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by Spreckly
11 Jul 2023, 18:50
Forum: Grow your Own Diaries
Topic: How does your garden grow?
Replies: 336
Views: 5356064

Re: How does your garden grow?

I have repotted my honeysuckle, grown from a seed today. Then taken half a dozen honeysuckle cuttings, dipped half in rooting powder and the rest in water,as per instructions on You Tube.
Started saving borrage and nasturtium seeds for next year.
by Spreckly
05 Jul 2023, 21:32
Forum: Grow your Own Diaries
Topic: How does your garden grow?
Replies: 336
Views: 5356064

Re: How does your garden grow?

My pears have no fruit for the second year in a row, and despite blossom, my apple trees look grim with curled leaves.
by Spreckly
05 Jul 2023, 21:29
Forum: Food and Drink
Topic: Spicing up the cooking
Replies: 51
Views: 27544

Re: Spicing up the cooking

It is making my mouth water, LL.
by Spreckly
01 Jul 2023, 16:01
Forum: Grow your Own Diaries
Topic: How does your garden grow?
Replies: 336
Views: 5356064

Re: How does your garden grow?

Last year my rasps were futile, and this year there were no flowers at all, possibly due to the canes becoming choked up in places with buttercups, which had twined round the stems. So this morning I took long handled shears and cut rasps and buttercups right down. I had put cardboard between the ro...
by Spreckly
30 Jun 2023, 19:37
Forum: Grow your Own Diaries
Topic: How does your garden grow?
Replies: 336
Views: 5356064

Re: How does your garden grow?

My garden this summer has looked fairly good. Lot of colour from nasturtiums and antirrhinums, the latter a birthday present. Very disappointed in the multi coloured lupins, which have all been purple, just sown some Russell lupin seeds so hopeful for next year. I have used several red geraniums, wh...
by Spreckly
04 May 2023, 15:50
Forum: Vegetable and Fruit Gardening
Topic: And so it begins........Colorado beetles
Replies: 10
Views: 10768

Re: And so it begins........Colorado beetles

We got the beetles on our lilies each year, a case of hunt the beetle, but as the lilies appear not to have survived, I will not be having to search and kill them. They are a pretty thing, though, but cause so much damage.
by Spreckly
01 May 2023, 11:18
Forum: Fun and Word Games
Topic: Where might you see?
Replies: 19
Views: 15771

Re: Where might you see?

Out of my misery at last, although I have never heard of the place! Thanks Mo.)t'
by Spreckly
26 Apr 2023, 20:56
Forum: Fun and Word Games
Topic: Where might you see?
Replies: 19
Views: 15771

Re: Where might you see?

Somewhere in Wales? Have done the circle twice, but no wiser.
by Spreckly
26 Apr 2023, 20:53
Forum: Books, TV and the Media
Topic: What are you listening to?
Replies: 12
Views: 9922

Re: What are you listening to?

I listen to Classic FM at home and when I am travelling, interspersed with Radio Humberside. The latter for the local news, I am not a fan of the music. I do watch music on You Tube, recently The Bee Gees, classical arias, and recently I have managed to identify some beautiful guitar music, which is...
by Spreckly
24 Apr 2023, 11:32
Forum: Fun and Word Games
Topic: Where might you see?
Replies: 19
Views: 15771

Re: Where might you see?

120 miles from Doncaster - North York Moors? I tried the circle, but gave up!
by Spreckly
23 Apr 2023, 10:21
Forum: Food and Drink
Topic: Coronation Quiche
Replies: 4
Views: 2377

Re: Coronation Quiche

Whose standard, Silverback? My sons always rag me about my cooking. Before I married Ted, my youngest son kindly informed him that "she always burns the carrots".
by Spreckly
22 Apr 2023, 15:36
Forum: Food and Drink
Topic: Coronation Quiche
Replies: 4
Views: 2377

Re: Coronation Quiche

The quiche is now in the freezer waiting for the big day. It took longer than the given time to set in the oven though.
by Spreckly
20 Apr 2023, 11:40
Forum: Food and Drink
Topic: Coronation Quiche
Replies: 4
Views: 2377

Coronation Quiche

There are a few sites with Coronation Quiche recipes on the internet, and I decided to have a go. I bought the ingredients, apart from fresh Tarragon, this morning when I did my weekly shopping trip. The frozen flaky pastry is de-frosting on the kitchen worktop, after hacking away with a large carvi...
by Spreckly
20 Apr 2023, 11:30
Forum: Grow your Own Diaries
Topic: How does your garden grow?
Replies: 336
Views: 5356064

Re: How does your garden grow?

Hope your garden plans take shape for you Manda. Mo, I think it was you who mentioned about slugs. I bought some organic slug pellets this morning. Slugs or snails have chewed up some of the chrysanth leaves in the greenhouse, so the pots have all had a dose of the pellets. They were the cheapest on...
by Spreckly
19 Apr 2023, 15:21
Forum: Frugality and Self-Reliance
Topic: Goats
Replies: 29
Views: 23556

Re: Goats

I agree with you, Mo, the forum is livlier, gosh, I remember the old days, Steve the Gas, Mrs Babycakes, P Penn, and more recently Gwenoakes and June, to name a few.