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Paulie

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by submariner » Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:49 am

Paulie Walters has gone to meet his maker. He was always a good foil for Wogan, and I missed his imput. However, although he was terminal, nothing...

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Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:01 am
Hello from a Newbie

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by Alan's Trowel » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:59 pm

Hello! Not sure if this is the right place to say Hello, so apologies if its not.. :oops: I'm new here and trying to find my way around!

I'm Hazel...

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Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:30 am
THIS WEEKS UPDATE POSTED 20/10/06

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by STEVE PARTRIDGE » Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:34 am

Hello once again, I must say a big thankyou to all my website visitors over the last season, this weeks update has been posted which I hope you...

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Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:25 am
off up north...

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by jopsy » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:06 pm

dear all
i may well be absent for few days as im up to manchester to see my parents(shopping/lunching etc..)
then im down to ibstock/leicester to...

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Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:11 am
Red Bramleys

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by WestHamRon » Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:03 pm

No, it's not a typo !
My in-laws have had a bramley apple tree for over 30 years and this year the apples have red skins.
None of us have ever...

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Sun Oct 22, 2006 3:08 pm
Stand alone onion bed

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by Arnie » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:18 pm

Hi Wellie,

Glad to hear that you are on the mend 8).

As I promised this is how I made my first stand alone Onion bed. I followed this advice...

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Last post by Wellie
Sun Oct 22, 2006 3:48 am
Planting garlic

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by JacquieB » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:58 pm

Watching GW this evening. Did MD plant the garlic upside down? :shock: Will garlic right itself if planted the wrong way up? :?: Help! Planning to...

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Last post by Wellie
Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:02 am
Pay as You Go mobiles, and SIM cards

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by GaGa » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:16 am

Hi all,
the spotty herberts in the mobile phone shops are giving me no useful info, so here goes....

I have an old contract mobile phone, which...

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Last post by GaGa
Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:02 pm
Are you entitled to a Water Rate reduction?

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by Primrose » Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:43 pm

Suggest you all check the small print on the back of your water bills. (We're with Thames Water). There's a clause under "How we work out your...

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Last post by Allan
Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:27 pm
eu

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by richard p » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:43 am

try this one

or

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Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:26 pm
been surfing again

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by richard p » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:58 am

go to

scroll down to the link "legal fun" on lhs

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Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:39 pm
ALISON, ARE YOU THERE ???

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by Wellie » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:04 pm

Alison, you may not have had your registration confirmed yet but a very HUGE welcome from me, and I do hope that you'll give this lot a HUGE amount...

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Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:54 am
Climbing French Bean

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by Arnie » Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:43 am
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Hi to everyone,

Can anybody recommend a good climbing french please :)

Regards

Kevin :wink:
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Thu Oct 19, 2006 3:20 am
Welcome Home Piglets

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by Tigger » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:00 pm
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If our maths is any good, Mr and Mrs Piglet should be back from their holiday in Egypt this weekend.

Welcome home Snouties. Hope it was an...
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Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:33 pm
Attention Captain Carrot Sir !

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by Wellie » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:16 pm
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I bet you were wondering how long it was going to take someone to 'spot the deliberate mistake' in the last two issues of the magazine?...

I just...
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Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:55 pm
A Little Brainteaser.

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by Johnboy » Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:21 am

At 6% per annum Pre Income Tax a capital amount produces £5400.00. a day Post Income Tax.
1. What it the capital amount involved.
2. How much...

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Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:54 pm
Top Ten posters

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by Allan » Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:19 pm

As all the world seems to have TOP CHARTS, here is one from the forum, extracted today. Anybody else can do this.

Username Email Location...

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Last post by richard p
Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:35 am
THIS WEEK'S UPDATE POSTED 14/10/06

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by STEVE PARTRIDGE » Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:09 am

Hello all, just to let you know that this weeks update has been posted to my website,I now have seeds available from my allotments as requested by...

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Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:22 pm
SURPRISE!

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by Compo » Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:18 pm
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I Went to the allotment AGM last night to pay my modest ten quid annual fee. I walked out with a folder and the chairmanship of the allotment...
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Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:05 pm
apples

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by submariner » Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:14 pm

I watched Countryfile this morning, as is my want every sunday. Anyway, for those wanting to have names put to apples, it was excellent. (good...

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Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:47 pm
Monty D'd Double Digging!

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by peter » Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:23 pm
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Anyone else find the sainted Monty's explanation of double digging as hilarious as I did.

Empty a trench into wheelbarrows. OK?
Pickaxe the...
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Last post by Allan
Mon Oct 16, 2006 5:21 am
Trying to identify this plant

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by Primrose » Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:39 pm

All summer I've been growing an unnamed plant in my patio container which I bought from a garden centre. It has beetroot red leaves (the shape of...

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Last post by jopsy
Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:00 pm
More Ugly Vegetables

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by Chantal » Sun Oct 15, 2006 7:01 pm

Will this nightmare never end?

I'm starting to think my allotment was hit by fall out from Chernobyl! :shock:

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Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:57 pm
Warning. The cost of fashion.

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by Allan » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:17 pm

A friend of my nephew threw a birthday party. Afterwards they found that all the newly laid woodstrip flooring had been punctured with lots of little...

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Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:56 pm
Gardening Programs

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by Arnie » Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:39 am
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As everybody has their own views on the current crop of Gardening programs, If you had the opportunity to make a gardening program what would...
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Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:13 am
Fruit Tree Supplier

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by Geoff » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:03 am

Last Autumn we bought several new fruit trees from at Leomister. If anybody is looking for a supplier we found them excellent to deal with, really...

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Last post by Geoff
Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:03 am
School xmas fete

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by jopsy » Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:07 pm
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hello
just wanted to pick your brains
we want some new ideas for stalls at the xmas fete and money raising ideas for school
the adults usually run...
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Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:15 pm
Subscription renewal

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by Vivien » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:24 am

I've just renewed my subscription (I'll miss a month as i was away on holiday in time for it to be continuous), but the lady who took the order said...

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Last post by Vivien
Sat Oct 14, 2006 10:57 am
web survey

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by jane E » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:02 pm

I completed the survey until I got to the bottom, where you are asked for personal details and I backed out. Has anyone else backed out? I suddenly...

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Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:23 pm
Pepping up soil

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by Barry » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:15 am

I am in the process of moving allotments and would like some advice on what to do with the soil on my new one. It has not grown anything for at least...

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Last post by Barry
Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:10 pm
Rabbit proof fence

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by Barry » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:25 am

My new allotment is on a site that has rabbit problems, so most plots are surrounded 100% by fences. I am going to use a chicken wire barrier, since...

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Last post by Allan
Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:32 pm
damsons

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by jane E » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:08 pm

Last Saturday we took my father in law out in Herefordshire to Brockhampton manor house. It's a moated manor house and well worth a visit. I have...

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Last post by Primrose
Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:28 pm
Stamped walnuts

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by Primrose » Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:32 pm

Bought some new season's walnuts in our local market today. Every single nut was individually stamped with a totally illegible red ink mark. What on...

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Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:21 pm
0870 numbers

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by lizzie » Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:30 pm

Hi All.

Saw this in The Times and thought i'd post. I hate being ripped off by the big multi nationals etc and this site gives you alternative,...

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Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:34 pm
Garden, but not kitchen garden...

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by Kay » Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:46 pm
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Has anyone every tried drying geraniums and wrapping them in newspaper for the winter? I've heard it works, but don't want to lose mine by testing it...
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Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:42 pm
Growing pains of a teenage allotment

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by Mike Vogel » Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:52 pm

Dahlis thought this might be interesting, so here goes.

Here you see what happens when a scavenger gets hold of odds and ends. The stuff on the...

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Last post by Mike Vogel
Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:35 pm
is it time

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by oldherbaceous » Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:10 am

Dear Anthony, you can empty compost on to any vacant ground at anytime of the year, so now is as good a time as any. :wink:

Kind regards Old...

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Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:10 am
Amazing Moon!

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by Jenny Green » Fri Oct 06, 2006 6:53 pm
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There's an amazing moon rising right now!
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Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:14 am
Your age in chocolates

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by Tigger » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:05 am

Try this.....

YOUR AGE WITH CHOCOLATES

DO NOT GO STRAIGHT TO THE END ...
It will only take a minute
Do the maths as you read the instructions...

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Last post by peter
Sat Oct 07, 2006 9:51 pm
OH dormant in winter

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by jopsy » Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:49 pm

Is it true OH(perrenial) that you are dormant all winter?
it just said you would be on GW!!

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Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:44 pm
We're on the front page!

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by Chantal » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:09 pm
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When did it happen? The Malvern Mob are on the home page of the KG website.

Thank you Capt Carrot. :D

PS Having looked at that again, I...
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Sat Oct 07, 2006 1:32 pm
THIS WEEK'S UPDATE POSTED 06/10/2006

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by STEVE PARTRIDGE » Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:00 pm

Hello all, just to let you know that I have updated my website and there a couple of new features as well, hope you like them, thanks Steve.

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Last post by STEVE PARTRIDGE
Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:00 pm
Spreading the word

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by Chantal » Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:14 am
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Having contacted Captain Carrot I'm being sent a load of back issues of KG which I'm going to distribute to new people on our site with a letter...
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Last post by Jea
Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:28 am
Lidl - Thursday 12 October

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by Chantal » Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:48 am

A few gardening items which are quite good.

I have several of the foldable garden bags which I use a lot. Very good value.

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Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:48 am
little tip i have picked up

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by deadlyart » Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:55 pm

Hi all new to these boards and just want to say hello to everyone and share a little tip I have picked up about butterflies namely the small blue...

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Last post by Kay
Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:43 pm
next door (panic over)

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by TROUSERS » Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:53 pm

ive just spent the last couple of hours chatting to the new neghbours whilst cutting back the over grown hedge between us.we now have yet another...

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Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:57 pm
cyber wine evening or coffee morning

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one of the other sites i go on has a cyber coffee morning
i was wondering-altho not the same, as we have a chat box, whether we could decide a day...
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Last post by lizzie
Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:10 pm
Swallows

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by Arnie » Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:58 am
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Hi to all :D

It looks like all the Swallows are heading south :( I watched a number of them feeding on the wing on sunday and then yesterday not...
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Last post by Geoff
Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:10 pm
Horseradish

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by GIB » Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:54 am

Does anyone know where i can buy horseradish plants from and is there a particular time of the year to plant them?

thanks

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Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:23 pm
Broadband problem solved

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by Allan » Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:11 pm

If you have been plagued by random dropouts on your broadband system this could help you.
Broadband signals don't travel far on telephone lines due...

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Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:45 am

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