The usual information about saved tomato seeds storage periods seem to be on the conservative side. Stored correctly, seeds which are as old as...
I remember it well. The term dense fog that you hear bandied about these days is only a light mist by comparison. Not being able to see an...
I have just had one of those blinding flashes of inspiration and sheer genius which compels me to immediately communicate in writing with David...
Mr Dove (named by my granddaughter) comes every morning to be fed. Sam - now six months old - is not particularly impressed. Keeping them apart...
The weather this year created paradise for Blackspot. A spraying regime which would have been effective in other years would have failed miserably...
Any kind of scouring is not a good idea when it comes teacups or any other kind of glazed ceramic. Scouring will quickly remove stains and...
My last tomato of the year. The Striped German did finally ripen. [img]
Queen Elizabeth is big, bold and beautiful. Looks best at the very back of your rose border. Kevin
The Seventies proved that every so often the rag trade gurus come to the conclusion that the rest of the world's population is as clinically...
I sure hope that the Seventies doesn't come around again....
My Canon 10D and 5D both pre-date any automatic sensor cleaning - so I regularly have to remove dust from the sensors which finds its way in when...
I first heard Jimmy Saville in the mid 1950's when he hosted the 'Teen and Twenties Disc Club' on Radio Luxembourg if I recall correctly. I...
I am not sure as to how far it rots down in water - but it took 100 litres of water to cover which - depending on the dilution rate - should last...
Yup, and you sure can't beat the price. BTW Aesculus, I seem to have posted an identical thread. I was given the message on posting that the...
Following a stormy night recently the beaches around here are piled high with washed up seaweed. I collected a load for the compost heap and I am...
Guilty, as charged.:)
Thanks everyone for your kind comments.... I just happened to be on a short visit to Portugal this week and it rained like stair rods for most...
[img] Mount Teide, Tenerife [img] Lake Garda, Italy [img] St Marks Square, Venice [img] Canal du Midi, Carcasonne, Languedoc, France
Thanks Kristen and Scrungee. In the past I have usually only ripened them on the kitchen counter when they were already pretty advanced. Never...
There seems to be some debate about the best way to ripen indoors. What have you found to be the best method? Kevin
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