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Introducing myself

Keith & Jennie Allchin

2007-07-21, 5:25 pm

Hello all.

Having just subscribed to the newsgroup I thought I would introduce myself.

I live in a suburb of Sheffield, on the eastern slopes of the Pennines at
about 650 feet. I have a small to medium-sized garden and grow mainly
flowers and shrubs. Much of the garden is in partial shade.

This year I am experimenting with an Earthbox, and have just ordered a
greenhouse. So far I have managed with just a home-made coldframe.

Expect questions on greenhouse gardening in the near future!

Keith

Alan Holmes

2007-07-21, 5:25 pm

"Keith & Jennie Allchin" <keith@allchin.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
news:46a259c4$0$1605$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...
> Hello all.
>
> Having just subscribed to the newsgroup I thought I would introduce
> myself.
>
> I live in a suburb of Sheffield, on the eastern slopes of the Pennines at
> about 650 feet. I have a small to medium-sized garden and grow mainly
> flowers and shrubs. Much of the garden is in partial shade.
>
> This year I am experimenting with an Earthbox, and have just ordered a
> greenhouse. So far I have managed with just a home-made coldframe.
>
> Expect questions on greenhouse gardening in the near future!

We can't wait!(:-)

>
> Keith
>

Sam

2007-07-21, 5:25 pm

Keith & Jennie Allchin wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> Having just subscribed to the newsgroup I thought I would introduce myself.
>
> I live in a suburb of Sheffield, on the eastern slopes of the Pennines at
> about 650 feet. I have a small to medium-sized garden and grow mainly
> flowers and shrubs. Much of the garden is in partial shade.
>
> This year I am experimenting with an Earthbox, and have just ordered a
> greenhouse. So far I have managed with just a home-made coldframe.
>
> Expect questions on greenhouse gardening in the near future!
>
> Keith
>
>
Hi Keith and welcome. I hope you will find much pleasure from your
garden, especially the greenhouse.I have been digging my little patch
for 56 years, with a greenhouse for 30 years, and am still learning
from my friends, here.
Happy Gardening to you both and please keep in touch.
Sam.

judith.lea@googlemail.com

2007-07-21, 5:25 pm

On Jul 21, 8:10 pm, "Keith & Jennie Allchin" <ke...@allchin.f9.co.uk>
wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> Having just subscribed to the newsgroup I thought I would introduce myself.

Hi, Keith, I'm Judith and I live in Norfolk. I am here mostly to
learn but I used to grow grapes at my last house so I might be able to
help you there.

Judith

Sally Thompson

2007-07-21, 8:25 pm

On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:54:14 +0100, judith.lea@googlemail.com wrote

<snip>

>
> Hi, Keith, I'm Judith and I live in Norfolk.

Not that I have any personal knowledge <g>, but doesn't this sound a bit like
a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous?

SCNR

--
Sally in Shropshire, UK
Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church with conservation
churchyard:
http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk

Mary Fisher

2007-07-22, 9:25 am

Keith & Jennie Allchin

2007-07-22, 9:25 am

"Sally Thompson" <sallynewsgroup@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:0001HW.C2C84C63007A9796F0182648@news.individual.net...
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:54:14 +0100, judith.lea@googlemail.com wrote
>
> <snip>
>
>
>
> Not that I have any personal knowledge <g>, but doesn't this sound a bit
> like
> a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous?
>
> SCNR

Just a bit (no personal knowledge either!)

Keith

judith.lea@googlemail.com

2007-07-22, 9:25 am

On Jul 22, 9:51 am, "Mary Fisher" <mary.fis...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> What's an Earthbox? Anything to do with the Earth Centre?
>

Mary, tell me you are pulling his leg?

Judith

Alan Holmes

2007-07-22, 1:25 pm

judith.lea@googlemail.com

2007-07-22, 1:25 pm

On Jul 21, 11:50 pm, Sally Thompson
<sallynewsgr...@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:54:14 +0100, judith....@googlemail.com wrote
>
> <snip>
>
>
>
>
> Not that I have any personal knowledge <g>, but doesn't this sound a bit like
> a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous?

or Blind Date?

Judith

Sally Thompson

2007-07-22, 1:25 pm

On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:08:12 +0100, judith.lea@googlemail.com wrote
(in article <1185120492.604230.172490@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com> ):

> On Jul 21, 11:50 pm, Sally Thompson
> <sallynewsgr...@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
>
> or Blind Date?

I wouldn't know about that one :-) The things I miss without a TV!

--
Sally in Shropshire, UK
Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church with conservation
churchyard:
http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk

Mary Fisher

2007-07-22, 5:25 pm

"Sally Thompson" <sallynewsgroup@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> I wouldn't know about that one :-) The things I miss without a TV!

Oh - it's a telly programme! Thanks, Sally, I was wondering.

Mary
er - how do you know?

Mary Fisher

2007-07-22, 5:25 pm

"judith.lea@googlemail.com" <judith.lea99@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:1185103221.810893.292990@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 22, 9:51 am, "Mary Fisher" <mary.fis...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Mary, tell me you are pulling his leg?

I'm not. He doesn't live too far from the Earth Centre which, sadly, is now
closed.

"In September 2004 the attraction closed to the public, and only pre-booked
school parties were allowed. By the end of October, the Earth Centre,
monument to Sustainability, was un-sustainable and was put in the hands of
administrators. "

Mary

Sally Thompson

2007-07-22, 5:25 pm

On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 20:40:59 +0100, Mary Fisher wrote
(in article <46a3b2cb$0$30922$4c56ba96@master.news.zetnet.net> ):

>
> "Sally Thompson" <sallynewsgroup@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
> news:0001HW.C2C95D6700827CBDF0182648@news.individual.net...
>
>
> Oh - it's a telly programme! Thanks, Sally, I was wondering.
>
> Mary
> er - how do you know?
>
>

I read the reviews of course :-)

--
Sally in Shropshire, UK
Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church with conservation
churchyard:
http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk

Sacha

2007-07-22, 5:25 pm

On 22/7/07 19:15, in article
0001HW.C2C95D6700827CBDF0182648@news.individual.net, "Sally Thompson"
<sallynewsgroup@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:08:12 +0100, judith.lea@googlemail.com wrote
> (in article <1185120492.604230.172490@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com> ):
>
>
> I wouldn't know about that one :-) The things I miss without a TV!
>
Not in that case you didn't! There are a few things we really enjoy atm and
wouldn't want to miss but there's an awful lot of rubbish, no doubt about
it.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

judith.lea@googlemail.com

2007-07-22, 8:25 pm

On Jul 22, 10:52 pm, Sacha <sa...@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Not in that case you didn't! There are a few things we really enjoy atm and
> wouldn't want to miss but there's an awful lot of rubbish, no doubt about
> it.

Are you casting asparagus on Bergerac? duh and it was filmed on your
island.

Judith

WaltA

2007-07-22, 8:25 pm

>
>Are you casting asparagus on Bergerac?

nasturtiums as well, shirly ?!

Mary Fisher

2007-07-23, 9:25 am

"Sally Thompson" <sallynewsgroup@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
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....

>
> I read the reviews of course :-)

Oh, of course!

We don't get papers either :-(

Mary

Sacha

2007-07-23, 9:25 am

On 22/7/07 23:26, in article
1185143185.120943.221400@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com,
"judith.lea@googlemail.com" <judith.lea99@googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Jul 22, 10:52 pm, Sacha <sa...@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Are you casting asparagus on Bergerac? duh and it was filmed on your
> island.
>
> Judith
>
Oh no! We enjoy it, too and sometimes watch repeats. It's quite funny to
see a programme that's been show in a place you know. Occasionally, I see
familiar faces in the background as extras and a friend of mine wrote one of
the episodes, so it has good memories!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Martin

2007-07-23, 1:25 pm

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:49:12 +0100, "Mary Fisher" <mary.fisher@zetnet.co.uk>
wrote:

>We don't get papers either :-(

Mary, you can come out of the Andersen shelter. WWII is over!
--

Martin

'Mike'

2007-07-23, 1:25 pm

"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:49:12 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
> <mary.fisher@zetnet.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> Mary, you can come out of the Andersen shelter. WWII is over!
> --
>
> Martin
>

Had you been in an Anderson Shelter you would know how to spell it :-))

Kindest regards

Mike
WWII vet

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judith.lea@googlemail.com

2007-07-23, 1:25 pm

On Jul 23, 6:23 pm, Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:49:12 +0100, "Mary Fisher" <mary.fis...@zetnet.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>
> Mary, you can come out of the Andersen shelter. WWII is over!

Bless, they wouldn't fly anywhere near Mary's house, they wouldn't
dare, she would be out there shaking her fist at them not down a
shelter.

Judith

2007-07-23, 5:25 pm

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:35:51 +0100, "'Mike'" <3d&6d@woolies.com> wrote
and included this (or some of this):

>
>
>
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>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
>news:lvo9a3p67eu1fm9hgbmebf859ndi9iuarn@4ax.com...
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>Had you been in an Anderson Shelter you would know how to spell it :-))

We had a Morrison shelter as well

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Mary Fisher

2007-07-23, 5:25 pm

"judith.lea@googlemail.com" <judith.lea99@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:1185213729.274298.270470@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 23, 6:23 pm, Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:
>
> Bless, they wouldn't fly anywhere near Mary's house, they wouldn't
> dare, she would be out there shaking her fist at them not down a
> shelter.

Our shelter is far superior to an Anderson. Its roof is now used as a
terrace on which we have meals - when the weather allows :-)

But we choose not to have newspapers. The recent furore over tv programmes
is why - we don't trust any news media. Why should we pay for rubbish?

Not even this :-)

Mary
whose worked in the press and understands why and how it's done.

Martin

2007-07-23, 5:25 pm

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:02:09 -0700, "judith.lea@googlemail.com"
<judith.lea99@googlemail.com> wrote:

>On Jul 23, 6:23 pm, Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:
>
>Bless, they wouldn't fly anywhere near Mary's house, they wouldn't
>dare, she would be out there shaking her fist at them not down a
>shelter.

LOL
--

Martin

Martin

2007-07-23, 5:25 pm

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:45:33 +0100, "Mary Fisher" <mary.fisher@zetnet.co.uk>
wrote:

>Mary
>whose worked in the press and understands why and how it's done.
>

Gang, cider or wine? :-)
--

Martin

Alan Holmes

2007-07-25, 1:25 pm

Alan Holmes

2007-07-25, 1:25 pm

"®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³" <ron@spamall.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:35:51 +0100, "'Mike'" <3d&6d@woolies.com> wrote
> and included this (or some of this):
>
>
>
> We had a Morrison shelter as well

We had an Anderson shelter and for a while it was unusable, as it always had
a lot of water in it, just as well, because had we been in it one night we
would have been killed, when a bomb dropped 45 feet away!

2007-07-25, 5:25 pm

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:35:10 GMT, "Alan Holmes"
<alan_holmes@nowhere.com> wrote and included this (or some of this):

>
>"®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³" <ron@spamall.com> wrote in message
>news:1dt9a3dr70vvrdn9homivjt5u66g60c4ml@4ax.com...
>
>We had an Anderson shelter and for a while it was unusable, as it always had
>a lot of water in it, just as well, because had we been in it one night we
>would have been killed, when a bomb dropped 45 feet away!
>

We were in an Anderson when a bomb totalled a house behind us about
50' away.

We had all sorts of crap on top the shelter, including a double bed
and a shed load of bricks and the home-made wooden door on our shelter
looked like a dartboard with shrapnel embedded all over it.

In Bristol we were in the shelter every night from 5.30 pm until
all-clear at about 6.30 am.

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