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Nuisance telephone calls

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by Catherine » Thu Dec 29, 2011 6:00 am
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We have been receiving more and more nuisance telephone calls recently. We are on the telephone preference list but it does not seem to make any...
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Sun Jan 01, 2012 5:05 pm
My husbands socks get everywhere !!

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by Tigger2shoes » Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:08 pm

Back in the summer on a nice hot day hubby came home from work to find me in the garden snoozing on the sun bed with the dog .... He looked hot and...

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Sun Jan 01, 2012 4:47 pm
Happy New Year Everyone

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by Catherine » Sun Jan 01, 2012 10:02 am

Happy new year to everyone, hope you have all had a very good NY's eve. Lots of new years resolutions to keep :)

Ps it is still raining here :roll:

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Sun Jan 01, 2012 3:59 pm
Countdown

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by JohnN » Sat Dec 31, 2011 3:41 pm

Mmmm ... Turkey... turkey bits.... turkey curry..... turkey soup, gosh must be nearly New Year!

And a Happy and Productive one to all :)
John N

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Sun Jan 01, 2012 10:43 am
Rain, hail, mmm it must be December

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by Catherine » Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:39 am

We were hoping for some nice weather whilst we are off between Christmas and the New Year to do some serious walking. But what do we get, rain and...

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Sun Jan 01, 2012 10:15 am
Sparrowhawk attacks

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by PLUMPUDDING » Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:59 am

This morning as I was going up the garden to let the hens out, I heard an alarm call and a sparrowhawk flew past my head with a protesting blackbird...

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Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:10 pm
Poor old Taxpayer.

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by Shallot Man » Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:05 am

'Three extra days' to pay for state
Taxpayers will have to work until July 26 before they can keep what they earn, after paying their share of the...

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Last post by Shallot Man
Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:05 am
ordering catalogues

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by sally wright » Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:32 pm

Dear All,
does it annoy more folks than just me that certain seed companies want so much more information than just your name and address (which...

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Last post by Catherine
Thu Dec 29, 2011 6:37 pm
A Merry Christmas to one and all.

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by oldherbaceous » Sun Dec 25, 2011 5:29 am
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I would just like to say, i hope everyone has a most enjoyable day.

Maybe we could just let each other know how we are getting on through the day....
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Last post by Marigold
Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:45 am
christmas tomatoes

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by The Mouse » Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:03 pm

Well, I never thought that I would still be eating my home-grown tomatoes at Christmas, but it's happened!!!

Not straight from the garden, I admit....

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Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:51 am
Like to be a Seed Guardian?

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by Diane » Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:35 pm

Some of you might be guardians already - but for anyone who'd like to give it a go - here's the link -

It's a really worthwhile thing to do.

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Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:20 pm
Proud dad.

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by peter » Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:14 am

Yesterday my son got an offer to study Physics from Oxford University :) :oops: :mrgreen:

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Last post by Catherine
Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:22 pm
It works!! Second crop of new potatoes

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by MikA » Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:02 pm

I followed the advice from Kitchen Garden and set 4 Duke of York seed potatoes in a bag of pre-used compost with extra nutrient.

I moved it into the...

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Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:02 pm
Solstice greetings

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by alan refail » Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:24 am

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Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:50 pm
Lenticular Clouds.

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by snooky » Fri Dec 23, 2011 5:43 pm

Never heard of them,never seen one,but I want one!!

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Sat Dec 24, 2011 5:37 pm
Would you sprouts pass the test?

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by glallotments » Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:30 pm

Did anyone watch Jimmy's grow your own Christmas dinner on channel four?

They showed the process sprouts go through from field to supermarket shelf....

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Sat Dec 24, 2011 10:32 am
Are they late - or early?

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by Nature's Babe » Fri Dec 23, 2011 5:30 pm

As you know I garden to encourage fungi, well they usually fruit in the mellow season of autumn or in spring. I have some sizeable ones fruiting in...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Fri Dec 23, 2011 5:47 pm
The latest on artificial nitrogen, research

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by Nature's Babe » Fri Dec 23, 2011 8:20 am

Long term effects of artificial nitrogen on the soil and the environment.

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Last post by peter
Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:29 am
Weather

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by Arnie » Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:03 am
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Hi everyone :D

Are you all ready for this weather that's about hit the UK this week, my barometer reading has dropped like a stone :shock: this is...
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Last post by Nature's Babe
Fri Dec 23, 2011 8:41 am
Ready for Xmas??

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by Westi » Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:49 pm

Just can't get myself into the seasonal mood - only just done half my cards and managed to wrap a few pressies. I have warned everyone it is likely...

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Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:17 pm
HATE THEM

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by Arnie » Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:50 pm

Hi Everyone,

I thought I would have a quite couple of hours at the plot this afternoon, but I am afraid that I was meet with death and destruction...

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Last post by Arnie
Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:43 pm
Earthworks.

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by peter » Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:35 pm

Despite telling a new tenant that the water pipe ran under the edge of his plot he punctured it on his first day of digging.

In about fifteen...

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Thu Dec 22, 2011 7:51 am
Track Santa.

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by snooky » Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:11 pm

For all the kids both BIG and little:-

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Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:11 pm
Will ye no come back again?

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by alan refail » Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:15 am
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It's so quiet on the Forum these days - a mere six posts yesterday, and two of those were mine!

So many regular posters seem to have gone quiet or...
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Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:31 am
bread

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by Arnie » Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:30 pm

Hi everyone :D

I have started to make bread again, I have a bread maker but I prefer just to use it for the mixing, after I have mixed everything...

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Last post by peter
Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:34 pm
The reason why buttercups glow

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by alan refail » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:27 am

For those of us who've always wondered.

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Mon Dec 19, 2011 3:14 pm
Happy Birthday Alan.

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by oldherbaceous » Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:59 am
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May i just wish you a very happy Birthday indeed, Alan. :)

And i would also like to thank you for the wonderful contributions you make to the...
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Last post by alan refail
Mon Dec 19, 2011 12:08 pm
For Aphids and caterpillars.

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by Shallot Man » Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:57 am

Going through one of my old gardening books, came across this.

Thoroughly boil together 5lb of soft soap and 1/4 pound of shag tobacco in 5gal...

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Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:30 am
I've seen it all now!

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by PLUMPUDDING » Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:44 pm

I was looking through one of those catalogues aimed at Senior citizens this morning and on a page headed "Thoughtful Christmas Gifts" was...

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Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:23 pm
Biggest laugh of the year

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by alan refail » Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:41 am

I was amused yesterday to read the article on the front page of the Telegraph yesterday headlined Children must learn their times tables by age of...

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Last post by glallotments
Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:54 pm
Hard Times

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by PLUMPUDDING » Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:07 pm
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People moaning about the cut-backs and recession just now should have a look at some old women's magazines I've just found dated April 1945 and two...
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Sun Dec 18, 2011 11:07 am
Royal Allotment

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by Chantal » Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:57 am
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I've just seen on the TV that the Queen now has an allotment in the grounds of Buck House.

When I first took on my plot, my husband was rather...
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Last post by Shallot Man
Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:09 am
Brassed off.........

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by snooky » Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:30 pm

with the charity "Smiletrain" sending a begging letter to me and trying to blackmail into giving them a donation with the promise that if...

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Last post by peter
Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:36 pm
Aaaargh!

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by JohnN » Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:55 am

My local pub has just hosted the Christmas lunch of our local hedge-layers group. Mine host told them they must leaf a good tip and pay from their...

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Last post by glallotments
Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:24 pm
Computer scam

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by Shallot Man » Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:01 am

I know this has been on before, but just had a call from a gentleman informing me that I have a problem with my computer hard drive, before he could...

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Last post by John
Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:41 pm
Flushed with success....

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by Marigold » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:16 pm

The toilet would not stop filling, kind of...It has always dribbled a little but became a heavier flow; no leaking and this is a private spring but...

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Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:21 am
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:47 am

A very happy Birthday to you Kleftiwallah, i was thinking of letting you have my BSA A65LC for your present, but i just love it to much i'm afraid....

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Last post by Arnie
Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:41 am
Allotment Rent

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by Arnie » Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:12 pm

Hi Everyone,

This is something we have had dropped in our laps by Liverpool City Council, there is a proposal to increase our allotment rent, from...

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Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:48 pm
Eyjafjallajökull

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by alan refail » Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:13 pm
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If you're not stuck at an airport, look out for spectacular sunsets and sunrises.

Where it's coming from is on webcams here at Eyjafjallajökull.
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Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:52 pm
How many tons

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by Arnie » Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:50 am

Hi Everyone,

Lets hope that someone can work this out, how many tons of soil would it take to fill a 7ft 7inch wide by 2ft 4inch high by 9ft long...

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Last post by Arnie
Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:52 pm
Perservance!

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by Westi » Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:03 pm

Does anyone continue to grow something just to prove they can (or in my case can't)? Each year I try celery & each year I get a wee crop of stems...

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Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:15 am
Wire compost cages

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by Primrose » Mon Nov 28, 2011 2:37 pm

This is a very long shot but the square wire compost cages I bought 30 years ago are now sadly rusting and falling apart and I'd love to replace them...

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Last post by alan refail
Tue Nov 29, 2011 4:48 pm
tool organiser

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by solway cropper » Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:17 pm

The tool organiser featured in December's KG looked very practical and very professional but I question the wisdom of mounting it on the back wall....

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Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:26 pm
Autumn bits and bobs

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There are those who will say autumn begins on 1 September, there are those who will argue for 21 September (though this year it is actually 23...
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Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:42 am
Lemon Tree

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by Shallot Man » Sun Nov 27, 2011 8:03 am

The OH has in the conservatory a potted lemon tree some 2ft 6" tall , has three nice lemons on it plus many very small ones, trouble is the...

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Last post by Shallot Man
Mon Nov 28, 2011 7:56 am
World is ending!

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by alan refail » Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:10 pm

After seeing the TV adverts for yet another American film I was interested to hear on Radio 4 today that, according to the ancient Mayan calendar,...

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Last post by Geoff
Sat Nov 26, 2011 2:50 pm
Hydroponics

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by ken » Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:23 pm
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Back at seasons's start (as Newsweek might have phrased it, I said I would be growing my tomatoes and peppers hydroponically this year, having moved...
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Fri Nov 25, 2011 9:32 am
Odd problem

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by Marigold » Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:22 pm

Every time I open the "will ye no come back again" thread, it flashes on and off the screen repeatedly... Just that thread..

mouse; we...

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Thu Nov 24, 2011 1:22 pm
Yet another - new and improved black currant

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by PLUMPUDDING » Thu Nov 17, 2011 11:05 am

Last year we had Ebony - advertised as being much sweeter than ordinary black currants, with large sweet berries OK to eat straight from the bush....

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Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:15 am
Blueberry success

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by FelixLeiter » Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:41 pm

Has anyone here enjoyed success growing blueberries? If catalogues are to be believed, they're quite the "in thing" and will produce...

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Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:38 pm

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