skyblueinBaku
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We've grown nasturtiums for a few years. They self-seed so well that it's a lot of work to get rid of the majority of new plants.
We've grown nasturtiums for a few years. They self-seed so well that it's a lot of work to get rid of the majority of new plants.I also harvest basil and spinach seeds and butternut squash last year (will see how that does). Been using the seeds from one basil plant for about 5 years now (their offspring, not the original seed). The downside is having to put up with the mess for a month or so as they go to seed. Nasturtium and marigold also easy.
How are people stockpiling perishables like eggs??
I think as everyone is at home and bored, people are just testing out the 'you can't teach your grandmother to suck eggs' theory.I assume they're just making massive omelettes this week
It's not in my nature to cast nasturtiums ...We've grown nasturtiums for a few years. They self-seed so well that it's a lot of work to get rid of the majority of new plants.
I agree. Surely just one egg is un oeufHow are people stockpiling perishables like eggs??
Maybe people are going through their record collections and are picking out their favourite albumens.I agree. Surely just one egg is un oeuf
I think as everyone is at home
I've never really bothered saving seed, etc. Seems more trouble than it's worth, and there is a risk of them not coming up "true" (especially for F1 hybrids), as well as potential for disease.I also harvest basil and spinach seeds and butternut squash last year (will see how that does). Been using the seeds from one basil plant for about 5 years now (their offspring, not the original seed). The downside is having to put up with the mess for a month or so as they go to seed. Nasturtium and marigold also easy.
FFS Otis - my sides!Are people buying these eggs, or simply stealing them?
Just wondering if there is any kind of poaching going on.
FFS Otis - my sides!
In slightly more interesting news, I bumped into our star right wing back. He's smaller then I thought.
Just been back in, Sainsbury's looks like it's been raised, what the fuck happened overnight?
In slightly more interesting news, I bumped into our star right wing back. He's smaller then I thought.
How can you 'stick to your normal shopping patterns' when you are advised not to leave your house?But right now people are buying too much. I'm not condoning it at all . What you are saying is if people stuck to their normal shopping patterns there wouldn't be a problem . That's obvious.<snip>.
I've never really bothered saving seed, etc. Seems more trouble than it's worth, and there is a risk of them not coming up "true" (especially for F1 hybrids), as well as potential for disease.
Also never thought of buying seeds off eBay - do you get the main producers? King are very good, apparently, though their range of cultivars isn't as wide as some.
Is Marty actually Jonson Clarke-Harris??So when you bumped into him, did you fall over and roll around on the floor with your hands over your face?
Reminds me to pull some - it's trying to push the tile off the top of the chimneypot at the moment!!Tend to grow heritage varieties at the allotment. Save most seed year on year apart from potatoes and onions (grow from sets) and lettuce...just too fiddly. I replenish one or two sets of seed every couple years to ensure they stay ‘true’. Just hope we have a good growing year this year.
Just pulled up some rhubarb for a crumble tonight.
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Exactly the same with my mum mate.
It’s not for the government to control these selfish pricks though, it’s their own moral compass (risky leaving it to that I know !!) and as JHF says, the supermarkets themselves. They know what stock they have in/available, it’s not hard to restrict to 2 or 3 of a certain item. They have taken steps to ensure more staff are focussed on keeping the shelves stocked up but need to take action as elderly are going without
ps As I’ve said though, it will settle down in the coming days. I just hope the hoarders get a dose of karma at some stage !
Morrison's were doing a deal if you bought six tins of soup yesterday, which meant I ended up panic buying by shopping 'normally'!I don't quite get the idea of no more than 3 of an item as per Sainsvurys announcement. Is that 3 tins of Heinz Chicken Soup, 3 tins of C&B Chicken Soup, 3 tins Oxtail Soup etc, 10 x 3 different sizes and brands of tea etc, so you can still walk out with 57 or so varieties of a product?
In four months we're all decamping to yours!Just put the potatoes in today. Sowed the kale; broccoli; beetroot and others a week ago in the greenhouse and I've spotted them peeping out today! Parsnips and carrots sowed outdoors at the same time and no sight of them yet.
In four months we're all decamping to yours!
Will be putting the spuds in at the weekend (nicely chitted now), but soil still a bit cold and wet for things like parsnips and carrots. Over-wintered a few rows of broad bean (Aquadulce Claudia), but they have taken a battering in the storms, so i'll get some more sown in the next week or two. Peas next too. Still harvesting purple sprouting and rainbow chard.
No mate. It is for government in time’s like these. This isn’t the time for libertarian ideology.
Priorities, priorities, priorities, Daz. Good on you.I was up Asda in walsgrave as the wife asked me to do a beer run. Not as chaotic as I thought but not much fresh stuff
24 bud for £12 , she wanted a case of coors and we picked up a couple of bottles of wine
I'm very late with stuff this year - the soil down here is still too cold and saturated. Only just laid out my spuds for chitting. I'll try to get broad beans started in the greenhouse in the next week or so. My wife has started 'chitting' the peppers and chillis. Much too early to think about getting the peas started.Will be putting the spuds in at the weekend (nicely chitted now), but soil still a bit cold and wet for things like parsnips and carrots. Over-wintered a few rows of broad bean (Aquadulce Claudia), but they have taken a battering in the storms, so i'll get some more sown in the next week or two. Peas next too. Still harvesting purple sprouting and rainbow chard.
I can’t stay in the house with no sport or beerPriorities, priorities, priorities, Daz. Good on you.
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