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949	Hi I have recently taken on an allotment and have been doing more gossiping there than growing. :-) I have been told that the allotment is cursed with...	Karenr auntie_mabel	Mar 6, 2003 9:26 am
950	http://www.homeandgardenfreebies.co.uk/seed_catalogues.htm Regards Karen Love is nature's second sun - George Chapman [Non-text portions of this message have...	Karenr auntie_mabel	Mar 6, 2003 9:27 am
951	Anybody got any experience of Norfolk Greenhouses and could either commend or condemn them? TIA Karen x "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." ...	Karenr auntie_mabel	Mar 6, 2003 9:27 am
952	Hi Karen, Yes potato blight is a real pain, but in my experience it's not particularly a soil-borne problem. We live in a damp floodplain and it appears...	eliz_moriarty	Mar 6, 2003 11:31 am
953	Blight is an air borne disease that appears during the hot, humid days of late spring, summer and early autumn. Copper sprays are an excellent preventative...	JO32 sycamore42000	Mar 6, 2003 11:13 pm
954	Hi Has anyone heard of a breed of poultry called "Isa Brown or Ice a Brown". The reason for asking is that I saw a place advertising POL pullets and when I...	Denise Newey denise_newey	Mar 18, 2003 2:59 pm
955	Hi Denise, from what I understand this utility breed I.S.A Browns are most popular in battery conditions - the cheap & cheerful breed of the utility strains, a...	Julian Fraser julian_m_fraser	Mar 18, 2003 3:19 pm
956	http://www.isababcock.com/company.htm A little bit of history about them - sounds a bit icky! Karen x "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." ...	Karenr auntie_mabel	Mar 18, 2003 3:27 pm
957	Hi, ISAs aren't a breed as such, but a commercial hybrid based on the Rhode Island Red (ISA is an acronym something). Although they look quite similar to RIRs,...	eliz_moriarty	Mar 18, 2003 3:28 pm
958	Thank you very much for all the information provided to me on this subject. I can now consider myself educated! I do seem to have a nice plot which is quite...	Karenr auntie_mabel	Mar 18, 2003 4:11 pm
959	... Yes, I sometimes think about this myself as I grow a lot of fruit and find I have to spray (with Bordeaux) for pear and apple scab, although I keep it to...	eliz_moriarty	Mar 18, 2003 4:45 pm
960	... Elizabeth has the same information as me. I would like to add that I have kept ISA browns for about seven years now and I find that mine live for about 4...	husbandofflorence husbandofflo...	Mar 19, 2003 1:35 pm
961	Hi, a few more bits 'n' pieces about blight and copper fungicides. Some general information about copper sulphate. Note the bit about "Copper fungicides are...	eliz_moriarty	Mar 19, 2003 9:57 pm
962	I've heard of them. Good reliable birds. Mine did well. There are other Hybrids around now which may be more suited to specialist markets, i.e. brown or white...	GMealing@... guymealing64	Mar 20, 2003 7:05 pm
963	I'll say this for the ISAs we had, they were rather brighter than the Speckledys. We had a Parkland autofeeder, which releases food when birds peck the lever....	eliz_moriarty	Mar 21, 2003 10:43 am
964	Hi all - just a quick appeal in case anyone knows of anything currently available local to them... Our move from London to Devon has just fallen through but it...	julian_m_fraser <juli... julian_m_fraser	Mar 24, 2003 11:00 am
965	Julian, It seems to me that finding the right place is mor a mater of luck than anything else, having said that i don't doubt that you can improve your luck...	streamdreams	Mar 26, 2003 11:35 am
966	Just want to say thanks to all you came back with replies to my question. Information has been most useful and I will go and get some of their POL pullets,...	Denise Newey <denise_... denise_newey	Mar 26, 2003 12:14 pm
967	Hi all, I'm going to have a go at hatching and rearing some chicks artificially at home. I've had a browse through the breeders list in Country Smallholding to...	julian_m_fraser <juli... julian_m_fraser	Mar 26, 2003 3:32 pm
968	There shouldn't be any difference. No one can guarantee an egg is fertile anyway, you'll only know for certain when you candle them for the first time. I'd...	eliz_moriarty	Mar 26, 2003 4:38 pm
969	Also Pertwood Organics in Warminster started as a Co-Op. Same sort of thing happened. However, it did go on to be a rather nice farm :- ) Karen x ... while, ...	auntie_mabel <karence... auntie_mabel	Mar 30, 2003 12:41 pm
970	Just going through the archives looking for an email and saw this one. I just got this book for my birthday and I love it! I never knew anything about hybrid...	auntie_mabel <karence... auntie_mabel	Mar 30, 2003 12:44 pm
971	Hello Karen just read what you said about hybrid tractors, what are they? Can you scan a photo of one? I've got a grey Fergie 1947 vintage that I use on my...	d mequalsmc2	Mar 30, 2003 1:04 pm
972	Hello Karen just read what you said about hybrid tractors, what are they? Can you scan a photo of one? I've got a grey Fergie 1947 vintage that I use on my...	d mequalsmc2	Mar 30, 2003 1:06 pm
973	Hello Karen just read what you said about hybrid tractors, what are they? Can you scan a photo of one? I've got a grey Fergie 1947 vintage that I use on my...	d mequalsmc2	Mar 30, 2003 1:06 pm
974	Hello Karen just read what you said about hybrid tractors, what are they? Can you scan a photo of one? I've got a grey Fergie 1947 vintage that I use on my...	d mequalsmc2	Mar 30, 2003 1:06 pm
975	Hello Karen just read what you said about hybrid tractors, what are they? Can you scan a photo of one? I've got a grey Fergie 1947 vintage that I use on my...	d mequalsmc2	Mar 30, 2003 1:06 pm
976	Well, funnily enough, that's what the author of Scenes from a Smallholding has, except his is a hybrid fuel variety. Petrol & TVO is the model that the author...	auntie_mabel <karence... auntie_mabel	Mar 30, 2003 1:17 pm
977	Julian I wish you all the very best in your search - I was looking at archived messages and read, I think, your one about the welsh government and their...	auntie_mabel <karence... auntie_mabel	Mar 30, 2003 1:25 pm
978	Hi Elizabeth Thank you very much for all your info on Blight - I'm going to squirrel those away for future reference :-) It is a worry, and although it is a...	auntie_mabel <karence... auntie_mabel	Mar 30, 2003 1:46 pm

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