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cawdor2001 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 16, 2007, 00:12 »

Hi WG, it is not unfortunately associated to Cawdor village, estate or Castle in the highlands, which is why i guess you asked given your location. I wish it was as that is a spectacular place from pictures i have seen but not yet visited, been up that way but not that specific locality, it is on my list.

I am afraid the origin of my forum name is infinitely less interesting than that, i used to live on a street called Cawdor when i lived in St Neots near Cambridge and adopted it as my user name so i could more easily remember it as i am always forgetting user names/passwords etc.

I envy what you have on your doorstep

Cawdor

WG. · « **Reply #16 on:** December 16, 2007, 00:28 »

Indeed you have sussed the reason for my question.

I drive past Cawdor once a week. I wondered if you might have some local connections.

cawdor2001 · « **Reply #17 on:** December 16, 2007, 00:33 »

If only WG. Must get up there with the family for a holiday one of these days, stunning still does not quite do it justice. Nice pics.

Cawdor

tallulah · « **Reply #18 on:** December 16, 2007, 23:43 »

More like Corr! Dor to me. I'd live there, if asked!

growmore · « **Reply #19 on:** December 17, 2007, 00:31 »

Hi MW,

Joan J are a lovely autumn fruiting rasp. The canes that grow in the spring will produce a crop next summer and if the soil is well pepared you should get a nice crop. At the end of their fruiting season chop the canes right back, as Joan J crop on the same years canes, fertilise the soil and just wiat for more large juicy tasty rasps

muddywellies · « **Reply #20 on:** December 17, 2007, 09:04 »

Hooray, all the canes are in! Good soil which was topped off with some well-rotted horse manure 3 weeks ago. I soaked the canes in a bucket of tepid water for an hour before planting. The little booklet that came with them said to soak for a 'few hours' but, having read lots of raspberry advice on previous posts, I opted to the shorter time for fear of drowning the poor things! Now I just have to wait till 2009 for a really bumper crop by the sounds of it

WG. · « **Reply #21 on:** December 17, 2007, 11:41 »

Why tepid water?

muddywellies · « **Reply #22 on:** December 17, 2007, 13:39 »

Because that's what it said in the little booklet that came with the canes from Suttons. I've no idea why though :?

WG. · « **Reply #23 on:** December 17, 2007, 13:43 »

Fair enough - good answer.

New one on me though. I'd have thought it a bad idea to do anything which might break their winter dormancy.

gobs · « **Reply #24 on:** December 17, 2007, 14:19 »

They all come with that. I donno why. It is also said to pour boiling water down the planting whole. I can't remember what that is for either.

You surely won't be surprised I never bothered. :roll:

noshed · « **Reply #25 on:** December 18, 2007, 20:41 »

I was thinking of becoming a Thane

gobs · « **Reply #26 on:** December 18, 2007, 21:49 »

Quote from: "noshed"

I was thinking of becoming a Thane

and why didn't you?

WG. · « **Reply #27 on:** December 18, 2007, 21:51 »

Quote from: "noshed"

I was thinking of becoming a Thane

I was hoping someone else would ask but ...

Okay, please explain.

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