Helen's veggie attempts 2012

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Helen's veggie attempts 2012

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Well, after last years hard work with so little to show for it, I am going to try not to get carried away this year. Although the celery grew well, it was ready when I was on holiday, as were the toms and so much else. I came back to a complete shambles. My red cabbages for Xmas (which I put in new raised beds and spent a fortune on compost) were just decimated by caterpillars and slugs, as were my sprouts, although astonishingly, there were enough for Xmas dinner with some left over.
My onions/garlic grew badly for some reason - the first real disappointing year. I was hoping for several strings of them, but the tops weren't there to do that with when I harvested them.>coc< The red onions barely grew at all again, so they are a definite no-no this year.
This year I would like the effort I put in to be properly rewarded - I am sure I wouldn't have spent as much on veg had I bought it as I did on seeds, canes, feed, slug and bug stuff etc etc!
I will give it some thought and come up with a plan in the next few days of what I am going to grow, and try to stick to it.
Yeah, right.{rofwl}
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p.penn wrote: I was hoping for several strings of them, but the tops weren't there to do that with when I harvested them.

Our's were the same Helen but Ali use some of her old tights. One onion in two knots, about an inch apart, then another onion until a leg is full and hang up. To use just cut between the knots on the lowest one and the others don't fall out)t'
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That's genius.)b(
Did your onions grow to their normal size last year Dom?
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We grew red onions, they grew alright but not drastically big. Still taste OK though.
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PS They don't look as aesthetically pleasing hanging from the kitchen ceiling as a string of onions which is why they are hanging in my shed.
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Ha ha ha! They would have to hang in my kitchen, so perhaps black ones would be better!
I know I am going to regret asking this but what is the 27 after your name for? Is it your inside leg measurement?)grin2(
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No)w(
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Weeks to retirement?
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No)w(
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Hairs on your head--:-D I will get my coat
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fishpond wrote: Hairs on your head--:-D I will get my coat

That is a memory of long ago{cry}
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Bad Dom!!! You have sent my veg thread totally)ot:
So, let's get back to onions.......)grin2(
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p.penn wrote: Ha ha ha! They would have to hang in my kitchen, so perhaps black ones would be better!
I know I am going to regret asking this but what is the 27 after your name for? Is it your inside leg measurement?)grin2(

Me?
I could have sworn it woz you wot veered it from the straight and narrow{warn}
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27 is how many onions he has:-D
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Or brain cells.{rofwl}
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Arrests between Xmas and the New year.
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