tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post7873532270818701069..comments2023-08-17T11:47:11.821+01:00Comments on James and the Blue Cat: TOMATOESES!James Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-74548131716713661992008-08-24T09:46:00.000+01:002008-08-24T09:46:00.000+01:00Been a weird "Summer" for gardening; we ...Been a weird "Summer" for gardening; we had more strawberries, mange tout and bean than we could eat, but our squashes & courgettes have done nothing but fed the slugs, which this year are about the size of small houses.Stef the engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509615663618300918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-26084860790646555662008-08-23T08:39:00.000+01:002008-08-23T08:39:00.000+01:00BlackLOG waves back rather too enthusiastically to...<B>B</B>lack<B>LOG</B> waves back rather too enthusiastically to Imo - (Sorry James for Hi-jacking your comments section. This is quite a historical event two people admitting that they live in Bishops Stortford in the same Blog comments section). Imo does your fruit fly trap work for Polish people? Next time you are in the vicinity why not drop in and say hello. http://the-blacklog.blogspot.com/ I'll put the virtual kettle on.....BlackLOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214821496023051754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-15081535347352577062008-08-21T23:24:00.000+01:002008-08-21T23:24:00.000+01:00Waves hello to Backlog as I live in Bishops Stortf...Waves hello to Backlog as I live in Bishops Stortford, but I'm not Polish. Would you like some dead fruitflies?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-12514743640658057192008-08-21T09:41:00.000+01:002008-08-21T09:41:00.000+01:00My parents did the beer trap thing. Worked a treat...My parents did the beer trap thing. Worked a treat. Up until it rains lots.Bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065257907482952779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-26216962504148620802008-08-21T08:24:00.000+01:002008-08-21T08:24:00.000+01:00Three means to dispose of slugs and stuff:A ring o...Three means to dispose of slugs and stuff:<BR/><BR/>A ring of salt and crushed eggshells round vulnerable plants;<BR/><BR/>Orange and grapefruit skins. Cut the fruit in half, eat the flesh, then put the hollow skins on the earth (skin-side up). Pick them up early in the morning and you'll find slugs attached underneath;<BR/><BR/>Beer traps. Bury yogurt pots in the earth, so the rims are flush with ground level. Pour a little beer in the pots. I'm not sure if it's drowning or cirrhosis that takes the fuckers out, but it works.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-62107873759904876992008-08-20T19:43:00.000+01:002008-08-20T19:43:00.000+01:00Sadly unlike Cornawall and Edinburgh, Bishops Stor...Sadly unlike Cornawall and Edinburgh, Bishops Stortford has no tourists as such (perhaps the odd lost traveller from Stansted airport - but the migrant Polish population tend to eat them) allowing our weather loads of time to concentrate on being rubbish all year round.BlackLOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214821496023051754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-57558183205252769272008-08-20T12:46:00.000+01:002008-08-20T12:46:00.000+01:00Ahhh fruit flies - aren't they just lovely little ...Ahhh fruit flies - aren't they just lovely little pets to have storming your kitchen.<BR/><BR/>However, if you want to kill the little darlings before they send you insane, here's how:-<BR/><BR/>Chop the bottom off a large plastic bottle, bung in some bits of banana and cover over with a plastic sandwich bag to make a lid, sealing the whole lot with lots of sellotape. Then (and this is the fun bit) punch about 10 holes with a sharp object into the top and then sit back and watch your fruit flies make their way into your banana trap and then discover that they can't get back out.<BR/><BR/>See I'm an expert when it comes to fruit flies, just don't ask me how they can't get out the same way they got in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-51903997242607865692008-08-20T10:29:00.000+01:002008-08-20T10:29:00.000+01:00"...September, which is when the Cornish weather t..."...September, which is when the Cornish weather traditionally turns radiant and lovely."<BR/><BR/>That's funny, the same thing happens in Edinburgh.Marsha Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276800200724342664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-35648298534936393612008-08-19T20:10:00.000+01:002008-08-19T20:10:00.000+01:00Ah - homegrown, outdoor tomatoes. The very best ki...Ah - homegrown, outdoor tomatoes. The very best kind. Far superior to those grown in a greenhouse (just in case one of those was next on the list).Blondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04949311774305277801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-24522757450913950232008-08-19T13:50:00.000+01:002008-08-19T13:50:00.000+01:00Next week: the loft conversion.(probably not, actu...Next week: the loft conversion.<BR/><BR/>(probably not, actually)James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-17230355548034472162008-08-19T11:50:00.000+01:002008-08-19T11:50:00.000+01:00stop being so handy, you're scaring me...stop being so handy, you're scaring me...Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09821105000840199542noreply@blogger.com