Showing posts with label long beet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label long beet. Show all posts
Friday, October 12, 2012

Manna from heaven

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At Westminster there is a tap root class calling for long carrots, parsnips, long beet and stump carrots, 2 specimens of each. This is alwa...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Malvern 2012 Part 3

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I was really disappointed with the long carrot class at Malvern and wished I'd not put all my good ones in at the National Carrot Champi...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Survival

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Well now, I've been suffering since Thursday from what I believe is quite simply the most severe case of manflu that has ever been recor...
Monday, September 17, 2012

Easier to enter, harder to win!

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I caught up with Ian Simpson over the weekend at Harrogate. Ian is a really top grower and was to the fore in several classes despite havin...
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Friday, August 17, 2012

Requiem in P minor

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I think I'm going to have to admit defeat in my quest to get a set of peas benched at Malvern this year. My hat goes off to anyone sout...
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Friday, October 14, 2011

Can he fix it?

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I've decided to purchase a cement mixer in time for next season's root mix preparation. I'm thinking that in order to improve up...
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Sunday, October 02, 2011

Stretching summer

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With apologies to my Scottish friends who have had several days of rain, it seems really weird preparing veg for an October show in shorts, ...
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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Long brute

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I was hoping to stage a set of three long beet at Malvern but couldn't get a matching set. As this monster, 15" round at the crow...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

♫ Baby slow down, the end is not as fun as the start ♪

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For the next few weeks I'm going to be using lines from U2 songs as my post headings, without doubt the World's best ever band when ...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Preparing for a Royal visit

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My Kelsae onions are starting to bulb up nicely although I only have three that look as if they might make a decent size. The biggest is abo...
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