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Last post 22-11-2009 8:58 AM by BB. 4421 replies.

• 01/10/2009 11:21 AM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200	Reply | Contact  Well done Susiq you must be feeling really pleased, hope you had a drink or two to celebrate sue1002

• 01/10/2009 11:25 AM

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  miranda Location: Oxfordshire Joined on: 17 Nov 2004 Posts: 2,976

  Reply | Contact Wow, that's wonderful, Susiq - congratulations!!  That must have been really exciting. Will you enter again next year?  What will you do with the salver? Wouldn't mind the recipe for the bread and butter pickles. I start the celeriac in spring, with some heat, and plant them out after the frosts have passed as the seedlings aren't very hardy. They should keep getting bigger for a while and we can leave them in the ground over winter.

• 01/10/2009 11:26 AM

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  BB Location: Hereford Joined on: 12 May 2009 Posts: 573

  Reply | Contact Hi Susiq, nice to see you back. I hope your Mam is recovering well. Congratualtions on your winning entries at the show and for becoming a celebrity in the local newspaper! I think you'll have to share the recipe for the bread & butter pickle. It is a bit chilly and grey here today - October 1st Sue - is it time for more garden photo's? Richard, is your pond finished and ready for the frog to take up residence now? BB

• 01/10/2009 11:34 AM

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  Susiq Location: Northumberland Joined on: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 1,104

  Reply | Contact Ha ha ha, you know me too well Sue - but I didn't have a drink until after I got back from the hospital! My mam is improving slowly BB, they've said they are going to bring her home one day next week for a home visit, to asses how she copes walking around in the house, but they will be taking her back to the hospital. That sounds good Miranda that you can leave the celeriac in the ground till required, think I will be up for planting some next spring. Yes Miranda, I've got the 'bug' now, so will have another go next year! I have to take the salver back to the president as it has to go off to be engraved, then I think I'll just stand it on the sideboard - something else to collect dust and need cleaning!!!!! I will dig out the pickle recipe and post it later today, its an american recipe, I don't normally like recipes that talk in 'cups' for measurements, but it does work well.

• 01/10/2009 11:35 AM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200	Reply | Contact  Thanks for the reminder about the photos BB, I knew there was something I had to do today  I'll take some pics in a bit and post them later on. sue1002

• 01/10/2009 03:38 PM

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  richardpeeej Location: Leicester Joined on: 22 May 2009 Posts: 807

  Reply | Contact   Thanks for the info on collecting tomato seeds Miranda I'll have a look on your wildchicken site. I used this site to see how to air layer my shefflera plant.I did it about 6 weeks ago and waiting  for the roots to show in the bag before I separate it.Nice to see you again Susiq, glad your mam is improving.Yes my roof is fixed now thanks-mind you we have not any rain to test it yet! Well done with all your wins at the show, is your pic available in the newspaper on the net Susiq-it may be as there are loads of newspapers on there.  I use cups now to measure the ingredients for my rice pudding as it is quicker than getting the scales out!  Yes I just finished my pond about an hour ago BB.I saw the 2 frogs earlier in the undergrowth-I hope they will find their way to the pond now.I just took a picture of it:- Richard

• 01/10/2009 03:53 PM	In reply to
  BB Location: Hereford Joined on: 12 May 2009 Posts: 573	Reply | Contact You have made a good job of the pond and I'm sure you'll find that it attracts all kinds of wildlife in the future Richard, It looks like the perfect spot for the frogs BB

• 01/10/2009 04:26 PM

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  richardpeeej Location: Leicester Joined on: 22 May 2009 Posts: 807

  Reply | Contact Thanks BB I  am  hoping it will last a while now, and I haven't got to siphon the water out again. I have been using Flickr and Photobucket for my garden photos just to try them both out and see which I prefer.   Not sure which one I like the best as they both have slightly different features. My flickr photos are :- http://www.flickr.com/photos/40016197@N06/ My photobucket photos are:-  http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww132/richardpeeej/sept%202009/ Richard

• 01/10/2009 05:56 PM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200	Reply | Contact  The pond looks good Richard, I'm sure the frogs will be very happy along with any other creatures that come to use it You have some lovely pictures in both of those albums too.  It took me a while to master Photobucket to begin with and when they changed some of the features (must have been about a year or so ago), it took a while to get used to the new changes. sue1002

• 01/10/2009 09:02 PM	In reply to
  richardpeeej Location: Leicester Joined on: 22 May 2009 Posts: 807	Reply | Contact Thanks Sue  for the comments on my pics. It took me a little while to see how to get the pics off photobucket to put on the posts-I think you told me how to do it in the end. Have you heard anything about how Digger is getting on Sue? Richard

• 01/10/2009 09:35 PM	In reply to
  BB Location: Hereford Joined on: 12 May 2009 Posts: 573	Reply | Contact Lovely photo's Richard. The asters are looking beautiful. I don't use photobucket so I can't advise on which is best really. No reason why you can't continue to use both though?   BB

• 01/10/2009 09:47 PM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200	Reply | Contact  You figured out how to post the photos in the end Richard The last I heard from Digger was that he had another hospital visit at the end of September. sue1002

• 01/10/2009 09:48 PM	In reply to
  richardpeeej Location: Leicester Joined on: 22 May 2009 Posts: 807	Reply | Contact Thanks BB I'll see if I can save some seeds from the Asters when they go over if that's possible and send you some if you would like some-or to anyone else who would like some. Richard

• 02/10/2009 12:20 PM	In reply to
  richardpeeej Location: Leicester Joined on: 22 May 2009 Posts: 807	Reply | Contact Good afternoon all-Brrr its chilly here today hope it is better elsewhere for everyone Richard

• 02/10/2009 12:37 PM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200	Reply | Contact  It's a bit chilly here too Richard.  The sun was out for most of the morning and it's hiding behind some clouds at the moment, it's a bit different to the heavy rain we were originally forecasted for today which now seems to have disappeared off the horizon. sue1002