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Yay!!! I have (a) veg in the garden bed

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by Piglet6 » Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:58 pm
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Much to hubby's disgust! LOLOL

Visited my mum & dad the other weekend and mum gave me some shallots. She said I could use them for cooking with...
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Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:43 am
Couple of questions . . . ?

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by CJS » Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:49 pm

Q1. The suggestion was to fed my 'taties in a bags' . . . any suggestions what feed to use . . . perhaps tomato liquid feed?

Q2. Lime seems to be a...

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Mon Apr 12, 2010 2:46 pm
Piccalilli - help

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by Chantal » Sat Dec 31, 2005 3:07 pm

Does anyone have a really good recipe for piccalilli? I've just made a batch but had no end of problems as the specified amount of vegetables far...

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Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:19 am
New rules on our allotment!

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by Victoria » Sun Mar 28, 2010 1:15 pm
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Our latest parish magazine advises us allotment holders that the parish council are introduing a ' non-cultivation tax' on those of us whose plots...
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Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:47 pm
Happy Friday :)

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by Suzie » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:08 am

I shall be off to Cheshire to visit MiL for the weekend

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Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:59 pm
An awful night

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by Chantal » Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:42 am
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Fabio is missing.

He came in for his tea last night and like an idiot I forgot to lock the catflap and he went straight back out after his meal. I...
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Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:19 am
Flower Show

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by Tel » Fri Apr 09, 2010 10:23 pm

Two older ladies were sitting on a park bench outside the local town hall where a flower show was in progress.
One leaned over and said, "Life...

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Fri Apr 09, 2010 10:23 pm
Food for thought...

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by Chantal » Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:42 pm

Created by someone with WAY too much time on their hands!

With grateful thanks to our very own Alan Refail who extracted these images for me so I...

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Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:27 pm
AVATAR

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by Shallot Man » Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:46 am
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PETER. Now that you have coached me into how to forward funnies to the KG site, where does one get an avatar from ! resident moron computer operator,...
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Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:33 pm
Torquay torture

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by Elaine » Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:02 am
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Morning Everyone. We have just arrived home from a holiday in wet and windy Torquay! Ye gods, it was cold....so much so, I actually considered buying...
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Fri Apr 09, 2010 12:34 pm
Happy 80th Johnboy

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by alan refail » Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:06 am
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A very happy birthday to you.
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Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:24 pm
This Duck.

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by Tel » Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:18 pm

A duck walks into a bar and orders a beer and a sandwich. The bartender

looks at him and says, "But you're a duck."

"I see your eyes...

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Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:18 pm
This Dwarf

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by Tel » Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:14 pm

A dwarf with a lisp goes into a stud farm.
"I'd like to buy a horth" he says to the owner of the farm.

"What sort of horse?",...

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Last post by Elaine
Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:02 pm
Happy Birthday Suzie.

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by oldherbaceous » Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:46 am
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Many happy returns of the day Suzie. :)
Don't spend all day getting ready to move, and i hope you get spoilt. :)
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Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:44 am
Back numbers of KG magazine

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by vmphillips » Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:01 am

I've got two huge piles of back numbers going right back to the first one but very sadly I don't have room to keep them anymore. If anyone wants them...

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Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:01 am
slugs

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by feutty » Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:16 pm

what is the best product to protect my spuds against slugs

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Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:23 pm
SPRING

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by Shallot Man » Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:30 am
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Just seen a pair of Doves mating. :shock:
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Last post by Elle's Garden
Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:54 am
Any House Martins yet?

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by Parsons Jack » Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:40 am

Spent a couple of hours down the plot earlier this morning, and was very pleased to see my first couple of house martins zooming around.
Summer must...

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:53 am
SPRING PROGRESS? What are you all up too?

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by Compo » Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:06 pm
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Hi all I thought that I ought to get involved again, I won't bore you all with 'not been her cos my appendix burst' stuff, but life been a bit busy...
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Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:37 pm
Aged parents

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by lucysmum » Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:25 pm

Hi
Not sure if this is the place to talk about this, but need a gardener to understand. I caught my green fingers from my Dad who is now 80. His...

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Last post by glallotments
Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:33 pm
Manure . . . brown gold?

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by CJS » Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:07 pm

I'm very excited . . . :) Pottering in the garden/greenhouse yesterday, pricking out. Today, I thought I'd prepare the raised bed/planters I grow my...

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Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:25 pm
BOO!!!!!!!

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by lizzie » Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:57 am

Hello everyone.

I've not been around for a while so thought I would pop in and see if anyones got the kettle on.

How's tricks then? What's...

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Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:54 am
Our allotment rental invoice!

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by Catherine » Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:04 am

We have had our allotment invoice. We have had, for about 10 years, a starter plot, about four years ago we took on the plot below. At the time there...

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Last post by Catherine
Sat Apr 03, 2010 8:35 pm
Allotment Diary software

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by Shallot Man » Thu Mar 18, 2010 5:20 pm

Is there any software I could use on the lines of a desk allotment daily diary.

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Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:36 am
Why not try something different?

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by Geoff » Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:00 am

How about Liquorice?

Liquorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra is a hardy herbaceous plant and tolerates temperatures down to -15°C. Liquorice is deep rooting...

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Last post by Geoff
Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:43 pm
'Slow to chit'?

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by CJS » Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:32 pm

More advise please, A friend recommended a very old variety of waxy Salad Potato: 'Pink Fur Apple'.

OK, I'm into 'old and flavour', Wilkinson's had...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Fri Apr 02, 2010 6:35 pm
Beechgrove Garden

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by Suzie » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:44 am

I am so pleased this is re-starting on 7th April - lovely gardening programme, can't wait :D

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Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:07 pm
One Pot Pledge

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by alan refail » Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:45 am

I'm not sure what ti think about One Pot Pledge.

Part of my "brain" tells me that anything to set people on the road to growing their own...

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Last post by glallotments
Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:05 pm
Pineberries

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by Primrose » Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:26 pm

I see on P2 of The Telegraph today that Dutch growers have perfected a 'pineberry', which is a white strawberry with red pips, originating from South...

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Last post by Suzie
Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:09 pm
oh dear

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by tracie » Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:00 pm

How much longer do we have to wait till our allotments can look like this again, and we can sit outside our sheds enjoying the view and the warm...

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Last post by tracie
Thu Apr 01, 2010 1:12 pm
Missing Avatars - recovery method.

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by peter » Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:53 pm

Some avatars were lost during the site move.
KGAdmin don't know why - and have been unable to recover them (sorry to those effected :/ ).
Long and...

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Last post by peter
Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:53 pm
Football ****** football

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by Chantal » Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:43 pm
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It's already started. In our house the countdown (78 days, 1 hour, 17 minutes and 58 seconds as I type) to the World Cup is on; the wallplanners are...
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Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:27 pm
"Swift" Potatoes chitting....or rather not chitting..

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by Clive. » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:02 am
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Dad has all his Potatoes stood up in trays chitting..all progressing well..except for the Swift..just the one he asks his garden staff :wink: to put...
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Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:10 pm
Oops!!

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by goldilox » Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:41 am

We were supposed to record Gardeners World last night for friends who are away on holiday . . . we forgot :(
Does anyone know if it's repeated any...

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Last post by goldilox
Sat Mar 27, 2010 5:42 pm
Google Streetview

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by alan refail » Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:20 pm
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Isn't it amazing where you can get now Streetview has been extended?

EVEN HERE :wink:

And you can get to Chwilog too if you look :lol:
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Sat Mar 27, 2010 5:14 pm
Tandem riding

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by Monika » Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:43 pm

Just a strange question: I saw two people struggling uphill on a tandem today and wondered whether only the "lead rider" can change gear or...

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Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:26 pm
Garden Line

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by Shallot Man » Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:51 am

Was the person who wanted to get a new garden line successful ! I mentioned nylon cord available from Yacht Chandlers, should the person require this...

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Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:51 am
The good old days . . .

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by CJS » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:50 pm

Mmm . . . Reading about chitting . . . remembering back, some of my earliest recolections of my Grandad growing potatoes, and my Father as well. We...

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Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:02 pm
Wonderful World

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by johnsgirl » Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:50 pm

It was John's dad's funeral yesterday, he was 99 on February 10 and died on the 9th of march.

It was a humanist service as he and the family were...

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Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:37 am
Beautiful Day

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by goldilox » Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:04 pm

We're having a lovely warm sunny day down here and it feels like spring has sprung.

Just been walking around the garden watching the bees. The...

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Last post by Clive.
Tue Mar 23, 2010 5:33 pm
Sport Relief events.

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by peter » Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:24 am

Anyone got anything organised near them?

Our wonderful lady Vice-Chairman of the Rugby Club, Ros (AKA the Rosweiler) has organised my Rugby Club,...

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Last post by Geoff
Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:30 pm
Moving blackcurrant and rhubarb

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by wygela » Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:45 pm

I am moving in about a month ( first/second week in April )
I want to take a blackcurrant bush and a rhubarb crown with me. Would it be best to dig...

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Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:48 pm
Fun in the parsnip bed!

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by The Mouse » Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:53 pm

Ok, so I have a childish sense of humour, but this temptress amused me!

temptress.JPG

And having found her looking so seductive, I wasn't too...

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Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:15 pm
Book.' Garden Guide' 1945

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by Shallot Man » Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:53 am

Just bought the Government reprint of the 1945 'Garden Guide' £9.99 but £5.98 postage free on line. Most interesting can recommend it.

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Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:02 pm
Bits and Bobs No 15.

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I was given £100 worth of garden vouchers, so today, all excited i ventured to the garden centre. Now you will probably find this very hard to...
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Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:15 am
Allotment project

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by madhorse28 » Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:20 am

Hi. I am a 3rd year Bsc Horticulture with Plantsmanship degree student studying at both the Scottish Agricultural College and Royal Botanic Garden...

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Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:55 pm
Not been on for a while

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by Catherine » Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:37 pm
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I have not been on the forum for a while as I have been too busy with other things. I have missed checking in each day to see what is happening as...
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Last post by Catherine
Fri Mar 19, 2010 7:39 am
Cape Gooseberry

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by Elaine » Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:15 pm

Evening All. I have just sown some Cape Gooseberry seeds ( Physalis pruinosa )

I wondered have any of you grown them and what sort of results you...

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Last post by Elaine
Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:39 pm
Sow's ear to silk purse . . . ?

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by CJS » Sat Mar 13, 2010 5:03 pm

Thanks all for your advise on sowing seeds, I will hold off for another couple or three weeks?

However we had the problem last year of 'half a green...

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Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:27 pm
Happy Mothers Day.

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by oldherbaceous » Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:42 am

I would just like to wish all you wonderful, caring Mums out there, a truly lovely day. You certainly all deserve it. :)

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Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:47 pm

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