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Frustrated . . . ?

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by CJS » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:20 am

Yes, I'm very frustrated, its been a bad year for me all round, the garden has not been somewhere to retreat to for solace this year . . . we have...

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Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:44 pm
Best and Worst Tomatoes you have grown ?

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by Nature's Babe » Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:00 pm

I thought it might be interesting to share our experiences, which have been most productive best tasting? Which were sweet or good balance of sweet...

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Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:41 am
Sustainable Fertility for Vegan Gardeners

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by Nature's Babe » Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:59 am

Vegetarian or vegan gardeners who wish to garden organically without animal input and maintain and sustain soil fertility can now do so by following...

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Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:59 am
chat potatoes

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by The Mouse » Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:19 pm

No, I don't mean talking potatoes - I am talking about baby potatoes!

I have lifted 6 rows of fantastic King Edward's today. After boxing them all,...

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Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:46 pm
Friends

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by Elaine » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:20 am

Thank you KG Forum. Through you, I have met a couple of really good friends.... Lizzie and Lynn (Grock in the frock)

We progressed from KG Forum, to...

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Sun Aug 07, 2011 1:21 pm
Wasted day very very fed up.

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by Catherine » Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:52 pm
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My OH bought me a very good Cusinart food processor (I do a lot of cooking) for my birthday. :D Recently (8 months from purchase) it broke down. I...
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Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:40 am
Wicker Man Taunton

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by Arnie » Sun Jul 17, 2011 6:51 pm

Hi everyone :D

Just returned from my hols in Cornwall :D on the way down the M5, We always look forward to seeing the Wicker Man at Taunton, This...

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Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:22 pm
When-the-Waters-Rise.

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by Nature's Babe » Sun Jul 31, 2011 10:33 pm

OXFAMS gold medal garden at Tatton park, virtual tour, checkout the gallery images too, the female gardener has a baby on her back :)

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Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:17 am
Big Butterfly Count

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by Nature's Babe » Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:54 pm
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Big butterfly count 16 - 31 July
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Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:17 am
ANOTHER SCAM

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To: neil
Subject: BT Scam (Neighbourhood Watch)
Date:...

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Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:01 am
Happy Birthday's

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by oldherbaceous » Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:27 am

A very Happy Birthday to Shallot Man and Arnie, hope you both have a smashing day indeed. :)

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Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:02 pm
Reply from DEFRA regarding problems with peat free compost.

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by Nature's Babe » Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:17 am

A copy of the email I received today from DEFRA, i thought you might like to read and comment on the response.

Your query regarding peat to the...

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Fri Jul 29, 2011 4:06 pm
Read me!

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by Mr Potato Head » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:05 pm
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Hi there,

As this is by far the hottest forum on the KG site, it's come to my attention that it's getting a little confusing for new posters (and...
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Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:27 pm
My Bonnie lies deep underground

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by Colin Miles » Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:22 pm

A comment by Johnboy that 'farmers plant their potatoes 12 inches deep and have enormous crops' prompted me to try to do the same. I put them down as...

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Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:26 pm
What is he trying to prevent?

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by peter » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:55 pm

The farmer I saw this evening plunging onwards through the still green-tinged wheat atop a busily.working spraying machine?

Fungal rot(s)?

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Last post by Tony Hague
Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:28 pm
A school garden with a difference

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by Nature's Babe » Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:17 am

Video, how a girls school makes a garden in the desert ...

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Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:17 am
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Wed Jul 06, 2011 5:28 am

Many happy returns of the day, Vron. :)

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Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:27 pm
Nat Trust Food Glorious Food.

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by Nature's Babe » Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:08 pm

For those new to gardening, encouraging new growers, the trust have allotments small for beginners to large for community projects

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Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:49 pm
It's July 1 and...

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by alan refail » Fri Jul 01, 2011 5:50 am
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...it's a shivery 5C out there this morning :shock:
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Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:56 pm
What are you all planting for autumn / winter ?

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by Nature's Babe » Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:55 pm

Field wide open for suggestions :)

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Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:58 pm
Old Herbaceous' hols in Dorset

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by alan refail » Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:34 am
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Meanwhile, down in Dorset...

"We don't know how he's travelling, but we're to cover all routes in from Bedfordshire"
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:56 pm
Chemo Time

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by Mike Vogel » Tue May 31, 2011 10:29 am
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Hello folks,
Well, sorry I've not been online much. Too much to do, and now it is online marking, so I'll have even less time.

The last time I told...
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Last post by Ian in Cumbria
Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:30 pm
Potato genome decoded

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by alan refail » Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:21 am

Developments in potato breeding and genetic modification look likely in the future now the potato's genome has been decoded.

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Last post by Mike Vogel
Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:00 pm
Rare he-she butterfly

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by Nature's Babe » Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:08 pm

A rare he-she butterfly has hatched at London's Natural History Museum.

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Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:58 pm
Happy Birthday Johnsgirl

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by alan refail » Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:27 am

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Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:03 pm
Hummingbird Hawk Moth

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by Elaine » Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:50 am

Hello folks. Last Sunday, I was absolutely thrilled (and gobsmacked) to find a Hummingbird Hawk Moth feeding on my buddleia. :D :D :D It stayed for...

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Last post by Monika
Sun Jul 10, 2011 7:11 pm
Hi everyone

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by lizzie » Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:46 am

I havent been around for quite a while so thought I would pop in and say hello to everyone. I've had a very busy, emotional, sad, happy and tumultous...

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Last post by Elaine
Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:35 am
Who's a clumsy person then?

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by Catherine » Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:19 am

I have been in A&E for the almost three hours tonight. I saw the weather forecast whilst making our evening meal where it said blustery winds and...

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Last post by Elaine
Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:04 am
Realistic green power.

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by peter » Wed Jul 06, 2011 1:47 pm

BBC News, What to do with 12,000 tonnes of pig poo?

Use a biomass digester to produce methane, use that to generate electicity, use the waste heat...

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Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:55 am
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:33 am

A very Happy Birthday to one of our brilliant K.G members.

Hope you have a great day P.J. :)

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Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:09 pm
Hampton Court flower Show best conceptual garden

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by Nature's Babe » Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:30 pm

Fungi feature in the best conceptual garden at Hampton Court Flower Show
winning a gold. look through periscopes into the eworld of fungi.

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Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:55 am
Summer finally here

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by MikA » Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:18 pm

:D Picked the first Tomato - Gardeners Delight - in the greenhouse.

Made a lovely lunch with freshly picked mini cucumbers, 2 sorts of lettuce,...

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Last post by Johnboy
Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:39 am
Apple programme on TV

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by ken » Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:40 am
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There's been a lot of criticism on the Forum over the years regarding the superficial, entrtainment-focused standard of gardening programmes on TV....
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Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:50 am
A Nuclear Dilemma.

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by Johnboy » Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:31 am
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I listened to Home Planet (BBC Radio 4. 28-6-11) last week and a listener had written in to suggest that because of the inefficiency of Wind...
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Wed Jul 06, 2011 4:12 pm
Light Boxes

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by pongeroon » Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:33 pm

Hello folks. :D

Does anyone have any experience of using a light box to combat seasonal affective disorder (winter depression)?

My OH has had this...

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Last post by Diane
Wed Jul 06, 2011 1:56 pm
Grow bag problems

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by glallotments » Mon Jul 04, 2011 5:57 pm

We have planted up 6 giant sized Tomorite grow bags with tomatoes in our plot greenhouse using the same brand of grow bag. The bags are side by side...

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Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:35 pm
Big picture so someone can name two plants for me.

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by peter » Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:03 pm

White flowered in forground and grey-green rockets in the background, which for scale is 7' to 8' high.

See Plots-a-buzzing for smaller picture,...

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Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:10 am
Inheriting Weedy Allotments ?

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by Nature's Babe » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:27 am
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Ideally we should leave the allotment or growing area better than we found it, so why are many new allotment holders faced with a weedy unkempt...
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Sun Jul 03, 2011 6:28 pm
Green broccoli . . .

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by CJS » Sun Jul 03, 2011 3:00 pm

Hi people, I have just picked my first Calibre (green broccoli?) I'm wondering what to do now with the stalk. I have crossed the top of the stalk as...

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Sun Jul 03, 2011 5:35 pm
What do a designer, landscaper and gardener have in common?

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by alan refail » Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:42 am

A fun read

and a chance to watch the classic Cleese, Barker, Coorbett Class sketch.

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Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:42 am
Green Fingered, and Flourishing in Retirement ?

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by Nature's Babe » Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:46 pm

It struck me how many people here are just not conforming to societies stereotypes for those past retirement, the elderly are often seen as needy...

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Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:53 pm
Watch your language...

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by alan refail » Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:59 am

Watch your language...or A little snippet of local life in Northwest Wales.

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Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:55 am
Ken Muir RIP

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by Westi » Sun Jun 26, 2011 4:12 pm

Just opened my e-mails and in the monthly KM Update it says Ken has died aged 85. He must have spent a great deal of that 85 years making fruit trees...

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Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:53 pm
Uprooting of an Indiginous Tribe

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by Nature's Babe » Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:45 am

This is one reason that I do my best to avoid products that contain palm oil, it is one of the main causes of environmenal destruction in forest...

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Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:30 am
Grafted Tomatoes

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by Cider Boys » Sun Jun 26, 2011 12:18 pm

I visited my old Agricultural School yesterday; (things have changed no more smocks, chalk, slate or quills) and noticed that they were grafting...

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Sun Jun 26, 2011 11:39 pm
Another Scam?

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by snooky » Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:44 pm

Had a phone call today from a companies call centre informing me that Windows had informed said company that I had over one thousand errors on my...

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Sun Jun 26, 2011 4:20 pm
Gardening Gloves

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by Westi » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:31 pm

Can someone recommend a decent pair of gloves that will last more than a few weeks? I am currently buying cheapies as get really annoyed when...

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Sat Jun 25, 2011 5:17 pm
Household cleaning tip

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by alan refail » Sat Jun 25, 2011 11:14 am

At 17 pence for two litres a bargain for cleaning brass. When you see the sparkling results after 30 minutes' immersion you certainly wouldn't drink...

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Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:00 pm
Free Grow your own Veg Book

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by Nature's Babe » Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:25 pm

I just ordered some green manure from Marshalls new summer catalogue and was surprised to get a free book with my order, Joy Larkom Grow your own...

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Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:07 am
What a turnaround . . . !

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by CJS » Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:04 am

After such a poor start to the summer, with what looked like being a total failure this year!!! Things have really turned around in June, even the...

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Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:03 am

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