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Samstan
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 Posted - 04/02/2011 : 07:47:20
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Its not long now until Spring will be upon us. I'll be planting out my early Broad beans in a couple of weeks (weather permitting) and starting my sprouts inside.
I've got all my seeds ready and this year I'm trying Asparagus peas http://www.unwins.co.uk/asparagus-pea-seeds-pid1111.html for the first time. They look pretty if nothing else. I'm also going to give Swede a go as we've been a bit short of homegrown winter veg this year (the early snow ruined my brocolli).
Is anybody else trying anything different this year, or tempted to try growing their own for the first time? Does anybody have any useful hints and tips? |
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pierre
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Posted - 04/02/2011 : 09:18:38
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Going for a tump of potatos, carrots, chilli and the like. Bought a small green house, and getting ready for the spring to spring into action :-)
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Samstan
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Posted - 21/03/2011 : 07:48:02
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| Things starting to happen! A few of my broad beans are now peaking through as are half a dozen of my peas. Sprouts are in the greenhouse along with sweet peas. Beetroot planted a couple of weeks back but no sign yet, carrots, parsnips and turnip seeds all went in yesterday. My tomatoes, marigolds and more sweet peas are in the propogator as is my chilli seedling. Nothing to do for a couple of weeks now but wait (with fingers crossed) for seeds to germinate! |
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cupcake
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Posted - 21/03/2011 : 12:42:53
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Samstan ,you can t beat fresh vegetables from the garden,my late Father use to have his own allotments and one of my favourites was rhubarb ........lovely  |
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Samstan
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Posted - 22/03/2011 : 07:08:32
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You certainly can't cupcake! It definitely tastes better than Supermarket veg. I think its because they need to use fast growing, high yield types of veg where as, for example, I can grow carrots that may take a bit longer but have a better flavour.
I've not tried Rhubarb yet. My garden is all raised beds as I have a bad back. I have one bed that I planted 6 Asparagus crowns in last spring and I have a bad feeling that the early bad weather before I could fleece the bed may have killled them off. If so, then Rhubarb is going in instead!
I've tried some more fruit in large pots/ tubs this year and have added a dwarf plum tree, dwarf cherry tree, raspberry canes, a Goji berry bush, a redcurrant and a couple of honeyberry plants (no idea what these last 2 taste of but the plants were on special offer!). I already had blackcurrant, whitecurrant, loads of strawberries, bluberry bushes and a lingonberry plant. So hopefully I'll have my own fruit as well as verg this year. |
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cupcake
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Posted - 22/03/2011 : 09:12:06
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| Another favourite of mine was gooseberry tart ,my Father use to have loads and loads of gooseberries in the garden ........gooseberries and cutard.....gorgeous.. |
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tarkus
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Posted - 25/03/2011 : 10:45:04
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I got rhubarb in the garden been coming back every year for yonks
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cupcake
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Posted - 25/03/2011 : 12:46:23
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Originally posted by tarkus
I got rhubarb in the garden been coming back every year for yonks
Can you make rhubarb tart then tarkus ?  |
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pierre
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Posted - 25/03/2011 : 12:54:21
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..and you lot thought it would never happen (the same as me....)
See belows for Pierre's Flowers (well, seeds right now....)
Stuck in pots (is that the right wording ?) last weekend.....
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cupcake
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Posted - 25/03/2011 : 13:13:42
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| Well done Pierre,bet you are pleased .... |
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tarkus
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Posted - 25/03/2011 : 17:25:00
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Originally posted by cupcake
quote:
Originally posted by tarkus
I got rhubarb in the garden been coming back every year for yonks
Can you make rhubarb tart then tarkus ?
nah just have it with custard,a neighbour said he puts horse manure on his....i'l stick with the custard
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tarkus
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Posted - 25/03/2011 : 17:27:02
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quote:
Originally posted by pierre
..and you lot thought it would never happen (the same as me....)
See belows for Pierre's Flowers (well, seeds right now....)
Stuck in pots (is that the right wording ?) last weekend.....
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Awww sweet mary jane
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Samstan
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Posted - 26/03/2011 : 06:13:14
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| Stuck in pots is rather a course way of describing it Lovingly planted is how I would describe it Looks good whatever you call it Pierre! |
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pierre
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Posted - 26/03/2011 : 15:50:35
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HOLD EVERYTHING !
Da Da Da Da Da Da Darrrrrrrrr
Pierre's Greenhouse Thingy
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fredd
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Posted - 26/03/2011 : 17:40:17
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quote:
Originally posted by pierre
HOLD EVERYTHING !
Da Da Da Da Da Da Darrrrrrrrr
Pierre's Greenhouse Thingy
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Is that the new outside ferterlizing house   |
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pierre
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Posted - 26/03/2011 : 18:32:33
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bad boy, naughty boy, to your bed  |
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fredd
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Posted - 26/03/2011 : 18:48:12
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| As Roy Walker would say on Catchphrase SAY What You SEE |
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cktc
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Posted - 29/03/2011 : 21:28:51
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| Pierre make sure your greenhouse is tethered well or high wind will wreck it. Don't just rely on the tethers that come with it. I know because mine was shredded even though I had pinned it down and used the tethers. |
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pierre
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Posted - 30/03/2011 : 13:41:45
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Well the dog has discovered it now, so its getting eaten bit by bit 
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pierre
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Posted - 28/08/2011 : 18:08:26
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...,and here it is......
O yes 
Produce from Pierre's Farm
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cupcake
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Posted - 28/08/2011 : 18:58:30
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| pierre well done .....they look really good ! |
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tarkus
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Posted - 30/08/2011 : 18:01:44
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chilli pepper,taquila time
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2011 Growing Season Starting Soon!
