Hello from East Suffolk!

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  1. Mr. Middleton

    Mr. Middleton Apprentice Gardener

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    Hello!

    Very keen gardener during the 70s and had a garden retail business during the 80s, then…………lapsed!

    Surprised no one had used the name Mr.Middleton!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.H._Middleton

    Before even my time (!), on the radio; but still have his green covered “bible” that belonged to my Father and that I used to flip through as a kid in the 1950s.

    Have a post about Primula vulgaris (the wild primrose), which I will put up on the forum later.

     
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      Welcome to Gardeners Corner Mr. Middleton. It looks like gardening has been passed down through the generations of your family. There's a grand mix of gardeners on here from beginners through to those more experienced and we all have a bit of fun along the way, so I hope you are prepared for the humour that crops up here and there. :)
       
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      Good evening Mr Middleton. I feel I should be wearing a posh dress when I address you - not the scruffy old crops and grubby tops that are the standard dress code on here!
      Anyway, :sign0016: to Gardeners Corner. We've all cheered up immenseley now that Summer's here at long last, hope you are enjoying having a wander round the topics today,
      Jenny namaste
       
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        Welcome to GC. Good to have someone else from my part of the world on here.

        Are you a Suffolk native, or one of them 'newcomers' to the county (ie anyone who's been here less than 30 years)? ;)
         
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        Welcome to GC Mr Middleton! :)
         
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        Welcome to Gardeners Corner :sign0016:
         
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        Mr. Middleton Apprentice Gardener

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        Thank you everyone for your welcomes, and........

        Trunky? Suffolk born and bred bor, and cor blass, allwos wos. :snork:
         
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          :sign0016:to Gardeners Corner - Sounds as if you have a great amount of useful gardening knowledge. Enjoy your time in the garden with us.
           
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          coota heck - 30 years? Pah! Outsiders not accepted until they've been here 3 generations!
           
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            Welcome to GC Mr Middleton....:dbgrtmb: Enjoy....

            Kristen....is 'Coota heck' a swear word ?:biggrin:
             
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            No, not really. Just an expression of mild surprise, never got into trouble at primary school saying it!
             
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              Reckon yer'll dew then bor.
              Moind yew, there's some rum owd fooks on this hare garden thingy, so dew yew goo steady. :biggrin:

              So now thaas only 3 generations then? Int long enough. :th scifD36:
               
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                (Somehow managed to post this in conversations - tsk - newbie!!)

                Thank you but..................not sure about the knowledge - bit lapsed and what I did know in the 80s (how to feed or kill!! :hate-shocked: ) is out of date now what with a lot of the chemicals I dealt with then are now not available.
                 
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                Thankyer bor...........:)
                 
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                "So now thaas only 3 generations then? Int long enough"

                Recently traced mine back to the 16th century, (the Suffolk Wardleys) so I think I qualify.:snork:
                 
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