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David Nicholson

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Re: Let me introduce myself ...
« Reply #645 on: April 05, 2009, 01:29:33 PM »
Nice set up Giles keep the pics of your bog garden development coming.
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Re: Let me introduce myself ...
« Reply #646 on: April 05, 2009, 02:25:48 PM »
Giles, those early days with the cut flower displays are fantastic, but how good that you have "seen the light at the end of the alpine house", and followed it!  There lies a life of more flowers and more colour for more of the year, for sure.   All you need now that all the materials are there for the bog garden is a strong back and industrial quantities of linament to get you through the work ::)  Really looking forwrd to seeing how it goes.  8)
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Re: Let me introduce myself ...
« Reply #647 on: April 05, 2009, 09:27:16 PM »
Welcome Giles !  ;D ;D
Hope to see lots more from you soon..  ;D
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Re: Let me introduce myself ...
« Reply #648 on: April 06, 2009, 01:25:19 AM »
All that lovely empty space just waiting for PLANTS! ;D Definitely work in progress. I too look forward to further episodes of this saga. I do envy you your beautiful stone walls.
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Re: Let me introduce myself ...
« Reply #649 on: April 06, 2009, 03:25:28 AM »
giles,i agree with others--nice space, great stone walls! and i envy you all day sun, here on the forest verge where my concerns are trying to find bits of full sun...lol

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Re: Let me introduce myself ...
« Reply #650 on: April 06, 2009, 05:22:02 PM »
Giles what wonderful sweet peas,I envy you the skill to grow those so well.

Nice to see your ideas on developing the garden
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Re: Let me introduce myself ...
« Reply #651 on: April 06, 2009, 06:03:00 PM »
Giles, like TW I admire the sweet peas.  My gardening started with sweet peas and other hardy annuals when I was very young.  I still grow them now :)  When you've got time you could pop over to Norfolk and give my garden that kind of makeover - it needs it ;D

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Re: Let me introduce myself ...
« Reply #652 on: April 07, 2009, 10:01:18 AM »
....ummmmh.
I grew about 1,000 cordons (you had to, if you wanted a reasonable chance of cutting 50-60 good stems on show day).
Getting up at 5am each day, to spend 2-3 hrs with the plants before going to work, then another 2-3 hrs in the evening when you got back.
Cutting the flowers the day before the show, arriving at the the hall about 10pm, setting up the vases overnight, for judging at 8am the following morning.
A rain storm, the week of the show, and your whole years work is down the pan.
This alpine lark is a breeze by comparison!

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Re: Let me introduce myself ...
« Reply #653 on: April 07, 2009, 11:25:35 AM »
So are you planning to grow 1000 cassiopes now, Giles?   ;)

Welcome to the forum!  I must have missed you at Chesterfield - we were probably in the pub - I was the one staggering about with my camera upside down and the lens cap still on!   ;D ;D
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Re: Let me introduce myself ...
« Reply #654 on: April 07, 2009, 12:32:42 PM »
All these welcomes make it sound like Giles is new to the forum..... he's posted more than 400 times!!  :D
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« Reply #655 on: April 07, 2009, 12:38:13 PM »
All these welcomes make it sound like Giles is new to the forum..... he's posted more than 400 times!!  :D

... Welcome to you as well, Paul!   ;D ;D
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Re: Let me introduce myself ...
« Reply #656 on: April 07, 2009, 12:49:14 PM »
Why Thank You Cliff!!  Nice to meet you.  :P

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Re: Let me introduce myself ...
« Reply #657 on: April 07, 2009, 01:23:45 PM »
This alpine lark is a breeze by comparison! 

So we look forward to seeing your plants on the show bench Giles   ;D  ;D

I have heard it said that you typically need 1000 plants in pots to stand a chance in a 6 pan class - it's to do with the odds of having 6 perfect plants on any one single day. 
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Re: Let me introduce myself ...
« Reply #658 on: April 07, 2009, 01:52:07 PM »
Nice to put a plant on the show benches if you have one suitable, of course, and where wouldthe shows be without the hardy souls who grow, primp, pack, drive, stage and exhibit ....... but there are folks who don't have that urge and, so long as they take their cameras to the shows and share.... that's fine by me! ;D ;D   Anyone of that persuasion free to cover the Aberdeen show???????
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Re: Let me introduce myself ...
« Reply #659 on: August 04, 2009, 01:23:40 PM »
Hello everybody, I am Erika from Hungary
I found this site very interesting, but need time  "to gnaw myself through+ the topics.
Please forgive me if I am not use the suitable expressions, because my English is poor. I hope my garden and my Englis will improove:-))

 


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