Are you totaly organic
Posted by: Spec - 15-12-2020, 05:56 PM - Replies (16)

Just wondering how many folks on this forum are totaly organic,  my self I do use chemical feeds basicly because I have them, though nowadays I grow my veg. organically the flower beds a mix of both and my flower baskets are generally grown using chemical feeding, what do you use and why?

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  Do you have a football Veggie?
Posted by: Broadway - 15-12-2020, 03:37 PM - Replies (1)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-le...e-55315242

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  Mulled wine recipe
Posted by: Small chilli - 14-12-2020, 09:57 PM - Replies (18)

Does anyone make their own mulled wine? 
I’ve got lots of wine in at the moment so was going to make my own. Lots of recipes on the interweb that look good. 
A tried and tested one would be marvellous.

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  Digging fork recomendations please
Posted by: Norfolk Grey - 13-12-2020, 02:39 PM - Replies (9)

Please could you lovely peeps recommend a decent digging fork, mine has just given up the ghost and my Father Christmas is being all humbuggy and says I have to get it myself.

Thank you as always

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  "Food Rules - an Eater's Manual"
Posted by: Veggie - 13-12-2020, 01:22 PM - Replies (2)

I love this book by Michael Pollan. Its small, funny and easy to read and makes a lot of sense.
The Food Rules are summarised with 7 simple words:-

Eat Food
Not too much
Mostly Plants.

Sounds simple but when he says "Eat Food" he means food "real food" not highly processed concoctions created by scientists 
Rule 2 stands out to me "Don't eat anything your grandmother wouldn't recognise as food". Imagine she's standing beside you in the supermarket and she picks up a plastic tube of some sort of snack. Would she know what it was? If not, don't buy it!

To save you buying the book, the Rules are summarised at http://regionone.thediocese.net/Customer...drules.pdf 

Tell me which ones you can relate to. I'm going to try a bit harder to follow these from now on.

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  Cauliflowers - time to mature?
Posted by: Veggie - 12-12-2020, 10:09 PM - Replies (3)

I have lots of Cauli seeds - never deliberately bought any but they seem to keep appearing as freebies. Don't know why I keep them as I've rarely grown one worth eating. 
Anyway, I was looking at sowing dates and cropping time, some take a lot longer than others. 
I discarded all those that are sown one year to overwinter and crop the following year.  For example, Maystar is sown April - May and harvested Mid-May the following year.  That's just too long for something that will be a failure. Wink
Then I was tempted by Candid Charm "Very fast to mature" "Harvest 75 days after planting". That sounds speedy!! It omits to tell you how long it will take your little seedling to grow to 6" before you plant them out. 
The ones that have survived the cull are Mayflower (earliest summer cauli); White Step (neat compact), Clapton and Igloo (perfect for mini-vegetables).

My question is - can you recommend a quick maturing cauli that you've had success with, please. I trust you, I don't trust the adverts.

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  Growing bulb (Florence) fennel
Posted by: Admin - 12-12-2020, 08:21 PM - Replies (10)

A question for successful bulb fennel growers

I have tried on a couple of occaisions to grow bulb fennel with any real success, mine tend to never reach the bulb stage..

I dont eat a great amount but like it in sea food salads.

Any experts amongst us who can impart their wisdom?.

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  Year round sowing of Broad Beans
Posted by: Veggie - 12-12-2020, 06:27 PM - Replies (5)

My Broad Bean "collection" was split into Autumn sowing and Spring sowing varieties but, sorting them last night, I realised that they can be sown every month of the year - if you choose the right variety.

The most versatile are
 Aquadulce  Oct-March
Bunyards Exhibition Oct - May
Luz de Otono Oct - Dec, March - August
Wizard Field bean Feb - Apr, Sept - Oct.

Those 4 cover every month of the year!.............we won't talk about the other 11 varieties I have. Blush

I know that BBs may not be everyone's favourites but I like growing them for their flowers and eating the young bean pods (before the beans form). My current idea is to sow BBs every month, not too many, 10-12, and dot them around the garden for "foraging" through the year. 

BBs for sowing in December are Aquadulce, Bunyard's Exhibition, Luz de Otono and Sutton.

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  Parsley seeds
Posted by: Spec - 11-12-2020, 10:33 PM - Replies (3)

Not sure where to post this question, but as it conserns eating I hope it OK here
Can you use fresh parsley seeds in cooking and can you eat them straight of the plant?

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  Germination – Schoolboy Question? (No offence to schoolboys)
Posted by: Broadway - 11-12-2020, 10:26 AM - Replies (12)

So, I have a pot of 50 odd seeds in a cold propagator in a dark place. Do I move it into the light once the first few seeds have germinated?

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