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:frow I treasure the following article on the varieties of Citrus because I have been thoroughly confused on the subject over the years as most of the info on them comes from botanists or gardeners & I want to know how they taste & how to cook with them.....being the greedy person that I...

:frow :frow I am just getting my raised beds ready for planting so my mind is firmly fixed on manure & compost........ :idunno ......of course I don't have enough. So I was pleased when this morning the following article was in my email box. When I read it I was laughing a lot but it does...

:frow Just an amusing little fact I picked up from a favourite UK site I drop into every now & then.......I had never heard this before....!! :D Manure An interesting fact Manure: In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before commercial...

:frow Careless handling of seeds may be the reason for unintended spread of genetically modified crops. I was reading this article from one of our UK newspapers, about some research done in the US. I thought that you might be interested...

:frow :love :frow :love :frow :love :frow :love :frow :frow :love :frow :love :frow :love :frow LET US GIVE THANKS by Max Coots Let us give thanks for a bounty of people For children who are our second planting and though they grow like weeds and the wind too soon blows them...

:frow :frow Recently I came across this article on growing achocha. I'm very interested in trying to grow it next year & I have checked out that I can buy some seeds here in the UK. I can get the variety "Fat Baby". Any advice would be welcome....:D...

I have just seen on the BBC TV news, here in the UK, that there has been a massive earthquake in & around Christchurch which is in the south island of New Zealand. Here is a link. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11183685 After-shocks are still happening but so far there have been...

:frow I was doing some research on the subject only yesterday, trying to find a supplier in the UK (without success, so far). Then by a strange coincidence this article came through on my email this morning so I thought I should pass it on. :D...

I recently came across this article entitled: " Look Up! The Billion-Bug Highway You Can't See ." by Robert Krulwich http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128389587 I have to say I had not even thought about our enemies habits & lives other than the aspects of them as they...

:frow :frow Good morning & welcome to July! :coolsun Next week is National Shed Week in the UK! So I thought I would give you a link to a great site in the UK which is dedicated to them & shows examples from all round the world. http://www.shedworking.co.uk/ Here are some other links to...

:frow :frow I have been thinking about going back to growing potatoes again, probably starting next year. My brain has been examining the scheme for weeks now, as I planted up my raised beds; they were very late as it was so very cold this year with our last frosts in the first week of...

:frow :frow I, as a gardener of many years, have found it very frustrating to have to spend hours & hours reading through many posts on various sites to find the treatment for whatever has gone wrong & needs to be treated very fast to prevent it spreading.....!! So I thought it might be a...

:frow :frow Personally I am not someone who needs to eat gluten-free but I have many friends who are so it is very useful to have new recipes up my sleeve. I love almonds so I was intrigued by this one & I intend to test it very soon...

:frow :frow As many of you already know I have a continuing running battle with stinging nettles in my garden & I am fed up with people shaking their heads sorrowfully at me & making remarks like "well you can tell your soil must be good" etc. I am now officially growing them............:lau...

:frow :frow Good morning !! We have real sunshine at long last......... :celebrate :ya :love Mind you it is still cold at night ........!! But my new roll of extre wide fleece is here!! :clap :clap It arrived along with a new product ; a kind of woven matting of thin strips of mylar...

:frow :celebrate :celebrate :celebrate :frow I can't believe my eyes! For years I have tried to grow apricots; I have planted them in 3 different gardens without previous success. This present variety is called "Tomcot" & I bought it because the nursery said it had been bred in Canada &...

:frow :bee :frow As many of you know I am mad on old roses & I love to try my hand at propagating them. :love At long last I have found a sit that explains the techniques clearly, with clear diagrams & even the odd video -- my own explanations are not as clear I fear ...

:tools :tools :tools :tools :tools :tools :tools :tools :tools :tools :tools :tools :tools :tools :tools While I was compiling my thread on allotments around the world I kept finding many really interesting smaller personal blogs (& sites) compiled by very...

:( This morning they have just closed most of our airports to flights here in the UK because of the fall-out of ash from the erupting Icelandic volcano......!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8621407.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8620485.stm ***Edited to add this information***...

:frow I came across these articles this morning -- it surprised me...somewhat...!! So I thought I would ask you what you thought.....? http://www.chewswise.com/chews/2008/02/interview-seth.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/02/05/ST2008020503613.html :rose...