Lovely

Nah - I have fond memories of my Great Uncle Will cycling back from
his allotment with a bag of produce, drunk on the feeling on good
wholesome production, and a couple of pints in the Prince of Wales.
Just wouldn't have been the same if he'd been up the co-op.

 

what about small pets?

 

Not exactly no. A sense of natural cycles and our place within them is
nearer. Growing a crop is one way of connecting with this for me. But
one individuals sense of spirituality is informed by more than can be
conveyed in a text medium. And some have no connection with it and
wouldn't understand <shrugs>

Of course now I'm thinking of the Young Ones

"we sow the seed, nature grows the seed"

Being by the sea. But tbh I can find that sense of inner peace
anywhere when I want to. Works for me and that is all that matters.

 

TOT.

 

Ho yuss. Especially if the home grown peas are in the pan and
simmering within 10 minutes of being picked. Very sweet and tasty.

--
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Old way is a potato clamp. Build a structure with timber and paving
stones, put potatoes inside (making sure no bad or spade-damaged ones
get in) make a big heap of earth on top, leaving a 'doorway' a paving
stone wide, put paving stone door on, put brick against it. However,
if you can't do that, plaggy dustbin in shed lined with paper is not
bad. Make sure to keep lid on. Again, make sure no bad/damaged ones
get in there.

If you have no proper storage, a cool place indoors, away from the
light, in a paper sack is the best way to keep them. We are lucky - we
have an old cupboard on an outside wall to a cool tunnel with a brick
floor - vegs and fruit keep very well there if we take them out of the
plastic.

--
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XV535 (sold), GPZ500S (promised), SR250 (in bits). BOTAFOT12, BOD#2, BOTAFOS#2.
KotLBOD#s, KotLBOTAFOS#s,IMC#2, Tart#10-19, SR#3
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I never give in to fear or blackmail; I always give in to temptation.
www.pericles.demon.co.uk
"You're a national treasure" - porl, 18.1.03

 

I find that successive planting works up to a point - they tend to
catch up with each other in the end.

You can make your own tomatoes last 8 months of the year, which isn't
bad, if you have a greenhouse. You need an awful lots of plants
though.

1. Start the seeds off in March in a heated greenhouse
2. Turn off the heat at the end of April.
3. Plant most of the seedlings outside in May.
4. Begin to pick greenhouse toms in late May.
5. Begin to pick outdoor toms in July.
6. Harvest all remaining outdoor toms before first frosts.
7. Store most away from light.
7. Store ones you want to eat (green and red ones in same bowl) in
kitchen; the ripe ones encourage the green ones to ripen.
8. Replenish bowl from store as needed.

You'll go on getting fresh tomatoes into January. Note: the outdoor
ones taste better than the greenhouse ones.

--
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XV535 (sold), GPZ500S (promised), SR250 (in bits). BOTAFOT12, BOD#2, BOTAFOS#2.
KotLBOD#s, KotLBOTAFOS#s,IMC#2, Tart#10-19, SR#3
Original Sinergy - wicked T-shirts for a wicked world: www.originalsinergy.com
I never give in to fear or blackmail; I always give in to temptation.
www.pericles.demon.co.uk
"You're a national treasure" - porl, 18.1.03

 

And combining those together...


....fancy a day out in the Wales mountain biking at some point soon?
Ferrier as well if you're watching?

I really fancy doing this:

http://www.mtb-wales.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Subjects&file=index&req=viewpage&pageid=27

 

I asked. She thinks the bits of red make it look better than all
metallic black

 

Sure. Could do with a good blast on the Gixxer

Ah, MTB. OK, yeah, that too.

 

That too come to think of it.

Email me with the weekends you've got free.

 

Yep.

--
Alex
BMW R1150GS
DIAABTCOD#3 MSWF#4 UKRMFBC#6 Ibw#35 BOB#8
http://www.team-ukrm.co.uk
Windy's "little soldier"

 

Right, like I suggested to Champ can you email me some weekends you
have free over the next couple of months (say to the end of July) and
then I'll put them together with when I'm free and we'll set a date.

 

They come in a nice plastic bag, all cut up ready to go in the steamer.

Fresh veg rocks from someone elses allotment...

 

<fx: loads blunderbuss>

 

Serpently

I'll get onto it once I've finished writing my last assignment for
college - woohoo!

--
Elly - a happy Pixie
Uzi - a CBR600F Sport
Spike - FZ400 - firing on 3 cylinders
MRO#32 ibW#25 BoTAFOT#46 BoTAFOF #46 GP#1 UKRMRM#00 TWA#3
http://www.garagepixies.co.uk
"Angel in the kitchen ... "
elly at garagepixies dot co dot uk

 

Wot, last ever? Or just this year?

 

Done

Last one for this year - just got three exams to sit next week then
it's all over. The real fun starts in September when I start uni
<bites nails>.

--

Elly - a happy Pixie
Uzi - a CBR600F Sport
Spike - FZ400 - firing on 3 cylinders
MRO#32 ibW#25 BoTAFOT#46 BoTAFOF #46 GP#1 UKRMRM#00 TWA#3
http://www.garagepixies.co.uk
"Angel in the kitchen ... "
elly at garagepixies dot co dot uk

 

<Mystic Meg>

That will be a very short email ...

</MM>

 

Yes. Quite.