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right ive now put a whole bag of compost over the 3 tubs with the spuds in them, it hasnt covered them but at least its given them more growing room

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Just seen my potatoes are just starting to poke through .

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have you planted them in the ground yet Davey?

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They are planted in very large plantpots

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are they staying in the large plant pots or are they eventually going in the ground?

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I will leave them in the large plantpot . Can't be bothered to dig them up. Apart fom which , i dont think i will have much room left to plant them after i get all those plants in out of the greenhouse, I have already weeded and turned over part of my grass in the back garden .

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ahhhhhhh ok, i dont blame you really, turning your garden over is a nightmare, i started but the i couldnt be bothered with doing the rest so i just covered it in grass seed lol

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I do put a lot of work into my gardens every year , and i used to have an allotment aswell !! It got too much because i was at work most days

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like i've said to you before Davey, i wish i had an allotment, i'd open a shop with all the veggies i'd grow :D;)

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shame your not over this way, you could ahve taken over the one at the bottom of my garden and stopped the kids hurting themselves...

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i have a huge garden here ta lol AND IT NEEDS CUTTING!!! DAVEYYYYYYYYYY!!!! i know you like sorting gardens out matey ;) come and help mi ;);)

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Got more than i could cope with over here . thanks for the offer !!! not.

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its OK i did it anyway, cut 3/4 of the garden then the mower broke :(

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Take it you run over the electric cable??

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You need to get a petrol mower if you have a large garden an electric one will just burn out if you have a large one. I got one thats self propelled it just take you with it no effort needed! well not much.

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My mick did that yesterday when we was doing next doors garden he did it with the hedge cutters! about 5 minutes after he had fixed them from when i did it last year! lol

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yes mummiboo i would have one of those if not two if could afford it . we are not all rich !!!http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/i...cons/icon7.gif

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My toms are doing really well: now got a plastic greenhouse ( cheap ) but it does the job and if I stick at growning my own, next year I will go for a real one:
spuds doing really well: and salad leaves all grown in plastic garden bags from the pound shop:
Now going to have a go at making some raised beds....

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wow thats really good magpie, my dad has made a make-shift greenhouse, he's used his trailer and some plastic sheeting, it actually looks really good, i must take after my daddy cos i'm weeeeeally clever too;);) :D


and no Davey, i didnt run over the cable, it just stopped working

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On the* allotments , we used to have a double glazing* firm we knew they took the old frames out of the houses and put the new ones in . then they brought the old ones down to the allotments , and we would build greenhouses out of them . They looked crap but they worked .

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I bet it was the operater that stopped working

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Im not rich but im not daft either i have a garden thats 25ft+ by about 20ft i need a petrol mower and i got mine from ebay a brand new bargain! :).

And anyway how can i be rich living in Ribbleton on a council estate!

When i win the lottery though that will be a different matter i will buy you your very own self propelled petrol mower. x :)

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yea thanks mummiboo . what a lovely girl . xxx

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when that happens please will you come and cut my grass........

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dont start :rolleyes:

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last time i tried to cut my grass i blew the mower up.. it was electric and all this smoke started to come out of it so i ran (like they do in action films just before the bomb goes off) to unplug it..... it went pop and LOADS of smoke came out of it....... the guy next door just stood there watching then said...... 'i dont think its supposed to do that'
erm....DUH!


SO.... no offers to lend me a mower then :D

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yeah you can borrow my broken one Em :D

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So i take it i could earn myself some good money by bringing my mower over to accy for a few hours! theres got to be business potential in there somewhere! lol

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i'll make you a brew :D
and let you stroke my cat :D

*sorry, not my cat... ty's cat*

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my pansies have died with all the wind :( and the leaves on the potato plants are going brown and droopy :(

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What ya bin eatin' flashy :D

Seriously tho, I didn't think wind would kill Pansies, can't imagine it turning the leaves on yer spuds brown either.

Give 'em some water , see if they perk up

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i have been watering them Ste, i water them everyday :(

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I finished all my planting today, hope they all survive with this wind. We are having a go at growing a pumpkin and a sweet pepper plant for Siobhan, she loves watching things grow.

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Dont give up on your potatoes just yet . That happens sometimes, they may regrow . But it will depend on the type you planted . as i already know, you dont know which type you planted , i can only go off what you post on here!! I had planted a main crop potato last year , and they resprouted..

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West Ender might give you some tips she is an avid gardener.:)

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Just checked West Enders blog and she helped her grand-daughter grow a pumpkin for a competition. Sure she will be happy to pass on her tips:)

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Flashy you might be watering them too much - might be an idea to water them every other day and not drown them either. What kind of drainage did you put in the bottom of the containers?

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Jen i put loads of holes in the bottom of the tubs before i started, like you say, i maybe shouldnt be watering them everyday, a bit buggered today like, its been raining all night ;)

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i'll just leave them then Davey, if they grow they grow, if they dont then there isnt much lost, my dad reckons i planted too many in each tub anyway, but hey not to worry lol

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planted some spuds in one of those sacks you can get ( meant to be for spuds )
they had loads and loads of green leaves and looked really well:

HOwever when I came to pick them... nothing one spud per plant

what did I do wrong?

I even fed them with the special food for spuds and did everything by the book....

so Aunty Bessy mash it will have to be for tea

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I would try " main crop " next year

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what's main crop... I am very new to this:
( my toms are looking really good in their plastic greenhouse)


thanks :-)

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I will definately keep you posted, I've never grown veg before so.

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Thanks for that Bernie, I might just ask her for a few tips i'd hate for Siobhan to be disappointed if it dosen't grow.

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there are 3 different types of potato
first early
second early
main crop

you can buy these at garden centres , wilkos and woolies.
I always go for a main crop ie king edward.or desire which is a red main crop potato. they both have a long growing season

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Cheers David:

is it too late now to plant any? thanks

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Dont think you could buy seed potatoes at this time of year. so i suggest you go to a fruit and veg shop , and ask if they have any that have sprouted? its not the best thing , but its getting a bit late in the season . we will get some smart arse saying "just buy a bag of spuds "

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You should PM her I'm sure she would help, like you say there is nothing worse than the thought of dissappointing Siobhan:(

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just checked on the spud plants and i noticed a couple of slugs in them, how do i get rid of them without naffing the plants up?

oh and here's how the plants are looking now

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Remove the slugs and scatter broken egg shells round the base of the plant and around the pot, the little buggers don`t like it, it works for me anyway.......:D

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ooo cheers for that pipples :D

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My pleasure.......:D

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Flashy have you checked to see if your spuds are ready. sometimes the leaves go brown when they are

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arent they supposed to flower before they die mitzy? i was waiting for the flowers lol

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Oh right just presumed they had already flowered, could be ,if there only in a pot roots getting choked, sorry cannot really help only ever grown potatoes in the ground.

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If they start to grow flowers, pinch them out, then more energy will go into growing the spuds and not the flowers.

Retlaw.

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ah cheers for that retlaw, i'm still awaiting the flowers to grow on them, will let you all know when they do :D

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put salt on them .... then you won't need to add salt when you cook your spuds:
and the slugs will melt .......( oh dear)

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well ive just had mi hands in the mud and i havent got any sign of any spuds yet :(

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Sprinkle sand round them it has worked for my plants this year.

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thanx Romps, i'll just head off to Blackpoo to get some ;)

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I planted six... got loads of green very tall: and ended up with five spuds ( and they were the ones I planted so nothing)

still all the joys of gardening.... know better next time: toms are still doing really well... but the birds had all my beetroot seeds:

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same as me magpie, when i put my hands in earlier all i could find was the one's i had planted :(

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Don't forget my rock!

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lol ya daft sod ;)

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i've just found mi first potato :D:D:D:D

its tiny :D but at least i know theres something growing

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Nice one....will you be making corn beef hash with it then..........?LOL

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yeah pipples, i'll make a huge panfull with that spud ;)

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just an update on how the veggies are doing

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Things seem to be coming on a treat...........

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lol i dont wanna pull anything up though, everytime i put my hands in that mud it takes days for me to get my nails clean, its a bit of an arse ya know :D

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Gardening gloves - under a fiver - B & Q, Home Base, any garden centre. ;)

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latex gloves... poundland!

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the thing is Westender, i actually bought two pairs of them just before i started planting....and i cant for the life in me remember where i've put them :( lol

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wow thats great ;) better than mrs H lol x

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lol i dont think mrs H is growing anything this year is she mrs W? ;)

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well here's the end result of 4 months of hard work lol

i had three times as many spuds as this but Reece in his infinate moment of wisdom decided to take them around to all my neighbours and he gave most of them away lol

i have ONE beetroot, several ickle radishes and a few spring onions, i still have some radishes to pull and my carrots if they ever grow properly :D

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Wel if its you`re first attempt it ain`t bad really.......good on ya.;) (although i must admit those radishes are pith poor...LOL)

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lol thanx, i have loads of radishes still growing, they where the biggest so far from what i planted, gonna let the others grow for a few more weeks

we have just eaten the radishes and the spring onions, the radish brought tears to my eyes lol but they where nice, just boiling some of the smaller spuds now :D

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Well so far I've had lettuce, spinach and one cucumber from my efforts, so nothing much yet. However, tomorrow is the big day, when I pick the first of my broad beans. Going to make some ravioli with them.. :)

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ooo ive never heard of broad bean ravioli, sounds nice though, i wish i'd planted a lot more than i did, been eating some of the radishes today, they arent right big though, i've just planted some more, they grow all year round aparently, so i'll be getting some more next time i go to wilkies, i love them

the spuds where delicious, all my neighbours thought so too, i'll definately be doing those again next year, might have to plant more next time though

i'll also be planting peas, got a packet this year but it was to late to plant them :( silly me lol

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Yes , the broadbean ravioli does sound good, at the moment i`m landscaping my garden so i`ve no growing space but i have a large box stuffed full of herbs,(mint,thyme,fennel,flat leaf parsley and corriander) that are growing like mad, my name is down for an allotment and i have been told one will be available in a few months so come this time next year i`m hoping to have a bumper crop of veggies, i`ll be pm-ing you Flashers for some tips by the sound of it....;)

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hmmm..... i fancy some radish now... i used to have a french friend and her dad used to dip radish in garlic salt... hmmm........

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lol pipples, i got all my tips from David, he taught me all i know :D

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The ravioli is actually a Jamie Oliver recipe, but here it is:

255g podded broad beans plus extra for garnish
1 small handful of mint picked and chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
150g ricotta cheese
1 handful of grated parmesan cheese or to taste
juice of 1 lemon
salt and fleshly ground black pepper
extra chopped mint
olive oil and parmesan cheese to serve


Method
If the broad beans are very small and soft you can use them raw.
If they are medium to large blanch them until just tender in unsalted boiling water (remove the skins after blanching if they are slightly tough).
Smash or finely chop half the beans and leave the other half whole.
Put all the beans into a bowl with the chopped mint (added to taste) olive oil and ricotta.
Lightly fork this through adding the parmesan lemon juice and seasoning to taste.
Stuff the ravioli with the filling and cook them in gently boiling salted water for around 3 to 4 minutes until tender.
Drain carefully.
Serve drizzled with a little extra olive oil and scattered with the extra broad beans some chopped mint and some freshly grated or shaved parmesan.

Obviously you have to make/buy sheets of pasta to stuff with the filling. I make my own, but you could buy the fresh lasagne sheets and do the same thing.

I don't think I'll have time to do it today as I'd forgotten that I'm going to the football, but it's definitely on the menu for tomorrow. ;)

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I have a pasta machine too.
I have made ravioli using minced cooked chicken and served it in chicken broth.
That idea to use mashed broad beans is 'inspired' - I may well try that :D

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ooh...i like spinach ravioli,,,, might have that for my tea

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Making your own pasta is pretty easy and it makes a nice change from the normal stuff. The broad bean recipe does sound good doesn't it? It should be even nicer when made from these!! :D

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Are you vegetarian TM or do you just fancy the recipe?

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I`m veggie and it sounds great to me, which Jamie Oliver book is it in TM.......we have a few stashed somewhere........:)

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I was vegetarian when I was married, mainly because it was easier all round. Now I do eat meat, but still enjoy making vegetarian food. I was looking for something that would showcase my beans and thought that this fit the bill. :D

pipinfort - the recipe is from the book 'Cook With Jamie'.

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Gracias TM.:D

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The beans were lovely and the recipe worked out really well. :)


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is that MASSIVE ravioli or a tiny plate? lol

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Ravioli Grande..!!!!!!! it looks bloody good:)

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The Italians make big ravioli and I was following suit. You can do that when they don't have to fit in a can. ;)

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It was time for my garlic to come up today and free up some space. It's already strung up and hanging in my shed. :)

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bloody hell, you did really well with those TM, i was going to do garlic this year but when i decided to buy some to plant someone told me it was too late in the year to do them :( going to do them next year though :D