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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: juliag on February 25, 2009, 06:30:33 pm

Title: Is this a record?
Post by: juliag on February 25, 2009, 06:30:33 pm

Today in between mucking out a deep litter stable I sowed some sweet pea seeds in seed compost/ little plastic flower pots in the polytunnel, this would have been at approx 10.30am. At 5.30pm I went out to put chickens away and just shut up the polytunnel, I had 3 shoots!! one was about half an inch tall!!! and the other 2 just poking through. When I planted the seeds there was no growth showing at all just round hard seeds, is this a record?  :P

Title: Re: Is this a record?
Post by: carole h on February 25, 2009, 07:39:44 pm

Wow! I thought I'd done well this week because my sweet pea seeds were up in 3 days!
Well done/

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Post by: Rosemary on February 25, 2009, 10:30:03 pm

Well done. I think I'll plant some just to make me feel better.

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Post by: Hilarysmum on February 26, 2009, 07:12:58 am

Im  sure Ive got a WEED somewhere that could beat that, only so many weeds dont know which it would be. ;)

Title: Re: Is this a record?
Post by: juliag on February 26, 2009, 08:11:49 am

LOL, if it makes you all fell better have noticed some stinging nettles growing as well.... but I think I found a recipe somewhere............................
anyone tried stinging nettles?

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Post by: Andrew on February 26, 2009, 09:28:51 am

Stinging nettles make a nice beer. had a recipe somewhere but can't find it just now.

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Post by: Hilarysmum on February 26, 2009, 11:38:56 am

Stinging nettles make a nice lasagne

Title: Re: Is this a record?
Post by: juliag on February 26, 2009, 01:39:23 pm

OMG I am a fraud, liar and everything else that goes with it and I hang my head in shame!! My only defense is that last night I was exhausted, upon entering the polytunnel this morning I realised that the sweep peas I had got so excited about were not in fact the ones planted yesterday, the ones planted yesterday were still sat on my potting bench. not half an inch of growth in 7 hours at all!! I am so sorry, call it over excitement, call it noviceness or just call me plain bloody stupid! Or even just had a damn good laugh at my expense, in the meantime I will crawl into a henhouse and hang my head in shame................... off I go..........going now............. bye bye .x :'(

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Post by: doganjo on February 26, 2009, 01:40:40 pm

He he - or too much of the red stuff in a glass? ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Post by: rustyme on February 26, 2009, 01:56:08 pm

yeah .. that falling over water plays tricks with your brain...... ::) :o ;D

cheers

Russ

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Post by: Rosemary on February 26, 2009, 07:07:59 pm

There must have been something in the air yesterday. Eh, Andrew?

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Post by: minidax on February 26, 2009, 07:12:56 pm

I went out and checked my sweet peas that I planted on Saturday and not a thing, thought the compost was too dry so gave them a good drink covered them in fleece blanket and plastic!!!!  Now you tell me ...! hee hee glad someone else does the same things as me!!

Title: Re: Is this a record?
Post by: juliag on February 27, 2009, 10:02:21 am

Can I come out now please? Its getting rather smelly in this hen house, Must clean them out this afternoon!

Title: Re: Is this a record?
Post by: doganjo on February 27, 2009, 06:28:01 pm

'Course you can - I have sunflower shoots after 3 days! And I haven't been on the vino yet, AND No1 Son was here this afternoon and he saw them too! And that was after we had cleaned the chicken shed and put the pop-hole in and new perches

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Post by: Hilarysmum on February 28, 2009, 08:14:19 am

Please come out, you can help me cull my weeds!!

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Post by: juliag on February 28, 2009, 09:18:12 am

Thankyou, it was rather stifling in there! I would love to help you with your weeds, make a change from mine!! :farmer: Actually looking forwards to quite a nice afternoon with friends up in the polytunnel, they dont know it yet but they are going to be potting on millions of basil seedlings!! Basil anyone?  :D