Himself says he would love some (pining for his mothers home cooking - roast beef et al as he's from Yorkshire - hey I was a vegetarian when he met me ) - now the challenge - something interesting... will ponder that one.
So it needs restraining in a pot then?
Five...
A pot might do it, but I've dug horseradish out that was three feet down; it likes its space, but I'm sure it'll manage wherever.
(a live one that lays eggs...or a live one that you can knock on the head and eat?!)
Wow. A real live chicken. I'd love to keep some in the garden, but she won't let me So an eating bird would be wonderful. Does it come with a dispatch lesson? Heck, I'd settle for a few eggs.
Right... That's the six. I'll get down and get digging this weekend, and PM you all when I've got 'em.
ttfn,
Cab.
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 42208 Location: North Devon
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 05 8:04 pm Post subject:
I'll have some please. I'll have to think of something to offer.
Hmmm...well, there aren't many eggs at the moment as they're all pure/rare breeds and don't lay 4356 eggs a year like the Black Rock and ISA Brown thingys.
I can 'take care of one' for you at yours and you can pluck it and gut it if you like (best to pluck whilst still warm as the feathers come out easily)
Would a mixed selection of seeds do it? Mainly flower but also seeds from a beautiful small tree I collected from my sisters garden. I will get it's name - the interesting bit would be that although I thought that some are from a plant my other sister calls sticky bum, which is a decorative thistle they look awfully like the bag of mixed poppy seed I also have...
I was going to send a witches stone but then realised that as you come from Cambridge - they are probably very boring to you - the little stones you find in flinty, chalky soils with holes going through them?
Failing that I am afraid I am far too boring - and bantam eggs don't travel well.
Is this the time to move it? I've had some in a pot but it hasn't done that well so I guess as you say it likes its space so was thinking of replanting.
I would like to be considered for the results of the next cull - I'll have to think of a trade.
Old trick for keep such things where you want is to bury an old bucket with the bottom cut out up to an inch from the rim in the herb bed, fill with soil/compost/grit mix and plant the bugger in that. Works well for mint, but I'm not sure about the root depth of horseradish... or how it propagates itself
doesn’t say if it’s a rhizome or not... but it would seem to be one to my mind. One thing it does indicate is that my ol’ 2 gallon bucket idea would be woefully inadequate.
Cab - - could I take my name off the list We do not eat beef - and I can't see the point in cooking it just for one! And I have just told him so! I can't imagine using it for anything else - but i bet I will now get a list of other foods it goes with.
Have just noticed it can be used as a cut salad leaf so if this is the case I would l,ike some - as anything that gorws rampantly and therefore could outstrip slugs and hens is always needed. Also you lot Pilsbury was offering to send out bits to anyone who wanted it - see the seasonal bit of the forum.
I've been too preoccupied to find a chance to get out to you, so send me your address by PM and I'll pop some freshly dug horseradish in the post. I'll get out and see the chook asap, if that's allright
) - now the challenge - something interesting... will ponder that one.
So an eating bird would be wonderful. Does it come with a dispatch lesson? Heck, I'd settle for a few eggs.
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