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by Nature's Babe » Fri Sep 03, 2010 5:18 pm
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Every time i spot yet another ripe courgette -

Zuchini are terriffic-
like rabbits prolific!

I can't wait to see how many seeds in the one I have...
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Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:15 pm
Parsnips

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by Bren » Sun Sep 05, 2010 3:28 pm

I dug out a few parsnips a couple of days ago, when I went to use them today they were gone soft and floppy why was that ? I hadn't washed them yet...

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Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:03 pm
PIRIMIPHOS-METHYL

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by Shallot Man » Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:45 am

Have wire-worm in my tatty's. Is it still possible to by the above, or have our masters in Brussels banned this as well. :x :x

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Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:46 am
What motivates you to grow your own produce?

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by Anja » Tue Aug 31, 2010 5:00 pm

Hi all,

I'm new to this forum, looking forward to exchanging plenty of great ideas with you all. I have a small garden at home, which is not...

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Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:05 am
Happy Birthday

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by alan refail » Thu Sep 02, 2010 5:36 am

May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always...

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Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:36 am
Harvest in the hedgerows

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by Nature's Babe » Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:36 pm

I had a few hours respite from caring for Mum and took the opportunity to
forage the local hedgerows, I came back with a bag full of wild plums,...

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Last post by peter
Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:45 pm
Jumping Rabbits!

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by Johnboy » Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:33 am

Yesterday contractors were cutting the Wheat alongside my house and the Combine Driver stopped and rushed in to tell me that a Rabbit was seen...

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Fri Sep 03, 2010 5:39 pm
Heritage/Heirloom Varieties

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by alan refail » Wed Aug 25, 2010 2:20 pm

I wonder what forum members' experiences are of so-called heritage/heirloom varieties.

As I understand it, these are old varieties, by definition...

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Fri Sep 03, 2010 1:37 pm
First Frost of the year!

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by Johnboy » Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:35 am

The temperature here fell to 3.2C at dawn and for the first time there is ice on my car windscreen.
I haven't ventured down the plot yet to see if...

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Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:17 pm
OMG Carrots

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by Catherine » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:14 pm

Well, today we have been harvesting some of our carrots. We are really suprised at the size of our carrots. We have tried to grow carrots for 10...

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Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:15 pm
International space station

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by Catherine » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:32 pm

Last night the weather chappie told us that the international space station would be flying over the North West at 9.27pm. So guess who was standing...

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Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:03 am
Defra fruit and veg task force asking for your views.

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by Nature's Babe » Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:21 pm

How can we increase production and consumption and help our farmers?

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Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:25 am
Tomatoe Question

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by Arnie » Tue Aug 31, 2010 6:42 pm

Hi

Can someone please tell me what is wrong with my toms :?

The above photo shows the tom is yellow around the calyx area

The photo below...

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Tue Aug 31, 2010 6:59 pm
French Beans

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by Bren » Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:18 pm

This is my first year growing French beans (free bee from the digin), up till now I have had a good crop, but this past week some of the plants are...

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Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:24 pm
A little question for Clive.

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by oldherbaceous » Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:02 pm
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Evening Clive, today at work an old Army four propeller plane came over heading South East, nothing strange in that i know but, i'm sure the left...
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Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:39 am
An Unusual Paragraph

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by Monika » Sun Aug 29, 2010 9:48 pm

An Unusual Paragraph

This is an unusual paragraph. I’m curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so...

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Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:49 am
....and now for some Good News

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by Nature's Babe » Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:29 pm

UK bee industry abuzz with mite resistant breed

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Sun Aug 29, 2010 2:09 pm
Hope Bourne

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by Cider Boys » Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:13 pm

I was sad to read of the loss of Miss Hope Bourne a legend on Exmoor and a true countrywoman. Not for her the soft life on welfare but a life of true...

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Sat Aug 28, 2010 7:34 pm
Best onions for pickling...?

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by Piglet6 » Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:51 pm

Sorry, don't know where to post these kind of questions :roll:

I know you can use shallots for pickling, but is there a particular onion that is...

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Last post by John
Sat Aug 28, 2010 5:09 pm
What is the best way to blanch leeks?

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by Piglet6 » Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:02 am

They are in the flower-border in my garden. I'm considering sticking toilet roll tubes over them.

Can anyone give me any pointers how best to...

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Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:58 am
Rain at last

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After my griping last week about not having had any rain, well, we at last had 11mm yesterday, not enough to get to the potato roots perhaps, but...
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Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:21 pm
Tomatoes splitting like crazy

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by Primrose » Fri Aug 27, 2010 11:13 am

I'm sure I'm not the only person whose outdoors tomatoes are splitting with all this rain. It's so frustrating because many of them are not yet ripe....

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Fri Aug 27, 2010 11:54 am
Wheat genome sequenced

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by alan refail » Fri Aug 27, 2010 5:38 am

Not quite as kitchen garden as potatoes, I know, but even more important for food security.

It will be interesting to see the opponents of GM...

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Last post by Johnboy
Fri Aug 27, 2010 8:51 am
Qualifications?

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by armstrom » Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:23 pm

Just wandering what the community thinks of horticultural quailifcations. specifically those run by the RHS. The reason I ask is that whilst very...

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Thu Aug 26, 2010 1:54 pm
Great British Waste Menu

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by alan refail » Sat Aug 21, 2010 2:01 pm
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Looks like a promising series coming up. Let's hope it is well made and draws some serious attention to the appalling waste of food in this country.
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Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:02 pm
John Yeoman's books

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by alan refail » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:11 am
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I have been looking through some of my old HDRA magazines (2004) and came across adverts which I smiled at when I first saw them, but which now I...
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Last post by John Yeoman
Wed Aug 25, 2010 11:47 pm
city garden

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by The Grock in the Frock » Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:25 pm

oooh im sooooooooooooooo excited,av been hasssling city council 2 get plot ov land 4 kids in area (city,l.pool).Now they seem 2 think it a good idea...

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Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:23 am
Web hosts

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by Richard » Sat Aug 14, 2010 9:02 am

Hello everyone.

I’m not sure where this question should go so apologise if you have to move it. I am on our local horticultural society show...

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Sun Aug 22, 2010 11:44 am
What's this?

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by Mike Vogel » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:51 am
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Found crawling up the wall at my daughter's house in Barkingside, NE London. Can anyone identify this insect please?
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Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:28 pm
Unknown Ilex (holly/hulst)

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by mearn » Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:43 am

On our holiday to Cornwall we visit Heligan.
Here we saw a beautiful holly.
Does anyone know what kind of holly it is.
See our Picasa web album...

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Sat Aug 21, 2010 3:58 pm
Carrot Thinnings

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by Piglet6 » Sat Aug 21, 2010 7:46 am

Carrots are getting to a decent size now. There are 3 different varieties here: Chantennay Red Cored, Early Nantes & Flyaway. The spring onion...

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Last post by Piglet6
Sat Aug 21, 2010 12:31 pm
CCTV on the plot

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by Barry » Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:36 pm

Have any of you used a hidden surveillance camera at your allotment to try and catch a thief? We are looking into this and would welcome any advice...

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Last post by Barry
Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:14 am
I've got blight etc

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by Catherine » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:39 pm

The chap on the next allotment to us has blight on his potatoes. Big time. Now we have it on our three tubs of small tomatoes outside the pt, and...

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Last post by glallotments
Fri Aug 20, 2010 4:37 pm
Wel, dyna ddeng mlynedd...........

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by alan refail » Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:42 am

Ten years ago today we left Leeds, where we had lived for 40 years, and set up home in North-west Wales. Never a moment's regret :D :D

And the...

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Last post by alan refail
Fri Aug 20, 2010 12:45 pm
Senior moment!

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by The Mouse » Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:12 am
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Actually, it was more than just a moment - it took me nearly two hours this morning to realise that the reason why my eyes wouldn't focus, and I felt...
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Last post by Primrose
Thu Aug 19, 2010 2:58 pm
More than one plot?

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by glallotments » Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:33 pm
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I've just read a letter in the latest issue of KG mag page 29 saying that those who have more than one allotment plot are selfish and it would be a...
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Last post by Redfox
Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:58 pm
New allotment venture in Flintshire

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by alan refail » Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:30 am

With some of our North Wales councils having no interest in providing allotments, here is a promising venture.

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Last post by Geoff
Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:33 am
Urgent warning.

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by snooky » Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:22 pm

Received the following e-mail from my sister:-

URGENT!!! PLEASE CIRCULATE to your friends, family and contacts .

In the coming days, DO NOT...

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Last post by alan refail
Wed Aug 18, 2010 5:49 am
Happy Birthday Primrose

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by alan refail » Thu Aug 12, 2010 6:38 am

All best wishes to a lovely lady

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Last post by macmac
Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:54 pm
Summer's over

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by alan refail » Sat Aug 14, 2010 1:44 pm

Now that the bad weather has reached southern England, I note that the papers today are announcing the end of summer.

As some of you may have...

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Last post by Bren
Sat Aug 14, 2010 10:03 pm
Main crop potatoes - yield disappointing

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by Beryl » Thu Aug 12, 2010 7:50 pm

Everyone on our site is disappointed with the yield of their main crop spuds this year. What is lifted are of a good size but only about half the...

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Last post by Monika
Sat Aug 14, 2010 9:15 pm
Bring me sunshine (or old chestnuts)

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by alan refail » Sat Aug 14, 2010 2:08 pm

I see Dave is offering to give us late evening sunshine year round to compensate for coalition cuts.

Do it the other way round Dave and Nick and...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:19 pm
Garlic crop

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by Shallot Man » Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:15 pm

Pulled up my garlic just over a week ago, most had rotted. Any ideas. :?

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Last post by Mike Vogel
Fri Aug 13, 2010 6:19 pm
Just for fun . . .

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by CJS » Thu Aug 12, 2010 6:50 pm

Well now, off work to day, had a turn this morning :? Felt better by lunch time, so, I had a wander round my patch and green house. Its amazing, I...

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Last post by CJS
Thu Aug 12, 2010 11:41 pm
Peas

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by Chantal » Thu Aug 12, 2010 1:54 pm

I have enough trouble growing peas in soil!

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Thu Aug 12, 2010 10:57 pm
How to more than triple your money in two days

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by Geoff » Wed Aug 11, 2010 3:14 pm

Courgettes.jpg

Every little helps!

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Thu Aug 12, 2010 1:39 pm
Happy Birthday Smurfy.

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by oldherbaceous » Tue Aug 10, 2010 6:52 am

Just incase you pop on to the forum today, a very happy Birthday to you Smurfy. :)

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Tue Aug 10, 2010 1:48 pm
Doggy playtime!

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by peter » Sun Aug 08, 2010 11:18 pm

Take a look at this,

Well at least one member of the family approves
of how our council tax got used this year.

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Last post by Chantal
Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:09 pm
Photo try

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by Monika » Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:28 pm

I am going to try and send a photo of the view from just above our allotment, taken this afternoon, my first attempt of sending a photo. Hope it...

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Last post by Mike Vogel
Sun Aug 08, 2010 8:30 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Sat Aug 07, 2010 4:51 pm

Many happy returns of the day Meow, i can just about remember being that young, have a pleasant day. :)

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Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:14 pm

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