We have a nice little piece in Feb's Country Living 'In the garden' page.
We didn't know anything about it until a friend emailed me last night, so it
was a lovely surprise in the cold and wet of winter! On the same page is a
new plant to me Hacquetia epipactis which apparently likes shade. It's lime
green with a yellow centre and looks idea for a darkish corner.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

On 15/1/09 15:10, in article ,
"Jennifer Sparkes" wrote:

The message
from Sacha contains these words:

We have a nice little piece in Feb's Country Living 'In the garden' page.
We didn't know anything about it until a friend emailed me last night, so it
was a lovely surprise in the cold and wet of winter! On the same page is a
new plant to me Hacquetia epipactis which apparently likes shade. It's lime
green with a yellow centre and looks idea for a darkish corner.

Great - must try and remember to get that tomorrow.

Yes Hacquetia epipactis is rather fun and early flowering. Mine seems to
have vanished, so it is now on the list of 'must gets'.

Jennifer

It's now on mine, too. I really like green flowers for some reason but that
lime colour is good at throwing everything else into relief.


--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

On Jan 15, 2:45*pm, Sacha wrote:
We have a nice little piece in Feb's Country Living 'In the garden' page.
We didn't know anything about it until a friend emailed me last night, so it
was a lovely surprise in the cold and wet of winter! *On the same page is a
new plant to me Hacquetia epipactis which apparently likes shade. *It's lime
green with a yellow centre and looks idea for a darkish corner.

--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

I went online to take a look and I can't find this month's
edition!!!!!!!!!

Any chance of cutting and pasting it??????????????????

Judith (p.s. I want your autograph now, before I have to queue for
it) :-)

On 15/1/09 17:39, in article
, "Judith
in France" wrote:

On Jan 15, 2:45*pm, Sacha wrote:
We have a nice little piece in Feb's Country Living 'In the garden' page.
We didn't know anything about it until a friend emailed me last night, so it
was a lovely surprise in the cold and wet of winter! *On the same page is a
new plant to me Hacquetia epipactis which apparently likes shade. *It's lime
green with a yellow centre and looks idea for a darkish corner.

--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

I went online to take a look and I can't find this month's
edition!!!!!!!!!

Any chance of cutting and pasting it??????????????????

I'll scan it in and email it to you.

Judith (p.s. I want your autograph now, before I have to queue for
it) :-)

In line! Remember, the credit's not mine! I'm pleased the web site is
getting known because judging by myself and my shopping habits, I think it
must be the way forward for a lot of businesses. Can't remember if I posted
this but we were talking to the head of a large and well known SW nursery
who said that 60% of their business is now done mail order.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

On 15/1/09 22:36, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:16:22 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 15/1/09 17:39, in article
, "Judith
in France" wrote:

On Jan 15, 2:45*pm, Sacha wrote:
We have a nice little piece in Feb's Country Living 'In the garden' page.
We didn't know anything about it until a friend emailed me last night, so
it
was a lovely surprise in the cold and wet of winter! *On the same page is a
new plant to me Hacquetia epipactis which apparently likes shade. *It's
lime
green with a yellow centre and looks idea for a darkish corner.

--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

I went online to take a look and I can't find this month's
edition!!!!!!!!!

Any chance of cutting and pasting it??????????????????

I'll scan it in and email it to you.

Me too, please.

Okay. All I have to do is remember to bring it upstairs from
downstairs....... ;-))

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

On Jan 15, 11:05*pm, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:48:02 +0000, Sacha wrote:
On 15/1/09 22:36, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:16:22 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 15/1/09 17:39, in article
, "Judith
in France" wrote:

On Jan 15, 2:45*pm, Sacha wrote:
We have a nice little piece in Feb's Country Living 'In the garden' page.
We didn't know anything about it until a friend emailed me last night, so
it
was a lovely surprise in the cold and wet of winter! *On the same page is a
new plant to me Hacquetia epipactis which apparently likes shade. *It's
lime
green with a yellow centre and looks idea for a darkish corner.

--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

I went online to take a look and I can't find this month's
edition!!!!!!!!!

Any chance of cutting and pasting it??????????????????

I'll scan it in and email it to you.

Me too, please.

Okay. *All I have to do is remember to bring it upstairs from
downstairs....... *;-))

and put it in the scanner face down

Did you watch Victorian Farm? They showed how to store mangold worzels in a
clamp in winter. You can do the same thing with potatoes and other root
vegetables. AFAIR the straw was covered with a *layer of earth.

http://www.aardappelpagina.nl/explor...orageclamp.htm
--

Martin

I watched that last night, it was fascinating, but what hard work!!!
In Norfolk, where I used to live, it was a common practice to store
root veggies, i.e. carrots in this way.

Sacha kindly sent me the scanned item. Ray and the Nursery seem
pretty famous, did you see him on t.v. when he as talking to Angela
whatshername?

Judith

Judith

On Jan 16, 11:25*am, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:11:35 -0800 (PST), Judith in France



wrote:
On Jan 15, 11:05*pm, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:48:02 +0000, Sacha wrote:
On 15/1/09 22:36, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:16:22 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 15/1/09 17:39, in article
, "Judith
in France" wrote:

On Jan 15, 2:45*pm, Sacha wrote:
We have a nice little piece in Feb's Country Living 'In the garden' page.
We didn't know anything about it until a friend emailed me last night, so
it
was a lovely surprise in the cold and wet of winter! *On the same page is a
new plant to me Hacquetia epipactis which apparently likes shade.. *It's
lime
green with a yellow centre and looks idea for a darkish corner.

--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

I went online to take a look and I can't find this month's
edition!!!!!!!!!

Any chance of cutting and pasting it??????????????????

I'll scan it in and email it to you.

Me too, please.

Okay. *All I have to do is remember to bring it upstairs from
downstairs....... *;-))

and put it in the scanner face down

Did you watch Victorian Farm? They showed how to store mangold worzels in a
clamp in winter. You can do the same thing with potatoes and other root
vegetables. AFAIR the straw was covered with a *layer of earth.

http://www.aardappelpagina.nl/explor...orageclamp.htm
--

Martin

I watched that last night, it was fascinating, but what hard work!!!
In Norfolk, where I used to live, it was a common practice to store
root veggies, i.e. carrots in this way.

Sacha kindly sent me the scanned item. *Ray and the Nursery seem
pretty famous, did you see him on t.v. when he as talking to Angela
whatshername?

In the 1940s, we had a *wash house attached to our cottage and similar things in
it to those shown on the programme I think she exaggerated how hard and how long
the washing took. Central to the whole process was a coal/wood fired copper
boiler which I think the programme omitted to mention
Certainly my mother didn't devote most of her waking hours to washing clothes
and the dolly/peggy stick didn't need enormous strength to operate, my brother
and I used to take turns with it. I don't believe any woman in her right mind
spent winter evenings in an unheated bedroom doing embroidery by oil lamp..

All the farm machinery they have shown so far was still in use in 1940s post war
England, except a tractor was used to drive the threshing machine.
--

Martin

Martin, is this a series of programmes?

Judith

On 16/1/09 11:11, in article
, "Judith
in France" wrote:

On Jan 15, 11:05*pm, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:48:02 +0000, Sacha wrote:
On 15/1/09 22:36, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:16:22 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

On 15/1/09 17:39, in article
, "Judith
in France" wrote:

On Jan 15, 2:45*pm, Sacha wrote:
We have a nice little piece in Feb's Country Living 'In the garden'
page.
We didn't know anything about it until a friend emailed me last night,
so
it
was a lovely surprise in the cold and wet of winter! *On the same page
is a
new plant to me Hacquetia epipactis which apparently likes shade. *It's
lime
green with a yellow centre and looks idea for a darkish corner.

--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

I went online to take a look and I can't find this month's
edition!!!!!!!!!

Any chance of cutting and pasting it??????????????????

I'll scan it in and email it to you.

Me too, please.

Okay. *All I have to do is remember to bring it upstairs from
downstairs....... *;-))

and put it in the scanner face down

Did you watch Victorian Farm? They showed how to store mangold worzels in a
clamp in winter. You can do the same thing with potatoes and other root
vegetables. AFAIR the straw was covered with a *layer of earth.

http://www.aardappelpagina.nl/explor...orageclamp.htm
--

Martin

I watched that last night, it was fascinating, but what hard work!!!
In Norfolk, where I used to live, it was a common practice to store
root veggies, i.e. carrots in this way.

Sacha kindly sent me the scanned item. Ray and the Nursery seem
pretty famous, did you see him on t.v. when he as talking to Angela
whatshername?

Judith

You're hilarious! Christine Walkden!!


--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

On 15/1/09 23:05, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:48:02 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 15/1/09 22:36, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:16:22 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 15/1/09 17:39, in article
, "Judith
in France" wrote:

On Jan 15, 2:45*pm, Sacha wrote:
We have a nice little piece in Feb's Country Living 'In the garden' page.
We didn't know anything about it until a friend emailed me last night, so
it
was a lovely surprise in the cold and wet of winter! *On the same page is
a
new plant to me Hacquetia epipactis which apparently likes shade. *It's
lime
green with a yellow centre and looks idea for a darkish corner.

--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

I went online to take a look and I can't find this month's
edition!!!!!!!!!

Any chance of cutting and pasting it??????????????????

I'll scan it in and email it to you.

Me too, please.

Okay. All I have to do is remember to bring it upstairs from
downstairs....... ;-))

and put it in the scanner face down

Did you watch Victorian Farm? They showed how to store mangold worzels in a
clamp in winter. You can do the same thing with potatoes and other root
vegetables. AFAIR the straw was covered with a layer of earth.

http://www.aardappelpagina.nl/explor...orageclamp.htm

We watched part of it but it didn't really grab us. But I think I remember
my grandfather doing the 'clamp' thing.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

On 16/1/09 14:08, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:22:38 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 16/1/09 11:11, in article
, "Judith
in France" wrote:
snip

Sacha kindly sent me the scanned item. Ray and the Nursery seem
pretty famous, did you see him on t.v. when he as talking to Angela
whatshername?

Judith

You're hilarious! Christine Walkden!!

Judith was near enough the moment she mentioned Ray and TV I knew she meant
wozername.

You're as bad as each other. Must be all that living in furrin parts!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

On 16/1/09 14:10, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:23:14 +0000, Sacha wrote:
snip

Did you watch Victorian Farm? They showed how to store mangold worzels in a
clamp in winter. You can do the same thing with potatoes and other root
vegetables. AFAIR the straw was covered with a layer of earth.

http://www.aardappelpagina.nl/explor...orageclamp.htm

We watched part of it but it didn't really grab us. But I think I remember
my grandfather doing the 'clamp' thing.

Odd that their expert got it wrong LOL

Frost was mentioned repeatedly. Straw alone isn't sufficient to prevent frost
damage.

The answer lies in the sand.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:10:54 GMT, Jennifer Sparkes
wrote:

The message
from Sacha contains these words:

We have a nice little piece in Feb's Country Living 'In the garden' page.
We didn't know anything about it until a friend emailed me last night, so it
was a lovely surprise in the cold and wet of winter! On the same page is a
new plant to me Hacquetia epipactis which apparently likes shade. It's lime
green with a yellow centre and looks idea for a darkish corner.

Great - must try and remember to get that tomorrow.

Yes Hacquetia epipactis is rather fun and early flowering. Mine seems to
have vanished, so it is now on the list of 'must gets'.

Mine also disappeared after about 3 years!

Pam in Bristol

On 16/1/09 15:23, in article ,
"Pam Moore" wrote:

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:10:54 GMT, Jennifer Sparkes
wrote:

The message
from Sacha contains these words:

We have a nice little piece in Feb's Country Living 'In the garden' page.
We didn't know anything about it until a friend emailed me last night, so it
was a lovely surprise in the cold and wet of winter! On the same page is a
new plant to me Hacquetia epipactis which apparently likes shade. It's lime
green with a yellow centre and looks idea for a darkish corner.

Great - must try and remember to get that tomorrow.

Yes Hacquetia epipactis is rather fun and early flowering. Mine seems to
have vanished, so it is now on the list of 'must gets'.

Mine also disappeared after about 3 years!

Pam in Bristol

I wonder if it rotted in heavy rains? We lost a load of Corydalis that way
one bad year.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

On 16/1/09 15:57, in article ,
"AriesVal" wrote:

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:36:59 +0100, Martin wrote:

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:16:22 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 15/1/09 17:39, in article
, "Judith
in France" wrote:

On Jan 15, 2:45*pm, Sacha wrote:
We have a nice little piece in Feb's Country Living 'In the garden' page.
We didn't know anything about it until a friend emailed me last night, so
it
was a lovely surprise in the cold and wet of winter! *On the same page is
a
new plant to me Hacquetia epipactis which apparently likes shade. *It's
lime
green with a yellow centre and looks idea for a darkish corner.

--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

I went online to take a look and I can't find this month's
edition!!!!!!!!!

Any chance of cutting and pasting it??????????????????

I'll scan it in and email it to you.

Me too, please.

et mois

On its way - I hope!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

On Jan 16, 12:38*pm, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:26:29 -0800 (PST), Judith in France



wrote:
On Jan 16, 11:25*am, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:11:35 -0800 (PST), Judith in France

wrote:
On Jan 15, 11:05*pm, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:48:02 +0000, Sacha wrote:
On 15/1/09 22:36, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:16:22 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 15/1/09 17:39, in article
, "Judith
in France" wrote:

On Jan 15, 2:45*pm, Sacha wrote:
We have a nice little piece in Feb's Country Living 'In the garden' page.
We didn't know anything about it until a friend emailed me last night, so
it
was a lovely surprise in the cold and wet of winter! *On the same page is a
new plant to me Hacquetia epipactis which apparently likes shade. *It's
lime
green with a yellow centre and looks idea for a darkish corner.