Reply to: When I was a lad

[BrilloPad]

Well done EO : more Friday stories please.

[Platypus]

Courgettes were a huge success, literally, I have yet to see another that big.

Marrows, I believe they call them

[Sysman]

Sorry, they are not my lyrics; blame Mr's Gilbert & Sullivan.
HMS Pinafore: When I was a lad

Now who was that was claiming that without Thatcher, satirical comedy wouldn't have been invented?

:snigger:

[HairyArsedBloke]

Tht would be the door "knob". I think I can see the root of your predicament.

Sorry, they are not my lyrics; blame Mr's Gilbert & Sullivan.
HMS Pinafore: When I was a lad

[wobbegong]

When I was a lad I served a term as office boy to an Attorney's firm. I cleaned the windows and I swept the floor, and I polished up the handle of the big front door.

Tht would be the door "knob". I think I can see the root of your predicament.

[suityou01]

Sorry HAB. Some like em some dont.
Did I ever tell you about the time I worked as a fluffer in a gladiator school ?

Then you gave this up when your father got an allotment?

[suityou01]

Sorry HAB. Some like em some dont.
Did I ever tell you about the time I worked as a fluffer in a gladiator school ?

I just burst out laughing so hard it startled my youngest and made him cry.

[conned tractor]

Carrots like sandy, light soil. Where we were it tended to the heavy, almost clay. Perfect for spuds.
We had a ton of sand delivered one year, but the carrots still died, apparently because it was beach sand and full of salt.
To this day, I have never successfully grown a carrot

Me neither.

Had some great spuds the last few years though. Clay here too.

The first year we did the veggie patch we planted some sweetcorn thinking "no chance" but tried anyhow just throwing them in a corner.

By the end of summer we had these 6'-ish tall sweetcorn plants with cobs all over them - most surprising. Have grown some thing every year since.

Another failure is the toms, but we have tried them without a greenhouse.

Cougettes were a huge sucess, literally, I have yet to see another that big.

[EternalOptimist]

I'm interested to know what went wrong with the carrots.

Mine split into many prongs, no matter how much i did the soil over or whatever additions I put in. Not that it matters any more as have planned to build home office where the veggy patch once was.

Carrots like sandy, light soil. Where we were it tended to the heavy, almost clay. Perfect for spuds.
We had a ton of sand delivered one year, but the carrots still died, apparently because it was beach sand and full of salt.
To this day, I have never successfully grown a carrot

[conned tractor]

I'm interested to know what went wrong with the carrots.

Mine split into many prongs, no matter how much i did the soil over or whatever additions I put in. Not that it matters any more as have planned to build home office where the veggy patch once was.

[Badger]

[EternalOptimist]

Dunno why I posted it. I saw "When I was a lad" and came over all HMS Pinafore.

happy third birthday my friend

[HairyArsedBloke]

Sorry HAB. Some like em some dont.
Did I ever tell you about the time I worked as a fluffer in a gladiator school ?

Dunno why I posted it. I saw "When I was a lad" and came over all HMS Pinafore.

[EternalOptimist]

When I was a lad I served a term as office boy to an Attorney's firm. I cleaned the windows and I swept the floor, and I polished up the handle of the big front door.

Sorry HAB. Some like em some dont.
Did I ever tell you about the time I worked as a fluffer in a gladiator school ?

[DiscoStu]

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