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 Topic: Wow! |
nettie
Replies: 10
Views: 13383
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 Forum: Welcome Posted: Tue May 22, 12 7:56 pm Subject: Wow! |
Hi all, not popped in here for aaaages but just would like to say that the site looks lovely.  |
| Topic: Companion planting for blackfly - at it's best!! |
nettie
Replies: 6
Views: 7124
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Jun 30, 10 1:13 pm Subject: Companion planting for blackfly - at it's best!! |
| Have you pinched out the tips of the plants Astra? The blackfly seem to prefer that bit. |
| Topic: Companion planting for blackfly - at it's best!! |
nettie
Replies: 6
Views: 7124
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Jun 30, 10 1:35 am Subject: Companion planting for blackfly - at it's best!! |
| I've mentioned this somewhere else so hope you don't mind if I repeat myself, it's just that this summer, due to my pi$$ poor weeding skills, mother Nature has provided, and I thought fellow bean grow ... |
| Topic: How do I know when gooseberrie are ripe? |
nettie
Replies: 5
Views: 5324
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Jun 30, 10 1:27 am Subject: How do I know when gooseberrie are ripe? |
Taste one.
If you pull a face, they aren't ready!
True!!!
Although the top ones will ripen quicker than the bottom ones. I tested mine to day, 3 ripe, about 120 not ready yet. When they squidge ... |
| Topic: Bizarre blackfly infestation |
nettie
Replies: 8
Views: 8477
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Jun 28, 10 9:13 am Subject: Bizarre blackfly infestation |
| Absolutely the best ever thing about this I've discovered, completely by accident/laziness, is that blackfly far prefer cow parsley to broad beans, nasturtiums or marigolds!!! |
| Topic: A great year for ... |
nettie
Replies: 26
Views: 16957
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat Jun 26, 10 12:20 am Subject: A great year for ... |
| Same here, not ripe yet. All the fruit is doing superbly this year, it's a shame it's a month late as I needed to make some jam for pressies a couple of weeks ago!!! |
| Topic: seed exchange |
nettie
Replies: 71
Views: 34060
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat Jun 26, 10 12:15 am Subject: seed exchange |
I've not seen it either. Too late now  |
| Topic: Strange things you find... |
nettie
Replies: 21
Views: 12239
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu Jun 24, 10 5:40 pm Subject: Strange things you find... |
| We've got spuds everywhere, and tomatoes. Note to self not to put peelings or toms in the compost!! |
| Topic: Red currants |
nettie
Replies: 22
Views: 15999
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Jun 23, 10 8:46 am Subject: Red currants |
| I had some crushed into yoghurt yesterday with the first few blackcurrants and a couple of strawbs. Yuuuum |
| Topic: My Fruit tree isnt doing anything! |
nettie
Replies: 25
Views: 15988
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jun 22, 10 1:01 am Subject: My Fruit tree isnt doing anything! |
Thank goodness, i'm glad. Have you planted it out? Apricots die in pots if you overwater them. Mine did. Sorry Tahir  |
| Topic: Pepper questions |
nettie
Replies: 7
Views: 8727
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jun 22, 10 12:58 am Subject: Pepper questions |
I bought myself a dorset Naga last weekend, not sure if I have time to get it to fruit this year but I have managed to overwinter chillies before so wil give it a go.
Tis true, some of the hot type ... |
| Topic: Pepper questions |
nettie
Replies: 7
Views: 8727
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jun 22, 10 12:56 am Subject: Pepper questions |
You should do, there's plenty of time, just feed them What varieties are they and what size pots are they in?
I am not sure about varieties, they were 78p in B&Q (impulse buy  ( )
They a ... |
| Topic: Bizarre blackfly infestation |
nettie
Replies: 8
Views: 8477
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jun 22, 10 12:50 am Subject: Bizarre blackfly infestation |
| I don't know that they've singled out one plant, i think it's just that they're so late this year (like everything else), and that happens to be the first plant they got to. I saw the first blackfly a ... |
| Topic: Why is it folk think it perfectly reasonable to feed horses |
nettie
Replies: 14
Views: 10048
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Tue Jun 22, 10 12:31 am Subject: Why is it folk think it perfectly reasonable to feed horses |
| Ohhh GRRRR. Grange it must be so crap to have people feeding unknown rubbish to them. Luckily we haven't caught people doing this to our neddies, but they do have a tendency to use the private gateway ... |
| Topic: Pepper questions |
nettie
Replies: 7
Views: 8727
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Jun 21, 10 10:23 am Subject: Pepper questions |
| You should do, there's plenty of time, just feed them What varieties are they and what size pots are they in? |
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