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Amazin

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At the end of the season I will find...
« on: June 10, 2008, 23:43:56 »
... the scrap of paper on which I hastily scribbled which potatoes I'd planted where...    :-\
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longlad

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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2008, 00:44:08 »
... the fact that yet again the plot was not big enough
oh bugger its raining

djbrenton

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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2008, 08:00:24 »
The third brass tap key I've had to replace.

wilko

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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2008, 08:23:29 »
That I'm getting better at this  :D  ( hopefully  :-\ )
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STEVEB

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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2008, 08:28:55 »
That im still learning !!
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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2008, 08:31:26 »
...that I didn't really need 102 leeks and 50 cabbage.
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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2008, 08:31:57 »
That i have been offered an allotment (hopefully ::)) to late to grow any thing :'(

manicscousers

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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2008, 08:38:38 »
ray's mulit purpose knife that's buried somewhere  ;D

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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2008, 09:07:12 »
that Winter Radish still taste awful

antipodes

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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2008, 09:38:33 »
...that the surprise potatoes did better than the lovingly planted ones...
...that I grew more weeds than veg...
...that green tomato jam is a girl's best friend...
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GrannieAnnie

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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2008, 11:14:17 »
that I should have persevered weeding when the temps hit 37.77C in mid June.
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Kendy

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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #11 on: June 11, 2008, 11:24:03 »
The leftover seed potatoes which I ordered in surplus !

Mr Smith

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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2008, 19:45:59 »
That I still need to do more work to get it to the standard I wan t for next year ;)

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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #13 on: June 11, 2008, 20:05:55 »
... that I didn't need 2 old biscuit tins FULL of packets of seed!! 5 varieties of leek anyone?
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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2008, 20:14:08 »
......I really enjoyed it and that I want to have another season.

Deb P

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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #15 on: June 11, 2008, 23:36:48 »
.........at least two pairs of secateurs in the compost bins.....! ;D
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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #16 on: June 12, 2008, 00:20:45 »
The will to carry on filling in the speadsheets for crop rotation, varieties planted and yields lovingly prepared in the winter when the growing season was months away.

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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #17 on: June 12, 2008, 08:35:29 »
I really will clean out all the plant pots and seeds trays for next spring, honest...
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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #18 on: June 12, 2008, 09:03:35 »
that I'm amazed how much we managed to grow , regardless of the weather and pests  ;D

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Re: At the end of the season I will find...
« Reply #19 on: June 12, 2008, 09:25:31 »


My first season on the new plot was the best ever [so far]
     Bridgehouse.

 

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