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sorry about this, but had the usual 'sudden afterthought' -  who IS this person who is asking about our gardening year??

Don't know about you lot, but we have a few months to go - even at 650ft. And we reserve our coment! - Tim

Hi Eric!

I was right then.  I googled palustris and it came up with pinus, but having another look there is crocodylus palustris or marsh crocodile ..... not inferring you are an old croc of course ;)

Tim, sorry but my gardening year grinds to a halt in September and apart from general clearing and tidying the growing aspect is finished until the Spring (not having greenhouse or tunnels)

Ozzy, sorry to be a bit late to answer you question as to what flowers to grow, but last year, down the left hand fence, I planted nearly 200 daffodil and narcissus bulbs (150 from B&Q for about £7.50).   We had daffodils in at least two vases, sometimes more, at home, for the whole month of April.   In fact I picked the first, in bud, on St. David's day.   The last were picked in the first week of May.   We had so many, we also were able to hand some to friends and neighbours.  

Don't know whether this is a good idea for you. ;D

Hiya Tim.     Best regards Colin.

Hey Ozzie! Yep, get yourself a couple of pussycats then all your neighbours will find this board and start asking what they can plant to keep their neighbour's cats off their plots.. ;D ::) :P

Best of times..it's all been good - well, except for the spring onions, natch, but there again I like traditions and I've never, ever been able to grow them.However, Janet Diesnis in France sent me some autumn-sowing spring onion seeds which she guarantees will work for me - yeah! ???

Suze, do you not grow sprouting broccoli during the winter? What with that (purple and white), the perpetual spinach, all that garlic and onions (red and Janet's spring ones), I'm hoping that I'll have something to come back to after a winter away. - Lishka

Hi Lishka,good to see you here,and hi to all the other ex beeb regulars.Well,perhaps not ex,but there certainly seems to be a lot less going on over there,and a great deal more here.We can post all night if we want,send private E mails to each other,and even see who is on line when we are.Great.Although I am not into gardening to any degree,at least we got a pond board very quickly so see you there sometime?

Best wishes

Yo 'Lishka

No, not in this garden, used to in my old one.  Once I have finished clearing I will then have larger area for vegs.  I love purple sprouting broccolli and sooo expensive in shops.

Have booked time off work for next week to get really stuck in.

Best times - eating sweetcorn 15 minutes after picking it. Finding I had 3 caulis instead of only the 1 I originally thought.
Worst time - losing all my brocolli to club root