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Thanks Jandra, point duly noted.

Next door has tonnes of manure from their horses so that won't be a problem.

Our Gert.

Hiya :mrgreen: Phew, i'm not the only one who asks for weird stuff as pressies! lol You should have seen the look I got on Friday night when, presented with garden centre vouchers as a leaving gift from work, I said I might spend them on a Terracotta Rhubarb Forcer!! LOL I can imagine.. quite right...

Hello and Hello again Rosey. Feel free to say hello as many times as you like, shows you're friendly

Our Gert

Steven wrote:Hiya
Phew, i'm not the only one who asks for weird stuff as pressies! lol

You should have seen the look I got on Friday night when, presented with garden centre vouchers as a leaving gift from work, I said I might spend them on a Terracotta Rhubarb Forcer!!

hi! i'm in bedford! we have raised beds in our garden in france but i still haven't got round to asparagus :cry:. ho hum! jane Hello there Jane, the worst thing about asparagus is the having to be patient...I'm not known for my patience - I keep looking at my damson gin longingly and I only started...

Thanks Mrs Moustoir, yep, please let me know what you think of your home grown. The ones in the restaurant must have been boiled and pureed cos I thought they were mashed potatoes to start with :oops: I think in the meantime I might nip and buy some from the local farmers shop to test out the family...

I rinse out, dry and then crush my egg shells to put around the raised bed dedicated to lettuce - it doesn't stop all slugs but is damage limitation. I like the idea that my chucks not only provide food but their droppings accelerate my compost and the shells prevent slugs - what clever girls! I als...

Hello everyone.

I went out for a lovely meal last night and tried (and liked) celeriac for the first time. Thinking of fitting into my growing plan for next year but wondered if anyone had any advice on growing and cooking it. Is it easy?

Cheers me ducks..Our Gert.

oldfella wrote:Hi Gert hows Daisy, Ex Clophill many years ago

Hi oldfella, we're in Southill, did a walk around Clophill with the dog a few weeks ago, went up to the old church ruins on top of the hill...spooky!

Thanks for the advice. I've decided to go with the sugar, I prefer my tooth enamel intact

Our Gert.

Hi everyone, registered tonight so please be gentle with me!!!! Having 4 apple trees in the garden we have decided to have a go at cider making this year. I want to give the Ish Scrumpy recipe a try - my dad made some scrumpy once and it was beautiful. The recipe here says to add the sugar but sugar...

Hello everyone, new to this forum lark! I live in a little village in Bedfordshire and I've been gradually developing and extending my veggie patch in the back garden for a few years now. It started as a narrow 4ft strip and now has 6 raised beds (my friends thought I was very strange having timber ...