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12/12/2005 11:19 AM
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- Digger
- Northern UK
- 18 Jul 2005
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Hi to everyone, I am hoping that this post finds it's way to the correct position now that we have reached 12/12/05. Not much going on at the moment i am off to buy a new cover for my polytunnel at the allotment, it will need trenching in so i am busy trying to recruit some energetic friends to help out. Fortunately for me Northern Polytunnels is only a couple of miles down the road so i can collect the cover today. best wishes to all.
digger 
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13/12/2005 07:32 PM
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- Fushia
- 25 Jul 2005
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Hello Digger, Nice you are thinking about your 'Gardening Friend' I am still with you all on the discussion board reading all the coments-- as soon as I get Christmas and New Year out of the way I will be back!!!! Can I Wish Everyone of my Gardening Friends (specially Digger who has helped me alot with my Gardening Queries)a Very Happy Christmas and All You could Wish for in the Coming Year --2006.I will be back then. PS My 'better-half has a severe bout of Shingles--Oh dear must make that cup of tea-- and keep him happy!!!!
Kind Regards Kath (Fushia)
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14/12/2005 01:17 PM
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- Digger
- Northern UK
- 18 Jul 2005
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Hi Fushia so nice to hear from you, i do hope your OH gets better soon.Today i am preparing to cover my polytunnel at the allotment.Thank you for your kind wishes and its good to hear that you are still keeping track of the posts ,please accept my best wishes to you and your family for Chritmas and the New year. I am so looking forward to the Spring, bye for now my friend.
digger
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14/12/2005 08:19 PM
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- Fushia
- 25 Jul 2005
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Hello Digger At last one of my postings has appeared on the Bulletin Board! I have put another under General Gardening-- They are going to 'Pop-up' all over the place! Seasons Greetings to you and your family- Kind Regards Kath (Fushia)
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14/12/2005 09:50 PM
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- Digger
- Northern UK
- 18 Jul 2005
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Hi Fushia me again if you get time could you read my post to Hoverfly and let me have your thoughts? this goes for all of you please Sue1002,Miranda, Obelix, Ken69 , Anthemis and lorac all your comments will be appreciated i may have made a mistake with the clematis? best wishes to you all.
digger
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14/12/2005 10:25 PM
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- sue1002
- Ipswich, Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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Hi Digger, I've looked in all my books about the clematis but can't find arctic queen listed. Pruning depends on which group they belong to usually done either in spring or autumn so I'm afraid I'm not much use to you there. When I bought my clematis I was told to plant mine as deep as possible as they like their roots to be kept really cool, they don't like to get hot - they are more likely to die from being too hot than too cold.
Well the 'C' word is not too far away, I'm going to enjoy my last few days of peace and quiet before my son breaks up from school next Tuesday and the OH has got 10 days off, he finishes 23rd and is looking forward to the break. Finished the Christmas shopping except for the food, and no I didn't get my aunt's cross-stitch done in time (got her a pair of earrings instead), never mind I've got until the end of March to finish it in time for her birthday.
The dog is due in season any day now and we are planning on breeding her this time, what a nice present for her!
A very happy Christmas to you all
Sue
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15/12/2005 08:44 AM
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- miranda
- Oxfordshire
- 17 Nov 2004
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I've replied to your Clematis post, digger. Don't worry about its leaves falling off at this time of year, it's normal.
Hello Fushia, didn't realise that you and k.silby are one and the same. Sorry to hear that your OH has shingles - hope he's better in time for Christmas.
Yerrrse, the 'c' word. With the current lack of time, haven't done anything about it at all, except for arranging to see some family for a couple of days. I must say that when we worked in the Netherlands for a while, their Christmas was really civilised. There were no scrum-like scenes in shops and it was all pretty low-key. Basically, a few gifts were given and then everything just closed for about a week, which was lovely and so peaceful. I wish it was more like that here.
Saying that, here's wishing you all a peaceful festive season and Many Good Things in 2006.
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17/12/2005 12:54 PM
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- Digger
- Northern UK
- 18 Jul 2005
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Hello all of you, i hope everyone is well, we are freezing today about 0 degrees i have begun to make a Christmas wreath for the front door i have not done this before so it may all go terribly wrong! i have done the ring with padding and wire and i am going to call at my friends to see if she will let me nick some holly from her bush at the front of the house then i will collect some fir cones from the park which is just behind the house should be plenty unless the squirrels have beaten me to it.We are all ready for christmas here and looking forward to the festivities best wishes to all my friends xxx.
digger
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18/12/2005 09:37 AM
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- miranda
- Oxfordshire
- 17 Nov 2004
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Jolly cold here too, digger. There is thick ice on the pond and everything is frosty. The birds are busy having their breakfasts. We put out a seed mix for them and some old apples, which the blackbirds go for. I've also taken to using the fat from the beef and chicken stock I make and mixing it into left-over bread. It gets eaten very quickly.
Your wreath sounds good, sure it will look lovely. Are you going to use any gold spray paint, or have it natural? A friend of mine collected lots of different dried seed heads for her decorations and, although I haven't seen the result, I imagine it will look very good.
We are not at all ready for Christmas as we've been too busy with work. Haven't really thought about it much. Can't wait for a few days off!
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18/12/2005 03:27 PM
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- Digger
- Northern UK
- 18 Jul 2005
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Hi Miranda I was thinking about using some gold paint, i have some dried poppy heads in the potting shed from earlier this year and i thought of painting them gold but the fir cones will be left natural, i am using some ivy which grows up the side of the house so its easy to obtain and later today i am going to shelly's house to get some varigated holly. knowing my luck i will put the finished wreath on the front door and it will get nicked during the night! but we'll see. Have a lovely restfull Christmas best wishes to you and your family.
digger
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18/12/2005 08:09 PM
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- sue1002
- Ipswich, Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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My sister-in-law makes wreaths every year, she makes hers out of fir tree ends, just put a few together and wrap around with string until you get the circle shape. Cover it with the holly using thin wire and then decorate. Last year she used a gold spray paint for the first time and the first rain we had it washed off all the paint. Good luck.
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19/12/2005 10:05 PM
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- Fushia
- 25 Jul 2005
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Hello miranda, Its Fushia (k. sibly)!! The reason I have two names is because when I registered it was as k. sibly, then I realised most members had 'nick names' and changed it to Fushia but didn't know how to alter the original k. sibly Have you followed that explanation? I often keep up-to-date with the bulletin Board and find it very interesting and consider the members as my gardening friends. I am only a novice when it comes to gardening but have picked up some good tips over the years-- I am what they call a 'wrinkly' but feel like a teenager!!!I have a very small garden now, I used to have quite a large one but moved about four years ago to a bungalow with a more manageable sized garden. I started it from 'scratch' because it just had a so-called lawn surrounded with roses which were neglected, full of weeds and no nourishment in the soil!Digger has been most helpfull with queries on the Bulletin Board, I am corresponding(e-mail) with a couple who are BB members and have made many friends. More peaple should join us!! Heres Wishing you a Very Happy Christmas and Properous New Year Kind Regards Fushia.
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20/12/2005 10:53 AM
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- miranda
- Oxfordshire
- 17 Nov 2004
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I can't help thinking of you as Fushia. I think once you've registered with a user name that's it, it's stuck, though I guess admin might change it for you if you batted your eyelashes a bit and made them some cakes ;-)
Know what you mean about thinking of other posters as gardening friends. There is another board I go to and it's like that there, everyone so mild and friendly. We even send each other Christmas e-cards. In 2003 we all met up at Kew gardens; it was fascinating to see who they all were and we got on very well and spent a lovely day looking at plants and talking about them. I wonder if this group will ever meet up?
It's funny that you say you're a 'wrinkly' - telling people's age from their writing is often very difficult and it can be quite a surprise when you discover that the person you've been writing to for months, and thought was a similar age to you, is actually in their 80s.
Your experience with your garden sounds almost identical to mine! We also moved to a bungalow about four years ago; it also had nothing but a few scraggy old roses and was almost entirely lawn. The soil was grey with hunger and the lawn was full of moss and weeds, it all looked so sad and lifeless and neglected. What a wonderful headache it was trying to figure out what to do with it. It kept me awake for many, many nights of feverish visualisation as it was my first garden for ten years, and an opportunity I'd been longing for. It's all very different now, full of colour and wildlife, and I'm planning on removing yet more turf to increase the plant space. We're wondering if there'll be any left at all in a couple of years.
Compliments of the Season to you, Fushia! I hope that 2006 brings you much pleasure :-)
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20/12/2005 01:42 PM
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- Digger
- Northern UK
- 18 Jul 2005
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Hi,the meeting at Kew sounds a superb idea and i suppose it could be an "eye opener" you know we perhaps visulise people in our minds, rather like when reading a novel it's human nature to be curious, but although i say it myself gardeners are a really friendly bunch of chaps and chapesses and should all get along fine.we are all like minded, differing opinion on some things but all friends and thats just like this board. Meeting everyone would be marvellous putting faces to messages good idea maybe we should all "spill" some details of our age etc.. then we can see if we were right about one another, bye for now my friends.
digger
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20/12/2005 07:19 PM
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- Fushia
- 25 Jul 2005
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Hello mirander-- I am a wrinkley but not quite 80yars old !!!!!!! somewhere in the middle of 70's/80s My better half is more of the upper figure 10 years older than me!!!I hope this idea may appeal how about a 'summer'photograph of part of your garden? The other idea of meeting up is a good idea but it would have to be central to most of us 'gardeners'. I live on the North East coast a two minute drive from the (Bottom)prom Fortunately when we get frosts and snow it dos'nt last long because of the north sea breezes.I am also very lucky with having two (married) sons who help with all the 'donkey'work in the garden eg; Hedges/painting fences/ digging holes for large planting out etc. Fortunately their wives are very understanding and I appreciate it.My two other daughters (also married)visit quite often. All four live a fair distance from us --no less than 30 odd miles (the nearest one. )What is the other Bulletin Board you contribute to? Nice hearing from you, All the very Best Fuchia (Kath)
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