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Offline Steamer5

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Re: Fowler BB1 in 2"
« Reply #300 on: March 11, 2017, 09:34:06 PM »
Hi Jo,
 Hope you get a summer, we went from spring to autumn!
Oooh goody movement on the the garden plow!

Willy,
 Looks like you got an early crop in....  :lolb:

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Re: Fowler BB1 in 2"
« Reply #301 on: March 11, 2017, 10:53:55 PM »
It had to be done  :( wood   :disappointed:

Multi layers of MDF with the centre having two sheets of paper stuck to them for parting. The  :paranoia: wood has been woman handled into something that resembles a cylinder pattern. The head needs a little more work  :thinking:

After handling wood I had to spend some time recovering in the garden. So a picture for you Dave  ;)

Jo

Nice garden Jo. All I could do in my garden right now is make mud pies!  :wallbang: The "Wet Pacific Northwest" is living up to it's name this year.

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Re: Fowler BB1 in 2"
« Reply #302 on: March 11, 2017, 11:39:51 PM »
Yep, here in western Washington state this is the third wettest winter on record. The ground is just perfect for driving fence posts...

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Re: Fowler BB1 in 2"
« Reply #303 on: March 12, 2017, 12:14:12 AM »
Have you put your onions in yet Dave  ;D

Tatties are in... as are the Beetroot..... Spring is here  :whoohoo:

Jo

Onions germinated and got to the tatty loop stage, transplant to pots in about a week and then into greenhouse ( assuming I've slung all the timber out ...  :headscratch:  Every Autumn I dump all the junk in there, promising it'll all be out by Spring. Every Spring I curse my idiocy ...   :facepalm2:  ). I don't plant them out until 1st. week in May.

Me 'taters are in the shed, safely tucked away in their bags ...  ;D  Roosters, that is, not any others that may spring to the deviant mind ...  :thinking: Too damn wet here. Need to get some petrol for the Mantis. Around here we reckon on 2nd. week in April 'cos of late frosts. Unless, of course, one is prepared to see ones 'taters gaily bedecked in fleece.

Gordon Bennett, Willy. That's some foliage you have there.   :ThumbsUp:  Any triffids amongst them ??

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Re: Fowler BB1 in 2"
« Reply #304 on: March 12, 2017, 12:54:53 AM »
Tatties are in... as are the Beetroot..... Spring is here  :whoohoo:

No doubt at some point you'll show us your produce?  :naughty:
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Re: Fowler BB1 in 2"
« Reply #305 on: March 12, 2017, 07:32:19 AM »
Pleased to see a few more gardeners out there, there is nothing nicer than fresh produce from the garden 8) Not sure how they get away with selling that taste/smell free stuff in the shops  :disappointed:

Dave,  I too had been hoarding in the greenhouse using it for drying wood I had to make a point to clear out at Xmas  ::).

One for Zee.... Last year's onions: The individual size all depends on how much it rains in June and July. Before they put me on a water meter they were much bigger  :naughty:


Hopefully get the patterns finished off this week, then they can join the Otto Langen patterns on a visit to the foundry  ;D

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Re: Fowler BB1 in 2"
« Reply #306 on: March 12, 2017, 10:07:53 AM »
Jo, that's a beautiful pile of onions.. I'm itching to get something in the dirt but it's mud a foot deep.. :'(
Gotta prune my apple trees also....
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Re: Fowler BB1 in 2"
« Reply #307 on: March 12, 2017, 10:17:44 AM »
I would love to get in the garden, but it is under snow, with another 6 inches or so on the way next week.

Good looking onions Jo.

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Re: Fowler BB1 in 2"
« Reply #308 on: March 12, 2017, 11:36:16 AM »
Hi Jo,
 Nice crop! Bit big to pickle but they will be nice slow roasted...... :P

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Re: Fowler BB1 in 2"
« Reply #309 on: March 12, 2017, 12:56:35 PM »
Those are the big ones Kerrin. Last year I decided to pickle all the smaller one  :P Previously I had foolishly tried replanting them the following year but they just throw up flower spikes  :disappointed:

This year young Dave talked me into not throwing away all the weany little onions from the sets but rather to still plant them and use them as spring onions.


Patterns are ready to go on their holidays :)

Jo

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Re: Fowler BB1 in 2"
« Reply #310 on: March 12, 2017, 01:13:14 PM »
Pleased to see a few more gardeners out there, there is nothing nicer than fresh produce from the garden 8) Not sure how they get away with selling that taste/smell free stuff in the shops  :disappointed:

Dave,  I too had been hoarding in the greenhouse using it for drying wood I had to make a point to clear out at Xmas  ::).

One for Zee.... Last year's onions: The individual size all depends on how much it rains in June and July. Before they put me on a water meter they were much bigger  :naughty:


Hopefully get the patterns finished off this week, then they can join the Otto Langen patterns on a visit to the foundry  ;)

Is that a Motorbike lurking there ........A BMW with earles forks  ??

Jo

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Re: Fowler BB1 in 2"
« Reply #311 on: March 12, 2017, 01:28:40 PM »
Me too, my wife took on an allotment last year,

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Re: Fowler BB1 in 2"
« Reply #312 on: March 12, 2017, 02:19:21 PM »
Nice one Andy  :ThumbsUp: You can keep the runners... I'm into Kenyan beans  ;D

Is that a Motorbike lurking there ........A BMW with earles forks  ??

That's a B40 BSA and my Dommie  ;D

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Re: Fowler BB1 in 2"
« Reply #313 on: March 12, 2017, 02:20:40 PM »
Pleased to see a few more gardeners out there, there is nothing nicer than fresh produce from the garden 8) Not sure how they get away with selling that taste/smell free stuff in the shops  :disappointed:

Dave,  I too had been hoarding in the greenhouse using it for drying wood I had to make a point to clear out at Xmas  ::).

One for Zee.... Last year's onions: The individual size all depends on how much it rains in June and July. Before they put me on a water meter they were much bigger  :naughty:


Hopefully get the patterns finished off this week, then they can join the Otto Langen patterns on a visit to the foundry  ;D

Jo

Nice onion crop Jo.  :LickLips: I've only been semi successful with onions.

However, the important thing is: What is that headlight attached to that is on the right side of the onion picture?  :headscratch:

Jim

PS: I see the answer got posted while I was typing my post.
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Re: Fowler BB1 in 2"
« Reply #314 on: March 12, 2017, 05:59:59 PM »
Those are the big ones Kerrin. Last year I decided to pickle all the smaller one  :P Previously I had foolishly tried replanting them the following year but they just throw up flower spikes  :disappointed:

This year young Dave talked me into not throwing away all the weany little onions from the sets but rather to still plant them and use them as spring onions.


Patterns are ready to go on their holidays :)

Jo


Just how far did you turn the clocks back last October ????   :headscratch:   

Yup. Onions are biennial plants.  Alliums .. as you probably know ...

Dave

PS They won't taste like spring onions, they will be stronger.



 

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