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I thought you didnt like oaked SB, or was that someone else?

Err.....I don't. Mel does.

Hence the title.

Now go and stand in the corner.

Again !

Oh yes, not paying attention

Ah, just noticed, almost five years to the day Ive been hanging around this place.

Do I get a prize Mel?

Do I get a prize Mel?

Indeed !

We made it just for you to celebrate 5 years of wine notes and allotment anecdotes.

I especially liked

1- 37 places to shove a turnip

2- The day I smotherd Jane McQuitty in cucumber juice

and

3- You may take me but you'll never take my shed

Comedy Gold.

Do you write all your own material?

Now that's me, dont you go stealing my incompetence !

I started a side thread on da Blind River, no - no - It's the Dog Point that hits the spot with BC, thinking .......how many days to get a response ?

Points mean prizes - Dunno GK. five years of toil, with a bit of magic.

GK - Great weather for the plot, you got your tates in yet ?

Also GK did ya see that 1er Chablis in Tesco's window for £9 is that a deal, or a dog ?

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Duncan

The one with the sun bleached label and the dead wasps? Nah, must have missed it. Im not buying this year, have decided to drink my stock and enjoy my homebrew, HMRC can go swing, sick of seeing my taxes go to waste.

Yep quite busy on the plot, got a few new pots in last week. All my carrots are through, peas, broad beans, kale. Garlic and onions growing well, stacks in the poly-house waiting to go out, wont be long now. Decided to give pak-choi a go this year, have a tray of seeds on the go.

My vine is just coming into leaf, this could be its last year as we are having an extension built towards the end of the year, will try and move it and re-plant elsewhere, the root-ball should still be quite small, what say you?

I started off 11 like that - The offers may be krap - what I have to prove, is that I'm not addicted to a deal.

** You dont get a root ball - it aint a suburban shrub.

The vine is young, you will find, and identify the tap root quite easily, It will go on and on if by the side of your house, so try and get most of it up, by following it with a fork to loosen the ground as you go. The roots on mine are pretty strong so it is not too much of a task, all the subsidiary roots off the tap, will be away from the wall at right angles, some of these will probably have to go if you have lawn along the side. It is a wet climate so the roots will not run too deep. Well they didn't here when I did the clay paviours and stuff near mine.

You plot sounds marvelous. I'm doing maintenance and improvements again - I've got some portland stone to mount on a back parapet and consider scaffolding for the high gables, that are peeling - Forth Bridge round here - I really hate NW UPVC

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Duncan

Cheers D, either way it has to be moved, its planted right where a new wall is going, I will get down as deep as I can before lifting.

BTW, we had the first rhubarb of the season on Sunday, from the garden, made a lovely crumble with a few apples thrown in. Also noticed my St Georges mushrooms are through, another week and they'll be pan frying with a little butter and fresh sage, I look forward to this every year.

This last Sunday ! - Same here, the Rhubarb was sweet and boutiful. I cant believe that- Snap.

I was threatening last year cos the crowns are so old and woody - but the Misses said " I bet your glad you didn't " as we scoffed it with creme fraiche.

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Duncan

Indeed, very pleased to have a number of sticks ready so soon. When it died back last year I covered it in a mound of natural compost, this sank in over winter. It obviously liked it, the leaves are like dustbin lids!

We'll be making nettle soup this weekend, lots of young tender shoots around. My daughter loves it, amazing really, most kids would scream at the mere site of it. It is delicious tho.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained - We haven't done the nettles, We're a bit tradiional with our food for free,
Mushrooms, we've done that as well. But not so recently. My dear Misses is so damn busy running her school, which is 24/7 less sleep time plus zombie telly to unwind for an hour or so.

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Duncan

No prizes or at least none that Mrs GK would approve of.

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mel