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These pictures were mostly taken at my allotment in Bristol (UK) or in my greenhouse.
Some show plants I'm very proud of. Many other show ones that "went wrong" and I
needed to show them to other people to get advice! Feel free to leave comments below any picture.
Exotic & Medicinal Plants
gallery: Exotic & Medicinal Plants 		2011
gallery: 2011 		2010
gallery: 2010 		2009
gallery: 2009
2008
gallery: 2008 		Growing Pineapples
gallery: Growing Pineapples 		2007
gallery: 2007 		2006
gallery: 2006
2005
gallery: 2005 		up_to_2004
gallery: up_to_2004 		Charles Dowding's Garden
gallery: Charles Dowding's Garden 		7338 - Missing Enviromesh.jpg
7338 - Missing Enviromesh.jpg

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Celidh 04-Apr-2009 09:11
Ok Brooke, as we discussed a while back, the recipe will be in Jenni Malsingh's new book Mango Soup, hopefully coming out in 2009. There's a sneak preview here:
http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~49169.aspx
Celidh 01-Jul-2006 22:45
Hi Mike, yes the garlic for 2006 came from the IOA Garlic Farm. So far it has been a bumper crop. I've hung on for he later varieties - some have done well, some seem smaller, but have had less rain. Colin
Mike V 17-Jun-2006 19:17
Hi Colin. I think you got your Garlic from The Garlic Farm IOW, right? Mine look just like yours. I also got some Thermidrome from the Organic Gardening Catalogue, and that's done well also. I have an allotment in Bedford. The books I've read give the advice in blue: it's safer to dig up too early than too late. Last year and 2004 I got a lot of mouldy and soft bulbs, perhaps, as you say, because we got rain at the wrong time. This year we've had just the right amount. In addition, I put a deal of ash in the ground after digging up spuds, and that's where I grew the garlic. [I meant to post this to forum, but they wouldn't let me in!]
mike
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