en-us Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:05:57 +0000 forum@oxle.com 60 http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/ Tredegar Forum http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/../ http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/images/tredegar1.gif 298 68 lilly@oxle.com http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=6774&REPLY_ID=28260 Gardeners Corner Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:32:32 +0000 http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6774 Quote:

I agree with samstan in that watering is the most vital ingrediant, but we feed with Phosphogen (sorry about spelling) about every 10 days.
And the other vital job is picking any that are big enough to eat, because this encourages the plant to produce more beans, and if you don't pick the plant wil not thrive. Hope this helps a little. We are picking about 7lbs of beans every four days.
The joke in our house at meal times is 'What are we having with the beans today Mam', lol.
Good Luck and Happy Picking
lilly]]> myriad@oxle.com http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=6419&REPLY_ID=27436 Gardeners Corner Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:26:11 +0000 http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6419 Quote:
Thank you for the info Samstan.[:)]]]> Samstan@oxle.com http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=5761&REPLY_ID=26577 Gardeners Corner Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:35:23 +0000 http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5761 Quote:
Things are coming on at last! the wind last night has killed a couple of my bush marrows and I was out at 10pm in the dark trying to protect the rest with plastic bottles and staking broad bean plants. I didn't have time to go down this morning but I'm hopeful that the rest has come through relatively unscathed.

I had my first salad (well mixed leaves and radish) out of the garden yesterday and should be picking beetroot, carrots and sugar snaps soon.

This is a list of what I'm growing this year:

4 different types of beetroot
Red Sprouts & Green Sprouts
2 types of Swiss Chard
3 types of Broad Bean
2 types of Mange Tout
Sugar Snap peas
2 types of normal peas
2 types of sprouting broccoli
a variety of radishes
a variety of salad leaves
5 different types of carrots
3 types of climbing French beans
2 types of dwarf French beans
3 types of Runner Beans
2 types of tomatoes
2 types of cucumber (1 normal salad type, 1 pickling gherkin type)
6 Asparagus crowns (won't be ready for 2 years though)
Chives & garlic chives
2 types of mint
2 types of sage
Oregano
3 types of strawberry
Blueberries
Black, red & white Currants
Gooseberry
Lingonberry
]]> morgan@oxle.com http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5833 Gardeners Corner Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:57:58 +0000 http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5833 4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds? Place a few slices of Cucumber in a small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long. The chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminum to give off a scent undetectable to humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the area.
]]> Bryan Rendell@oxle.com http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5780 Gardeners Corner Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:45:48 +0000 http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5780
A passer-by stopped to inquire how the priest's much-loved roses were growing.

"Not bad", said the priest.

"However, they suffer from a disease peculiar to this area known as the Black Death."

"What on earth is that?" asked the passer-by, anxious to increase his garden knowledge.

"Nuns with scissors !"

]]> lilly@oxle.com http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5544 Gardeners Corner Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:59:51 +0000 http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5544
God's Pharmacy! Amazing!
A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye... And YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.
Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.
A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.


Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries
Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.]]> Peregrine Honeydew@oxle.com http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=5210&REPLY_ID=23111 Gardeners Corner Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:56:17 +0000 http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5210 Quote:
Nice one Lilly.I'm putting together a little cold frame using aluminium sections for next year. I'll try putting cuc' slices on/in the sections to see if this works on the slugs and snails[:)]

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]]> aussiewelshman@oxle.com http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4890 Gardeners Corner Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:21:18 +0000 http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4890 Are You One Of The Blooming Best In Borough?
Source - WalesOnLine

HERE is the full list of Blaenau Gwent in Bloom winners:

l Commercial or Industrial Premises:

Commercial Frontage:

First: Mrs Lewis, The Coffee Shop, Abertillery

Second: Mrs Jenkins, CJ Accountancy, Brynmawr

Commercial Entire Display:

First: Gwent Shopping Centre, Tredegar

Industrial Entire Display:

First: Yuasa Batteries, Rassau

l Community Street:

First: Plymouth Arms, Tredegar

Individual House:

First: Mr Edwards, 80 Gwent Way, Tredegar

Second: Mr and Mrs Dean, 16 High Street, Six Bells

Third: Mr and Mrs Wall, The Old Morning Star, Ebbw Vale

l Hotel, Guest Houses and Public Houses:

First: Mike Newton, Nag's Head, Tredegar

Second: Stephen Jones, King William IV, Brynmawr

Third: Julie Seaward, Hobby Horse Inn, Brynmawr and Mr Hodgins, The Talisman, Brynmawr

l Parks, Open Spaces and Public/Private Building:

Public/Private Facility:

First: Woffington House, Tredegar

Second: Candy Stripes Day Nursery, Cwmcelyn, Blaina

Third: Llanhilleth Miners' Institute

Voluntary Group:

First: Brynmawr Town Centre Partnership, Market Hall and Square, Brynmawr

l Organic and Wildlife Garden:

First: Nina and Jeffrey Wall, The Old Morning Star, Ebbw Vale

Second: Bryngwyn Primary School, Six Bells

Third: Cath Chivers, Plot 20A Bishop Street Allotments, Abertillery

l Allotments:

Group:

First: Bishop Street Allotments, Abertillery

Second: Glanffrwyd Allotments, Ebbw Vale

Individual:

First: Mr Davies, Plot 25B/ 26B Bishop Street Allotments, Abertillery

Second: Cath Chivers, Plot 20A Bishop Street Allotments, Abertillery

Third: Mr Cooper, Duffryn Allotment, Abertillery

l Special Features:

First: Mr and Mrs Dean, 16 High Street, Six Bells

Second: Mrs Davies, 101 Gwent Way, Tredegar

Third: Mr and Mrs Turner, 16 Clydach Street, Brynmawr and Mrs Hodgins, 118 Worcester Street, Brynmawr

l Best New Entry:

First: Mr Howell, Flat 12B Castle Street, Tredegar

Second: Mr Shepherd, Glandovery House, Oliver Jones Crescent, Tredegar

Third: Mrs Powell, 4 Rhymney Road, Trefil

l Schools:

Primary:

First: Beaufort Hill Primary, Ebbw Vale

Second: Bryngwyn Primary, Abertillery

Third: Glyncoed Primary, Ebbw Vale

Secondary:

First: Nantyglo Comprehensive School

Second: Abertillery Comprehensive School

Special Needs Unit:

First: Bryngwyn Primary, Abertillery

Second: Nantyglo Comprehensive School

Third: Ystruth Primary, Blaina]]> missty@oxle.com http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=3572&REPLY_ID=21725 Gardeners Corner Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:48:23 +0000 http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3572 Quote:
hi, was wondering if the drainage pipe was still going maybe not after all this time but never know!]]> Samstan@oxle.com http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4778&REPLY_ID=21535 Gardeners Corner Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:25:42 +0000 http://www.tredegar.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4778 Quote:
Thanks Lilly. I did pull up the Broad beans as soon as I identified the problem and fortunately is doen't seem to have spread and we'd had a half decent crop off the Broad beans before they got infected. Still frustrating though! Next year we're putting the Brod beans slightly more spaced out and in the 2 small raised beds.

As for the butterflies - we're doing the same. Straight down the garden after work and scrapping eggs off and hunting for caterpillars. They seem to be on everything! Brassicas are taking the biggest hit obviously but I've even found caterpillars on the spikey leaves of my courgettes!

Pierre - stop making excuses ;-) Fixing and building jobs are better done when the weather isn't so good - you don't want to be fixing a fence when you could be having a BBQ and a beer do you!]]>