Going back to gardening grandma and her bees, don't hang your tights on the washing line under old Apple trees. At work talking to Boss when I felt a tickle on my leg ( this was in the days of mini skirts) looked down to find an earwig crawling up my leg INSIDE the tights. Mad rush to ladies to remove offending insect. blamed Hubby for hanging them by the tops and not by the feet.
I loved the idea of fennel in my garden so I bought two tiny plants last year and planted them in front of my border. Who would have thought they grow like 1m tall?... well, it was my first year as a gardener, thats the only excuse I'Ve got.
I loved the idea of fennel in my garden so I bought two tiny plants last year and planted them in front of my border. Who would have thought they grow like 1m tall?... well, it was my first year as a gardener, thats the only excuse I'Ve got.
It was the plants' first year as well MF. Expect taller this year
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I'm still giggling over Maud's story; it is pure slapstick.
Going back to gardening grandma and her bees, don't hang your tights on the washing line under old Apple trees. At work talking to Boss when I felt a tickle on my leg ( this was in the days of mini skirts) looked down to find an earwig crawling up my leg INSIDE the tights. Mad rush to ladies to remove offending insect. blamed Hubby for hanging them by the tops and not by the feet.
I loved the idea of fennel in my garden so I bought two tiny plants last year and planted them in front of my border. Who would have thought they grow like 1m tall?... well, it was my first year as a gardener, thats the only excuse I'Ve got.
Earwig!! Eeeeeeuuuuwwwwwwww!
(Runs shrieking for Ant powder).
First year I had a proper veg bed, grew a globe artichoke; it grew to 3m x 3m. The following year it took a day with an axe to chop up the root
artjak, didyou eat it or climb it?!!
I never did this but I seen somebody doing it, they pulled up the stalk of their brussel sprouts to see if there was any under ground
It was the plants' first year as well MF. Expect taller this year
In the sticks near Peterborough
Maybe they planted them upside down bluejan or they could have been that lesser known Australian variety