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Jan 1, 2009 2:57 pm
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We're all very quiet out there folks? As an update to my Winter Crops, my Curly Kale was devastated in the frosts! Should have covered them up with fleece! So...
Hi John  Sorry to hear about the bad weather. I spend my time between working in Abu Dhabi in construction and a farm in the Philippines. Not seen frost in...
... Hasn't been too bad a year here, excellent crop of top fruit, and all root crops this year. Planted fair-sized strawberry and asparagus beds in my...
Good morning all. What's going on here? Well.. The thaw came in the nick of time for us - one more day and it would have been carrying buckets of water for the...
... Hi, a couple of years, even with M9, isn't long enough to get mature apples. The crop from the first few years usually isn't very representative, usually...
Hi, That's interesting. I am growing them as mini-cordons and each had about 8 apples, except one which is proving very reluctant to produce meaningful...
... We have had two of the worst years for good ripening possible, which might not be helping. It depends a lot on the variety tbh, some are just more...
Hi, Thanks for that advice re the pruning. As an aside, we moved here 7 years ago, inheriting a neglected and as- yet unidentified 'cooker'. This would have...
... Some apples are known as 'biennial bearers', which means they only crop well in alternate years. Actually most top fruit has a bit of a biennial tendency...
... I'd only take the top off if they are growing strongly, otherwise the side shoots will be very spindly and weak. When mine get to that stage, I just uproot...
where can i buy a small quantity of wheat seed to grow purely for fun in the garden. About enough for a square yard i guess. And it is only for fun and...
I buy my winter rye from the local grinding mill. I just ask that they not grind it. Since it fit for human consuption the seed is not treated. Also the...
I would have thought that possibly it was based on land ownership being a problem, although I have to say that I hadn't given it much thought. Perhaps some...
Maybe WE should take a sidestep on this and not refer to Race or Colour. I'm sure there are many out there, regardless of this, who are contributing a great...
I dont' approve either, Karen. I'm not sure a black kid from an inner city has less chance of becoming a farmer than a white kid from an inner city. I suspect...
Why not John? It clearly has to be discussed as it was part of the main thread relating to the apparent woes of a black farmers. We are already safely...
Oh don't get me wrong Karen, I love your statement you are "a woman of colour" (I didn't know that) some of my best friends from years ago are of what people ...
For anyone who is near Kent, the Brogdale Trust runs a number of interesting one-day courses in fruit/vegetable growing (for some reason I'm now on their...
Has anyone been watching Vitoria Farm on BBC2 on a Thursday night and if so, what do you think of the programme? Our smalholding was built in 1850 and was...
I gave up on it after two episodes. The second one was giving it an extra chance! Absolutely dire. I was taping it for my 9yo as we are studying the Victorian...
even my husband is enjoying it. just as well it takes all sorts. it is very 'staged' and' The book of the farm' is now downloaded on my laptop and is a...
Hi, I've a bit of a love-hate with the programme. Sometimes during the cringey bits I have to stand outside and peep round the door frame and pretend to myself...
In fairness, I have to say BBC2 is almost unwatchable on our old telly, so a thing has to be extra good to justify the effort. The woman's laugh got up my...
I'm in two minds on the programme. I have to admit it is not as good as the first series they did. They seem to have lost something, but I'm not sure what. ...
... which imply that certain manual tasks have not been performed 'in real life' since the late 1850s, especially if I'm still doing them daily! Hmmn, can't be...
