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Give your cabbages some lime.

How, please?

Spread lime on ground, dig in. If bought from a garden supplier it
should have instructions with it. Otherwise, just scatter the powder so
that you can still see what's underneath.

For cabbage and most of its family, you can't overlime.

Cauliflowers will be happy with their feet in neat muck though.

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My father always said that putting manure down would result in an
allotment full of weeds. No idea if this is true or not. Anyone got an
opinion?

True, but when hoed in they add to the soil structure.....

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If I paint myself blue and dance naked under a full moon, will
it guarantee that the next solstice will occur?

Say when and where.

The next solstice will be overpopulated.

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The message
from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:

If I paint myself blue and dance naked under a full moon, will
it guarantee that the next solstice will occur?

Say when and where.

The next solstice will be overpopulated.

The next solstice will occur on December 21st. when our (overpopulated)
planet completes its cycle around the sun and begins a new one.
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from (Alastair) contains these words:

My father always said that putting manure down would result in an
allotment full of weeds. No idea if this is true or not. Anyone got an
opinion?

True, but when hoed in they add to the soil structure.....

Thanks for all the replies, chaps.

Alastair