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 Topic: Advice on planting up my garden |
AnneandMike
Replies: 11
Views: 5971
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 Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jun 29, 10 7:08 pm Subject: Advice on planting up my garden |
Depends, apples on M27 can fruit in year 1.
A few, but you are better off taking them off. In the 1st year you want the tree to make a good root system then, on a dwarfing rootstock you will get a ... |
| Topic: What goes "Pieces of seven! Pieces of seven!" ...? |
AnneandMike
Replies: 11
Views: 6540
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Mon Jun 28, 10 6:30 pm Subject: What goes "Pieces of seven! Pieces of seven!" ...? |
I assume it's an IT joke.
Yup! |
| Topic: What goes "Pieces of seven! Pieces of seven!" ...? |
AnneandMike
Replies: 11
Views: 6540
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Sat Jun 26, 10 6:18 pm Subject: What goes "Pieces of seven! Pieces of seven!" ...? |
| Reminds me of those old strips of punched tape with a parity character line. |
| Topic: Free NPower Home Energy Monitor |
AnneandMike
Replies: 13
Views: 11405
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Sun Jun 13, 10 5:34 pm Subject: Free NPower Home Energy Monitor |
I'm having a bit of touble finding out their prices- their price checker either does nothing or the result is very promising at �0.00 per year 
Their prices match that of the main supplier i ... |
| Topic: Is an allotment cost effective? |
AnneandMike
Replies: 53
Views: 23294
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Jun 07, 10 6:08 pm Subject: Is an allotment cost effective? |
It is very cost effective ...........in savings to the NHS for the benefits to your physical and mental health.
Maybe they should be compulsory! |
| Topic: Converting old silage clamp to covered walled garden. |
AnneandMike
Replies: 10
Views: 5590
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Jun 07, 10 6:01 pm Subject: Converting old silage clamp to covered walled garden. |
| I'm no expert but I would think that with opaque sides, lack of light would be a problem outside the summer months, but the shading could help in summer. What are you thinking of growing?....and when ... |
| Topic: Shade netting. |
AnneandMike
Replies: 4
Views: 3036
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed May 26, 10 6:29 pm Subject: Shade netting. |
| Use viromesh - it protects from birds and insects as well as the sun, lasts forever. Not cheap though. |
| Topic: Alaotra grebe confirmed extinct |
AnneandMike
Replies: 13
Views: 8696
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed May 26, 10 6:23 pm Subject: Alaotra grebe confirmed extinct |
| I don't remember seeing anything about biodiversity and species extinction in the election manifestos. Maybe it isn't important (too our leaders!). |
| Topic: Raised bed/compost question |
AnneandMike
Replies: 9
Views: 4664
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Mar 23, 10 8:28 pm Subject: Raised bed/compost question |
| The half rotted stuff will need nitrogen as it rots down. If you don't add any, the beds will become deficient and anything you try and grow will be weakened (except for peas and beans which make the ... |
| Topic: New raised bed. |
AnneandMike
Replies: 9
Views: 4892
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Mar 23, 10 8:23 pm Subject: New raised bed. |
| Looks great but I don't recognise the stuff inside. Shouldn't it be heavy, sticky big lumps like the stuff I try and grow things in? |
| Topic: Grow something new this year |
AnneandMike
Replies: 33
Views: 12548
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Mar 23, 10 8:21 pm Subject: Grow something new this year |
| I grew both salsify and scorzonera last year for the first time. I am not doing it again. The main problem is we have heavy clay soil and cleaning the roots was a real pain and what you got in the e ... |
| Topic: Its official! I,m a seed junky! |
AnneandMike
Replies: 47
Views: 20134
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Mar 23, 10 8:14 pm Subject: Its official! I,m a seed junky! |
Current sowings:
tomatoes (3 varieties)
peppers (2 varieties)
sweetcorn
leeks
cabbage
cucumber
courgette
peas
broad beans
cosmos
morning glory (2 varieties)
sweet peas (2 varieties)
stipa ... |
| Topic: Vancover Winter Olympics |
AnneandMike
Replies: 7
Views: 4992
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Forum: Reviews and What's On Posted: Fri Feb 26, 10 3:41 pm Subject: Vancover Winter Olympics |
| Snowboard cross and ski cross - absolutely brilliant. |
| Topic: Yorkshire rhubarb gets PDO... |
AnneandMike
Replies: 5
Views: 12322
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Forum: Seasonal and Frugal Shopping Posted: Fri Feb 26, 10 3:32 pm Subject: Yorkshire rhubarb gets PDO... |
| At least we will be able to charge those southerners more for it now. |
| Topic: USB/PC-based instruments - data loggers/scopes |
AnneandMike
Replies: 22
Views: 11951
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Wed Feb 24, 10 7:17 pm Subject: USB/PC-based instruments - data loggers/scopes |
If you want a cheap datalogger for �25 try
http://www.rev-ed.co.uk/picaxe/
Some great electronic projects there. PM me if you want to know more, I have built a number of their devices. PICAXE c ... |
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