I was in Homebase today and they have a brand new range of seeds out
which is predomently vegetables . The difference from previous seasons
is that they have several different viareties of each vegetables .

It just goes to show how fashions change as I am one of those people
caught up in the new obsession for growing plants and preferably ones
that are edible

I love it , I get great enjoyment from growing .

I don't know whether it because I turned 37 this year or whether it's
because I have 2 children the youngest being 8 months .

It's just that I have found great enjoyment from it recently and my
favourite TV programme instead of Men behaving badly is now Gardeners
world . Just can't beat it on a friday night with glass of wine

"Gardening_Convert" wrote ...
I was in Homebase today and they have a brand new range of seeds out
which is predomently vegetables . The difference from previous seasons
is that they have several different viareties of each vegetables .

It just goes to show how fashions change as I am one of those people
caught up in the new obsession for growing plants and preferably ones
that are edible

I love it , I get great enjoyment from growing .

I don't know whether it because I turned 37 this year or whether it's
because I have 2 children the youngest being 8 months .

It's just that I have found great enjoyment from it recently and my
favourite TV programme instead of Men behaving badly is now Gardeners
world . Just can't beat it on a friday night with glass of wine

Just as long as you don't do what Bob Flowerdew does and cover the ground
with carpet and plastic. I've been spending the last few weeks digging out
the very same, but rotten, from our "new" allotment together with a buried
brick path running the length of it and various broken bottles, smashed
pots, discarded pea netting, crushed cans, lengths of poly string etc.
Messy gardeners should be shot, we only hold the soil in trust for future
generations.

--
Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London

Bob Hobden wrote:
Just as long as you don't do what Bob Flowerdew does and cover the ground
with carpet and plastic. I've been spending the last few weeks digging out
the very same, but rotten, from our "new" allotment together with a buried
brick path running the length of it and various broken bottles, smashed
pots, discarded pea netting, crushed cans, lengths of poly string etc.
Messy gardeners should be shot, we only hold the soil in trust for future
generations.

The first time I had a plot I remember an old Irish man stopping in
front of my fence and mutering to himself. I couldn't understand what
he was on about but eventually he said^^yelled "carpets are for the
house, not the f******* garden!".

And you forgot to add 'old jumpers and tights'. I've found so many -
once I thought I was pulling on a body shivers. I pass my old plot to
my friend who this year had the Best Organic Plot Award for Old
Trafford. I did love that plot with 3 apple trees, 2 plums, 2 cherries,
20 red currants, blackcurrants, rubbarbs but only two small beds for
vegs and a circle of high grass for the lazy days. We had built the
best shed you've ever seen, with a trap for the children and an
observation roof (mainly used for my boys to jump from).

Eventually my new plot will get there. In time )

"La puce" wrote in message
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The first time I had a plot I remember an old Irish man stopping in
front of my fence and mutering to himself. I couldn't understand what
he was on about but eventually he said^^yelled "carpets are for the
house, not the f******* garden!".

And you forgot to add 'old jumpers
Eventually my new plot will get there. In time )

Snip.....the best rhubarb I ever had was above buried woolen jumpers.....use
all of my old woolies for the likes.....must admit wool not that 'substitute
stuff'....H

middleton.walker wrote:
And you forgot to add 'old jumpers
Eventually my new plot will get there. In time )

Snip.....the best rhubarb I ever had was above buried woolen jumpers.....use
all of my old woolies for the likes.....must admit wool not that 'substitute
stuff'....H

Indeed. The best trick for rhubarb )

What bothers me is plastic. I do have a problem with plastic. My friend
gave me a picture of a seagul, very young with it's bellie opened and
you could see inside the poor bird hundreds of plastic bits, from
lighters to bottle tops. The bird had been fed this by its mother,
which in turn had got it from the fish. It's so sad.

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...
: Just as long as you don't do what Bob Flowerdew does and cover the ground
: with carpet
: Regards
: Bob
: In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London

Bob doesn't do that anymore according to what he said a couple of weeks ago
because of some research that shows that poisons can leech into the soil
from old carpets

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from "La puce" contains these words:

/snip/

We had built the
best shed you've ever seen, with a trap for the children and an
observation roof (mainly used for my boys to jump from).

Can't have built *THE* best shed I've ever seen - I built that.

It started life as a potting shed on the end of the garage, then, in my
mid teens I extended it back, then I extended it to one side, then I
built a chimney stack and big fireplace, then, in my late teens I
extended it out the back, with a secret door covered in shelves of
things like small drums of grease, Gunk, oilcans, Duraglit, etc to hide
the lathe and its tools which lived behind it.

The bit where the lathe lived had glass panels in the roof and no
windows in the walls, to baffle any theiving scrotes who might nose
round - mind you, the bull terror was probably more of a deterrent.

At one time it had twenty motorcycles in it - eighteen of them
roadworthy - and still room to work at the bench.

--
Rusty
horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...
Just as long as you don't do what Bob Flowerdew does and cover the
ground with carpet and plastic. I've been spending the last few
weeks digging out the very same, but rotten, from our "new"
allotment together with a buried brick path running the length of it
and various broken bottles, smashed pots, discarded pea netting,
crushed cans, lengths of poly string etc.
Messy gardeners should be shot, we only hold the soil in trust for
future generations.

Even after nearly 30 yrs here we're still clearing rubbish and failed
ideas. Can't believe how much work folks are prepared to put into
ruining soil ;~{{
*And* they did it without tractors, trailers, mini diggers etc.
--
Rod

My real address is rodtheweedygardeneratmyweedyisp
Just remove the weedy bits
and transplant the appropriate symbol at.

What bothers me is plastic. I do have a problem with plastic. My friend
gave me a picture of a seagul, very young with it's bellie opened and
you could see inside the poor bird hundreds of plastic bits, from
lighters to bottle tops. The bird had been fed this by its mother,
which in turn had got it from the fish. It's so sad.

Totally agree. And plastic looks nasty. We have banned it from our
garden which needs a bit of planning but it can be done. The only bit we
have left now is fruit cage netting (just a cost thing) and garden hose
- can't find the old black ribbed rubber hose any more. Unless you know
different...

Andrew Hickley wrote:
Totally agree. And plastic looks nasty. We have banned it from our
garden which needs a bit of planning but it can be done. The only bit we
have left now is fruit cage netting (just a cost thing) and garden hose
- can't find the old black ribbed rubber hose any more. Unless you know
different...

No. Sadly I think when the plastic/pvc hose pipes arrived and were so
light, every gardeners went for it perhaps too tired of lifting the
heavy rubber ones. It's amusing to see everywhere we look into our
lives we're looking at old stuff which was so natural. If I come across
one I'll tell you.

In article . com,
"La puce" wrote:

Andrew Hickley wrote:
Totally agree. And plastic looks nasty. We have banned it from our
garden which needs a bit of planning but it can be done. The only bit we
have left now is fruit cage netting (just a cost thing) and garden hose
- can't find the old black ribbed rubber hose any more. Unless you know
different...

No. Sadly I think when the plastic/pvc hose pipes arrived and were so
light, every gardeners went for it perhaps too tired of lifting the
heavy rubber ones. It's amusing to see everywhere we look into our
lives we're looking at old stuff which was so natural. If I come across
one I'll tell you.

Thanks! Rather embarrassingly, our vegetable garden has been appearing
on TV recently, but only in the Anglia TV region, on "A Wartime Winter"
with Paul Heiney. So, avoiding plastic in the garden can reap rewards in
the form of (modest) location fees!

Andrew Hickley wrote:
Thanks! Rather embarrassingly, our vegetable garden has been appearing
on TV recently, but only in the Anglia TV region, on "A Wartime Winter"
with Paul Heiney. So, avoiding plastic in the garden can reap rewards in
the form of (modest) location fees!

HOOooo how funny, us too! Beginning of last September, Granada TV used
our front garden and porch (bright pink and red with a wisteria around
it and lots of pots on the steps) to film The Stepfather with I'm
affraid I forgotten the name of the guys. All I remember is one was
'the builder' or perhaps 'the plasterer' or 'bricky' (??) in Coronation
Street and the other always plays a vilain. It was a great day with
tons of wires and people and vans. We also got a (modest) location fees
but my boys took the day off school just to enjoy the day. I worked at
the BBC for around 10 years. It was nice to be back in the showbiz
swing of things. My black cat Figaro featured in it, by accident. One
simply cannot commends cats about )

In article . com,
"La puce" wrote:

Andrew Hickley wrote:
Thanks! Rather embarrassingly, our vegetable garden has been appearing
on TV recently, but only in the Anglia TV region, on "A Wartime Winter"
with Paul Heiney. So, avoiding plastic in the garden can reap rewards in
the form of (modest) location fees!

HOOooo how funny, us too! Beginning of last September, Granada TV used
our front garden and porch (bright pink and red with a wisteria around
it and lots of pots on the steps) to film The Stepfather with I'm
affraid I forgotten the name of the guys. All I remember is one was
'the builder' or perhaps 'the plasterer' or 'bricky' (??) in Coronation
Street and the other always plays a vilain. It was a great day with
tons of wires and people and vans. We also got a (modest) location fees
but my boys took the day off school just to enjoy the day. I worked at
the BBC for around 10 years. It was nice to be back in the showbiz
swing of things. My black cat Figaro featured in it, by accident. One
simply cannot commends cats about )

Our young lurcher puppy appeared by accident in the first episode,
falling down a hole through not looking where she was going (I'm
convinced the editor left it is to provide content for future "bloopers"
programmes)! The chickens appear on a regular basis as does my other
half (she does the "cooking sketches"). My only appearance? The foot
doing the impression of the "Dig for Victory" poster which opens each
programme - not a career builder but never mind ;-)

Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

Can't have built *THE* best shed I've ever seen - I built that.

(snip)

I think I can remove you from the tender hooks now. Perhaps you're
right )

On 22/11/05 14:55, in article
, "La puce"
wrote:


Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

Can't have built *THE* best shed I've ever seen - I built that.

(snip)

I think I can remove you from the tender hooks now. Perhaps you're
right )

Tenterhooks - part of the process of making woollen cloth was to stretch it
on tenterhooks.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)