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Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: langdon on March 04, 2010, 08:00:12 pm

Title: dig dig dig
Post by: langdon on March 04, 2010, 08:00:12 pm
another glorious day gave me the chance to put fork
to soil. we got 6 beds at the moment at which we preparing for this growing season,
and which i predicted to my wife that its going to be a bumper crop this year! :farmer:
Title: Re: dig dig dig
Post by: CameronS on March 04, 2010, 08:06:42 pm
ditto

that was exactly what i was doing at lunch in school, diggingh over the soil in the school garden,

what wonderful weather we seem to be getting at the moment  :D
hope it keeps up
Title: Re: dig dig dig
Post by: langdon on March 04, 2010, 08:37:48 pm
thats exactly what i will be doing next wed in my little girls school!
they are entering a garden show for schools and ive been asked to help in
digging the beds over, i shall be doing it with alot of pride.
Title: Re: dig dig dig
Post by: JD on March 04, 2010, 09:10:41 pm
Same here in Glasgow. Got all the beds turned over these last few days. Very satisfying to see them weed free and freshly dug.
JD
Title: Re: dig dig dig
Post by: CameronS on March 05, 2010, 07:38:16 am
we are getting our garden opened for the Secret Garden competition, so a lot of things are happening not  ;D

good luck with yours
Title: Re: dig dig dig
Post by: doganjo on March 05, 2010, 10:48:33 am
What's the Secret Garden Competition, Cameron?
Title: Re: dig dig dig
Post by: ming on March 05, 2010, 04:38:19 pm
 :'( stoppit yer all making me cry. We have still got 4" frozen hard snow here.
Title: Re: dig dig dig
Post by: doganjo on March 05, 2010, 04:52:58 pm
What's it like down on the ground Ming?  I've got a pal in Gala, another St Bos, and a third outside Hawick.  None of them have mentioned snow for a while although I have had piccies when it was at it's worst.  Snow above dog height is B A D!
Title: Re: dig dig dig
Post by: marigold on March 05, 2010, 04:59:43 pm
Our ground is still rock hard and the snow has turned to 2 inches of sheet ice - its lethal out there. I have all those lovely fruit trees and bushes to get in and the months are rushing past. Please could it thaw - i want to get started.
Title: Re: dig dig dig
Post by: ming on March 05, 2010, 05:25:34 pm
 ;D I'm in Heriot and our garden is a full month behind Gala's. (trying to look big and tough as I type) The snow is melting on top when the sun shines but then when the sun goes down it re-freezes again. The roads ae salted but the fields & gardens are frozen hard  :)
Title: Re: dig dig dig
Post by: CameronS on March 05, 2010, 07:12:08 pm
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What's the Secret Garden Competition, Cameron?

I have very little knowledge about it, from what i gather, garden, that aren't allways seen, (in this case the school garden), that are opened for one month allowing people to come and go, a group of Judges comes around all the gardens, and a winner is announced at the end.

It was our leading teacher that arranged it, all we (pupils) do is grow things, pick things, and sell the end product. I even have  "school" hens , they live with me for most of the year and at holidays, but any eggs layed are given to Home Economics.

Hope this helps a little

Title: Re: dig dig dig
Post by: Wizard on March 05, 2010, 07:17:37 pm
Home Economics? is that the new name for a Ready Meal
Title: Re: dig dig dig
Post by: CameronS on March 05, 2010, 07:19:39 pm

Where you are taught to cook, and sew and other domestic skills for leaving home
 ;D
Title: Re: dig dig dig
Post by: sagehen on March 05, 2010, 07:51:11 pm
Psst george, domestic science  ;)