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New patio !!!!

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by Catherine » Wed May 18, 2011 8:30 pm

I have finally got a new patio outside my :D /our shed on our :wink: allotment. It is fabulous now there is no chance of my OH slipping on the wet,...

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Thu May 19, 2011 10:22 pm
Full smiths period

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by Catherine » Wed May 18, 2011 8:39 pm

What is going on I have just had an email saying that there is a Full Smiths Period in our area. What is going on!! I don't really understand the...

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Last post by Colin Miles
Thu May 19, 2011 11:17 am
Plant clinics scheme to boost food security

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by alan refail » Wed May 18, 2011 11:19 am

This sounds like a very positive move to improve food supplies and eliminate waste caused by pests and disease.

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Thu May 19, 2011 7:34 am
Red Alert, Koralik and Losetto bush tomatoes

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by Primrose » Wed May 18, 2011 2:36 pm

I'm starting a new thread to try and get general feedback on these three varieties which were in the recent Kitchen Garden anti-blight tomato trial...

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Wed May 18, 2011 8:13 pm
Recycling

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by alan refail » Tue May 17, 2011 6:33 am

A truly shocking revelation on last night's Panorama, of what can happen once you have (responsibly?) sent your "refuse" to recycling....

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Wed May 18, 2011 6:04 pm
Kitchen Garden Offer - Free tomato plant offer

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by Primrose » Fri May 13, 2011 11:16 am

A couple of months ago there was a reader offer for 6 free tomato plants for anybody interested in participating in a trial to see how disease might...

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Wed May 18, 2011 2:29 pm
WASTING MONEY !

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by Shallot Man » Mon May 16, 2011 10:26 am

Reading Monty Dons article in Sat Daily Mail, I notice he was pushing Seed Storage Tins, prices ranged from £5.99 to £19.99. As most people buy...

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Wed May 18, 2011 9:52 am
Watch your courgette grow

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by alan refail » Tue May 10, 2011 2:56 pm

Another cracking time-lapse sequence from the talented Neil Bromhall

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Tue May 17, 2011 10:24 am
Nasturtiums . . . and Sweet Peppers . .

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by CJS » Sun May 15, 2011 5:46 pm

? . . . I hop thats the right spelling . . . any old how, had a few good days, over crowding my 'veggie borders'. Had some successes :) and some...

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Mon May 16, 2011 7:05 am
Best wishes to the birthday girls

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by alan refail » Sat May 14, 2011 5:29 am

Have a great day Donedigging and Elaine

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Sun May 15, 2011 9:07 pm
Novice gardener's questions

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by PLUMPUDDING » Sun May 15, 2011 2:52 pm

A friend has just started gardening and has lots of questions.

Her first attempt at beans last year threw up the first notable one:-Q "Should...

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Sun May 15, 2011 3:35 pm
Veg boxes - would you buy one?

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by alan refail » Wed May 11, 2011 6:57 am
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In last Saturday's Telegraph there was a short article by Rose Prince extolling the virtues of the organic veg box.

One of the things she said was:...
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Sun May 15, 2011 1:41 pm
Decoupling: natural resource use and environmental impacts

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by alan refail » Fri May 13, 2011 5:23 pm

If you thought the peat question was important, here's the really big one.

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Sun May 15, 2011 12:15 pm
Facts? Who needs facts?

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by alan refail » Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:38 pm

I had decided not to add any more to the various peat debate threads, but I just cannot resist sharing this one!

Last Saturday the Telegraph ran a...

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Sat May 14, 2011 8:32 pm
outdoor strawberries

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by Nature's Babe » Thu May 12, 2011 1:29 pm

Wow, my first ripe outdoor strawberry picked today, and it was delicious!
Something to be said for this early spring sunshine!

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Sat May 14, 2011 5:31 am
Synthetic versus natural fertilisers

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by KG Emma » Wed May 11, 2011 9:50 am

We would like some comments from readers to add to a future 'Over the Garden Fence' feature in Kitchen Garden magazine.
The topic to be debated is...

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Fri May 13, 2011 8:38 am
Pollinating Butterflies

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by Colin Miles » Thu May 12, 2011 1:22 pm

Yesterday I watched a female Orange Tip spending a long time drinking nectar from my Broad Bean flowers and a Small White was also flitting around....

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Last post by Monika
Thu May 12, 2011 6:56 pm
Worms - and the lack of them.

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by Primrose » Thu May 12, 2011 10:11 am

Yesterday we had to dig out a number elderly dying azaleas from a border in our front garden. They were all more than 20 years old and I'm unsure...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Thu May 12, 2011 11:51 am
Climate change . . . rhubarb?

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by CJS » Mon May 09, 2011 6:07 pm

An old chestnut? However, it ain't going away . . . listening to the Radio this afternoon, a guy (Mark Diacono) was getting quite excited about what...

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Last post by Diane
Wed May 11, 2011 3:30 pm
Why is it that!!!

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by Catherine » Tue May 10, 2011 10:00 pm

Why is it that when you go away on holiday you come down with the worst cold and chest infection you have ever had. :roll: We went to Wales (Builth...

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Last post by Stephen
Wed May 11, 2011 9:07 am
Butterflies!!!!!

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by CJS » Sun May 08, 2011 6:20 pm

Last year my brassicas were devastated by butterflies, I got through it but not with out pain. So this year, butterfly netting . . . but 10x4m was...

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Tue May 10, 2011 8:00 pm
Rain at last

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by haggis » Sat May 07, 2011 5:42 am

Although I know that it can be a problem in some areas (particularly the South east), a lack of rain has never really been a problem in the North of...

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Mon May 09, 2011 8:27 am
Fun idea for kids

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by haggis » Sat May 07, 2011 5:48 am

I recently bought an RHS gardening book for kids and it had a great idea in it for making a wigwam for kids. It is really just a bean tepee but with...

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Sun May 08, 2011 4:12 pm
Espalier fruit . . .

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by CJS » Sat May 07, 2011 10:56 am

Cant find a tree section? . . . so recommendations and practicality of the Espalier type fruit tree?

:oops: Whoops, I think I've got it wrong?? I...

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Sun May 08, 2011 2:06 pm
End to local authority duty to provide allotments?

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by glallotments » Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:52 am

I don't know whether something about this has already been posted but for the sake of risking repeating something I think it is worth mentioning....

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Sun May 08, 2011 12:38 pm
World's Sexiest Women?

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by snooky » Thu May 05, 2011 7:09 pm

The following were voted the World's sexiest women by readers of FHM magazine.
I've never heard of most of them!!

1. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sun May 08, 2011 5:56 am
Seed swap

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by PLUMPUDDING » Thu May 05, 2011 10:05 am

I'd just like to thank everyone for the seeds they've sent me.

Everything is growing well, parsnips, onions, lettuce, beans, cucumber, peas and...

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Thu May 05, 2011 2:22 pm
...and now the National Trust dumbs down too

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by alan refail » Thu May 05, 2011 6:32 am

After HDRA (Garden Organics)'s recent dumbing down now the National Trust trumps them with the dumbest idea yet - run a real farm from your computer.

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Thu May 05, 2011 6:32 am
R***l W*****G

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by alan refail » Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:24 am
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I notice we are promised a warm sunny day on Friday. Now to start planning something to get me out of the house all day! I had been leaving a lot of...
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Tue May 03, 2011 5:51 pm
Sir Henry Cooper

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by Beryl » Mon May 02, 2011 6:08 pm

How sad to hear of Sir Henry Cooper's death today and at Oxted my home town. I'm not a boxing fan but did meet him briefly when he came to the office...

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Last post by Beryl
Mon May 02, 2011 8:59 pm
A Grumpy Moment.

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by snooky » Mon May 02, 2011 6:33 pm

Need a new tyre on one of the wheels of the car.Quoted a price for the tyre which is quite acceptable-then the extras were added on putting another...

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Last post by snooky
Mon May 02, 2011 6:33 pm
Parsnip burns

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by glallotments » Sun May 01, 2011 5:13 pm

One of our plot holders had parsnips left on his plot that had started to grow and so cleared them out only for his arms to later be covered in...

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Sun May 01, 2011 5:29 pm
Passionflower

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by peter » Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:23 pm

My Passionflower is in flower today, outside against the bottom fence of the garden. :shock:

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Sun May 01, 2011 10:30 am
Friendly fox

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by JohnN » Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:30 pm

Foxes are not uncommon in our garden, but they are usually passing through and don't hang about. But last evening a big dog fox, which I've named...

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Sun May 01, 2011 6:01 am
Alternative greenhouse uses

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by MikA » Sat Apr 30, 2011 1:55 pm

Hi all

My wife has just used the new greenhouse which is close to the house as a perfect place to put bread dough to rise in the sun but sheltered...

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Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:40 pm
Fleetwood Mac & Drumming

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by Catherine » Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:39 am

Just seen the post on the holes in wellies and Peter put a link to Youtube. Which prompted me to ask the following question.

Has anyone seen the...

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Last post by lizzie
Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:57 am
Holes in my boots!

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by Garden Mum » Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:40 am

I have a really, really comfy pair of wellington boots but they have holes! It might seem like the wrong time of year to talk of wellies but I also...

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Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:56 am
SEEN IT ALL !

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by Shallot Man » Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:10 am

Happened to switch on to channel five last night caught the weather forecast, very pretty young lady, couldn't believe my eye's when it flashed up on...

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Last post by glallotments
Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:19 am
The latest news?

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by Stephen » Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:42 am

So does anyone here worry about what they wear when they garden?
Like most people, I wear clothes which have already lost their place as more...

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Last post by Johnboy
Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:17 am
Slug control

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by KG Emma » Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:11 pm
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In the June issue we have Edwin Oxlade and Bob Sherman talking about their preferred slug and snail control methods. What are your favourites and how...
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Last post by Elle's Garden
Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:47 pm
Too good to last

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by alan refail » Sun Apr 24, 2011 7:26 am

After the recent warm weather - not as hot here as some of you will have had - there was a discernible touch of grass frost on the field at sunrise...

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Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:09 pm
For those with an interest in children/ learning / gardening

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by Nature's Babe » Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:48 pm

New RHS Innovative green centre providing free education facilities for more than 10,000 children every year.

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Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:08 pm
Long term weather forecasts

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by lizzie » Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:35 pm

Does anyone know of an accurate(ish) long term weather forecast please? I'm interested for the period 24-26 june 2011. Need to know if I have to pack...

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Last post by lizzie
Sun Apr 24, 2011 12:22 am
Best wishes to all on St George's Day

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by alan refail » Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:29 pm

As none of you Saxons have remembered :( best wishes to all on St George's Day.

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Last post by Geoff
Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:43 pm
Happt Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:22 am

A very Happy Birthday to you Freddy, may you have an enjoyable day in this lovely weather. :)

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Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:38 pm
Cantaloupe melons . . . ?

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by CJS » Mon Apr 11, 2011 6:44 pm

I'm going to have another go at Cantaloupe Mellon this year in the green house . . . Yep I ain't got a clue, last year I had one . . . cos it was the...

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Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:59 am
Peach Rochester

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by Marken » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:01 am

Does anyone grow this variety of peach? I read that the flavour was "OK" which is not much of an endorsement!

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Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:51 pm
Well, @#?./, if it hurts shout %&^?~!

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by alan refail » Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:27 pm

If it hurts just let out a volley of angry swearing and you'll feel less pain. But use it sparingly or the effect apparently wears off.

*%$?#~...

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Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:05 am
Saying Hello as a new member!

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by stevep » Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:14 am

Hello All

With my interests in this forum i would like to introduce myself as Steve. I have a granite business that is spread throughout UK.

I...

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Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:00 am
HDRA (Garden Organic) dumbing down a step too far?

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by alan refail » Sun Apr 17, 2011 2:04 pm

Is it just an April Fool (note the date on the article) or are attempts to guide people into organic growing just getting beyond a (dumb) joke?

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Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:20 pm

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