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Polestar for me this year, thought I'd try a different variety. But after the plants have finished, always leave the roots in the ground as these put lots of nitrogen back in the ground, obviously good for next years plants. Quick update from me. Expanding the number of chickens in the run........ got some problems at the moment trying to integrate them. 1 has sadly already died which has p'ed me off a bit. Constantly picking out weeds in the patch, just gave the runners and Courgettes a heavy straw mulching. Currently harvesting Strawberry's Cucumbers, Lettuce, Courgettes. Made a major mistake with my Brussels sprouts and broccoli seedlings..... Put them out to harden off a little and within 4 hours they were nearly wiped out. GUTTED.... but hopefully I’ll be able to salvage a few. Lessons being learned this year..... The use of nets on brassicas are ESSENTIAL !

Found this on the internet, http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/n...-on-397186.html I've never used insects to control "pest's" something I'll now be looking into as well. Thanks for the tip

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10432128.stm

Thomas Bangalter, the man is a legend, along with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo = Daft Punk From: Love this one........ Make plans, build, and soar to new heights, that's my interpretation From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Os5ihedyH8

Well........... Yes, but I would be most displeased if a meal of "meat and two veg" was thrown into the deal. My take is that it's a woman.......... but I hope you can tell from the tone that I’m still not 100% sure, so probably best to avoid if you ask me. But the way the dancer "pulls the light" up their leg is quite pleasing to the eye, not sure if a bloke would think of a move like that. Our dancing friend is truly a confuser - lol Well said, fully agree with that

I hope you don't mind me saying this chap...... Correct tune...... but not the right video in my opinion. now...... whats the chances our dancing friend is a lady boy ? lol From:

Her voice is beautiful, no doubt about it.

Absolutely stunning, loved it…….. but I do have one problem with it…….. It just wasn’t long enough I was just getting warmed up and then the bloody track finished. The bass was spot on, dark and dirty. 100% bang on! It reminds me of something, but I just can’t put my finger on it, I know if I crawl through the vinyl I’ve got tunes that’ll mix beautifully with it…. But I really can’t think of one off the top of my head. I even had a look on youtube for either a remix or an extended version and found nothing, I’m sure there’s got to be at least one out there. Please, if you’ve got any more of those up your sleeve….. get them on this thread. A couple from Mr Garnier From: From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xMcAVrbH2I

I'm trying to get it down to an artform -

Not used it myself as my trees are still far to small. Best suggestion I can think of is to ask someone at a well established independant Garden center, I find they are normally very helpfull. Just been looking through the RHS "Bible" and found the following - Grease Banding. Bio Boltac Greasebands; Vitax Corry's Fruit Tree Grease. Also says (but this is for use mainly on lawns and shrubs so i'm not sue this is a good approach for application to Fruit trees) but it says the following........ Control, Ants are ofter abundant and impossible to eleminate; as far as possible thier presence should be tolerated, if the problem is severe, water plants with HCH or pirimiphos-methyl.

Thanks for that, much obliged I'm currently thinking of offering a barter agreement with a chap I know who supplies potatoes, and initially thought of offering up 18 eggs for a sack but I suppose that is a bit cheep from my end so I think I’ll offer up 2 dozen/24no eggs for a 25kg sack of Maris Pipers. Actually....... looking at that, 1 egg = 1kg of Potatoes. (or there abouts.) Not sure if that's going to work for any "double yokers" though. £1ish for six eggs, I personally was thinking £1.50 there’s a whiff of inflation about you know

A quick update, So far had some fantastic germinations nearly everything sown in trays and in "peat pots" germinated and I've started getting things in the ground. I'm about 4 weeks behind at the moment due to this prolonged cold winter so I’ve been (possibly) overcautious. Still got the Brassicas to sow, this will be done this week. The strawberry plants in the green house however are going like the clappers, and i'm really looking forward to the first taste of summer. Chickens are still productive. I got a new home coming soon for them which will also allow me some expansion so hopefully I might even get up to a dozen birds in there Just as an open question to anyone reading this thread, if I were to purchase a 25kg sack of potatoes and offer payment in eggs, how many eggs would equal a "fair deal?" I've already got a figure in mind but I'd love to get a second opinion.

First time I've heard that, it's got quite a 90's feel to it, not bad for an advert. Death in Vegas were always quite hit and miss for me (maybe to be fair I really didn't give them enough attention, and I think I always got them confussed with Dirty Vegas) but they knocked out some good stuff. Advance warning - the first video in my opinion is a little "heavy" From: From:

Real nice.

I hope this hasn't been posted before on this thread. From: From: I've Heard "we come one" before and it's a classic, but I've never seen that video before - Nice From: No video, But pure class....... it tingles the spine EVERY time

From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=louQ7s1ZkGU From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6iFuUa68q4

I heard it on Radio 2 while at work today...... it's one of those "I recognise that tune but never know who sang it" tracks and not only that, there's been a few "unusual" helicopters flying over the village recently so it thought it might be quite fitting with what's going on at the moment. keep well. SR

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I personally call them "triggers" a tune that instantly triggers a memory, good or bad For instance......... From: nuff said really. Lets hope we can dance to a diferent tune on May the 6th........ although i do get the feeling that we might just get another 5 years of our monocular friend. From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y9wTsgAG3M

Time to "quicken it back up" 90's junglist style - lol - I know it's a predictable choice, but both are classics in my humble opinion. From: From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wt1nvsoKno ......... and just to give you a feel for whats going on in the "blue room" at the moment, the funny thing is that i've got a couple of litres of "Janets Jungle Juice" (Cider) from Somerset right next to me as i'm typing this. Theres even a chance i might be "swinging on vines" later this evening. From:

Carry on good sir I see your Plump re-mix and raise you ........... From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw96Hdad7xE From: I'll refrain from posting any more plump videos for fear of "hogging" the thread. there are far too many to choose from.

Both of those hit the spot quite nicely, not heard those before

Seen them both a good few years back, this one is an absolute classic. From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx0mf812eSU ...............and yes a warm new years eve would indeed be a pleasant experience. Did you ever hear the Carl Cox set on the Millennium? he played Sydney and Hawaii on the "same day" jumping over the date line. Nothing better than evening in the company of the worlds best DJ

Thanks m8, It was a very enjoyable evening