Peggy's Mundane Thread

Jim finish for the week, another two and half pound off

Iggy wrote:

Winter onion sets arrived this morning.

Lazy git. My Senshyu seeds are two inches high and looking about right. Sown on 24 August. Am trying to avoid importing any more rot.

Tgwu wrote:

Still lot on holiday, Torquay was buzzing,

Any Truro fans?

Sir John Hawkins wrote:

Iggy wrote:

Winter onion sets arrived this morning.

Lazy git. My Senshyu seeds are two inches high and looking about right. Sown on 24 August. Am trying to avoid importing any more rot.

Sets work for me as I'll lift them end of May and get my beans in then. No rot in my patch buy from good source and rotate well and you shouldn't get many problems. Have you tried growing your onions on ridges? Bit drier, take away the causes of rot and the rot will go also.
Next mission is the garlic, bought some Solent Wight about ten years ago and still growing it, some from bulbs but I grow a lot from the scapes now. Plant the scapes in trays and this year they will grow into small round bulbs then plant out next September and they make real big bulbs of real tasty garlic.

I am impressed by your efforts.

Proms for me tonight, ffff channel5

Iggy wrote:

Sir John Hawkins wrote:

Iggy wrote:

Winter onion sets arrived this morning.

Lazy git. My Senshyu seeds are two inches high and looking about right. Sown on 24 August. Am trying to avoid importing any more rot.

Sets work for me as I'll lift them end of May and get my beans in then. No rot in my patch buy from good source and rotate well and you shouldn't get many problems. Have you tried growing your onions on ridges? Bit drier, take away the causes of rot and the rot will go also.
Next mission is the garlic, bought some Solent Wight about ten years ago and still growing it, some from bulbs but I grow a lot from the scapes now. Plant the scapes in trays and this year they will grow into small round bulbs then plant out next September and they make real big bulbs of real tasty garlic.

We always grow our garlic and onions using ridges as the troughs allows the water to run down the rows. By lifting time, you can't see the troughs and rows anymore as the bulbs have 'outgrown' them. This year we grew a soft neck garlic variety, bleddy handsome they are, but I can't remember the name of 'em. Our 'Golden bantam' (I think) sweetcorn is also yummy. I like saving some 'pearl' garlic as it's easy to freeze and therefore easy in the kitchen.

There was a wryneck in the garden today, never seen one before.

You are lucky, they are very rare.

First visit to the Jim for this week and no school run this week

Does the wife know about this ?

She was with me, she likes a good work out.

Bus to Dartington and a nice walk to Totnes.

Home from that nice walk.

A little hill walk in around Compton and Eggbuckland today (no Jim)

Took me 20mins to walk up church hill

This morning: Doc, Jim or shopping or shopping then Jim.

You lead a very full life. I am off for lunch with a group of exwork colleagues.

pepsipete wrote:

You lead a very full life.  I am off for lunch with a group of exwork colleagues.

After the Doc Pete wife went Morrison's shopping and I went to the Jim.
Home now for lunch then the bus into town.


No school run this week.

Morning Pete, out early this morning, putting in a extra Jim workout.
Busy day,

Pete I might start my own thread called T&G daily diary.

Tgwu wrote:

Morning Pete, out early this morning, putting in a extra Jim workout.
Busy day,

Pete I might start my own thread called T&G daily diary.

Best of luck with it. I am off back to Budshead for the weekend.

Just bought six thirteen foot scaffold boards from Jewson, they're on offer at the moment.

sufferedsince 68 wrote:

Just bought six thirteen foot scaffold boards from Jewson, they're on offer at the moment.

Getting ready for the call to start on the mini stand?

mouldyoldgoat wrote:

sufferedsince 68 wrote:

Just bought six thirteen foot scaffold boards from Jewson, they're on offer at the moment.

Getting ready for the call to start on the mini stand?

Jimmy asked me if six planks was enough to build the Mini stand, i said do you think Freaky Olliearshole pedler deliar sad daz and x isle were up to it!!!!!!

How much Suffs? I need some to make a worktop for the back room, rip them down, biscuit joint and belt sander brings em up a treat.