General Chat

Tena Lady, I have found, is the answer to the problem of, ahem, sweet peas when you're down the bottom of the garden. Really saves me those marathon leaps up the garden to the house, which really hurt my arthritic knee and save me having to put on a fresh pair of 'dirty' trousers after dropping my mobile phone down the loo in the rush!!! I don't actually go out there with a torch at night myself, but send the old man out to spray around because, apparently, it confuses the foxes and sends them into next door's garden to do their business, as well as being good for the shrubs! :-))

stop making me pea wend lol you sound like my kinda girl but glad you dont live next door the foxes would scare my babies (poodles) lol xx

I lurves sprouts, lolol I shall be growing some ready for my Christmas dinner..... SPROUTS!!

Love

Daff xxxx

Daff, Sprouts are a firm favourite in this household. The perfect winter veg, and Christmas Dinner would not be the same without them. OH has already planted ours in the allotment. Just keeping an eye on the frosts at this time of the year, but it is essential for the perfect taste, to allow a frost on them, at the back end of the year. Around here, we always say, not to pick them until they have had a winter frost on them.
Happy Sprouting
Julia in Derbyshire

Lol Julia.... *whispers* Puss erm, hates them, lolol...... we had threads galore a few years ago over it.... and Sue M even called herself Dangersprout as a result, lol.......

We have agreed, that like Marmite, people either love sprouts or hate them!

Love

Daff xxxx

I know what yer mean Daff. Anyway, I'm more of a Bovril person meself.
Going to the cold outdoors now. Abit too cold for it to be for long.
Julia in Derbyshire

After cringing at my last post (I do realise I should stay away from this computer when I've had a couple of glasses of wine, ha ha), I'd like to return to the original question. My advice to you pussy would be to get some proper seed compost and sow some more dwarf peas and carry on with the mushroom compost to grow mushrooms. Mushroom compost is really just a soil improver, but it's very interesting that in a propagator it will produce mushrooms.

Whilst on the subject of matters horti, being a relatively new veggie grower, can anyone tell me if there are any veg that shouldn't be grown in soil with manure added?

Also, I need some pond cleaning advice and have a couple of queries. Does anyone have experience of pond cleaning? Perhaps I should start another thread about this, if anyone can help.

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GIRLS SHE CALLED ME THE BANDED WORD LOL IM SORRY WEND BUT TO AVOID BEING BAND YOU MUST CALL ME PUSSER LONG STORY LOL XXXX
pond cleaning don;t use a hoover while there is water in the pond cause you will suck it up and the fish wont be able to swim then someone will phone the nspcc cause you murded your gold fish, and no i havent had a drink just medcine xxxx



ALSO I MAY ADD THE SPROUT WAS BAND BY

Wend, when I first started posting, Puss was on a long ban... in those days all bans were for 8 weeks... anyway.... it was because someone objected to her use of the p***y word in her name at the time..... and reported her.

However.... Puss herself banned sprouts, but did cook some for a couple of us when we went to her house for dinner once.... very brave of her!

Love

Daff xxxx

Sorry Pusser - slapped wrist lol x

Oh dear Daff - that's ridiculous - some people are so petty lol xxx

Mac - very good - you are a clever lad lol xxx

My problem is I've been quoted £200 minimum for cleaning out my 13ft x 6ft pond. The same man fitted a filter 6 months ago, which isn't working properly because there's just too much silt in the pond for it to cope with. I haven't cleaned it out for about 5 years and since putting fish in it 4 years ago, it's become very dirty. I know it's not the time to clean out now, but I think the fish are being adversely affected. I have decided to do it myself by putting them in a holding tank (in the form of my granddaughter's paddling pool!) and emptying the water out with a bucket (hubby said he would help me) and then I want to sift through the silt to save the snails. Also, the pond is now overstocked with goldfish and shubunkins - a few about 8 inches long, quite a few medium size and about 20 small ones from last year's breeding, and I need to do it now, because the adult fish will 'doing the annual business' again soon! One of my queries is - would it be ok for me to remove some of the fish to a large pond in one of our local parks, or would that be too traumatic for them? Any help gratefully received.

How can anyone dislike sprouts - they're yummy, especially when they're not overcooked.

You could try sprouts with a fish side dish?????

Haven't a clue, Wend... but I bet there will be a local by-law prohibiting it!! ;¬))

Love

Daff xxxx

Oh Daff, how could you possibly suggest that I eat my little fishy friends? ha, ha. I remember when I last cleaned out the pond, there were only frogs in it. I put them all in 2 buckets and drove to the park. Felt a bit of a dipstick walking through the park carrying 2 buckets and got some strange looks, but I put them by the pond there and they all happily hopped in. When I got home, as I got out of the car I saw this forlorn-looking little frog sitting on the back seat looking at me!!

Mac - thanks very much for your advice.

well go on then... what did you do with the lonely frog???????

I will NOT mention garlic and butter, not at all.......... ;¬))

Love

Daff xxxxx

what a lovely funny thread xx

Wend, me and my oh did a swap with a house that had a big pond, we had never had one before we woke one night to this weird noise never heard anything like it in my life always being a town girl i wouldn't of had a clue.
So i told him he better check what it was, he came running back upstairs saying that it looked like so huge ugly frogs were drowning smaller ones, so i told him to get a stick and push them of , he said you will have a job there are hundreds.
I called my mum the next morning to tell her we had killer frogs , she asked why what was happening 0))))))))))) her reply was did i ever learn anything at school lol .

Sadly another hurdle was when we mowed the lawn .
Finaly just before we split up he came home late from seeing his bit off fluff and fell in it lol lol

This is all hilarious - I'm laughing so much!! I'm in the mood now, the sun's shining and him indoors is ready and willing. Yes, you've guessed it - I'm going to don the dirty trousers and wellies and go fishing. Now, where did I put the paddling pool ... see ya later.

lol carolb i did lol xx
ummm daff garlic yes can we share the snails too slow cooked

wend cannot wait to hear what you will get up to in the pond later

think i may well get the local Damage It Yourself MAN to dig me a pond think i will flippern will

ooohhhhhhhhhh wend specky is not a happy old gi* he now has to me me a little gold fish pond lol after reading through this ive decided now i know how frogs do it it will be nice to encourage the wild habbitat xx

You may need a Koi pond filter and pump for that size pond. Ours is always murky at this time of year and the filter at the moment neds cleaning every fortnight. We have just bought a bigger pump and it is much better. We have too many fish, a few frogs and some toads, but at 75 it becomes a little of a hurdle to do anything about depopulating the pond!