Walking with Cabbages.... Challenge..!!

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  1. wiseowl

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    I have been trying to get a photo of my walking stick cabbage but I can,t get in the viewfinder.:rolleyespink::yay::heehee::)
     
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      I think ziggy makes that sort of boast but I'm not sure he's referring to cabbages :scratch: :heehee: :loll: :loll:
       
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      Have you tried the MACRO setting WOO? :thud:
       
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      Hi Kristen tried that but my hands shook to much:heehee::)
       
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      "Mine tends to be over four miles long" to quote Peter Cook.
       
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      There's a place near here called Six Mile Bottom. Lucky you haven't got one of those. :heehee:
       
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        First batch compared to my second batch, I'm not so sure the second batch is going to catch up. I'm sure the growing instructions said wait till June to sow?
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        First batch are about 12 inches (ish):
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        John, they will look shorter when you plant them out.

        I dont think using tall pots counts.:loll:
         
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        Hee hee pete! I've never taken so much care over some flipping cabbages. I've got another 2 in the background of the first photo planted in the soil in a cold frame.
         
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        By a strange coincidence, Tall Ebineezer Potts was a 19th Century Cabinet maker from Birmingham who used to specialise in Walking Stick manufacturing.:cool:
         
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        Not seen white fly in years.

        Mine are crawling in them, only need the old club root to rear its ugly head and I'm out of it.
         
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        I think we agreed it's OK to use chemicals on the cabbage pete, I will if the little b@ggars come near mine. I'm not planning on eating them (the cabbages not the whitefly!), they are only any good for sheep.

        Ziggy, is your hair nice and silky since eating your "spring greens" ?
         
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          Softer than a marshmallow on a bed of moss covered with spring dew:thumbsup:
           
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            wouldn't that be just a gloopy sticky mess rather than soft? Pete, the club root might add a new dimension of interest to your handle!

            John, your cabbages look good! I still wish I'd kept a few seeds to sow in June, I reckon they would catch up if sown in the warmth and kept growing with no cold checks? It's windy here today, my cabbages are lying flat!
             
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            :sunny: :WINK1: Looking good John, looking good... :WINK1: I think competition is going to be "stiff".. :rofl: :rofl:
             
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