Comments on: Grow Your Own-What’s the Point? http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/grow-your-own-whats-the-point Cooking - Photography & More Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:05:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/grow-your-own-whats-the-point#comment-4617 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:42:32 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/grow-your-own-whats-the-point#comment-4617 Cid, Too late-they've been laid to rest elsewhere (a bin) Tracy Emin can sleep easier now! Miles Cid,
Too late-they’ve been laid to rest elsewhere (a bin) Tracy Emin can sleep easier now!

Miles

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/grow-your-own-whats-the-point#comment-4616 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:37:40 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/grow-your-own-whats-the-point#comment-4616 Miles, What's this about a smashed pot.... we'll be expecting the shards to manifest themselves as a Gaudi mosaic ..... well you did say diversification :) Cid Miles,

What’s this about a smashed pot…. we’ll be expecting the shards to manifest themselves as a Gaudi mosaic ….. well you did say diversification :)

Cid

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/grow-your-own-whats-the-point#comment-4615 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:47:05 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/grow-your-own-whats-the-point#comment-4615 Elsie, Small holdings, allotments, gardens, whatever you have they take some keeping up. My other garden is plenty big enough for me, I just feel it's time to diversify. Miles Elsie,
Small holdings, allotments, gardens, whatever you have they take some keeping up. My other garden is plenty big enough for me, I just feel it’s time to diversify.
Miles

]]> by: Elsie Nean http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/grow-your-own-whats-the-point#comment-4609 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:27:36 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/grow-your-own-whats-the-point#comment-4609 Miles, My efforts in trying to grow just some radishes have been in vain. Some of the plants had lovely green leaves but the radishes have been munched by something other than me. I planted them in various places and at different times and I will not bother again. I shall stick to my herbs. Allotments may be great things when you are retired or a whole family participates in them. They need daily attention and are impossible to keep whilst occupying a full time job. I think I would still prefer to grow veg. in the garden rather than going off to an allotment. Having said that, the radish experience has put me off anyway. You seem to have plenty of other interests to fill any spare time you might have. Elsie Miles,
My efforts in trying to grow just some radishes have been in vain. Some of the plants had lovely green leaves but the radishes have been munched by something other than me. I planted them in various places and at different times and I will not bother again. I shall stick to my herbs.
Allotments may be great things when you are retired or a whole family participates in them. They need daily attention and are impossible to keep whilst occupying a full time job. I think I would still prefer to grow veg. in the garden rather than going off to an allotment. Having said that, the radish experience has put me off anyway.
You seem to have plenty of other interests to fill any spare time you might have.
Elsie

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/grow-your-own-whats-the-point#comment-4603 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:13:52 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/grow-your-own-whats-the-point#comment-4603 Cid, Don't get your hopes up, it was in a large pot which has smashed in the storms. Still, if you want to get rid of it for me, no worries :) Miles Cid,
Don’t get your hopes up, it was in a large pot which has smashed in the storms. Still, if you want to get rid of it for me, no worries :)

Miles

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/grow-your-own-whats-the-point#comment-4600 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:57:06 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/grow-your-own-whats-the-point#comment-4600 Miles, What's this about a fallen tree.... are we talking wood burner size? Still, by the time you have trimmed it to size and stacked it and then loaded it on my trailer for me, you'll be exhausted and unable to tend your veg patch so never mind :) Ray Mears wouldn't let a little thing like a fallen tree get in his way... so we look forward to seeing your efforts at wigwam building or perhaps layered up for mushroom growing or rustic garden furniture.... the possibilities are endless, sort of lego for the adult single male :) As for my own veg, well they're growing nicely for the time being despite everything hurled at them over the past week. I have to agree with you Miles, it is hard work even for a small number but I can recommend the various kale seeds available... they seem to grow quite quickly and haven't been nibbled by pests... not yet anyway. My coriander plant is producing lots of leaves and flower heads too so there should be seeds later on if I remember to water it. Cid Miles,

What’s this about a fallen tree…. are we talking wood burner size? Still, by the time you have trimmed it to size and stacked it and then loaded it on my trailer for me, you’ll be exhausted and unable to tend your veg patch so never mind :) Ray Mears wouldn’t let a little thing like a fallen tree get in his way… so we look forward to seeing your efforts at wigwam building or perhaps layered up for mushroom growing or rustic garden furniture…. the possibilities are endless, sort of lego for the adult single male :)

As for my own veg, well they’re growing nicely for the time being despite everything hurled at them over the past week. I have to agree with you Miles, it is hard work even for a small number but I can recommend the various kale seeds available… they seem to grow quite quickly and haven’t been nibbled by pests… not yet anyway. My coriander plant is producing lots of leaves and flower heads too so there should be seeds later on if I remember to water it.

Cid

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/grow-your-own-whats-the-point#comment-4598 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:01:36 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/grow-your-own-whats-the-point#comment-4598 Rod, Must confess it is more chore than pleasure at the moment, I also believe that change can be as good as a rest, so maybe it's time to concentrate on other matters. Time will tell, in the meantime I have a fallen tree to see to :( Miles Rod,
Must confess it is more chore than pleasure at the moment, I also believe that change can be as good as a rest, so maybe it’s time to concentrate on other matters.
Time will tell, in the meantime I have a fallen tree to see to :(

Miles

]]> by: Rod http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/grow-your-own-whats-the-point#comment-4592 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:22:20 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/grow-your-own-whats-the-point#comment-4592 Miles sorry to hear of the weather damage. The weather is indeed depressing. Thankfully my kitchen garden is very well sheltered so does not suffer. I do it for the pleasure and satisfaction certainly not for economy, even with today's food prices growing your own makes no economic sense. Downsizing may be a good idea for you because if it becomes a chore then it ceases to be a pleasure <i>ergo</i> making continuation pointless Cheers Rod Miles
sorry to hear of the weather damage. The weather is indeed depressing.
Thankfully my kitchen garden is very well sheltered so does not suffer.

I do it for the pleasure and satisfaction certainly not for economy, even with today’s food prices growing your own makes no economic sense.

Downsizing may be a good idea for you because if it becomes a chore then it ceases to be a pleasure ergo making continuation pointless
Cheers
Rod

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