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Greenhouse up tomorrow

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by Elle's Garden » Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:19 pm
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I am really excited, my new greenhouse is our project for this weekend! It is only a small 6 by 4 one, but I think it will be enough for me. Any tips...
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Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:14 pm
Yellow pages

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by macmac » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:29 am

I've just found out how to UN subscribe to yellow pages :)
We are paperless billing, recycle everything we can and then this small forest equivalent...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:04 pm
Ageism on the Allotment?

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by snooky » Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:16 pm

Went to Aldershot over the weekend so I didn"t get over to the Allotment until today.Rumour has it that ageism has reared its ugly head on the...

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Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:54 pm
Poor old James Martin

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I've been very restrained on the Forum about my favourite chef but I'm so excited I will explode if I don't tell you about where I'm going in...
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Last post by Elaine
Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:06 am
my poor parsnips

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by The Mouse » Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:43 pm
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I've just been down the garden. The mole has finally found its way into my parsnip bed, and managed to tunnel under nearly all of the parsnip...
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Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:09 am
July editon competiton - Eazitools

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by toffeeman » Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:51 pm

I was one of the 3 fortunate winners of the Eazitools set ( 4 items) from July's edition, valued at £150. However, getting my hands on the prize was...

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Last post by Geoff
Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:06 pm
Swallows & Martins

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by Arnie » Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:26 am
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Hi Everyone :D

Has anyone still have Swallows & Martins about :D last week the weather was very poor but had a number of them flying over the...
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Last post by Johnboy
Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:24 am
they took the lot

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by macmac » Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:02 pm

I first mentioned this in the chat about"whats happened...." but I think it must have got lost in the discussion (and I put it in the wrong...

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Last post by Catherine
Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:56 pm
Apple tree in blossom

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by Essexboy » Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:05 pm

Could someone tell me what is going on? I have an apple tree that I am attempting to espalier against the fence at the end of the garden. Have just...

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Last post by Johnboy
Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:02 pm
Edible Garden Show

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by seedling » Thu Oct 01, 2009 2:01 pm

Just looking at the new KG magazine today and i spotted this- the edible garden show- a new show for grow your own running in 2010 for the first...

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Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:56 am
Gardener's Question time

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by Colin_M » Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:13 am

I've only recently discovered that you can now download the podcast of this to your MP3 player, as well as listening to it online.

It always seems...

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Last post by Colin_M
Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:13 am
Freeview Retune

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by Geoff » Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:09 am

Anybody like me on a Freeview relay transmitter where yesterday's retune was a downgrade?
We already received less channels than people on a main...

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Last post by Geoff
Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:33 pm
Interesting maps

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by alan refail » Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:13 am

Here's a new way of looking at the world - scaled to population density.

Just noticed, most of Wales doesn't exist by these calculations.

For...

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Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:31 pm
Happy Birthday Tigger.

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by oldherbaceous » Wed Sep 30, 2009 5:34 am
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Hope you have a very happy Birthday Tigger, so have a big Birthday hug from me. :)

Wonder if there will be a card from J.M in the post. :wink: :)
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Last post by Arnie
Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:49 am
Irritating sports commentators/pundits.

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by snooky » Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:54 pm

Listening to Garth Crooks analysing this afternoons football matches,it started me thinking which others got up my nose.
There"s the...

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Last post by Elaine
Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:21 pm
Rennet from slugs!

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by PLUMPUDDING » Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:49 pm

We went to the Wensleydale Cheese factory last week and in their museum I noticed that slugs used to be boiled and the liquid strained off and...

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Last post by Elaine
Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:17 pm
SNAKES TO FRIGHTEN SQUIRRELS

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by PLUMPUDDING » Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:41 pm

After reading in KG Mag. about the man who put blow up snakes in his nut trees to keep the squirrels away I thought I would try it.

I hadn't got a...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:25 pm
Triffid Towers . . . and how to store manure?

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by CJS » Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:07 pm

Hi People, long time no post . . . :? Been a bit tied up, one way and the other.

Triffid towers kitchen garden, is winding down now . . . tomatoes...

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Last post by Elaine
Sun Sep 27, 2009 9:53 am
Re-newing your car insurance

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by donedigging » Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:34 pm
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My car insurance is due soon, so did a search about re-newing it and found a cheaper quote, then my OH rang them, they said I had to pay an extra £15...
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Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:28 am
what do you grow to share ?

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by macmac » Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:09 pm

Is there anything that if you're honest you grow just to share ?
I always grow basil in the greenhouse border ,I use small amounts but give loads of...

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Last post by glallotments
Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:10 am
Sharp English apples

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by Primrose » Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:15 pm

We've been buying several varieties of English apples this year, mostly from farm shops etc. and I've been disappointed to find most of them much...

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Last post by Essexboy
Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:25 am
Yellow rain

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by Primrose » Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:29 am

Over the past couple of days we've had wind and rain, sometimes from a northerly direction, but also some southerly breezes and it seems to have...

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Last post by Piglet6
Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:44 pm
Allotment politics

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by lizzie » Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:45 am
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I have to say that it amazes me, the politics going on on allotment sites. Some folk make the major political parties look like 5 year olds playing a...
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Last post by oldherbaceous
Thu Sep 24, 2009 2:12 pm
Important message for Old Herbaceous "Mind how you wind!"

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by alan refail » Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:33 am
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Hope you can still keep your clock going.

Unlike the man at Helston!
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Last post by donedigging
Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:08 pm
Lovely Devon - strange welcome

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by Elle's Garden » Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:46 pm

Got back yesterday from a lovely week in Devon. We were fortunate enough to have at least some sun every day, no rain, and only a couple of days were...

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Last post by Elle's Garden
Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:40 pm
Latest Telephone Scam----Be Aware.

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by snooky » Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:03 pm

Received this e-mail from one of the lads at work:-

Telephone scam to watch out for!
Send to a few people to pass it on!

The new...

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Last post by Chantal
Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:06 pm
Jars

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by lizzie » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:31 pm
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Hi everyone

Anyone know of a good site where I can buy jars in bulk please. Will be looking to buy around 200ish with lids.

Thanks
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Last post by lizzie
Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:03 am
'This site is suspected of containing offensive material'

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by pongeroon » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:49 am

It said on work computer. Have I missed something? Maybe OH in his pants? I've looked everywhere. :lol:

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Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:29 am
My Website

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by Larkshall » Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:04 am

I have been webmaster for several sites for some years, as I am now 80 I decided to hand over to a younger member of our club and only run my own...

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Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:22 pm
NAVAL HISTORY LESSON

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by Geoff » Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:12 pm

It was necessary to keep a good supply of cannon balls near the cannon on old war ships. But how to prevent them from rolling about the deck was a...

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Last post by Geoff
Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:58 pm
Council policy towards allotments

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by Barry » Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:00 pm

Our local council has ceded control of allotments to allotment associations over the last decade. It will make available no money for anything. This...

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Last post by glallotments
Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:21 am
Stolen peas

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by Catherine » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:52 pm
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Before we went on holiday last week we were working up at our plot and I had some late peas in which had flopped over and needed support. They were...
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Last post by Essexboy
Sun Sep 20, 2009 6:36 pm
A Surprising Admission!

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by Johnboy » Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:07 am

In the past week I have heard, on air, Patrick Moore of Greenpeace admit that the Greenpeace policy towards Nuclear Fuel and Nuclear Medicine has...

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Last post by alan refail
Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:12 am
Harrogate Flower Show

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by Monika » Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:01 pm

We had an interesting and exhausting day at the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show today and even saw our trusty editor at the Kitchen Garden stand and the...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:08 pm
MORE WILLOW QUERIES

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by Compo » Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:18 pm

As mentioned in a previous post I have been allowed to chop down some mature willow trees for firewood, can I use the finger thickness branches to...

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Last post by Compo
Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:37 pm
In praise of ...

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by Stephen » Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:07 pm

My praise goes to Brogdale, the home of the National Fruit Collection.
I went there several years ago (it may be as many as five) to look at plums...

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Last post by Stephen
Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:04 pm
TOMATO CUTTINGS

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by Shallot Man » Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:09 am

Re tomato cuttings, the few potted up produced a fair crop. I stopped the plants at the first truss, started picking them last week.Most satisfied,...

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Last post by AdeTheSpade
Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:13 pm
Attitudes to agricultural fields

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by Cider Boys » Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:47 pm
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I have always found myself somewhat in the middle of the townie v bumpkin attitude to access in the countryside. I do not own or have ever owned any...
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Last post by Geoff
Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:24 pm
Article in October KG

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by lizzie » Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:23 am
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So, I was reading Octobers edition when I came across the article about gardening "communities" and "being in it together" The...
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Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:16 pm
Happy Birthday Catherine

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by alan refail » Tue Sep 08, 2009 6:50 am

Best wishes on your birthday

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Last post by Catherine
Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:00 am
BURNING WILLOW

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by Compo » Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:39 pm

I have been given a large quality of willow wood to fell, store and burn later, the best advice I can get is that it is a medium grade wood that...

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Last post by Compo
Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:02 pm
My Cancer Charity

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by Mike Vogel » Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:54 pm

Dear colleagues, friends and acquaintances,

I hope you will forgive this and future reminders of my sponsorship drive. Please access the following...

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Last post by retropants
Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:25 pm
New swapping produce website

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by 456cat » Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:05 pm

Hi all

I was listening to Chris Evans on Radio 2 this evening and they did an interview with a lady who has set up

It seems pretty good and you...

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Last post by 456cat
Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:56 am
"Last chance to see "

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by macmac » Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:28 pm

Did anyone see" Last chance to see" on BBC ? I know I'm biased as Stephen Fry could recite the phone book and I'd listen but what a...

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Last post by macmac
Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:56 pm
Raspberry varieties

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by Elaine » Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:37 pm

Can anyone recommend a lovely Summer fruiting raspberry variety please? Having cleared a space, we fancy raspberries to go with our other soft fruit...

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Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:54 pm
G20 proposes curb on bank bonuses

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by Geoff » Sat Sep 05, 2009 1:40 pm

I suppose the one right of centre is the Swiss Finance Minister.

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Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:59 pm
Watch out, there's a maggot about!

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by alan refail » Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:35 am

If you go to Warwick, be prepared!

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Sat Sep 05, 2009 8:48 pm
Rock dust

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by Primrose » Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:38 pm

I was looking at a small area of poor worn-out looking soil which I have in a border where a large shrub has been dug up and remember that a while...

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Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:26 am
Economy Gastronomy

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by Geoff » Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:53 pm
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Anybody been watching the latest BBC comedy "Economy Gastronomy"? Each week a family turn up to boast that they can afford to go to the...
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Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:40 pm
Bah Humbug

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by Elaine » Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:41 am
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Going into a card shop yesterday, wanting a birthday card for my Dad, I was faced with a whole wall dedicated to Christmas cards. :shock: :?...
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Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:36 am

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