On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:15:51 +0100, "Hamer Family"
wrote:

Does anybody here garden by biodynamics or the phases of the moon, I'm
thinking of giving it a try.


It's along the same lines - I can assure you that potatoes should only
be planted on Good Friday ;-)

In message , Judith M Smith
writes
On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:15:51 +0100, "Hamer Family"
wrote:

Does anybody here garden by biodynamics or the phases of the moon, I'm
thinking of giving it a try.


It's along the same lines - I can assure you that potatoes should only
be planted on Good Friday ;-)

When I were a lad it was always said that potatoes should be planted B4
Good Friday. This was nothing to do with growth - just to show that you
weren't a lazy sod.
--
hugh
It may be more complicated but is it better?

On 2009-07-28 17:58:05 +0100, Martin said:

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:45:39 +0100, Judith M Smith
wrote:

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:15:51 +0100, "Hamer Family"
wrote:

Does anybody here garden by biodynamics or the phases of the moon, I'm
thinking of giving it a try.


It's along the same lines - I can assure you that potatoes should only
be planted on Good Friday ;-)

and that the sun always passes in front of the sun at 3 pm on Good
Friday. I was
taught this at junior school.

Be fair - the man asked a reasonable question.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

On 2009-07-29 09:33:55 +0100, Martin said:

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:36:57 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2009-07-28 17:58:05 +0100, Martin said:

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:45:39 +0100, Judith M Smith
wrote:

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:15:51 +0100, "Hamer Family"
wrote:

Does anybody here garden by biodynamics or the phases of the moon, I'm
thinking of giving it a try.


It's along the same lines - I can assure you that potatoes should only
be planted on Good Friday ;-)

and that the sun always passes in front of the sun at 3 pm on Good
Friday. I was
taught this at junior school.

Be fair - the man asked a reasonable question.

He also got some very reasonable answers.

Not if they're along the lines of standing on one leg reciting The
Ancient Mariner while planting parsley! A lot of old gardening lore is
just that but it's been around for centries and seems to work.
Certainly, as it appears to respect the land I can't see any harm in
someone enquiring about it and/or trying it. After all, nitrates were
all the thing as can't-go-wrong, prouce-huge-crops fertilisers at one
time. People are re-thinking their attitudes to chemicals now and I
doubt many people would have predicted that back in the 60s.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

In message , Sacha
writes
On 2009-07-29 09:33:55 +0100, Martin said:

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:36:57 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2009-07-28 17:58:05 +0100, Martin said:

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:45:39 +0100, Judith M Smith

wrote:

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:15:51 +0100, "Hamer Family"
wrote:

Does anybody here garden by biodynamics or the phases of the
moon, I'm
thinking of giving it a try.
It's along the same lines - I can assure you that potatoes
should only
be planted on Good Friday ;-)
and that the sun always passes in front of the sun at 3 pm on Good
Friday. I was
taught this at junior school.
Be fair - the man asked a reasonable question.
He also got some very reasonable answers.

Not if they're along the lines of standing on one leg reciting The
Ancient Mariner while planting parsley! A lot of old gardening lore is
just that but it's been around for centries and seems to work.
Certainly, as it appears to respect the land I can't see any harm in
someone enquiring about it and/or trying it. After all, nitrates were
all the thing as can't-go-wrong, prouce-huge-crops fertilisers at one
time. People are re-thinking their attitudes to chemicals now and I
doubt many people would have predicted that back in the 60s.

Perhaps the singing is something to do with the plants liking the sound
of the gardener's voice (a bit like Prince Charles talking to his plants
- I talk to mine).

PS Didn't the cricket umpire, Sheppard (sp?) stand on one leg every time
a cricket score reached 111?
--
June Hughes

On 2009-07-29 11:43:40 +0100, June Hughes
said:

In message , Sacha
writes
On 2009-07-29 09:33:55 +0100, Martin said:

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:36:57 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2009-07-28 17:58:05 +0100, Martin said:

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:45:39 +0100, Judith M Smith
wrote:

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:15:51 +0100, "Hamer Family"
wrote:

Does anybody here garden by biodynamics or the phases of the moon, I'm
thinking of giving it a try.
It's along the same lines - I can assure you that potatoes should only
be planted on Good Friday ;-)
and that the sun always passes in front of the sun at 3 pm on Good
Friday. I was
taught this at junior school.
Be fair - the man asked a reasonable question.
He also got some very reasonable answers.

Not if they're along the lines of standing on one leg reciting The
Ancient Mariner while planting parsley! A lot of old gardening lore is
just that but it's been around for centries and seems to work.
Certainly, as it appears to respect the land I can't see any harm in
someone enquiring about it and/or trying it. After all, nitrates were
all the thing as can't-go-wrong, prouce-huge-crops fertilisers at one
time. People are re-thinking their attitudes to chemicals now and I
doubt many people would have predicted that back in the 60s.

Perhaps the singing is something to do with the plants liking the sound
of the gardener's voice (a bit like Prince Charles talking to his
plants - I talk to mine).

Didn't the pundits tell us it was something to do with carbon dioxide?
I certainly talk to mine and when I had bees, I always told them if
something momentous happened in the family.

PS Didn't the cricket umpire, Sheppard (sp?) stand on one leg every
time a cricket score reached 111?

!!

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

June Hughes writes
Perhaps the singing is something to do with the plants liking the sound
of the gardener's voice (a bit like Prince Charles talking to his
plants - I talk to mine).

I think the talking thing works simply because you pay a bit more
attention to your plants and spot problems a bit earlier.

--
Kay

In message , K
writes
June Hughes writes
Perhaps the singing is something to do with the plants liking the
sound of the gardener's voice (a bit like Prince Charles talking to
his plants - I talk to mine).

I think the talking thing works simply because you pay a bit more
attention to your plants and spot problems a bit earlier.

Probably.
--
June Hughes

In message , K
writes
June Hughes writes
Perhaps the singing is something to do with the plants liking the
sound of the gardener's voice (a bit like Prince Charles talking to
his plants - I talk to mine).

I think the talking thing works simply because you pay a bit more
attention to your plants and spot problems a bit earlier.

I don't talk to mine, I listen to them.
Otherwise you get the old nag, nag, nag of "You never listen to anything
I say".
Sound familiar?
--
Gordon H
Remove "invalid" to reply

In message , Gordon H
writes
In message , K
writes
June Hughes writes
Perhaps the singing is something to do with the plants liking the
sound of the gardener's voice (a bit like Prince Charles talking to
his plants - I talk to mine).

I think the talking thing works simply because you pay a bit more
attention to your plants and spot problems a bit earlier.

I don't talk to mine, I listen to them.
Otherwise you get the old nag, nag, nag of "You never listen to
anything I say".
Sound familiar?
G
--
June Hughes

On 2009-07-29 12:11:04 +0100, Martin said:

On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:01:40 +0100, K wrote:

June Hughes writes
Perhaps the singing is something to do with the plants liking the sound
of the gardener's voice (a bit like Prince Charles talking to his
plants - I talk to mine).

I think the talking thing works simply because you pay a bit more
attention to your plants and spot problems a bit earlier.

In Prince Charles case it could be because he pays an enormous staff to do his
gardening and has the bill paid by the state.

Martin, come now, that's nonsense. Like all Princes of Wales, his
income comes from the Duchy of Cornwall and he isn't on the Civil List,
so gets nothing from the State, other than the expenses he incurs at
the behest of the government of the day. He has several gardeners and
does as much as he can himself when he can, because he enjoys it.
People go to see the garden and pay for the prvilege and all the money
goes to one of his charities, not to the upkeep of the garden.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:11:39 +0100, Sacha wrote:

In Prince Charles case it could be because he pays an enormous staff to do his
gardening and has the bill paid by the state.

Martin, come now, that's nonsense. Like all Princes of Wales, his
income comes from the Duchy of Cornwall and he isn't on the Civil List,
so gets nothing from the State, other than the expenses he incurs at
the behest of the government of the day.

I think you'll find that your statement is not entirely correct.

Almost £2million of grant aid went on a Clarence House refit, paid by
the taxpayer in 2002.

He is estimated to have received £3 million from the taxpayer in 2002
and I don't suppose he's milking the system for much less these days.

Please see :-

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...0m-542293.html


--
®óñ© © ²°¹°-°¹

"June Hughes" wrote in message
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In message , Sacha
writes
On 2009-07-29 09:33:55 +0100, Martin said:

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:36:57 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2009-07-28 17:58:05 +0100, Martin said:

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:45:39 +0100, Judith M Smith

wrote:

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:15:51 +0100, "Hamer Family"
wrote:

Does anybody here garden by biodynamics or the phases of the moon,
I'm
thinking of giving it a try.
It's along the same lines - I can assure you that potatoes should
only
be planted on Good Friday ;-)
and that the sun always passes in front of the sun at 3 pm on Good
Friday. I was
taught this at junior school.
Be fair - the man asked a reasonable question.
He also got some very reasonable answers.

Not if they're along the lines of standing on one leg reciting The Ancient
Mariner while planting parsley! A lot of old gardening lore is just that
but it's been around for centries and seems to work. Certainly, as it
appears to respect the land I can't see any harm in someone enquiring
about it and/or trying it. After all, nitrates were all the thing as
can't-go-wrong, prouce-huge-crops fertilisers at one time. People are
re-thinking their attitudes to chemicals now and I doubt many people would
have predicted that back in the 60s.

Perhaps the singing is something to do with the plants liking the sound of
the gardener's voice (a bit like Prince Charles talking to his plants - I
talk to mine).




If you talk to your plants you would be breathing out carbon dioxide,
inexchange for which they will put up with your 'witty banter' or l.o.b.


mark

On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:30:23 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2009-07-29 09:33:55 +0100, Martin said:

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:36:57 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2009-07-28 17:58:05 +0100, Martin said:

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:45:39 +0100, Judith M Smith
wrote:

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:15:51 +0100, "Hamer Family"
wrote:

Does anybody here garden by biodynamics or the phases of the moon, I'm
thinking of giving it a try.


It's along the same lines - I can assure you that potatoes should only
be planted on Good Friday ;-)

and that the sun always passes in front of the sun at 3 pm on Good
Friday. I was
taught this at junior school.

Be fair - the man asked a reasonable question.

He also got some very reasonable answers.

Not if they're along the lines of standing on one leg reciting The
Ancient Mariner while planting parsley! A lot of old gardening lore is
just that but it's been around for centries and seems to work.
Certainly, as it appears to respect the land I can't see any harm in
someone enquiring about it and/or trying it. After all, nitrates were
all the thing as can't-go-wrong, prouce-huge-crops fertilisers at one
time. People are re-thinking their attitudes to chemicals now and I
doubt many people would have predicted that back in the 60s.


I can assure you that the post re planting of potatoes on Good Friday
was deadly serious. It was (and is) the done thing.

--

Vote NO to the proposed group uk.rec.cycling.moderated aka uk.rec.cycling.censored

On 2009-07-30 00:42:29 +0100, Judith M Smith said:

On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:30:23 +0100, Sacha wrote:
snip

Not if they're along the lines of standing on one leg reciting The
Ancient Mariner while planting parsley! A lot of old gardening lore is
just that but it's been around for centries and seems to work.
Certainly, as it appears to respect the land I can't see any harm in
someone enquiring about it and/or trying it. After all, nitrates were
all the thing as can't-go-wrong, prouce-huge-crops fertilisers at one
time. People are re-thinking their attitudes to chemicals now and I
doubt many people would have predicted that back in the 60s.


I can assure you that the post re planting of potatoes on Good Friday
was deadly serious. It was (and is) the done thing.


I'm not scoffing though I thought that was the lore for parsley, not
potatoes. Growers in Jersey plant a lot earlier than Easter so much
depends on the climate. I would think that long-establlished farming
families have figured out the best thing to do for their soil and their
climate and there's no harm I can see in gardeners experimenting on
their own patch of the planet.

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon