@dandlyon
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dandlyon posted a new activity comment 6 days, 3 hours ago
No feed yet, just a 20 L pot filled with levingtons m3 compost
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dandlyon posted an update 6 days, 3 hours ago
Crazy weather continues, winds doing a lot of damage to runner beans, lots have lost potatoes to the frost, the tops grew back but nothing underneath, So for onions are showing promise, still a months growing time -
dandlyon posted an update 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Evening clickers, some serious rain at last, planted Algarve beans out this morning, these came from Karen when we were the original clickers..Our church members love…-
Wonderful Tony…another lesson in 'how-to'
Nightnight 
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Still have the occasional white one coming in my black ones,Compliments of the promiscuous white,Irish, Algarve, from the same time.
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That all looks so good, Tony Morning to you, and Anne and Al, too
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Good morning Allan
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Morning All,
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Good morning Tony
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dandlyon posted a new activity comment 1 month ago
Next day 9 1/2 . Temperature drop no growth at all over the last two days
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dandlyon posted a new activity comment 1 month ago
Tape was loose Wednesday, actual size 8 3/4
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dandlyon posted an update 1 month ago
A good example of how the temperature effects the growth of some veg/ Mick p is still having a show if we have to do it on line, so have started recording the onion…-
Tape was loose Wednesday, actual size 8 3/4
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Next day 9 1/2 . Temperature drop no growth at all over the last two days
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Well done Tony,
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That is an amazing difference Tony, just shows how much onions love the heat!
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Good luck with getting up those temperatures then Tony
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and Good morning
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Morning Tony and well done on the onion
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dandlyon posted an update 1 month ago
Hi clickers, hope everyone is well, strange weather again, put the shorts away and back to the thermals. The snails in my brassica cage are getting worried they’ve posted a look out . Wait till he tries to get down , have greased the cane-
Teehee Have a good evening Tony
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The only slugs I’ve seen are in the middle of my lettuce hearts.
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My goodness, that one's an adventurer!
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dandlyon posted an update 1 month, 1 week ago
Morning clickers, see what arrived 200 metres from our allotments yesterday, Last saw him at the late Malvern show 2019 Seemed rather busy lunch time-
That’s handy Tony,
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Great stuff
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Morning Al and Tony
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Morning Tony
No sugar for me – if you’re buying 
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Morning all,Good that the wind has dropped,Tied my runners in just in time and the peas and sweet corn, Going on with building my second hive now,Now that there’s a swarm in my first one.
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Morning Al
Glad you managed to make the veg safe
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dandlyon posted an update 2 months ago
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Keeping busy then Tony,
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Wow Tony … all looking good
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Very smart Tony.
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Those are looking great.
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Grief they are huge.
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dandlyon posted an update 2 months ago
Morning clickers wall to wall blue sky and sunshine
, better than yesterday, never made the allotment. Half way there the heavens opened , no where to shelter. Back home my son said I looked as if I’d fallen in the local canal -
Morning Tony, hope he had a nice hot lunch waiting for you
Today should be better for your collections, enjoy. 
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Morning Tony
Not much fun for you yesterday then 
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Morning Tony, we had a couple of those down pours as well yesterday, and one horrendous hail storm that had the hail bouncing off the ground. You need one of those covers for your scooter.
Hopefully you’ll get today.
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dandlyon posted an update 2 months ago
Morning clickers, not a lot of activity yesterday it rained most of the day. Drier this morning so some allotment time getting orders ready for click and collect Saturday. Quality compost is not easy to come by the delivery charges now are making it too expensive . The up side more people are asking about making their own, Micks DVD on composting…[Read more]
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Morning Tony. A local nursery here has my compost and I can click and collect but I can’t get through to them…..no reply to email and the phone is always engaged. Hopefully the weather is on the up. Have a good weekend.
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Morning Tony
I can’t imagine that people aren’t making their own compost! We all occasionally need a top up but we don’t like to waste our waste, do we? Enjoy your time at the lottie! -
Morning Mick, same here on the weather yesterday.
That DVD of Mick’s is excellent, he sent me a copy years ago. Thankfully I got a load of compost before lockdown here so hoping I don’t run out, and I still have a compost bin in reserve. Good luck with the allotment orders, hopefully you’ll get some time for your own plot too. -
Good morning Tony … have a good day on the Allotment
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dandlyon posted an update 2 months, 1 week ago
After many years with Mickyp finally got the compost right, have 6 of these Darlek type composters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpIYxQ4iE7I
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Gorgeous looking compost Tony.
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Beautiful stuff, Tony
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dandlyon posted an update 2 months, 1 week ago
Morning clickers, if there are no shows looks like a few weeks of cheese and onion roll-
Morning Tony. They look so healthy I do hope we can have shows later on. ‘Nowt wrong with cheese and onion rolls
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Morning Tony
I’m sure you’ll find a use for the onions You’ve been working as hard as ever with your seeds -
Fabulous Tony
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… and Good morning to you
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Very impressive Tony, as always.
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dandlyon wrote a new post, SOME SPARE TIME AT LAST 2 months, 1 week ago
First of all hope everyone is well and coping with the lock down.
Katie is over from the USA and decided to sit things out here rather than try to get back home as direct flights to Charlotte are cancelled and […]
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dandlyon replied to the topic Rhondda Blacks in the forum Gardening Questions 4 months, 1 week ago
Gardening club open show 2019
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dandlyon replied to the topic Rhondda Blacks in the forum Gardening Questions 4 months, 1 week ago
Rhondda Black still hard to beat,
Best in show
Best in vegetable class
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dandlyon posted an update 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Morning clickers a rough day ahead, wind rain. A day for wishful thinking and seed packet shuffling. Its the latest thing for frustrated gardeners, we may start a seed shufflers league at gardening club
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Morning Tony, sounds a good idea to me……accompanied by your Cumberland tipple of course
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Morning Tony
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Morning tony, onions in the propagator along with toms, courgettes, and cucumbers.
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dandlyon wrote a new post, A Bit About Onions 5 months ago
A very popular vegetable in the kitchen and relatively easy to grow. Years ago an onion bed had to be double dug , manured then firmed down with a lawn roller. Today a fluffy bed is advised and a selective onion […]
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dandlyon posted an update 5 months ago
Bit of spare time at last, if you grow in pots tomatoes, onions, leeks this is about the best compost you can buy, not suitable for seeds. Mickp sells it in his trading sheds £8.00 for a 75L bag-
Cheers Tony
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Looks double the price to buy on line.
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dandlyon posted an update 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Just a note on onions, I grow in pots’ till big enough to plant out, early April, adding tea spoon of micorrhizal fungi to the planting hole
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Thank you very much, Tony. You do know your stuff.
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No feed yet, just a 20 L pot filled with levingtons m3 compost
That is very impressive Tony.