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Fork Handles

Posted: 20/03/2013 at 09:53
I had no idea that Forkers were a exclusive group . I fond the references on here to Fake Forkers most objectionable I posted early on the Morning Forkers thread as I'm up early and it seemed like a good idea - it's impossible for someone with my commitments to keep up with this thread during the week. I've tried to keep put of this spat but it seems that some ate keen to keep it going. Why so territorial?
On most forums the Chat thread is open to all to pop on and out of - Fork Handles has become a bit cliquey what with name changing etc at Christmas I found it very difficult but stuck with it and kept popping in occasionally, reasoning that you probably all just got carried away with the fun of it and didn't realise how it feels to most of us.
However the comments on here make it appear as if the exclusivity is intentional which is very sad. I'm at work and on my phone so will close now and hope you can all get together and sort it put - but I have to tell you this is spoiling the Board for me far more than the troll episode

Gardeners World new season

Posted: 20/03/2013 at 07:47

Not sure what at 'ordinary gardener' is Tall Paul - they seem to me to be a remarkably diverse species - that's probably at the root of the difficulty - trying to meet such different needs in one 30 minute programme a week. 

MORNING FORKERS

Posted: 20/03/2013 at 07:14

I've been given some heritage tomato seeds by a gardener on here - I think he said they're getting on for 10 years old  - he suggested that I soak them overnight before sowing.  I do hope the weather picks up as I don't have a greenhouse, just two small growhouses so once they've outgrown the windowsills they'll have to move on somewhere ....

MORNING FORKERS

Posted: 20/03/2013 at 07:01

Good morning all - wet and miserable here today but the birds are singing so it must be spring - I must get some seeds started this weekend   

Fine Green beans in the shops

Posted: 20/03/2013 at 06:35

Green beans/french beans/pole beans/dwarf beans etc are actually native to Central and South America rather than North - they are virtually semi-tropical in their requirements and frost-tender.  That being said if they're not difficult to grow  http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardening/Grow-Your-Own/Veg-A-to-Z/French-beans  and usually crop well.

Enjoy 

 

 

Violas or pansies. Which is superior?

Posted: 20/03/2013 at 06:23

Hm, missed this, sorry Dave .... I think that 5-7 days refers to the plants all coming into bloom together, within a week of each other, if sown at the same time and under the same conditions - it's a piece of blurb for commercial growers.

Panolas bloom and bloom and bloom - they inherit that from the violas 

Weeping willow..well something similar.

Posted: 19/03/2013 at 07:30

How far away from your house foundations and what sort of soil have you got?

MORNING FORKERS

Posted: 19/03/2013 at 06:47

Good morning all - it's back to work this morning so I'll be gazing out of the window a lot at the birds on my feeders and planning for my retirement later this year 

Hopefully some seed-sowing will be done at the weekend.

Gardeners World new season

Posted: 19/03/2013 at 05:40
Rick greenfingers wrote (see)

i really enjoying watching gw but if i were to change anything i would just have monty and carol doing real gardening at there houses the programmes not long enough for all of them.

Now that really appeals to me 

What about a seperate section for absolute beginers.

Posted: 16/03/2013 at 21:30
Hi, some of us have lots of experience in one area and very little in another - where would we go? Just jump in and ask a question - most of us don't bite, some of us are too old to have any teeth !

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