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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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Last post by John Walker
Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:20 pm
Help! MICE!!!!

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by Piglet6 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:08 pm

Well, ok, one mouse.

Up on the patio in the garden I have some pots of freshly sown veggies under mesh, and there is a bird-table too.

Would you...

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Last post by DiG
Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:38 pm
Early spring

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by alan refail » Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:17 am

Looking back at my recordings for last year I see most signs of spring are a good deal earlier this year than last:

Blackthorn two weeks earlier...

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Last post by Shallot Man
Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:45 am
Protected cropping consultation 2011 - second stage now open

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by Nature's Babe » Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:14 pm

A number of organic growers produce crops under cover, and protected cropping in the UK ranges from small individual polytunnels up to large...

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Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:14 pm
Back home!

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by Monika » Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:18 pm

Many thanks, everybody for all your good wishes before my hospital stay. All went well though I am still a bit wobbly on my pins and slightly...

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Last post by Monika
Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:18 pm
Banned Insecticide

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by Arnie » Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:52 pm

Hi All :D

Can anyone please tell me if Murphy's Systemic Action Insecticide is Banned :shock:

Regards

Kevin :wink:

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Last post by Kleftiwallah
Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:54 pm
Disaster with this weather!!

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by Catherine » Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:44 pm
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On Tuesday evening we covered all our seeds growing in the polytunnel with plastic covers as it looked like we would have a cold evening....
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Last post by FelixLeiter
Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:30 pm
Yuughurt!

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by alan refail » Wed Feb 09, 2011 6:41 am

Maybe it's passed me by, but is there some sort of European milk lake?
I only ask because every time I switch on the television half the adverts...

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Last post by Stephen
Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:30 pm
Great news re promised veg patch!

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by Piglet6 » Sun Apr 10, 2011 6:08 pm

Do any of you remember me saying last year that I had to grow (almost) everything in pots 'cos of hubby? And do you remember me saying that when we...

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Last post by Stephen
Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:00 pm
Question re the Veg Savings/Outlay Spreadsheet

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by Piglet6 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:53 pm
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I'm using a spreadsheet to calculate money saved on veg, & money spent on seeds, containers, feed, etc.

I have a question:- if I purchase bags...
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Last post by Primrose
Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:18 am
Started my sowing for this year today

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by Piglet6 » Sun Apr 10, 2011 6:14 pm

Been a busy little Piglet in the beautiful sunshine today.

Sowed small quantities of all the following things:-

rocket
spinach
leeks
carrots
spring...

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Last post by Piglet6
Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:23 pm
If I were a vegan...

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by alan refail » Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:41 pm

...I'd certainly go out and buy a nice joint of Welsh lamb after seeing this nonsense.

I hear from the news this lunchtime that the same...

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Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:44 pm
Happy Birthday, my dear fellow.

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by oldherbaceous » Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:28 am
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Dear Johnboy, may i be the first of many, to wish you many happy returns of the day.

Hope you have a superb day.
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Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:07 pm
LOL

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by Mike Vogel » Thu Sep 23, 2010 5:42 pm
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Dear friends, I have given up. Can somebody please put me out of my misery and tell me what LOL means??

As a bridge player and a reader of Bridge...
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Last post by Stephen
Fri Apr 08, 2011 5:31 pm
Cabbage White Butterfly

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by Parsons Jack » Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:47 pm

I went for a walk along the beach this afternoon and saw my first Cabbage White of the year.

Oh what joy :roll:

Just the one on its own. An...

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Last post by Shallot Man
Thu Apr 07, 2011 5:06 pm
Please cross your fingers for me....

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by haggis » Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:18 pm
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Apart from mad sleepover (see earlier post) I am not sleeping well just now. Have a pain in my arm the same as the one I had two years ago just...
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Last post by Primrose
Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:02 pm
Do you buy organic?

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by alan refail » Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:45 am

I see from the Soil Association Organic Market Report 2011 that after a decade and a half of growth organic sales have fallen back significantly in...

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Last post by Shallot Man
Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:23 am
Hooray, rain at last

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by Colin_M » Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:01 pm
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Ok, it was lovely to have warm weather at the end of last week. However it was then that I realised how dry it's been (down here) and had to water...
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Last post by Colin_M
Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:58 pm
In hiding

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by haggis » Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:54 pm

I am hiding in the spare room just now. Mini-haggis broke up from school today for the easter holidays and in a moment of weakness/madness I said...

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Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:05 pm
Good service . . .

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by CJS » Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:14 am

I ordered my 'I fancy those, :wink: and top-up' seed from Dobies this year, had very helpful assistant in the first instance on a Sunday morning . ....

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:39 pm
The sixty pence gallon!

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by alan refail » Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:05 pm

Asda sold 12.9p petrol by mistake in Bradford

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Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:32 pm
F1 seeds . . . ?

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by CJS » Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:20 pm

I am growing some F1 varieties, I usually buy the seed each year, heard that keeping my own F1 seeds will result in regression of strain towards one...

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Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:25 am
New for dog lovers

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by alan refail » Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:08 am

Ladies! Now you too can smell like your dog :wink: :wink:

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Last post by Geoff
Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:30 am
Artichoke 1 Rosemary 0

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by Rubykitchen » Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:52 pm
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After a hefty argument about not allowing my other half to tear up the 'slimy' globe artichokes that are clearly suited to Tuscan, not Northumbrian...
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Last post by Elle's Garden
Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:16 pm
Dydd Gŵyl Ddewi Hapus

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by alan refail » Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:02 am

Cyfarchion cynhesaf i bawb ohonoch yng Nghymru, yr Alban, Iwerddon a Lloegr ar Ddydd Gŵyl Ddewi

Warmest greetings to all of you in Wales,...

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Last post by Geoff
Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:14 pm
Fertilisers

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by Arnie » Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:13 am

Hi everyone

Can anybody tell me were I can get a Fertiliser usage chart for compond & organic fertilisers please :D

Regards

Kevin :roll:

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Last post by Arnie
Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:39 am
Offal-or Awful!

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by snooky » Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:26 pm
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The subject of eating offal,liver especially,at the site this morning with different views 50/50 for and against.Me,I like liver as well as...
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Last post by Tigger
Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:10 pm
CJS Towers, bit untidy this year . . .

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by CJS » Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:38 pm

Unfortunately the garden is not so tidy this year, although its early days . . .

But I have more space to grow my veggies, the new runner bean bed...

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Last post by Shallot Man
Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:10 am
Grid lined loo paper!!!

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by CJS » Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:18 pm

Below is a reply to my 'Leek' thread . . . sowed the leeks today, and thought, small dark seeds, damp toilet tissue . . . ? good idea . . .

Ian -...

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Sun Mar 27, 2011 11:16 pm
Reminder to oldherbaceous

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by alan refail » Sat Mar 26, 2011 4:36 pm

st peter's.jpg

You will remember to move those hands won't you? Which way will you move them this year to keep the Milton Bryanites on their toes?...

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Last post by alan refail
Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:07 am
Guidance please . . .

Last post by Monika
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by CJS » Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:38 pm

Yep, out in the garden tomorrow, start sowing seeds in the green house, I can feel the 'quart in a pint pot syndrome' rising as I thumb through all...

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Last post by Monika
Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:17 pm
roofing sheds with roofing felt

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by Brenjon » Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:58 pm

Due to wear and tare i have to put new roofing felt on 3 sheds this year ASAP. They have previosly been roofed using felt nails and roofing battons...

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Last post by JohnN
Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:30 pm
Can anyone identify this bean please

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by Gilly C » Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:43 pm

my friend in France has found just 2 of these beans in her seed collection but she doesn't know what they are ? maybe they are precious as she only...

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Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:36 am
Consider this, belief versus science.

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by peter » Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:38 pm

A book review in Mail On Sunday 20th March 2011 caught my eye and can go some way to explaining why our current energy debate has become so...

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Last post by Johnboy
Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:50 pm
Cats

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by Fair Weather 33 » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:26 pm

Evening peeps

Why oh why is that the groung that I dug over at the end of last year has suddenly become irrisistable to the next door neighbours cat...

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Last post by Clive.
Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:04 pm
Fisons Blockaid

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by Happymouse » Sun May 14, 2006 8:48 pm

I have kept my Dad's old 'Fisons Blockaid' in my potting shed for years. Does anyone still use these ? I don't remember ever seeing Dad use it even...

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Last post by Peter74
Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:21 pm
Time-lapse Runner Bean

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by alan refail » Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:19 am

An excellent time-lapse film of a runner bean germinating and growing.

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Last post by Colin_M
Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:23 pm
Rhubarb and Onions . . . ?

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by CJS » Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:13 pm

Went into Focus DIY today, just to have a nose you understand . . . 8) plus I have a 15% off card, being an old f**t. They have some real good 3 for...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:40 pm
Will you flush please?

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by Primrose » Thu Mar 17, 2011 2:02 pm

World Water Day is on 22nd March. Our local water utility is inviting people to click on the attached site and "flush the toilet". For...

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Last post by richard p
Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:09 pm
Six Nations Rugby

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by peter » Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:21 pm
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Is off to an interesting start.
England getting a steadier than usual game, Italy giving Ireland quite a scare and France outclassing Scotland.
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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:06 pm
Leeks . . . ?

Last post by Geoff
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by CJS » Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:38 pm

Plan is to do leeks this year, tried a couple of years ago, friend gave me some plants . . . they never made anything more than the thickness of my...

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Last post by Geoff
Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:18 pm
"Supermoon"

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by alan refail » Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:48 am

Hoping it's clear this evening for the "supermoon"

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Last post by John
Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:39 pm
Up for the new season . . .

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by CJS » Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:30 pm

Hay Ho people . . . I'm back, up for a bit of gardening . . . :D We've not been so well over the winter, but more especially my Hazel :? So the...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:21 pm
A double birthday

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by alan refail » Thu Mar 10, 2011 5:56 am
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Have a happy birthday goldilox and the mouse
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Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:46 pm
Beannacht Lá Fhéile Pádraig

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by alan refail » Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:30 am

A Happy St Patrick's Day to all in Ireland and this side of the water too.

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Last post by Gerry
Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:35 pm
Happy day!

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by peter » Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:07 pm

So happy today.

Re-opening of one of our Town Council allotment sites.

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Last post by Elle's Garden
Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:43 pm
Please help me do a survey on my assignment about gardening

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by Little Garden » Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:06 pm

Please, everyone

Please help me do a short survey about your interest in gardening and your gardening magazines.

This is an assignment of...

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Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:30 pm
Beat the price increases

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by Primrose » Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:47 pm

Don't forget that the price of postage stamps increases again on 4th April so stock up now if you’re a heavy user.

The price of First and Second...

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Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:16 pm
Chrysanthemum cuttings

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by Shallot Man » Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:22 pm

Last season decided to dig up and keep my chrysanth's. These were put in a box in an unheated greenhouse, what I would like to know is when is the...

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Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:43 am

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