Pat E, We had the train to Darwin the other night, two hours of watching the countryside fly past, some lift music and the odd written comment. I was on my Apple so not taking much notice although thinking it must start sometime, it did not. Porridge this morning with Raspberries too, lovely. Any one looking at my book cases would think I had a mixed up rainbow, they are in alphabetical order. I got some some College papers out on Quantum Mechanics for my Grandson, his comment, these are in alphabetical order, "err" yes if you want Z it is at the end P somewhere in the middle probably after O try it.
Have been giving some thought to leaving this board, it is really an advisory board and reading the requests for help I realise I am history, my gardening does not exist anymore. Coming from a time when the garden was a main part of our food source, (it was for us village people the town houses with yards not so), now gardens are extra living rooms and dining rooms. Lawns are plastic, enough wood around to build the Ark and garden sheds fancy rooms with lino on the floor heaters all painted out and the garden has more furniture than my lounge. Gardening as I knew it was hard but fulfilling work, you took pride in growing food for your own and extended families more so if you had animals and orchards as we had. Reading the pleas for help people today want quick and easy answers, I have none, you do the job once properly, it will then last. Looking at the Garlic question on here we dried it in the sun then tied it in long strings hanging from the garage roof it lasted until the next fresh growth, we preserved everything. One of my Daughters asked how you made jam, she must have seen her Mother make it over the years, as soon as I mentioned sugar she shut down? Frank.
Frank, please don't think of leaving us. There are other threads apart from gardening, like this one and Strictly. I'm sure you still have advice to give with all your experience of life. You've just given some, about garlic.
I don't grow it as I am a little intolerant to it. Also it is cheap and very available here in France. I prefer the purple one but it is true that it doesn't keep as long as the white one. If I had a lot I would hang it up in the garage. I don't, so it lives in a tray in the larder.
Cold and grey today.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I know what you mean Frank, they do want quick answers and have to buy everything already grown. I don’t suppose you bought a lot of ready grown plants when you and the family gardened. You would swap seeds/cuttings, and baby plants with friends. If I like a plant I will ask if anyone has any seeds, or if it doesn’t seed, then a root. Never buy anything. My daughter is just the same, she would rather buy a plant than me give her a piece or grow it for her, she will say, ‘yours won’t flower till next year, this ones flowering now’. never mind it’s cost her about 6/7 pounds. Oh, the young, instant gratification we call it😀 So stay Frank, I love to hear of how it was done years ago, It’s a wonder we managed to live with our old fashioned methods 😀
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Frank, the Perth - Sydney train journey was the same as the Darwin train trip. Talk about boring! 🤬
i grow a lot of our vegs and prefer it to buying stuff imported from Asia or California etc. i also have cupboards full of jam and pickles and dried Vegs and herbs that I’ve produced. I think there are still lots of us who still do these things.
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Porridge this morning with Raspberries too, lovely.
Any one looking at my book cases would think I had a mixed up rainbow, they are in alphabetical order. I got some some College papers out on Quantum Mechanics for my Grandson, his comment, these are in alphabetical order, "err" yes if you want Z it is at the end P somewhere in the middle probably after O try it.
Have been giving some thought to leaving this board, it is really an advisory board and reading the requests for help I realise I am history, my gardening does not exist anymore.
Coming from a time when the garden was a main part of our food source, (it was for us village people the town houses with yards not so), now gardens are extra living rooms and dining rooms. Lawns are plastic, enough wood around to build the Ark and garden sheds fancy rooms with lino on the floor heaters all painted out and the garden has more furniture than my lounge.
Gardening as I knew it was hard but fulfilling work, you took pride in growing food for your own and extended families more so if you had animals and orchards as we had.
Reading the pleas for help people today want quick and easy answers, I have none, you do the job once properly, it will then last.
Looking at the Garlic question on here we dried it in the sun then tied it in long strings hanging from the garage roof it lasted until the next fresh growth, we preserved everything. One of my Daughters asked how you made jam, she must have seen her Mother make it over the years, as soon as I mentioned sugar she shut down?
Frank.
Morning all.
Frank, please don't think of leaving us. There are other threads apart from gardening, like this one and Strictly. I'm sure you still have advice to give with all your experience of life. You've just given some, about garlic.
I don't grow it as I am a little intolerant to it. Also it is cheap and very available here in France. I prefer the purple one but it is true that it doesn't keep as long as the white one. If I had a lot I would hang it up in the garage. I don't, so it lives in a tray in the larder.
Cold and grey today.
I don’t suppose you bought a lot of ready grown plants when you and the family gardened. You would swap seeds/cuttings, and baby plants with friends.
If I like a plant I will ask if anyone has any seeds, or if it doesn’t seed, then a root. Never buy anything.
My daughter is just the same, she would rather buy a plant than me give her a piece or grow it for her, she will say, ‘yours won’t flower till next year, this ones flowering now’. never mind it’s cost her about 6/7 pounds.
Oh, the young, instant gratification we call it😀
So stay Frank, I love to hear of how it was done years ago, It’s a wonder we managed to live with our old fashioned methods 😀
i grow a lot of our vegs and prefer it to buying stuff imported from Asia or California etc.
i also have cupboards full of jam and pickles and dried Vegs and herbs that I’ve produced.
I think there are still lots of us who still do these things.