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 Topic: Clueless townie gets allotment.... |
Gavin Bl
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 Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri Jan 04, 13 8:01 am Subject: Clueless townie gets allotment.... |
Oh My!
Was I really that long ago that I posted on here - I have been seriously slack!
How was my first season? Hard! you won't be surprised to hear - apart from the allotment turning into a s ... |
| Topic: What's the best eating apple? |
Gavin Bl
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Apr 04, 12 9:25 pm Subject: What's the best eating apple? |
Why do you never see Royal Gala trees for sale? (at the risk of sounding like an apple ignoramus)
They go down a storm in our house, and while I'd enjoy Cox's Pippins, Gala would be the one that wo ... |
| Topic: Clueless townie gets allotment.... |
Gavin Bl
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Mar 25, 12 8:24 pm Subject: Clueless townie gets allotment.... |
Hi
Haven't checked in for a little while, as you can see I am grinding on - the crunch comes now - I actually ahve to grow stuff!! Oh no!
http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/1348/imag0622c.jpg
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| Topic: Clueless townie gets allotment.... |
Gavin Bl
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Jan 23, 12 7:37 pm Subject: Clueless townie gets allotment.... |
Hi again,
Well i've turned over the main plot, as you can see destroyed the old shed (will try to build a smaller one from the sounder timbers), and that black stuff is what seems like very well ro ... |
| Topic: Clueless townie gets allotment.... |
Gavin Bl
Replies: 57
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Nov 20, 11 10:53 pm Subject: Clueless townie gets allotment.... |
| just a quick update - getting there now with the main veg plot - put in some onions, garlic and broad beans - and a few raspberry canes that a friend no longer wanted. The heavy duty digging hoe has b ... |
| Topic: Clueless townie gets allotment.... |
Gavin Bl
Replies: 57
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Nov 02, 11 11:12 pm Subject: Clueless townie gets allotment.... |
Thanks T.G
I have seen fruit trees in Asda, Conference Pears and Cox Pippins - as I've said above, the second plot I got thrown in free by the council, is gradually going to woodland. I thought I m ... |
| Topic: Fungi Foray - mid wales |
Gavin Bl
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Wed Oct 26, 11 6:38 pm Subject: Fungi Foray - mid wales |
| Went to this, very enjoyable - but very little fungi at all, unfortunately! Still great walk in the mid wales hills, and a nice meal and a beer at the end... |
| Topic: Fungi Foray - mid wales |
Gavin Bl
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Fri Oct 21, 11 9:03 pm Subject: Fungi Foray - mid wales |
| thanks robins - thats the one. cheers, I was building up to going, but that sounds perfect. |
| Topic: Fungi Foray - mid wales |
Gavin Bl
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Thu Oct 20, 11 10:49 am Subject: Fungi Foray - mid wales |
Hi
Has anyone gone on the 'Fungi Forays' that run in Rhayader in mid Wales? Was thinking about going on one soon...
Also, will this cold spell affect what we might be likely to find. Seems to have ... |
| Topic: How much sun does a medlar tree need? |
Gavin Bl
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Oct 16, 11 1:30 pm Subject: How much sun does a medlar tree need? |
| nice one mithril, I'm planning to grow a medlar on the allotment - as I can't forget the couple of jars I made several years ago, after finding a tree on a walk whilst visiting friends. I MUST HAVE M ... |
| Topic: Clueless townie gets allotment.... |
Gavin Bl
Replies: 57
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Oct 11, 11 8:15 pm Subject: Clueless townie gets allotment.... |
thanks for that - should it be composted itself first - or is that adequate time to break down in situ?
as you can see, I am chugging along slowly at the moment - only getting there once a week at ... |
| Topic: Clueless townie gets allotment.... |
Gavin Bl
Replies: 57
Views: 74090
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Oct 10, 11 9:09 pm Subject: Clueless townie gets allotment.... |
Hi folks
Well I am chugging through the digging up of the veg plot, trying to get the worst of the weeds out - digging it over, pulling out what I can, and recovering with the sheeting.
If I were ... |
| Topic: Damsons |
Gavin Bl
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Wed Aug 31, 11 8:38 pm Subject: Damsons |
And gin - make in the same way / same recipe as sloe gin.
yes, I've never done this before, but thought might be nice for crimbo.. |
| Topic: Bullaces |
Gavin Bl
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Views: 5490
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Wed Aug 31, 11 8:36 pm Subject: Bullaces |
| must be a good year! |
| Topic: Damsons |
Gavin Bl
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Wed Aug 31, 11 11:10 am Subject: Damsons |
Ultimately yes. It's unlikely to be those that kill you though.
I thought moderators were too busy for all this frivolity - you country folk have too much time on your hands....  
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