http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:42:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2007/03/12/peeping-through/#comment-23 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:29:58 +0100 http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2007/03/12/peeping-through/#comment-23 Great news, love it when this happens. Great news, love it when this happens.

]]> http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2006/07/17/some-links/#comment-22 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:06:22 +0100 http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2006/07/17/some-links/#comment-22 These comments have been invaluable to me as is this whole site. I thank you for your comment. These comments have been invaluable to me as is this whole site. I thank you for your comment.

]]> http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2006/07/07/well-it-aint-like-that-anymore/#comment-21 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:01:18 +0100 http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2006/07/07/well-it-aint-like-that-anymore/#comment-21 These comments have been invaluable to me as is this whole site. I thank you for your comment. These comments have been invaluable to me as is this whole site. I thank you for your comment.

]]> http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2007/03/12/peeping-through/#comment-20 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:56:18 +0000 http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2007/03/12/peeping-through/#comment-20 agh! must get my blog back up and running too!! agh! must get my blog back up and running too!!

]]> http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2007/03/12/peeping-through/#comment-19 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:10:36 +0000 http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2007/03/12/peeping-through/#comment-19 I totally ignore "sow before" dates. Seeds can't read 'em anyway. All it means is that by law a certain percentage of seeds have to germinate (did you know that? and the rate is lower for parsnips otherwise you wouldn't be able to sell parsnip seed at all because they're buggers to germinate). And after that date, the rate might be less than is legal. But some of them will still come up. You hear stories of hundred-year-old seeds from some Victorian botanist's collection being sowed and coming up, so give it a try. I totally ignore “sow before” dates. Seeds can’t read ‘em anyway. All it means is that by law a certain percentage of seeds have to germinate (did you know that? and the rate is lower for parsnips otherwise you wouldn’t be able to sell parsnip seed at all because they’re buggers to germinate). And after that date, the rate might be less than is legal. But some of them will still come up. You hear stories of hundred-year-old seeds from some Victorian botanist’s collection being sowed and coming up, so give it a try.

]]> http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2007/03/05/on-the-list/#comment-18 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:00:49 +0000 http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2007/03/05/on-the-list/#comment-18 I saw some in Wilko's the other day. I saw some in Wilko’s the other day.

]]> http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2007/03/12/peeping-through/#comment-17 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:23:07 +0000 http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2007/03/12/peeping-through/#comment-17 Got a link for the Real seed ppl? Got a link for the Real seed ppl?

]]> http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2007/03/05/on-the-list/#comment-16 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:48:47 +0000 http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2007/03/05/on-the-list/#comment-16 I love the optimism and enthusiasm of this time of year, planning what to plant and looking forward to the harvest to come. Good luck with your dead twig though - I think that might be pushing optimism a bit too far. If I was you I'd go out and buy a healthy blackcurrant plant just to cover your bases. They're cheap in Lidl. I love the optimism and enthusiasm of this time of year, planning what to plant and looking forward to the harvest to come. Good luck with your dead twig though - I think that might be pushing optimism a bit too far. If I was you I’d go out and buy a healthy blackcurrant plant just to cover your bases. They’re cheap in Lidl.

]]> http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2007/03/05/on-the-list/#comment-15 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:52:50 +0000 http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2007/03/05/on-the-list/#comment-15 Nice to read about you gardening again :-) Courgettes are OK planted in April or May and you can plant direct into growbags. Peas and mangetout - essentially the same thing. I've not tried them in a tub but dwarf beans in a tub worked well, so similar. Slugs always get most of ours lol. Nice to read about you gardening again Courgettes are OK planted in April or May and you can plant direct into growbags. Peas and mangetout - essentially the same thing. I’ve not tried them in a tub but dwarf beans in a tub worked well, so similar. Slugs always get most of ours lol.

]]> http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2007/03/03/all-change/#comment-14 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:37:49 +0000 http://firstymcstub.blogsome.com/2007/03/03/all-change/#comment-14 It's nice to see you back. I had given up on this blog. Good luck with the new garden. It’s nice to see you back. I had given up on this blog. Good luck with the new garden.

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