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Sounds like a great idea Tim. So you half the growbag and plant one tom plant per upended growbag? (just making sure I've got it right)

To keep OT! ;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm asking Tim a question about growing toms in growbags.

Sorry :-[ :-[

pacing the house and becoming unbearable (according to husband and cats) as i wait to move house so i can sow some seeds!!

Looking at the 'orrible weather (snow and sleet all day) and wondering whether we'll see summer this side of the end of the world. I'll be planting toms and corn this weekend anyway; they can go under the hot water tank to germinate.

Here in central Belgium, 30 miles south of Brussels, we are waiting for the thaw. 

I have two new baby plastic greenhouses in the garage and about 6 metres of rigid plastic cloches, just waiting for a bit of warm so I can sow some seeds and a local DIY store has mini plastic greenhouses for tomatoes but it's still way too cold to think of sowing seeds or planting out or even weeding and pruning - and we're practically at the spring solstice!!

Hi Cate
Like you I have only had my allotment for less that 1 year, this week end I will be planting 2 fruit trees and potatoes, carrots, beetroot and kohl rabi. I have already got my onoins, shallots and garlic in. I also have Purple tomatoes and winter squash in pots starting in propagators.
Hope this may help/insipre?...

Quote from: fozzylozzy on March 10, 2006, 15:58:01Even down here in Weymouth it's been snowy, frosty and now wet and windy....

@fozzylozzy. I know Weymouth really well, been on hols there loads of times.  Spent many a happy hour in the Admiral Hardy pub's beer garden near Littlesea, watching the lottie holders grafting over the road!

PP.

sitting at computer and suddenly children descended to give me a make-over

despite me proteting I was going to have a shower.

7 yr old son is sitting on the back of the computer chair trying to put a white sparkly hair

scrunchie ( becoming more and more frustrated as he tries and hair falls out each time)

9 yr old daughter has put lipliner, lip gloss, mascara, blusher and stick on stars on cheeks.

Can't wait to look in mirror :-X

Debs

Oh Debs. That did make me smile, I can just imagine it. Hope you haven't got to go out cos they will be upset if you wash it all off!!!!

have just finished tucking into a toasted ham & cheese sarnie while watching recorded episode of the last week's 'The Apprentice'....half-way thru it at the moment so don't know yet who 'got the boot!!

also plucking up courage to go out into the cold (got a glimmer of sun right this minute tho) for few bits of necessary shopping  :-\

Although it's cold I've had the windowsill plants in the greenhouse this pm -as the temp. was in double figures. I think the extra light and a bit of jiggling about helps to stop them getting too tall.

Getting crosser and crosser trying to post photo with only the b....y red cross coming up. Using imageshack, now giving up and going to knit some slippers instead.
Oh how I wish the weather would warm up.I did go to the lottie thismorning and someone very kindly gave me some pallets to construct a compost bin from. Tomorrows job,I think. :-\

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Knittting slippers???????? I am in awe of the talents on this site!!!!!

;D

When I've done them AND mastered the photo posting thing I'll let you see them........!

AND I've got a cup of tea.

hi, am sat here waiting for our cat to start giving birth,all signs are that it will be today.

I'm waiting for the beeper on me cooker.  Got a honey-roast gammon and a lemon meringue pie to come out, then I shall tackle the ironing!!
Stuff this domestic goddess malarky,  I'm off to the lottie all day tomorrow come hail or snow!!  :)

have had enough of this awful cold wind, am going to go and have a long hot soak in the bath ... with bubbles !

;D

Lol...waiting for the slippers to adorn the toes in front of the cosy fire!!

;)

love that shot of your toes in front of fire - how sensible  ;)

& you seem to have mastered the camera too  (no red crosses there) ;D

Sitting at the radiator  and on here as usual waiting on OH to wake up, may go a short walk to blow away some cobwebs!!!   Mince is cooking and hope I remember to switch it off.  Hate Sundays  really do, they should be banned.   Now if it was warmer out there  I would go and cut back some dead wood and shrubs, but its bleeding freezing and theres a fine drizzle.

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