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In praise of good friends.

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by peter » Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:10 pm

My friend, Robert, offered his help for a day so that I could catch up with the allotment after all the problems I've had this year.
We had intended...

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Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:18 am
how much space ?

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by The Grock in a Frock » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:28 pm
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Iv'e noticed that most of you can respond to messages with a load of writting. Why can i only fill what space im given and then have to post a new...
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Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:16 am
raspberries

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by richard p » Sat Apr 01, 2006 8:28 am

it appears raspberries may be this years superfood.

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Sat Apr 01, 2006 8:28 am
att mrs piglet

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by The Grock in the Frock » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:41 pm

p.m d u ,did you get it,if so we;ll talk

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Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:32 pm
Time warp

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by John » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:11 pm

Are postings still on winter time here?

John

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Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:45 pm
ATT MRS PIGLET

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by The Grock in the Frock » Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:29 am

do you fancy doing it this monday,or is that too soon?,do you need longer to get in the right frame of mind ?im deffo going for it as chest is...

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Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:36 pm
Germinating seeds - time/water/soil help plz

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by Wavie » Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:52 pm

Hello everyone, I had a project at Dundee University where we had to come up with a service to help the environment... now to do this we had to...

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Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:18 am
virus warning

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by weejoe » Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:52 pm

Last night I posted a warning about a new virus which comes as an e-mail headed w.t.c survivor opening this will wipe out your entire system some...

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Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:42 pm
Happy mothers day

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by oldherbaceous » Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:59 am
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Just wishing all you mums out there a very happy mothers day, i hope you all have a great day.
Poor Old herbaceous has had a really bad bout of flu...
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Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:18 pm
Video Nation

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by Arnie » Fri Mar 24, 2006 3:36 pm

Hi everyone :wink:
In 2003 I did a small film for BBC video nation about how I came to take an allotment, to be honest I had forgotten about it :)...

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Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:13 am
They think winters all over, it is now!

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by pigletwillie » Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:04 pm

Is it or isnt it?

Well bugger it, I have gone for it today. There is spawn in the pond, every trek to the greenhouse is a case of stepping over...

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Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:56 am
any fishermen out there

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by the grock in a frock » Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:09 pm
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can anyone advise me whats good to buy.my boy will be 5yrs old at the end of this month and has mentioned he wants a fishing rod .the aldi flyer has...
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Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:10 am
Calling all winemakers!

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by Sally » Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:09 am

Hello

I'm after a bit of advice on winemaking. Thought I'd post my questions here as I can't find the answer in any books or on the net, and...

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Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:25 pm
Bindweed in a woodchip pile

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by Barry » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:23 pm

At our allotment, we have a huge pile of woodchip that has been sitting around for ages for want of something to do with it. Now that we have found...

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Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:45 am
Malvern Menu

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by Tigger » Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:23 pm

OK - I was trying to resist starting this thread until at least the second week of April, but Piglet has dared me to do otherwise and who am I to...

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Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:59 am
Anti-Pollution Plants - University Project

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by Wavie » Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:52 am

Hi everyone… my first time posting here. Although I have been a lurker here in past and already read many of your helpful posts I need even more...

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Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:46 am
food for thought

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by peat » Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:28 am

maybe one of the best reasons to grow our own

Pete

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Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:58 pm
Malvern Spring Show Tickets

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by pigletwillie » Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:35 am

Whilst really busy at work last night, reading Amateur Gardener, there was a news item that caught my attention.

Advance ticket sales for the...

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Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:48 pm
Tomato Feed

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by Ferret » Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:00 pm

Hi,I know its early but does anyone have a recipe for home made tomato feed,I have pelleted chicken manure and horse manure on site,so I wonder if a...

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Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:18 pm
argh disaster

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by peterf » Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:19 am

soil warming cables arrived and i asked the locall handyman to give me a hand fitting them.the instructions for wiring the cable into the thermostat...

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Sat Mar 25, 2006 9:06 am
Lizzie's welcome home tea party for Grock.

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Lizzie, just found a bottle of surgical spirit so we can throw a party to welcome grock back.
Who's up for it? :twisted:
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:50 pm
IM BACK ON

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by The Grock in the Frock » Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:05 pm
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thank you to all who helped me fathom out who i was and how to log on again.IM SOOOOOO THICK :oops:
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:34 pm
Funny cinderella story

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by lizzie » Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:14 pm

Ok folks. I have a fab version of Cinderella that i'm willing to pm to anyone interested. I won't post it on here as it's a bit close to the bone, if...

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Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:14 pm
Making Compost - or not

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by haggis » Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:53 pm

Help

I got a compost bin for my garden a year and a half ago and still haven't managed to make any decent compost. I spent an hour digging it all...

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Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:10 pm
'Me & My Garden' TV prog.

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by Beryl » Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:09 pm

I received the following email and thought maybe some of you might be interested in taking part.
Beryl.

During the past few months we have...

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Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:05 pm
My house is on fire!

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by Chantal » Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:48 pm
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My chimney's on fire and I have firemen everywhere. A lump of wood against the chimney in the loft caught fire but they've put that out. It's been...
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Last post by The Grock in a Frock
Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:18 pm
log on

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by The Grock in a Frock » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:43 pm

i called bt about my e mail and after a lot of farting about can now get mail.i have got 2 pm's but cant reply as i dont know who there from as the...

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Last post by The Grock in a Frock
Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:05 pm
another useful seed supplier

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by tony s » Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:19 pm

I ordered some seeds (Tabasco, Jalapeno and sweetcorn) from a company called Orkney Seed and Garden Supplies. They have an E-Bay shop.

There is a...

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Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:19 pm
Polytunnel extension

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by arthur e » Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:32 pm

I have come to the point I dredded when I first bought my tunnel, I thought I would get one twice the size I thought I would need, but now realise I...

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Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:46 am
Using bath water in the garden

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by Philippa » Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:34 pm

Can anybody help? I was all geared up to get water out of the bath down to water butts and thence o the veg garden and then somebody told me it would...

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Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:02 am
Malvern in May

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The Chatterbox Box gang (ie., the most prolific conversationalists on the KG website) have been discussing the idea of meeting up at the Spring Show...
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Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:30 pm
Chantal - c'mon baby don't light the fire!

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by mazmezroz » Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:52 pm

Once, we went camping. OH lit the gas for hot water, and threw the spent match in the bin. We ate dinner. Only when OH went to get fresh water for...

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Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:53 pm
Anyone got this book

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by oldherbaceous » Sat Mar 18, 2006 8:18 am
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Just wondering if anyone has got, The art of allotments. Culture and cultivation by David Crouch.
I was given this book for christmas and only got...
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Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:57 am
Attn Grock

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by Tigger » Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:04 pm

Grock - have you checked your upper and lower cases, as per 'log on' ??

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Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:27 pm
log on

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by the grock in a frock » Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:01 pm

why cant i log on,i know my password and the forum recognises the t when i go to put my name in it goes straight to the grock,so whats the matter? :?

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Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:10 pm
Healthy Living

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by Allan » Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:54 pm

I have started a new topic on healthy living. As there was no 'natural' home for such a topic you will find it on Harvesting Q & A. If there is...

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Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:56 am
News about Grock

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by lizzie » Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:42 pm

The Grock is a poorly Grock at the mo and hasn't been on for a while. She's got a fluie thing and is feeling a very sorry Grock indeed.

It's ever...

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Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:11 pm
Grow your own sets

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by arthur e » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:53 pm

In response to Johnboy's query, this is how I make my own onion sets. It started a couple of years ago when I had sown a 1/2tray of onion seed with a...

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Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:38 am
Little black bugs in stored bean seeds

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by Happymouse » Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:54 am

I have just opened a tin of stored runner bean seeds and found the tin full of little black beetles. They have been noshing my beans - the little...

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Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:50 am
compost

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by arthur e » Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:11 pm

I see a lot of people are getting free compost from their local council, well I was wondering if anybody saw a lorry with the name Murphy on the side...

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Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:23 am
Kitchen Garden Newsletter

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by BerylBee » Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:24 pm

Hi KG,

Do you have a newsletter that I/we can subscribe to please? I subscribe to Grow your own magazine's newsletter and get it each month

I...

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Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:43 pm
Allotment Association Fund Raising

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by fran n tony » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:48 pm

My wife and I are on the Committee of an allotment association that is a year old now, has anyone any ideas for raising funds?

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Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:53 pm
Aldi 23 March

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by Chantal » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:14 pm

Aldi have their fabulous spades and forks in next week; long handles and only £7.99. I've been using them for a couple of years and they do take the...

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Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:49 pm
Attn Pigletwillie

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by peter » Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:07 pm

Piglet, love the rose-tinted spectacles.

But surely that's a picture of Dame Needa Bacon-Sandwich, Sty-Wife Superstar from Melbourne. :twisted:

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Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:29 pm
Find of the winter

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by ken » Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:11 am

Just wanted to say that I've grown Komatsuna this winter for the first time, and have been very impressed. It has proved to be very hardy. We've been...

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Last post by Allan
Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:23 pm
Winter purslane

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by ken » Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:14 am

Winter purslane has been another success for me this winter. Again, I'm getting to the stage where I'll need this space soon for other things. Which...

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Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:11 pm
Not got going yet!

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by mazmezroz » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:59 pm

Is there anyone else who feels like they just ain't got going yet? I think it's cosof the rubbish cold weather, it still feels like early February....

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Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:18 pm
Global warming

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by arthur e » Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:35 am

I watched a program the other day which said that the Brazilian rain forrest's are being burnt at the rate the area of Wales each year, just so they...

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Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:53 pm
Do you wash...

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by Jenny Green » Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:31 pm
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It just occurred to me today as I was pricking out some seedlings that I'm a dirty, lazy sl*t. I NEVER wash my pots. Yet in about ten...
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Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:30 pm
Compost

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by steveclifton87 » Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:18 pm

Hi Everyone
My name is Stephen and I am studying horticulture at college, I have to do a assignment all about compost and need to include a...

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Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:26 pm

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