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Chatting on the Plot / Re: What’s for tea? 2024
« Last post by mumofstig on May 28, 2024, 20:31 »
Chicken stir-fry, the chicken breast was quite big and by the time I'd sliced it, and the veg, it was obviously a plateful without cooking any rice  :D
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Grow Your Own / Re: What I did on the plot today 2024
« Last post by snowdrops on May 28, 2024, 19:53 »
In the tunnel I Finally got round to winding some of the tomatoes round the strings that hubby put  up on Monday for me as the tomatoes were starting to scramble around the floor, also side shorted those ones too, some were huge. Applied bonemeal around the peach & pear tree in the tunnel too.
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: What’s the weather like where you are? 2024
« Last post by wighty on May 28, 2024, 19:18 »
Still breezy and drizzly.   Just glad I didn't have to go out today.  Paul tells me it's not very warm  out but I'm okay.
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: What’s for tea? 2024
« Last post by Lardman on May 28, 2024, 19:07 »
How much piggy did you have i can not believe your still eating it   :D

The joint was just over 3lb. I cut slices about the thickness of a chop ( ~ 1/2 inch) 6 decent servings, you could probably get away with stretching it to 8 if needed, the websites says feeds 10 which is comical. 

Back before it became stupidly expensive to buy unprocessed meat I used to just work down the list of joints each week, pork, beef, gammon, leg of lamb and then a whole chicken.  Friday was fish and Saturday was the only filler day either curry, pizza, pasta etc. 

It's so much easier not having to think about what to cook each day.
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Grow Your Own / Re: Slugs and Snails EVERYWHERE
« Last post by Aunt Sally on May 28, 2024, 18:25 »
Worzel buys them from Nematodes Direct - nematodesdirect.co.uk 
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Grow Your Own / Re: Slugs and Snails EVERYWHERE
« Last post by Aunt Sally on May 28, 2024, 18:19 »
Has anyone used nematodes?
If so where from and how effective.
I've found them good for potatoes in the past but haven't used for years but think I will have to this year.


We use nemaslug on our potatoes.  It does a good job !
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: WORDLE
« Last post by mumofstig on May 28, 2024, 18:09 »
Woohoo! Another 3 for me  :lol:
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Grow Your Own / Re: Are you giving your tomato plants asprin?
« Last post by madcat on May 28, 2024, 17:54 »
We find it helps as a preventative, but its not a silver bullet.  Spray with aspirin when the forecast Hutton Criteria for the area are red (see https://blightspy.huttonltd.com/#/forecast) with the idea that it stresses the plant, closing the pores and therefore making it less vulnerable to the late blight spores.  Don't overcook it and weaken the plant, keep them well fed and strong, and take off excess foliage.  All together it increases the odds of a good year!
Once they have blight, you can try removing the affected foliage, but you are only buying a bit of time.  :(  And on an allotment site, once one plot has it ... again it is only a matter of time.  :( :( :(
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: Bird watch
« Last post by Subversive_plot on May 28, 2024, 17:18 »
Thank you, I'll have to look that one up!
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Equipment Shed / Re: Strimmer
« Last post by greenjay on May 28, 2024, 16:56 »
I do like good value but my son says buy once but well.
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