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    Makes sense baw but a quick google takes me to this http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342045/120billion-money-drain-EVERY-year-The-astonishing-Whitehall-waste-send-British-family-annual-luxury-holiday.html Surprising what goes where
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    All comes down to money this country seems really bad and putting it in the right place. Nhs for example the wife was in hospital the other day two nurses run ragged on a heart ward no spare beds, one nurse jumping in her car to go 50 miles to another hospital where she was needed. The wife couldn't have test needed because they won't pay for the guy to work weekends. Going back to the army they spend millions training them but them seem to have to rely on charity when they leave which is not right. If you want to build some thing stupid or help another country here have a few million. I don'
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    A positive mark all ready that's a cracking start like a duck to water. Looks great too
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    Good luck then Liam look forward to the pictures
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    Few more goodies today Plenty of blanching going on at the moment
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    No nostalgia in fibre glass less hassle though I guess. But I do like the feel of hazel saying that I don't have to deal with very hard ground as a rule
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    Mine is 9 miles up the road so either go straight from work or jump on the bicycle. Mind you with that cabbage my mate gave me took 10 hours to get home with the drag it gave me You could take one up the road then have two the space soon goes. You could all ways give up the furthest one then if you felt like it
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    Have you checked out landshare Liam in the mean time you might be able to get some thing http://www.landshare.net/
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    I was wondering how that was done with the collies. Your stuff looks so clean and pest free. With me at the moment if it is not netted it gets eaten by some thing and half arsed netted is no good either. Pointless just lobbing a bit of cheap netting on top do it properly or not at all seems to be the way. The butter flies are swarming the place at the moment. Saying that a friend near me has whopping healthy cabbages and brocolli and he just laid a big piece of netting on top. Plenty of gaps around the edge and his stuff seems fine. I think his soil is very good as every thing he has seems t
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    Adding a selvedge for me was the high light of making the net. The end was in sight and the selvedge does not take long. For me there was no point in putting all that effort in then cutting a corner at the end. I did notice it made the net sit tidier as well but didn't give any thought as to why but now I know
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    looking good tel, never mind about the size as all the rest will be wasted as for the comfrey, is the lump of concrete to hold it down? have you tried putting it in a pillow case and tieing it to the tub, then you can give the water ( stale ) a shake to liven it up Yea the concrete is just to weight it down. I am not adding water to it just letting rot down until I get the oil like lquid. It doesnt smell as much then and is very concentrated. Takes longer mind but in no rush now
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    One of you spuds even looks like it is smiling jj . Love all the cucumbers hanging down too. Been tidying my path last day or two to try and stop grassing and weeds sneaking across. I didn't like to waste the space so I ran a line of giant winter spinach down it The comfrey distillery Few pickings today Now the funny thing is that cabbage came from a seedling given to me by my mate in next plot. He gave me one of his cabbages today to as he had spare from the same batch. Slight size difference He put it down to his ground being well manured where as my plot
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    Being buzzed with a strimmer sounds worse to me
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    good going tel i've pulled all our peas but got quite a few so we are happy, did you have any caterpillars in the pods? we did, not that many though and apparently they are on the flower before they pod now i know for next year No I didn't notice any caterpillars but they were covered in netting. That scaffold netting was the best thing I have bought. Should get a few years out of it too. I wouldn't fancy my chances other wise. It seems to keep every thing out and so far I have only found one caterpillar under it in the whole plot. It cost me 60 quid for 2 x 50 metre by 2 me
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    ive a bucket full of comfrey tea and nettle tea stinks to high heaven. only having about a 50% success rate on the cauliflowers some have nice tight heads and the others pathetic. have you grown any? I have a few that I planted darbo from seed called all year round cauliflower but at the moment they are only 6-7 inches tall they seem slow to get going. ​Gave them bit of comfrey yesterday to see if they can get motivated
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    Just the ticket darbo I picked my first spuds today nice too. I am sitting here smelling like a sewer at moment got some Comfrey tea on me hands. Will make the next lot with out water
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    Nice surprise on the peas today was expecting a thimble full but we got enough for 2 Sunday lunches for the 5 of us. I only planted handful as an after thought wasn't expecting much. So next year I will treat them as a good crop
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    I was nibbling my peas tonight when I was hoeing Going to let the daughter pick them this week doubt I will get a tin full but she will have fun. I will plant lots more next year
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    Very artistic carrots you have there
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    if they sense any weakness or flex they will have a go but if the mesh is solid they don't seem to bother
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    Very happy at the moment just a couple of yards undug which can be done any time. Purple sprouting is looking settled in Dwarf french beans shot up Turnips look happy Courgettes have really gone loopy I should have given them more breathing room but I will know next year. Picking some every other day Knocked up some chutney tonight and it was bloody delicious if a bit hot might skip the chilli next time recipie from here http://www.rivercottage.net/users/Pam%20the%20Jam/blog/1281015134-courgette-aid-and-jam-fest/ Made mistake of popping in garden cent
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    Tour De France

    terryd replied to Dazzam's topic in General Talk

    That is very true when I did my run I remember singing and dancing at mile 30. Mind you I wasn't doing much dancing at the end on mile 50 but it is a hell of a buzz
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    Tour De France

    terryd replied to Dazzam's topic in General Talk

    contador but he was stripped of it due to drugs lol ah I see you meant this year
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    Tour De France

    terryd replied to Dazzam's topic in General Talk

    Didn't enjoy it as much again this year once there is a clear leader unless there is a disaster its in the bag. Much prefered the year when contador and schleck were going toe to toe up the mountains
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    Have a flick around any surrounding fields late at night with a lamp will give a good idea of whats going on and any possible ambush routes for the net maybe
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