Using string instead of canes

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Re: Using string instead of canes
« Reply #45 on: April 01, 2009, 21:46 »
I like the maypole idea and am now kicking myself for the clapped out bikes that I dumped a couple of years ago.  >:(  
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Re: Using string instead of canes
« Reply #46 on: April 01, 2009, 21:48 »
I like the maypole idea and am now kicking myself for the clapped out bikes that I dumped a couple of years ago.  >:(  

Not to worry....they been great thanks... saved a fortune on taxis!!  :lol:
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Re: Using string instead of canes
« Reply #47 on: April 01, 2009, 21:48 »
Could those bikes have been recycled  :lol: :lol:
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Re: Using string instead of canes
« Reply #48 on: April 01, 2009, 21:55 »
Could those bikes have been recycled  :lol: :lol:

There's a good bit of Scots witt there!!  :lol:

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Re: Using string instead of canes
« Reply #49 on: April 01, 2009, 22:02 »
I thought you were working   ::) ::) ::)

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Re: Using string instead of canes
« Reply #50 on: April 01, 2009, 22:15 »
I thought you were working   ::) ::) ::)

Yeah.... I know.... really must log off and get on.  :(

Thanks for the reminder!

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Re: Using string instead of canes
« Reply #51 on: April 01, 2009, 22:22 »
Good intentions paved a road once  :tongue2:

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Re: Using string instead of canes
« Reply #52 on: April 01, 2009, 23:13 »
A couple of Wilkos rose arches linked with canes over a path make a lovely bean bower.




This was taken before I had moved it to go over a proper path. That year I had courgettes underneath, which were a bit of a nuisance to walk through...
« Last Edit: April 02, 2009, 12:57 by noshed »
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Re: Using string instead of canes
« Reply #53 on: April 01, 2009, 23:14 »
A couple of Wilkos rose arches linked with canes over a path make a lovely bean bower.
Loving this idea - no Wilko near us though --- shame!

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Re: Using string instead of canes
« Reply #54 on: April 01, 2009, 23:32 »
A couple of Wilkos rose arches linked with canes over a path make a lovely bean bower.

'xactly what Ive done  :D My lad can look up and pick as he walks onto the plot  :D
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Re: Using string instead of canes
« Reply #55 on: April 01, 2009, 23:34 »
Brilliant   :)

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Re: Using string instead of canes
« Reply #56 on: April 02, 2009, 07:40 »
Mine Runner beans are in paper pots in the greenhouse.  About half have germinated but thats all at the moment.  Im hoping that my inexperience and rush to sow them wasnt too early!

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Re: Using string instead of canes
« Reply #57 on: April 02, 2009, 08:01 »
You'll have to be careful min.

I won't sow mine until mid April, even then last year I lost some to the frost and had to sow again.
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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Re: Using string instead of canes
« Reply #58 on: April 02, 2009, 08:15 »


used this last year and will be doing again this year

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Re: Using string instead of canes
« Reply #59 on: April 02, 2009, 08:56 »


used this last year and will be doing again this year

Is that the allotment equivalent of the naughty step?

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