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Double birthday greetings

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by alan refail » Mon May 14, 2012 6:17 am

Happy Birthday Elaine and Donedigging

Here's a cake to share

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Sat May 19, 2012 12:32 pm
St George for England. (not really a 'funny')

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by Beryl » Thu May 17, 2012 8:07 pm

St George for England.

England my England
Goodbye to my England, So long my old friend
Your days are numbered, being brought to an end
To be...

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Fri May 18, 2012 8:13 pm
Bites, beans and buttocks

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by Trixie74 » Sun May 13, 2012 2:59 pm

Managed to get a long session in at the allotment yesterday after missing out on quality time with my plants last weekend cos I had a mini Lupus...

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Fri May 18, 2012 7:46 pm
emails

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by Shallot Man » Wed May 16, 2012 5:17 pm

PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS NOTICE TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ON YOUR CONTACT LIST.

In the coming days, you should be aware…

Do not open any message...

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Thu May 17, 2012 8:12 pm
Germination/Pollination vagaries

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by Colin Miles » Tue May 15, 2012 2:28 pm

Last year my Moonlight Runner Beans were decidedly reluctant to germinate. This year the rest of them, one year older, gave 100% germination. And my...

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Last post by Colin Miles
Thu May 17, 2012 1:43 pm
Young farmers - God bless 'em

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by alan refail » Sun May 13, 2012 4:46 pm

Couldn't resist posting this photo of the Snowdonia Young Farmers advert just up the road in Criccieth. I wonder how many weddings will result from...

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Mon May 14, 2012 7:35 pm
Hello - how original is that? :)

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by vegpatchmum » Thu May 10, 2012 7:23 pm
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Hello,

My first post on the forum although I've been a member for a couple of years.

I have my own vegetable patch at the end of our garden which...
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Mon May 14, 2012 4:48 pm
watering wisely

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by KG Steve » Thu May 10, 2012 9:40 am

Hi Folks
Seems like a strange topic during a time of record rains, but our Over The Garden Fence feature for July is watering! (That's what happens...

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Sat May 12, 2012 11:12 pm
Mid spring bits and bobs

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by alan refail » Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:45 pm
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After an early spring (deceptive) hot spell, things are now back to normal - some sunny days and frosty nights. This is what we're used to and it's...
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Sat May 12, 2012 9:55 pm
Olympic evictions

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by alan refail » Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:32 pm
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With the Olympics about to start :( , and having seen footage of the poor people evicted to make room for the Beijing Games, my thoughts go out to...
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Last post by Primrose
Sat May 12, 2012 8:24 pm
Too much drought!

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by Westi » Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:50 pm

Anyone got a blueprint for an Ark? My back garden is full of puddles and it is well draining sandy soil but with the rain unrelenting for nearly 2...

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Fri May 11, 2012 8:02 pm
newbie

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by ashb » Wed May 09, 2012 9:54 pm

Hi all just thought i would introduce myself my names ash
and i am from newtyle in scotland and very new to growing
my own veg infact ive just...

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Last post by Jude
Thu May 10, 2012 7:59 pm
June KG excitement

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by Trixie74 » Fri May 04, 2012 1:27 pm

How brilliant is it to have a post printed!!!

Feel free to say I'm easily excited.

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Last post by KG Emma
Thu May 10, 2012 10:15 am
Soil or dirt ?

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by Nature's Babe » Thu May 03, 2012 12:27 am

An interesting video - soil or dirt.

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Wed May 09, 2012 4:07 pm
Moulding potatoes

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by alan refail » Wed May 02, 2012 11:00 am

No, not a pest or disease!

While earthing up potatoes this morning - no easy task on my granite-ridden soil! - my mind turned, as it always does...

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Tue May 08, 2012 6:52 am
Down the Garden Path............again?

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by adam-alexander » Mon May 07, 2012 9:05 am

......"Whenever I opened the paper I saw that my pitiful little holdings in various industrial shares had slid still further down the slope....

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Tue May 08, 2012 5:49 am
April Weather

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by Colin Miles » Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:51 pm

Despite the forecasts the heavy rain hasn't materialised here in Carmarthenshire - very windy yes. And maybe April will be the wettest on record but...

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Sat May 05, 2012 3:40 pm
Is there a place for pesticides on the plot?

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by KG Steve » Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:10 pm
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Hi all, This month in KG we will be discussing whether there is a place for pesticides on the plot or in the veg garden and we'd love to have your...
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Wed May 02, 2012 8:24 am
Can you believe it? Wacky garden tips

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by alan refail » Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:20 am

Looking around gardening websites produces a good crop of "advice". I can't resist posting this one:

"This tip about carrot fly...

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Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:07 pm
Hosepipe bans and reservoirs

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by alan refail » Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:36 pm

Took a run up to our local reservoir - Cwmystradllyn - this morning to check on the water levels. Looks just a few inches below full, and normal for...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sat Apr 28, 2012 3:55 pm
Free Garden Tools.

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by Nature's Babe » Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:36 pm

HM Prisons are taking in old gardening tools, upcycling and distributing to community garden projects free, here;s the link.

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Sat Apr 28, 2012 3:11 pm
Everything but the squeal?

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by peter » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:55 am

Metro newspaper website

At last a (relatively) mainstream article highlighting the potential of the "icky" bits from the abattoir and the...

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Last post by Shallot Man
Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:21 am
Anyone for organic frog - it's green!

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by alan refail » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:37 am

European tree frog found in organic food in Devon

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Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:55 am
Now that's what I call rain!

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by alan refail » Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:45 am
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Talk of hosepipe bans always brings it on, and combined with a Bank Holiday Monday - a sure-fire guarantee of downpours!

Started here dead on...
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Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:09 am
The perfect shed

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by Urban Fox » Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:47 pm
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I now feel like a proper allotmenteer - As I now have a beautiful new shed. It arrived this morning, with two lads who put it up for me. It is a...
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Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:11 am
She decided to pose!

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by Westi » Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:48 pm

As promised my new adder catching some rays!

Westi

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Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:02 pm
Only in Ireland...

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by Marigold » Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:48 am

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Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:07 pm
Weathering the weather...

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by Marigold » Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:42 pm

Wild winds, bitter cold, hard frost at night.. More like March than April.. My gazebo, ie my cover for trading, somersaulted last Tuesday and a leg...

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Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:33 am
Hazel is Improving . . .

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by CJS » Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:28 pm

Hi all . . . Hazel had her operation a couple of weeks ago, touch and go for a couple of days :? However all is well now, she is in the kitchen as I...

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Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:52 pm
Early spring bits & bobs.

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Well that's our association AGM out of the way for another year.
Only two awkward questions.
First from pur President about how to split the annual...
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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:22 pm
veggie plants on sale - too early for planting.

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by Beryl » Sat Apr 14, 2012 2:58 pm

Our local Range superstore is selling, veg plants, runner beans, tomatoes etc. all far too advanced for this time of the year for planting out and...

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Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:54 am
Plastic Cold Frames

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by Colin Miles » Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:42 pm

What always amazes me about these is the amount of dirt that gets in between the plastic layers. But today another source of amazement - slugs living...

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Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:30 am
Fibonacci sunflowers

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by alan refail » Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:15 am

If you are growing sunflowers this year, have a look at this,

sunflower seed head.jpg

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Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:02 am
Happy Birthday Johnboy

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by alan refail » Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:23 am
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The very warmest of birthday wishes to a wise member of the forum.
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Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:15 am
Easter bits and bobs.

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by peter » Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:55 pm
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I wonder if when OH dresses up as the Easter Bunny this year the good ladies of the WI will manage to stitch him into the costume so he can't get out...
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Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:51 am
Alloment Cultivator.

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by snooky » Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:29 pm

We have on our allotment site a tiller/cultivator left to the site by a retired member so that anyone without a machine like this can use it.The idea...

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Last post by snooky
Fri Apr 06, 2012 7:30 pm
It's true, honest!

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by The Mouse » Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:14 pm

This is a genuine email that I have just received from my dad:

Doing our weekly shop at Morrison`s on Saturday morning we knew that we were buying...

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Fri Apr 06, 2012 5:01 pm
Why I am online all day today...

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by Marigold » Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:56 pm

Ireland is lovely but .... I cannot get a line out on my phone since yesterday. Different companies for phone and broadband as many rural Irish...

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Fri Apr 06, 2012 7:35 am
Grand daughter's weekend - lovely

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by Catherine » Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:20 pm

Just had our 13 year old GD for the weekend. And what a lovely weekend we have had. She has a 7 year old Basset a really lovely tempered dog you...

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Thu Apr 05, 2012 3:15 pm
The dreaded Elf & Safety.

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by Shallot Man » Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:05 am

Risk? The former miner received a 'bullying' letter from Eastwood Town Council, in Nottinghamshire, earlier this month ordering him off the plot
The...

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Thu Apr 05, 2012 3:09 pm
Hawthorn hedge.

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by sarahscottdavies » Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:19 pm

I decided some years ago to plant a hawthorn hege around my kitchen garden as a wind break, value to wildlife and because they look beautiful when...

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Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:24 am
Winter bits and bobs

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After such a mild and wet autumn it seems strange that December is here already. But I suspect many of us will be waking up to more frosty mornings...
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Last post by Marigold
Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:29 pm
She's Back!!!

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by Westi » Mon Apr 02, 2012 5:41 pm

It's definately spring and the temp is going to be going up soon - real soon. My new resident adder was out sunbathing today so that is the sign for...

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:21 pm
Tulips and Sweet William,, in March

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by Marigold » Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:31 pm

We sell cut flowers when we have them' planning to have a lot more this year..

Today at our stall, a bunch of glorious yellow tulips ( bought a bag...

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Last post by Marigold
Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:31 pm
My hands are getting sore!

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by Westi » Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:23 pm

Yep I'm sitting on them! The temptation is so great to get planting with this glorious weather. I've not done anything vege wise but threw in some...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:22 pm
Hot spot

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by alan refail » Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:18 am

I thought it was pleasantly warm yesterday :)

Surprised to see on BBC weather on TV last night that Porthmadog (10 miles down the road) had been...

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Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:37 pm
Beautiful day at the plot

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by Catherine » Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:38 pm

We have just spent a beautiful day at our allotment. I have sown lots of seeds for the polytunnel. I bought a pack of growing lettuce from Morrisons...

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Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:23 am
Happt Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Fri Mar 23, 2012 5:25 am

A very Happy Birthday to you Brenjon, hope you have a great day.

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Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:18 am
99P Shop

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by Shallot Man » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:26 am

Traipsed behind the Memsahib last Friday into a 99p shop, they were doing a pack of five tomato seed a total of 140 seeds,for you guessed it 99P, now...

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Last post by adam-alexander
Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:02 pm
More interesting research results on plant genes

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by alan refail » Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:02 am

Researchers have identified the genetic "switch" that triggers the flowering process in plants as they respond to warmer temperatures.

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Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:02 am

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