General Chat

Hope you don't actually PICK your spears K .i always use a proper knife ,cutting them just below the surface to prevent bugs being attracted to the broken surfaces by the smell,but a good sharp knife used with care will do too,mine are now a few days away from the first harvest as well ,yum. :-D

I cut my first asparagus a couple of weeks ago then when it turned cold and wet the asparagus stopped growing it's only just starting to show new spears :-D

Fred 7 out of 10 tomato seeds have germinated :-D :-D :-D

Good to Hear Lesley ,mine are doing well too ,for up here in the cold, don't forget to choose a few small ones when the time comes to take your own seeds for next year.
Pleased someone else is giving them a go as there is now a small pool in case one of us drops a clanger and needs to restock ,one to the other.
Noticed that the italian ones are doing very well too ,a plum variety ,the ones from Dolmio will not be going in until next year. :-D

Yes Fred I did cut them, but somehow I always say pick! Having them with purple sprouting and a parsnip flan

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I won't foreget Fred, I planted 5 of the Dolmio seeds only 1 has germinated and it does look a strong plant.

Purple sprouting K know your talking I love it, one of my friends drinks the water that the sprouting has been cooked in, uhg.

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Not too keen on the sprouting and prefer the Calabrese ,the variety that gives a big main head ,then produces side shoots until mid November ,so i could ,and will substitute that for the tart making ,lol.
Parsnips are a must in this house ,used for many dishes ,including parsnip and curried Swede soup [a real belter].
Just put my Brussel and Calabrese plants out today ,and all my Tomato are well away ,with enough Sugar plum left for putting out in the garden in big buckets ,head cut out to produce bushes
Looks like my cabbages will be ready to transplant as soon as i get back from my week in Oxfordshire.oh ,and i have just had my wrist slapped for nicking one of the Asparagus heads from the garden ,caught by God ,eating it raw .slurp . ;-) :-D

thanku all for info, think i will wait a bit longer, ive got cauliflowers under a cold frame atm, i believe they are dsifficult, mum has given me some corgette and new runner beans as specky murderd my others with salt. :-0

my back gardens coming on nice now
though i havent got round to spraying my decking yet
i have bought some tumbling toms to go in my hanging pots

and my pumpkins have germinated really nicely now
my onions are as big as a tangerine now so looking good
i was going to put the hanging baskets of flowers out
but its threatening night frost here still :-D :-D

ahh fred i lurve parsnips with honey on, then i add sugar so it caramalises it, thats my only norty fatty thing i eat xx

i am so excited my grass gardens come and i have put it together
and its in the green house germinating

Canadian rye grass the best for what i am using it for :-)

JoyBoroAngel.

What is a grass garden?
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do you mean various grasses Joy or a part of the garden put to rye grass with wild flowers?

Lesley, don,t knock,it, years ago Hot Cabbage Water with Pepper in it was all the go to help cure a cold,didnt taste to bad either, as for plants, I,ve got loads of seedlings ready to plant but the ground is far to wet ,hope it dries out a bit soon. :-S

Merlin, sorry if it sounded as though I was knocking purple sprouting water, I wasn't, I was just saying it's not for me.

ive had some beautiful lupin plants come ive grown from seed, strawberries are about to flower, lots of mallow plants,and the weeds in my pollytunnel are doing great x :-D

Ann its just Canadian rye grass on its own you grow it
in a special fancy three part pot for my cats as they don't go out
its part of a sensory toy set i have been buying them by catit

Anita showed me the starter kit and i have bought two parts every week since
there's a snake track with a ball
luminous balls sound balls
a feeding maze a sensory massager
and next week a special circular scratch pad then its complete

lesley its for cats to eat :-)

http://www.hagen.com/uk/cats/addinfo/catit_design_senses.cfm

Thank you I will look at the site.

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Edit how clever is that.
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Aah sounds interesting and does puss like what you have so far?

Ann they love it
mind they do cheat with the maze
one the skinny one puts her head in the top and steals the food

instead of working for a reward lol

Lol!!!