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Glyphosate concern.

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by Ricard with an H » Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:47 am

I'm a regular glyphosate user, it started for the control of ragwort which is rampant around here. Some land is so badly overrun it looks as if...

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Last post by Ricard with an H
Tue May 07, 2013 9:08 am
Dead Asparagus

Last post by andys
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by andys » Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:09 am

Hi All,

Has anyone else lost their asparagus bed in the last 12 months ?
Mine was only 8 years old and well established.
It started cropping early...

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Last post by andys
Thu May 02, 2013 10:07 am
Osteospermum

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by Beryl » Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:54 pm

Help wanted please.

I bought a collection of Osteospermum from T & M. They arrived recently as 'ready to plant' but as I am not quite ready...

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Last post by glallotments
Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:11 pm
clearing a new plot

Last post by FelixLeiter
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by diggers11 » Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:01 pm

I am new to gardening only started last year. I have been given a piece of land 10m by 5 m that i need to clear so i can start growing. The problem i...

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:55 pm
Browm spots in potatoes

Last post by Flanjamin
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by Bren » Sat Feb 16, 2013 2:05 pm

This past week or so I am finding brown lines or spots in the potatoes when I'm peeling them, what could the cause be?, they are stored in hession...

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Last post by Flanjamin
Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:40 pm
Leek moth and carrot fly

Last post by retropants
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by Beryl » Sat Aug 11, 2012 7:46 pm

Has anyone noticed the absence of the leek moth and carrot fly this year? I got so fed up with trying to keep fleece and netting from being destroyed...

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Last post by retropants
Thu Jan 17, 2013 3:23 pm
Moles again-again.

Last post by Primrose
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by Ricard with an H » Tue Jan 01, 2013 1:21 pm
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Who would have thought that a mole would be interested in what is going on inside my cold frame. There aren't any worms in the compost but the bugger...
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Last post by Primrose
Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:26 pm
Green Mould

Last post by williamraed
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by Colin Miles » Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:44 pm

I have a little wooden shelving system that I have created for my astronomical observatory. Unfortunately when we have really wet weather green mould...

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Last post by williamraed
Sat Dec 15, 2012 6:46 am
Apples

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by Beryl » Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:43 pm
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Can anyone tell me why the skins on my Rev. Wilks apples are so marked this year? The flesh inside is fine and nothing wrong. All perfectly useable...
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Last post by Beryl
Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:39 pm
Not in Hibernation!

Last post by Westi
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by Westi » Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:30 pm

Down at lottie - cold & crisp & frosty - there was the adder warming herself on an old layed down fence post! Scared the life out of me as I...

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Last post by Westi
Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:47 pm
Aminopyralid contamination

Last post by LindaJane
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by LindaJane » Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:55 pm

Hi, does anyone have any experience of rotting down contaminated manure in their compost heap and then subsequently using this on their veg plot? Or...

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Last post by LindaJane
Thu Nov 22, 2012 4:06 pm
Chilli plants have gone all autumnal

Last post by Primrose
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by Primrose » Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:51 pm

Several of my chilli plants have developed brown spots on their leaves, are going yellow & dropping off. Also they're not developing new shoots...

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Last post by Primrose
Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:16 pm
Moth caterpillar help required

Last post by Kleftiwallah
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by alan refail » Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:56 pm

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I would appreciate some help identifying these voracious little beasts. They are certainly moth caterpillars and are...

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Last post by Kleftiwallah
Sun Oct 28, 2012 2:17 pm
Can carrots jump out of the ground ?

Last post by vegpatchmum
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by Ricard with an H » Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:52 pm
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Of course not, I have never grown carrots, so far it's been a reasonable success and amusing.

Firstly my carrots-lings were introduced into furrows...
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Last post by vegpatchmum
Fri Oct 26, 2012 12:57 pm
The dreaded over-wintering whitefly are back

Last post by ken
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by Primrose » Tue Oct 09, 2012 2:22 pm

Every year I bring some chilli plants indoors to over-winter on windowsills and every year at some point I end up with a whitefly infestation.
Can...

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Last post by ken
Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:34 pm
Caterpillars

Last post by Colin Miles
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by Colin Miles » Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:43 pm

Unbelievable! - opened up my astronomical observatory to give it an airing and saw a large white caterpillar crawling up the inside of the dome. Then...

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Last post by Colin Miles
Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:32 am
The Spanish slug

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by Colin Miles » Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:24 am

Anyone seen these?

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Sun Sep 30, 2012 8:37 pm
A silly idea?

Last post by Kleftiwallah
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by Colin Miles » Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:07 pm

After a month of wet weather, my homemade wooden shelf/cupboard which I had made for my observatory was covered in green mould. So I washed it off...

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Last post by Kleftiwallah
Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:46 pm
powdery mildew on grapes

Last post by peter
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by retropants » Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:23 pm

I haven't had time to pop by for a while, but I have a problem with my grapevine.

back story:
the grapevine is over 20 years old, as it was at the...

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Last post by peter
Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:55 am
Carrots and nematodes

Last post by Monika

by Monika » Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:37 pm

Our carrots have done really well this year but I am now finding the odd one with carrot root fly damage (presumably the little blighters got in when...

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Last post by Monika
Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:37 pm
Aminopyralid contaminated manure 2012

Last post by glallotments
Replies: 37
by realfood » Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:12 pm
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Just spotted this case on another gardening forum.
It looks as if the problem with aminopyralid in manure may not have gone away. Two plot holders on...
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Last post by glallotments
Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:41 pm
Wasps ... and a funny!

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by Monika » Sat Sep 08, 2012 7:19 pm

An extract from Country Life, 1912:

SIR, A few days ago I got rid of a troublesome wasps' nest in a way which proved more interesting that the...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sun Sep 09, 2012 5:22 pm
SlugFest

Last post by Primrose
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by Colin Miles » Sat Sep 08, 2012 12:17 pm

Last midnight as I came in from a night of viewing the Stars I couldn't help noticing the slugs. I have a large lawn which used to be a field and the...

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Last post by Primrose
Sat Sep 08, 2012 6:39 pm
Hornworm on tomatoes.

Last post by Beryl
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by Beryl » Sun Sep 02, 2012 1:59 pm

My grandaughter in America posted on Facebook she had Hornworms on her tomatoes. Large green caterpillars. This was not a pest I had ever heard of so...

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Last post by Beryl
Tue Sep 04, 2012 8:04 pm
Ants in Potato grow bags

Last post by Catherine
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by mikegm » Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:05 am

On a couple of occasions I have found an infestation of ants (including flying) in my potato grow bags. I gave a good dowsing of ant powder onto the...

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Last post by Catherine
Mon Sep 03, 2012 11:00 pm
Wasp nest in the potting shed eeeek! PHOTOS ADDED

Last post by vegpatchmum
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by vegpatchmum » Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:48 pm

At the end of term, I placed most of the schools gardening stuff in to the shed which has a lock on it, leaving only the bare minimum in the...

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Last post by vegpatchmum
Wed Aug 29, 2012 1:52 pm
Coffee Grounds

Last post by Tony Hague
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by Colin Miles » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:46 am

Is the EU a weed, pest or disease?

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Last post by Tony Hague
Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:21 pm
Club root

Last post by Geoff
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by AJC » Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:37 pm

When I first acquired an allotment, I was told that I would never grow brassicas there, as it was riddled with club root.

However, One of the...

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Last post by Geoff
Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:17 pm
Every type of bug there is lives in our garden

Last post by Johnboy
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by Daveswife » Tue Aug 14, 2012 5:24 pm

Blankets of greenfly on the sweet peas, black fly on the beans, snails ate all the peas, we see armies of slugs and snails across the path every...

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Last post by Johnboy
Fri Aug 24, 2012 11:00 am
Sad peas

Last post by Catherine
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by Monika » Sun Aug 12, 2012 7:38 pm

Our second lot of peas, 'Cavalier', which usually do so well, have just given up the ghost after just producing a few peas. They have gone yellow,...

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Last post by Catherine
Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:23 pm
Asulam against bracken

Last post by Johnboy
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by Monika » Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:17 pm

There has been a lot of broo-ha-ha about the banning of the bracken weed killer Asulam by the EEC from 1 January 2013. Apparently, it will have a...

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Last post by Johnboy
Mon Aug 20, 2012 7:25 am
Root Fly

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by Daveswife » Tue Aug 14, 2012 5:10 pm

In an effort to avoid club root we buy resistant varieties, sow in plugs, pot on in small pots, grow them on in the greenhouse, then plant a good...

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Last post by farmer jon
Fri Aug 17, 2012 6:29 pm
blight watch 2012

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by farmer jon » Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:54 pm
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anybody reported any sightings of potato blight yet ? up here in north of england the forecast is for 3 days heavy rain with relative humidity...
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Last post by ken
Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:09 am
Rats!!!!

Last post by peter
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by vegpatchmum » Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:54 pm

Literally! :shock:

Well one so far but where there is one there will soon be hundreds. So I'll be digging out the humane trap and the rat poison...

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Last post by peter
Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:31 am
Anti Slug Cream

Last post by WestHamRon
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by melliff » Fri Aug 03, 2012 6:42 am

Does anyone know of any cream like substance that would deter slugs? I always surround newly planted seedlings with plastic collars cut from plastic...

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Last post by WestHamRon
Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:23 am
Lost Baby Bunny

Last post by Westi
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by Westi » Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:53 pm

Got a baby bunny on the plot - currently hiding under the blackcurrant bush. He's not causing too much of a problem at present but will obviously...

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Last post by Westi
Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:33 pm
Slugs & Spuds

Last post by Kleftiwallah
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by JohnN » Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:37 am

When I planted my Lady Christi I also planted the same number of Arran Pilots in the same plot/soil. Harvesting them it's interesting to see that the...

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Last post by Kleftiwallah
Sat Jul 28, 2012 1:58 pm
Pigeons!

Last post by Westi
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by Westi » Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:35 pm

Well Peeved! Went down to lottie and looked at the runners and the top growth was all dead - initially thought someone had sprayed them but further...

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Last post by Westi
Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:33 pm
Squirrels

Last post by vegpatchmum
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by Beryl » Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:34 pm

I intended to start picking my first peas today only to find the squirrels had beaten me to it. Lots of empty pods on the ground with teeth marks.
I...

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Last post by vegpatchmum
Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:48 pm
wasp nest

Last post by Monika
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by ltweddle » Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:57 pm

I have a large wasp nest on the underside of the lid to a compost bin. I contacted our environment services who suggested I spray it with...

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Last post by Monika
Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:00 pm
Red spider mites on cucumber

Last post by alan refail
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by lucysmum » Mon Jul 09, 2012 2:10 pm

I have 2 cucumber plants in the greenhouse. They seem to have suddenly got red spider mites, it has spread so rapidly. I had a look in my books but...

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Last post by alan refail
Sat Jul 14, 2012 5:15 pm
Nicotinoids affect bumble bees.

Last post by Nature's Babe

by Nature's Babe » Sat Jul 14, 2012 4:26 pm

If we want our blossom pollinated next year - please don't use nicotinoids.
bumble bee queen population dramatically reduced.

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Sat Jul 14, 2012 4:26 pm
Office pepper plant.

Last post by John Walker
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by peter » Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:16 am

A colleague is trying to nurture a chilli peper plant on our third floor, air-conditioned offices eastern window.
He's had three decent green chillis...

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Last post by John Walker
Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:29 pm
Nibbled leeks

Last post by Benspab12
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by Benspab12 » Mon Jul 09, 2012 4:03 pm

The tops of several leeks look like they have be eaten off! There are rabbits around, but they can not easily get onto my plot, or am I wrong!!

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Last post by Benspab12
Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:00 pm
Tomato query

Last post by ken
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by ken » Thu Jun 28, 2012 3:47 pm

Daughter has raised a query about her tomatoes which I can't answer. She says that on some leaves, which she has now removed, she found a number of...

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Last post by ken
Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:49 am
Why not on red?

Last post by Colin Miles
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by Monika » Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:54 pm

I did a caterpillar patrol today on all our brassicas. Unfortunately, I didn't find any to pick but did notice some damage and the very obvious thing...

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Last post by Colin Miles
Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:11 pm
vanished beans

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by The Mouse » Sat Jun 23, 2012 4:48 pm

Two weeks ago, I sowed two rows of Borlotti beans in my garden. As there were a lot left, I sowed the rest at my allotment. Every day, I have looked...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:45 pm
How do you cope with weeds?

Last post by Beryl
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by KG Steve » Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:50 am
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Hoping your gardening year is going well so far. My garden has been loving the rain and has never been so green in June, but a little sun...
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Last post by Beryl
Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:48 pm
Worms or lack thereof.

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by AdeTheSpade » Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:51 pm

I'm sorry farmer jon, but I'm not convinced that weedol or anything else for that matter isn't lethal to something - I believe it's been very...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Sat Jun 23, 2012 5:33 pm
myxomatosis

Last post by Johnboy
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by tracie » Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:30 pm

Hi All,

over the last couple of years our allotment in Derbyshire has become over-run with rabbits. Most plotholders have at considerable expense...

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Sat Jun 23, 2012 8:11 am

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