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Re: Taps
Of course you would dear. But we seem to have an intolerance to wheat well I did and then brother Arthur decided he did as well, anyway the good news is the goose still likes four slices a day home meal for supper. Although Arthur does not live with me he seems to spend more and more time away from his house, perhaps he is lonely as he does not communicate with anyone much and I have all you exquisite ladies to tend to. Ha ha.
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C_C_T
on September 7, 2012 at 10:35 AM
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Nothing is ever perfect FS, living things are subject to different conditions I see someone today said they expect to find some kind of life on planets in the near future. I would think it would be strange if they did not, as life seems to flourish in the most unlikely places and I sometimes wonder what would have happened if the human species had not evolved.
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C_C_T
on September 7, 2012 at 10:28 AM
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Re: CCT
Yes the end Bill, Arthur thinks I am a simpleton, but then he deals with me on the outskirts of my brain
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C_C_T
on September 7, 2012 at 10:26 AM
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Re: Pat
Thank you Pat, the first pet I had was a wild rabbit and it escaped. Of course we always had chickens and geese etc. Dogs and cats were a part of the family I can't think what we fed them on, but I'm sure it was not little packets of cat Food.
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C_C_T
on September 7, 2012 at 10:24 AM
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Re:Naut
Well Naut potatoes and tomatoes and peppers and deadly nightshade are all related species. When you think of it green potatoes are fairly toxic as are the leaves. I don't know about rhubarb, but I do know some people died from eating the leaves in the
in the First World War. So never plant these vegetables in the same soil that has been used to cultivate one of the others. I don't think strawberries like potatoes either. So it is not surprising that potato blight can be passed on to tomatoes, of course your weather might be of a drier kind it is a humidity that is the bugbear and we get plenty of that.
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C_C_T
on September 7, 2012 at 10:19 AM
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Re: Isaiah
Hi Isaiah, I used to be a grower of bedding plants and vegetables and strawberries, so I had to make a job of it or go under, one gets an instinctive feel for the plants and hopefully nurtures them to the best of one's ability
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C_C_T
on September 7, 2012 at 10:13 AM
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Thank you: CON , go on you would ball your eyes out if anything happened to the dog, sadly they do not live long enough although you seem to have found that time has moved slowly for you.
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C_C_T
on September 7, 2012 at 10:09 AM
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Well that was a rash thing to do Jay and some leaves are not very good for the garden for example walnut or beach, you were destroying more new nutriments than you could put in. I should in future stack them in a heap and leave until rotted down to compost.0 Jay I am treading on apple's last year I picked them all up, but to be quite honest, it is not worth the effort. Although I have got a small cider press which I have never used.
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C_C_T
on September 7, 2012 at 10:06 AM
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Re: CCT
I I know Wiley, I sometimes wonder whether it is worth all the effort, but it is something to moan about. My brothers garden is immaculate not a slug in sight but he is not surrounded by grass like I am.
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C_C_T
on September 7, 2012 at 10:00 AM
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Re:Kabu
Well perhaps we shall plan it better next year, I just wish I could get a big load of pig manure and someone to dig it in. We usually plant winter pansies here, but I guess it is a bit too cold for you to do so. Anyway they are not really winter pansies, they usually bloom in the early spring unless one gives them protection. Even the miniature roses turned up their toes this year and seem to become blobs of mould. 
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C_C_T
on September 7, 2012 at 9:56 AM
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Mummy is beaten in that poem ....is probably expecting the puppy anyway
why else would she take a child into a pet shop near her b' day.
The garden is sad for you. Well mine has some great places and some not so great. The pansies are done but the Mums are starting to flower.
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Kabu
on September 6, 2012 at 5:41 PM
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CCT
Well sounds like gardening the way I do it is a lot better. The grocery store has 'em all laid out nice and orderly, and I don't have to work the ground much.Have a grand weekend comin' up Bro.
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WileyJohn
on September 6, 2012 at 5:33 PM
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I don't know if I told you, but I tilled five big trash bags of leaves into my garden soil last spring and everything came up stunted. The lady at the nursery told me that as the leaves rot in the ground that they suck up all the nitrogen. I don't know about all that, but it is time to till this mess up until next year. I could ship you some apples though. Just say the word.
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UtahJay
on September 6, 2012 at 2:23 PM
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Hi CCT, I wish I had a green thumb. I have some lavendar and some wild flowers growing on my patio but believe me it's not my doing that keeps them alive. My husband, as he said, loves gardening, what he didn't mention is that he has little patience for it...Lol. Your story about the little girl reminds me so much of my son when he was little. He used to collect "poly polies"(those little rolly poly bugs that are everywhere) in a jar filled with grass and other debris, and then he would look up at me with his innocent eyes and ask so sweetly if he could sleep with them. It was definitely time to get him a pet, so we got a dog. Still have her today, that was 8 years ago, seems like a lifetime ago and now I wish the damn dog would run away, but she's chipped, can't lose her! 
Enjoyable write CCT. We're trying to keep up with reading as well as writing. Thank you for your continued reads and support. See you soon.
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RamfamilyWritings
on September 6, 2012 at 1:45 PM
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Re: CCT
Hello CCT...
My first time reading one of your post. I too liked the story of Katies birthday present. I've love gardens but don't seem to have the "green thumb", however. Will read more of you.
Isaiah
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RamfamilyWritings
on September 6, 2012 at 1:37 PM
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CCT
I often learn things when I read you - today I had to look up 'rotovate', LOL...
And how come tomatoes succumb to potato blight?
Loved the story of Katie's birthday present...
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Nautikos
on September 6, 2012 at 10:42 AM
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The garden has seemed to be a lot of work for little reward,
but one always hopes next year will be more productive. As for the darling girl whose choice is a puppy, this birthday gift keeps on giving. I hope the nan and mom are in agreement. The flowers are gorgeous, I do enjoy these pictures and narratives. :)
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Pat_B
on September 6, 2012 at 10:15 AM
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CCT
RYes siree Bob. Let’s call the crops their crop names and a slug a slug. You detract us with beautiful flowers. Is there no end to your talent sir
Excellent! BC-A, Bill’s R®st
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BC-A
on September 6, 2012 at 10:05 AM
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Summer has wreaked havoc on a lot of gardens, I see...Katie's nanny intrigues me a lot.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on September 6, 2012 at 9:32 AM
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I'd rather have good bread than cream cake any day. I guess it's the Czech in me and the houskas and kolaches my mother made.
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TAPS.
on September 6, 2012 at 9:30 AM
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