A beautiful day, worked hard in the garden. Prepared a seed bed and
sowed pickling onions, lettuce and beetroot. Similarly planted main crop
potatoes. All these were fed chicken manure and growmore. On returning
my tools etc. to the garage, there was the growmore, bl**dy laughing at
me, I'd used lawn spring feed, weed and moss killer instead. I accept
there is not much hope for me, but what about the garden?
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Broadback wrote:
A beautiful day, worked hard in the garden. Prepared a seed bed and
sowed pickling onions, lettuce and beetroot. Similarly planted main crop
potatoes. All these were fed chicken manure and growmore. On returning
my tools etc. to the garage, there was the growmore, bl**dy laughing at
me, I'd used lawn spring feed, weed and moss killer instead. I accept
there is not much hope for me, but what about the garden?
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You could try watering and watering and watering and watering. And
then some more watering. And pray for rain. I do hope you're not in a
hosepipe ban area. I'd suggest you keep these things entirely separate
if you can, in future. I know that's not much comfort now but if you
CAN lock away in a cupboard the things you don't want to use in error,
it will make your life easier. Also, get two differently coloured
sprayers for weed killer and plant feeders.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon

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A beautiful day, worked hard in the garden. Prepared a seed bed and sowed
pickling onions, lettuce and beetroot. Similarly planted main crop
potatoes. All these were fed chicken manure and growmore. On returning my
tools etc. to the garage, there was the growmore, bl**dy laughing at me,
I'd used lawn spring feed, weed and moss killer instead. I accept there is
not much hope for me, but what about the garden?
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You have my deepest sympathy and total admiration for announcing to the
world what a Prat you have been:-)
I agree with Sacha's comments and I do not think all is lost. The feed bit
of weed/feed will be fine. The weed bit if hosed off the leaves should be
OK-but you need to be quick.
I trust you will accept advice from an idiot who once filled his car
radiator with petrol.

Janet Baraclough wrote:
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from "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" contains these words:

I trust you will accept advice from an idiot who once filled his car
radiator with petrol.

Curious minds want to know..did you think you were filling a petrol
tank, or did you know it was a radiator but thought the petrol was
water?

Or had he, in fact, merely mislaid his bicycle?
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon

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The message
from "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" contains these words:

I trust you will accept advice from an idiot who once filled his car
radiator with petrol.

Curious minds want to know..did you think you were filling a petrol
tank, or did you know it was a radiator but thought the petrol was
water?

Janet

Well, it was like this honest. The car was a rear engine sports job and the
radiator filler top thingy and the petrol cap were within a foot of each
other. I admit the petrol cap was on the side of the car and the radiator
cap inside the engine. Both petrol and water were needed, it was very early
in the morning and my brain had not woken up. Fortunately I did not put
water in the petrol,however, I will admit to filling it up a few years later
with diesel.

Well, it was like this honest. The car was a rear engine sports job and
the
radiator filler top thingy and the petrol cap were within a foot of each
other. I admit the petrol cap was on the side of the car and the radiator
cap inside the engine. Both petrol and water were needed, it was very
early
in the morning and my brain had not woken up. Fortunately I did not put
water in the petrol,however, I will admit to filling it up a few years
later
with diesel.



C5 for you next time ? ;-))

Mike


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Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote:
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A beautiful day, worked hard in the garden. Prepared a seed bed and sowed
pickling onions, lettuce and beetroot. Similarly planted main crop
potatoes. All these were fed chicken manure and growmore. On returning my
tools etc. to the garage, there was the growmore, bl**dy laughing at me,
I'd used lawn spring feed, weed and moss killer instead. I accept there is
not much hope for me, but what about the garden?
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You have my deepest sympathy and total admiration for announcing to the
world what a Prat you have been:-)
I agree with Sacha's comments and I do not think all is lost. The feed bit
of weed/feed will be fine. The weed bit if hosed off the leaves should be
OK-but you need to be quick.
I trust you will accept advice from an idiot who once filled his car
radiator with petrol.


Thanks for the sympathy and advice, am I to understand the the weed bit
only works on existing leaves? If so then as the seeds and spuds have
not yet started growing that I may be ok? I am afraid that hosing with
lots of water is not viable. :-) It is wet here this am, but not really
raining, just that horrible almost mist fine drizzle, enough to make it
not worthwhile to go for a walk in the Peak District as planned.

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Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote:
"Broadback" wrote in message
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A beautiful day, worked hard in the garden. Prepared a seed bed and
sowed pickling onions, lettuce and beetroot. Similarly planted main crop
potatoes. All these were fed chicken manure and growmore. On returning
my tools etc. to the garage, there was the growmore, bl**dy laughing at
me, I'd used lawn spring feed, weed and moss killer instead. I accept
there is not much hope for me, but what about the garden?
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You have my deepest sympathy and total admiration for announcing to the
world what a Prat you have been:-)
I agree with Sacha's comments and I do not think all is lost. The feed
bit of weed/feed will be fine. The weed bit if hosed off the leaves
should be OK-but you need to be quick.
I trust you will accept advice from an idiot who once filled his car
radiator with petrol.
Thanks for the sympathy and advice, am I to understand the the weed bit
only works on existing leaves? If so then as the seeds and spuds have not
yet started growing that I may be ok? I am afraid that hosing with lots
of water is not viable. :-) It is wet here this am, but not really
raining, just that horrible almost mist fine drizzle, enough to make it
not worthwhile to go for a walk in the Peak District as planned.

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I do not know for sure because there are a few brands of "weed and feed".
Did this one contain a moss killer? You might get away with it even without
watering-but if I were you I would pray for torrential rain.

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"Broadback" wrote in message
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A beautiful day, worked hard in the garden. Prepared a seed bed and sowed
pickling onions, lettuce and beetroot. Similarly planted main crop
potatoes. All these were fed chicken manure and growmore. On returning my
tools etc. to the garage, there was the growmore, bl**dy laughing at me,
I'd used lawn spring feed, weed and moss killer instead. I accept there is
not much hope for me, but what about the garden?
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as all Emails are deleted before opened.

You have my deepest sympathy and total admiration for announcing to the
world what a Prat you have been:-)
I agree with Sacha's comments and I do not think all is lost. The feed bit
of weed/feed will be fine. The weed bit if hosed off the leaves should be
OK-but you need to be quick.
I trust you will accept advice from an idiot who once filled his car
radiator with petrol.

**********
You want to go a wee bit easier when you indulge yourself with the
puggle~pani, Rupe!.
Nemmind, eh?. you gave me a gusto laff when I was feeling a bit "downish".
One cold winter's morning I was proceeding down a narrow country road when I
had to stop because a chap going the other way suddenly stopped, leaped out
of his car, flung the bonnet up, stripped off his coat and started thrashing
the engine with the coat . I was lucky to get over to him quickly with my
trusty fire extinguisher and quickly subdued the flames and black smoke..The
problem was that he lived in a tiny village and had no garage so he parked
outside as usual but had put a large heavy sack under the bonnet and over
the engine to keep the frost out.. Next morning he forgot about it and drove
off. There must have been petrol vapour under there causing a stray spark
under the sacking..
He was lucky to have avoided a complete burn-out.
Doug.
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