am
Blackbird nesting and ruling the roost....

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by Catherine » Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:13 pm

We have a kitchen extension with a gap between us and next door (1 metre wide) Two weeks ago I was attempting to clear the junk that accumulates...

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Last post by vegpatchmum
Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:57 pm
You win some and...

Last post by Geoff
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by alan refail » Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:44 am

...when you do you don't half feel smug!

With half an acre or more of grass waiting to be cut and a wet week in prospect I figured the only solution...

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Last post by Geoff
Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:42 am
Sweat, slosh, shiver

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by alan refail » Tue May 15, 2012 6:30 am
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Will spring 2012 turn out to have been one of extremes? Hottest March, wettest April. Is this month aiming for the coldest May title?

It's not as...
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Last post by alan refail
Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:57 am
Late spring bits and bobs

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by alan refail » Sat May 05, 2012 6:13 am
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Well, another Bank Holiday rolls round - and the funny weather with it!
We seem to have escaped the worst cold overnight, though it has just dropped...
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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:43 am
Do you have an Assistant Gardener?

Last post by Catherine
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by peter » Sat May 26, 2012 1:00 pm

I do and today she's really really busy.

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Last post by Catherine
Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:14 pm
Mosquito larva

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by Arnie » Sun May 27, 2012 5:55 pm

Hi everyone :D

what is the best way to get rid of mosquito larva from my water butt :x they keep blocking the rose on my watering can.

Regards...

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:27 pm
Scrap fence.

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by peter » Sun May 27, 2012 7:09 pm

Today I are mostly bin hiding from the Sun.
In doing the jobs that this allowed I made four fence "panels" from scrap wood and some screws....

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Last post by Panteg Produce
Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:36 pm
Hurrah for KG

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by Trixie74 » Wed May 30, 2012 9:15 pm

Julys KG arrived today and just had a flick through in the bath.

In it are my two top things on my mind.....soya beans and comfrey.

We've tried...

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Last post by glallotments
Thu May 31, 2012 10:07 am
Milk Containers

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by Shallot Man » Wed May 23, 2012 11:40 am

Noticed that the milk from a well known freezer store came in 2-272 litres, 4 pints. Local store, 2 litres, 3-52 pints, and there's me thinking milk...

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Thu May 24, 2012 8:08 am
Bio-dynamic planting

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by Myrkk » Thu May 24, 2012 12:00 am

Anyone here tried it... ? How did things go? Better, worse, indifferent?
Was at a talk at the NBGW today and they touched on it, sounded interesting.

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Thu May 24, 2012 6:30 am
The Nude Men Clock(NOT X- rated)

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by snooky » Wed May 23, 2012 7:46 am

The Nude Men Clock
How clever. I like the way the guys on the minute hand are taping their foot as they wait for the minute to pass. Somebody has...

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Wed May 23, 2012 9:48 am
The Ahh! factor

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by alan refail » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:24 am

Dafad a'i dau oen bach.jpg I'm not usually given to sentimentality over animals, but I just couldn't resist getting a photo of this trio we spotted...

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Tue May 22, 2012 3:34 pm

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