Seeds looking for homes
Posted by: Veggie - 09-01-2021, 10:07 PM - Replies (38)

Scarlet has had a clear out of saved tomato seeds - some interesting varieties - and we're looking for volunteers to grow them on with a view to saving seeds for the next swap. 

Everyone in the current seed swap will be receiving them but there are spares that need homes. 
I also have flowers, chillies, beans............all sorts!!

We'd rather they were grown than sit around in a cupboard, unloved. 
No rules, no length of membership requirements, just add your name here, with what you're interested in growing and I'll sort something out for you. 

Thanks. Smile

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  Our weird brains
Posted by: mcdood - 09-01-2021, 07:03 PM - Replies (12)

Saw this on twitter today, a weird thing our brains do. This stuff fascinates me. Hopefully links to twitter allowed apologies if not.

https://twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/1...67951?s=19

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  Harvesting from Asparagus crowns
Posted by: Spec - 09-01-2021, 04:38 PM - Replies (10)

Anything that I have read about asparagus crowns tells you to wait till the second or third year after planting before harvesting your crop, but is this absolutely necessary, what would happen to my plants if I harvested my plants on the first year

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  Storing tomatoes in wood ash
Posted by: Veggie - 09-01-2021, 12:37 PM - Replies (11)

https://wire.farmradio.fm/farmer-stories...T5jOK8Pc4A

Thought I'd put this here with a view to trying it next winter. I always keep wood ash for the garden/chooks but I'll sift some ready for this experiment.

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  Hello
Posted by: mcdood - 09-01-2021, 11:34 AM - Replies (16)

Hi,
I'm Mick, I live in the West Midlands of England. I have a small house garden and also an allotment for veg and some fruit. I know a good few names from the old place and also from new forum V1 and with the start of a new growing season I thought it would be a good time to register after an extended absence for one reason or another.

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  Are French beans out to get us?
Posted by: PyreneesPlot - 09-01-2021, 11:27 AM - Replies (5)

French beans with intent? 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/...cuA3CElii0

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  Total
Posted by: Small chilli - 08-01-2021, 11:12 PM - Replies (17)

Just got round to adding up last years chilli harvest weights. 
A very disappointing 47. 749kg . 

Hope to do much better this year. 
Last year I tried growing chillies for a particular reason and put restraints in place, so there wasn’t as much variety as normal. I really didn’t enjoy it as much. This year I’m going back to what I know & love, growing chillies because I want to, not because I have to. 

But none of that has anything to do with the amount of chillies the voles ate.  they probably got thought somewhere between 5-10kg especially Havana gold & Padron!

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  Lidded casserole recipes?
Posted by: doublyjonah - 08-01-2021, 11:00 PM - Replies (14)

Hi all,

I'm wondering if you have any recipes that benefit from/require a lidded casserole?

Thanks for your thoughts Smile

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  Pea beans
Posted by: Veggie - 08-01-2021, 05:44 PM - Replies (32)

Does anything here grow Pea beans? No, its not a typo, they seem to be another sort of climbing bean with a 2 colour shell.
I've been given 6 "Jack Edwards" pea beans https://hsl.gardenorganic.org.uk/seedlis...ck-edwards. Pretty aren't they? 
I've seen similar ones, black and white ones like little whales but not eaten/grown them.

Any advice anyone - especially whether they cross pollinate and need isolation for seed saving.

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  Bee Friendly Flowers for Cutting
Posted by: Veggie - 08-01-2021, 04:03 PM - Replies (39)

At the back of the Chiltern Seeds Catalogue is a 2 page list of Pollinator Friendly Flowers that are also useful as cut flowers  - 85 of them to be precise.
Now there's a Challenge.Wink

You can order the catalogue at https://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/catrequest.php

I'll list some of the species names (as Chiltern have) - any variety within that species is suitable. 
Wonder how many you already grow?

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