Hello from a keen newbie in Oxford
kwhi...@hotmail.com
I've been searching for a good UK gardening discussion board for a
while now and seems I've found one! Originally from Canada, I now
live in Oxford and am a complete gardening beginner. Not having the
confidence to try a full allotment, I have a few patches of space in
my back garden plus a patio to try pots on. I'm trying to dabble in
growing a few 'easy' veg, herbs and some colourful flowers. All
advice appreciated!!! Today I'm going to read through your posts and
FAQs and see what I can learn before asking questions.
In the last 2 night something ate all my lettuce :( I can't imagine
how slugs could do that much damage so must be something bigger.
Hmpf.
Oh, and I already have a seed potato in a pot so maybe I can
compete?! ;)
:) Kimmer-in-Oxford
La Puce
> Hi everyone,
Hullo! And welcome. Sorry to hear about your lettuce. I wonder if you
have naughty fairies in Canada too. The 'spud in a bucket' competition
is now closed. I have won. It's official ... ;o)
David Rance
>I've been searching for a good UK gardening discussion board for a
>while now and seems I've found one! Originally from Canada, I now
>live in Oxford and am a complete gardening beginner.
Welcome. I live not too far away in Reading.
> Not having the
>confidence to try a full allotment, I have a few patches of space in
>my back garden plus a patio to try pots on. I'm trying to dabble in
>growing a few 'easy' veg, herbs and some colourful flowers. All
>advice appreciated!!! Today I'm going to read through your posts and
>FAQs and see what I can learn before asking questions.
Ah, there's a wealth of knowledge there. I find it better than gardening
books!
>
>In the last 2 night something ate all my lettuce :( I can't imagine
>how slugs could do that much damage so must be something bigger.
>Hmpf.
Probably is slugs. They can do an incredible amount of damage for their
size.
Best wishes, David
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Fido Address: 2:252/110 writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
K
>On Sun, 13 May 2007 Kimmer-in-Oxford wrote:
>
>>In the last 2 night something ate all my lettuce :( I can't imagine
>>how slugs could do that much damage so must be something bigger.
>>Hmpf.
>
>Probably is slugs. They can do an incredible amount of damage for their
>size.
>
An individual slug doesn't do that much damage in a night. It's the
sheer numbers that do the damage - you're not usually talking about the
odd slug, you're talking about dozens.
--
Kay
shazzbat
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If you turn up early enough, you find something like this-
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t282/shazzbat3/wildlife/Picture034.jpg
Steve
shazzbat
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> The message from "shazzbat" <shaz...@spamlessness.fsnet.co.uk> contains
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>> "K" <k...@scarboro.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:j8gSUwDB...@scarboro.demon.co.uk...
>> > David Rance <david...@SPAMOFFrance.org.uk> writes
>> >>On Sun, 13 May 2007 Kimmer-in-Oxford wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>In the last 2 night something ate all my lettuce :( I can't imagine
>> >>>how slugs could do that much damage so must be something bigger.
>> >>>Hmpf.
>> >>
>> >>Probably is slugs. They can do an incredible amount of damage for
>> >>their size.
>> >>
>> > I've been watching my slugs fairly closely recently ;-(
>> > An individual slug doesn't do that much damage in a night. It's the
>> > sheer numbers that do the damage - you're not usually talking about
>> > the odd slug, you're talking about dozens.
>
>> http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t282/shazzbat3/wildlife/Picture034.jpg
>
> of ash from the chiminea. I think I might put a circle of ash around
> anything susceptible...
>
Yes it's horseradish. It grows all round the paths on the allotments. I took
that pic when I was working nights, and calling in to do a bit on my way
home at 0500. The place was a mass of slugs of all shapes and sizes, and
some weird colours.
Steve
La Puce
wrote:
> Yes it's horseradish. It grows all round the paths on the allotments. I took
> that pic when I was working nights, and calling in to do a bit on my way
> home at 0500. The place was a mass of slugs of all shapes and sizes, and
> some weird colours.
I can't help thinking when I see so many slugs that we ought to be
able to find a way of harvesting them, and .... using them somehow.
Now, I know what you must be thinking. I'm not French for nothing. But
surely, isn't there a way of ... using them?
ps. Steve, you still coming up north at the end of the month?
runner bean
Hi Kimmer,
I'm based in Oxford too. Have an allotment in Wolvercote and am a
novice at this blogging lark.
I'm probably going to be blocked for mentioning this but I've set up a
free discussion forum on my site so that people can share their
questions and answers. It's www.complete-gardens.co.uk look in on line
services and a drop down menue shows Garden Forum. I set it up for
people like me who are keen on gardening but pretty clueless - I'm
just a simple photographer who wants to learn. It's quite a lively
forum and free.
If you want to know more please feel free to contact me neil@complete-
gardens.co.uk
K
>I'm probably going to be blocked for mentioning this
Who do you expect to block you? This is an unmoderated newsgroup ;-)
(and not a blog ;-) )
Look out for the abc... post which will tell you more about what you are
posting to.
And don't worry about being new to gardening - a lot of the posters here
are (and all of them were once)
--
Kay
Mike
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> runner bean <ne...@complete-gardens.co.uk> writes
>
>
> And don't worry about being new to gardening - a lot of the posters here
> are (and all of them were once)
> --
> Kay
but some tend to forget that :-((
Mike
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Rupert (W.Yorkshire)
"runner bean" <ne...@complete-gardens.co.uk> wrote in message
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http://www.complete-gardens.co.uk/forum/ which avoids having to plough
through loads of overpriced rubbish
shazzbat
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Oh yes, we expect to be in drizzly Disley for a few days, and a trundle
round C-c-H is on the cards. Mustn't alienate my sister in Stretford by
getting that close and not going to see her.
Steve
La Puce
wrote:
> > ps. Steve, you still coming up north at the end of the month?
>
> Oh yes, we expect to be in drizzly Disley for a few days, and a trundle
> round C-c-H is on the cards. Mustn't alienate my sister in Stretford by
> getting that close and not going to see her.
Great. See you then :o)
runner bean
wrote:
> "runner bean" <n...@complete-gardens.co.uk> wrote in message
>
> news:1179134443.1...@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > On 13 May, 11:59, kwhit...@hotmail.com wrote:
> >> Hi everyone,
>
> >> I've been searching for a good UK gardening discussion board for a
> >> while now and seems I've found one! Originally from Canada, I now
> >> live in Oxford and am a complete gardening beginner. Not having the
> >> confidence to try a full allotment, I have a few patches of space in
> >> my back garden plus a patio to try pots on. I'm trying to dabble in
> >> growing a few 'easy' veg, herbs and some colourful flowers. All
> >> advice appreciated!!! Today I'm going to read through your posts and
> >> FAQs and see what I can learn before asking questions.
>
> >> In the last 2 night something ate all my lettuce :( I can't imagine
> >> how slugs could do that much damage so must be something bigger.
> >> Hmpf.
>
> >> Oh, and I already have a seed potato in a pot so maybe I can
> >> compete?! ;)
>
> >> :) Kimmer-in-Oxford
>
> > Hi Kimmer,
> > I'm based in Oxford too. Have an allotment in Wolvercote and am a
> > novice at this blogging lark.
> > I'm probably going to be blocked for mentioning this but I've set up a
> > free discussion forum on my site so that people can share their
> > services and a drop down menue shows Garden Forum. I set it up for
> > people like me who are keen on gardening but pretty clueless - I'm
> > just a simple photographer who wants to learn. It's quite a lively
> > forum and free.
> > If you want to know more please feel free to contact me neil@complete-
> > gardens.co.uk
>
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>
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What gives you Rupert the right to be so a rude about what I have on
my web site.
I am a freelance wildlife cameraman and I've carefully chosen products
to help wildlife in our garden like bird nest boxes, hedgehog boxes
and they are well made out of sustainable wood plus made here in the
UK. I don't like the use of slug pellets so I suggest natural pest
control and the garden and plant advice CD-ROM which I've used
professional authors like Award winning writer Paul Williams plus
other writers with mud under their nails and been paid thousands of
pounds not including the 5 years of my years of my work taking
thousands of images to produce a product to help garden enthusiasts to
find the right plants for their garden conditions, so I ask what gives
you the right to rubbish what I have on my web site when you obviously
don't know anything about the products. The CD-ROMs were awarded Best
New Product at the Glee Garden Trade Show Last autumn where a panel of
14 judges seemed to like what I've produced so I wonder what your
motive was to rubbish me and my site? Were you on some little ego trip
wanting to rubbish my work in order to boost your own self importance?
Rupert (W.Yorkshire)
I will leave it to others to decide on the usefulness of your site or the
forum.
Nice photographic work the best of luck.
La Puce
> What gives you Rupert the right to be so a rude about what I have on
> my web site.
Neil please ignore him. And please do not justify yourself. There's
no need at all. We can all read.
I think your site is marvelous, and I will look into the CD - the
plant portfolio could be useful for me, I'm doing a dip. in garden
design with Chelsea KLC. (I'm a permie and got the RHS2 last year).
Thank you for the many hours you've given us through the Attenborough
'Private life of plants'. Stay tune to us - many urg posters are
lovely, it's just those with nothing to do and nothing to give find it
hard to beleive some of us are interesting and passionate! Bravo for
the ecological approach. It's indeed very reassuring.
judith...@googlemail.com
? Were you on some little ego trip
>
Actually Runnerbean, Rupert is a long time, very much respected poster
to urg, who speaks plainly and I know he did not mean to cause
offence. He didn't like your site obviously but that's not a problem
is it, we can't all like the same things and I expect Rupert just
offered constructive criticism. Don't take it personally as he
certainly would not have meant anything nasty and his further post
demonstrated that didn't it? I took a look and quite liked it except
I did have to wade a bit to find what I wanted.
You will find out in time whose advice to trust and whose to ignore,
it won't take long as there are only a couple of idiots/trolls who
post, usually trying to be helpful but beware of their advice, they
are known to be factually wrong and when called on it become abusive
and quote their "qualifications".
The best of luck with your site, I will keep on looking in to see what
I can learn as I am in the process of designing, in my head stage, a
new garden.
Kind regards, Judith
La Puce
<judith.le...@googlemail.com> wrote:
I took a look and quite liked it except
> I did have to wade a bit to find what I wanted.
Wich was what exactly?!
Sacha
1179318595....@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com, "La Puce"
<hel...@rudlin.co.uk> wrote:
> On 15 May, 23:42, runner bean <n...@complete-gardens.co.uk> wrote:
>> What gives you Rupert the right to be so a rude about what I have on
>> my web site.
>
> Neil please ignore him. And please do not justify yourself. There's
> no need at all. We can all read.
>
Neil, while I hope you're successful at whatever you're doing, advertising
disguised as 'useful' web sites really isn't popular here. Your intentions
may be entirely honourable but that's just the way this group is structured.
Those encouraging you, are in the kill files of many/most and have a
personal axe to grind here. I am telling you this so that you do not fall
into the trap of imagining that one swallow - or even a couple of gulps -
make a summer in urg. Your choice, of course.
--
Sacha
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