Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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January 6, 2018 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
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Cant even give em away.
Got to ask yourself, whats worry with people today? i've placed a notice on a FB buy&sell group, 'free black currents, pick your own', no takers of the offer yet. Having to pick your own puts people off, just easier to buy frozen supermarket fruit from China.
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January 6, 2018 | #2 |
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I'll be right over with my punnet
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January 6, 2018 | #3 |
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Bring a hat Linda, its going to be hot
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January 6, 2018 | #4 |
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Hot would be nice too . It's pretty darned chilly where I am!
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January 6, 2018 | #5 |
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Yes i hear its been cold
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January 6, 2018 | #6 |
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Well they may not pick your currants for free, but I bet they'd buy the jelly if you made it to sell. Currants are fantastic fruit, both black and red. I make jelly the easy way, stems included in the boil. It adds a little note to the flavor which we like. This also makes it a lot easier to pick em - never by the each. Boil and steep it first, then stir in the sugar, then pectin and you're done. Great stuff.
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January 6, 2018 | #8 |
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TRUTH! I have never seen so many people willing to take it if it is picked and cleaned but never take up the offer to come pick them for free. anything, not just fruit... anything in the garden. I have had many times offered a bountiful crop to any pickers for free. I had a woman who thought my green beans cost too much... I told her she could have them if she wanted to walk across the road and pick them. no charge. go have as many as you can use. no strings attached. she turned me down flat.
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January 7, 2018 | #9 |
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Most people out there no longer trust food that's grown in a garden and even picked by human hands! They have idea how it gets into the packaging.
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January 7, 2018 | #10 |
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No i think its comes down to just having to go and pick them thats to much for 99% of the population now, supermarkets have made people lazy when it comes to food. My sister in law said to me once," why do you grow a garden when its so cheap& easy to buy it", bloody sad to think that most people think like that now.
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January 7, 2018 | #11 |
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I think they are afraid if they show up they will get sheared.
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January 7, 2018 | #12 |
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January 7, 2018 | #13 |
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January 7, 2018 | #14 |
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Dont know about a champion so much. But this is me shearing using my redesigned tool.http://www.watsonmultishears.co.nz/ Learned my trade using these http://www.laurelleaffarm.com/item-p...m-no-s9840.htm
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January 7, 2018 | #15 |
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If you think about it, sounds rather corny, "i'm a sheep shearer from New Zealand"
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