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WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« on: October 12, 2009, 22:14:34 »
mine is planting potatoes, digging them up is no problem, eating them..well!!







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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2009, 22:27:43 »
Moving all our stuff off one site to another. We moved house 2 years ago and now have got on a site near to us so everything is on the move!

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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2009, 22:44:16 »
Trying to beat the weeds....... 8) 8) 8)
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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2009, 22:48:00 »
Turning our new plot from a tractor graveyard to a vegetable haven before spring.
and digging out the masses of bamble roots which are bigger than my head!
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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2009, 22:56:14 »
Digging.  Some of my 'soil' is still rock solid and some areas are only a few inches deep before it is like concrete.  

I only have a small percentage left which has not been dug.  And then there is packing up the bean/pea/sweet pea sticks.


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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2009, 23:07:34 »
Trying to beat the weeds....... 8) 8) 8)
Me too, and learning a bit of patience, I already have weeds growing round my onions and garlic, should have dug it over and then waited for the new weeds to show their heads before I planted.
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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2009, 23:28:53 »
Getting hubby to sow just one seed! 

He'll help me by clearing non-compostable stuff away, he'll put up the bean poles, pick the beans, and take them down, dig potatoes, spread manure, water and is my left hand so not really complaining, but I'd just love him to be in at the start.  :)

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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2009, 23:40:12 »
Not buying too many seeds  8)
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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2009, 08:24:00 »
Getting hubby to sow just one seed! 

He'll help me by clearing non-compostable stuff away, he'll put up the bean poles, pick the beans, and take them down, dig potatoes, spread manure, water and is my left hand so not really complaining, but I'd just love him to be in at the start.  :)

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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2009, 08:36:51 »
Getting enough manure\organic material to the plot.  I am on a railway cutting on deep London Clay - and the clay wants to stay that way regardless of how much manure I add!!
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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2009, 09:09:46 »
Earthing up spuds. Breaks ower Tones back ;D
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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2009, 09:29:22 »
Just lately getting up of a morning just to get to me plot don't seem to be able to drag me sen out a bed,but apart from that thinning out i allways put it off till its too late.

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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2009, 18:26:49 »
I'm with SlugKiller on this one...  :-[

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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2009, 22:59:15 »
I'm with SlugKiller on this one...  :-[

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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2009, 23:27:33 »
Not buying too many seeds  8)

I feed one neighbour's cat and just keep a look out for the other when they go on holiday.....no fee just bring me back a packet of seeds  ;)

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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #15 on: October 13, 2009, 23:32:28 »
Getting hubby to sow just one seed! 

He'll help me by clearing non-compostable stuff away, he'll put up the bean poles, pick the beans, and take them down, dig potatoes, spread manure, water and is my left hand so not really complaining, but I'd just love him to be in at the start.  :)

Ninny



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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #16 on: October 14, 2009, 07:52:44 »
My hardest task is to avoid drooling too much over seed catalogues.........aka vegetable porn! ;D
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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #17 on: October 14, 2009, 07:54:26 »
Simply veg cat. came recently... drool....  :)

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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #18 on: October 14, 2009, 08:09:53 »
keepig on top of the weeds (bind weed and couch grass  :( ) and not spending too much money on seeds and other garden "essentials"...

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Re: WHATS YOUR HARDEST TASK
« Reply #19 on: October 14, 2009, 08:45:00 »
Have I missed that one Saddad.
Simply veg cat. came recently... drool....  :)

 

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