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 Topic: Exciting news |
gz
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 Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu May 23, 19 8:38 pm Subject: Exciting news |
I chit parsnip seed on damp toilet paper,then sow in loo roll middles.
They seem to germinate quicker this way,and at least when you put them out you don't have gaps in the row |
| Topic: Wildlife |
gz
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat Apr 20, 19 9:30 am Subject: Wildlife |
Thankyou 
We seem to get a loner every year  Possibly due to people removing nests and keeping sheds closed. The house-wrapping disrupted many last year,but at least those that didn't ge ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
gz
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Fri Apr 19, 19 8:32 pm Subject: Wildlife |
| no hope of seeing the red patch! Will see if we can see him from a different angle |
| Topic: Wildlife |
gz
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Fri Apr 19, 19 6:53 pm Subject: Wildlife |
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He has been here for about three days. A group have been at the farmyard where our neighbour works, for a good week now.
Swallow or ... |
| Topic: Open Office or Libre Office? |
gz
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Mon Apr 15, 19 8:30 am Subject: Open Office or Libre Office? |
| I have no problems with Libre Office |
| Topic: Wildlife |
gz
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue Apr 09, 19 7:58 am Subject: Wildlife |
Interesting going for a bike ride round the lanes and seeing whats there...and what we've missed.
Coltsfoot flowers gone over, celandine blooms just arriving, wild garlic well out.
All the daffodils ... |
| Topic: How many of you are salivating over seed catalogues? |
gz
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu Feb 28, 19 11:49 pm Subject: How many of you are salivating over seed catalogues? |
| Costuluto Fiorento is a good one, good and solid and tasty. When I grew it it was one of the first to succumb to blight...but it was a bad year and they had been sown late... |
| Topic: How many of you are salivating over seed catalogues? |
gz
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Feb 27, 19 11:56 pm Subject: How many of you are salivating over seed catalogues? |
Just browsing seed packets here in NZ..it's surprising how many UK companies sell here..I saw Browns in the local Chinese dollar store!
Who would sell Lebanese cucumber seeds in the UK? We've been ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
gz
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu Feb 07, 19 8:48 am Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
The fires by the road and rail past Christchurch they had under control..I'm not sure about those on the far side of Nelson, past Richmond..Pigeon Valley and Rabbit Island.
The Tasman area is incredi ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Feb 06, 19 12:07 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Glad to hear that you're ok Cassandra..evening errant hound is not!!
Waitangi Day here has been cold and windy and mostly dry..we could do with rain but it looks like the South Island is having most ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
gz
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Feb 04, 19 9:19 am Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
More bad news from Tasmania I'm afraid..and people refusing to evacuate...why? Things are just...things...lives can be rebuilt.
Hope Cassandra is still ok |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
gz
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Jan 30, 19 6:43 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| Glad that Cassandra is ok..the report on the devastation in the centre of Tasmania in the Guardian online is sobering. |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
gz
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jan 29, 19 7:18 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| Not rubbing it in gregotyn.. concerned about Cassandra and other friends in Tasmania. Paces in NZ losing vege crops because of drought too. |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
gz
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Jan 28, 19 8:35 am Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
We're ok, timing our rides for cooler weather.
Just seen reports of the Tasmanian fires on fb |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
gz
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Jan 27, 19 9:14 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| We've started getting the heat from Australia here in Whanganui as well as the winds..a good 27 yesterday and again today as soon as the close clear, forecast to be hotter for a few days.. Blenheim hi ... |
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