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maggiepie

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Re: Desert Island Seeds
« Reply #15 on: January 29, 2012, 06:11:36 PM »
Quote from: Diane Whitehead on January 29, 2012, 05:48:29 PM
So they could be one's protein source on this desert island.  We'd
need to be growing a bit of garlic to go with them.

Then we would need a cow so we could have butter to go with the garlic. ;D
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Re: Desert Island Seeds
« Reply #16 on: January 29, 2012, 06:14:21 PM »
Oh dear... ???
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Re: Desert Island Seeds
« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2012, 06:54:32 PM »
Don't worry Sue... this is a typical forum digression... they'll get  back to the seedlists eventually.... ::)
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Re: Desert Island Seeds
« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2012, 07:03:59 PM »
I wonder... Since they are only on the starter... Main course and dessert to come yet!!
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Re: Desert Island Seeds
« Reply #19 on: January 29, 2012, 09:06:48 PM »
No, Sue, we have the dessert - red alpine strawberries.  (white ones I
think look unappealing but I've only seen them in pictures)
« Last Edit: January 29, 2012, 09:16:42 PM by Diane Whitehead »
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Diane Whitehead        Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Re: Desert Island Seeds
« Reply #20 on: January 29, 2012, 09:08:06 PM »
Quote from: Diane Whitehead on January 29, 2012, 09:06:48 PM
No, Sue, we have the dessert - red alpine strawberries.  (white ones I
find unappealing)

Unappealing in what way, Diane?
I grew some in Oz, not sure what the variety was but they were wonderful, very creamy and sweet.
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Re: Desert Island Seeds
« Reply #21 on: January 29, 2012, 09:37:04 PM »
"Christopher Columbus kept hemp seed on board when sailing so he could grow crops in the event of a shipwreck."

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Re: Desert Island Seeds
« Reply #22 on: January 29, 2012, 09:43:37 PM »
Quote from: David Pilling on January 29, 2012, 09:37:04 PM
"Christopher Columbus kept hemp seed on board when sailing so he could grow crops in the event of a shipwreck."


Did he smoke it :o ???
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Re: Desert Island Seeds
« Reply #23 on: January 29, 2012, 10:00:41 PM »
Quote from: SueStephens on January 28, 2012, 09:14:11 PM

(sorry if this has been done before but needs must!)

Are you ABOUT to be cast away Sue? ???
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Re: Desert Island Seeds
« Reply #24 on: January 29, 2012, 11:51:14 PM »
Quote from: Hoy on January 29, 2012, 09:43:37 PM
Quote from: David Pilling on January 29, 2012, 09:37:04 PM
"Christopher Columbus kept hemp seed on board when sailing so he could grow crops in the event of a shipwreck."


Did he smoke it :o ???

Sailing ships require a lot of ropes so I guess he was planning to grow his own.
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Lesley Cox

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Re: Desert Island Seeds
« Reply #25 on: January 30, 2012, 12:05:40 AM »
Yes, but did he smoke it too? Maybe a new defence for those charged with smoking it. "Yes, but if Christopher Columbus could do it.....?
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Re: Desert Island Seeds
« Reply #26 on: January 30, 2012, 06:27:01 AM »
No Lesley... selfishly, I was hoping to get more suggestions for my own new rock garden (scree with a few rocks and damp climate in the first post) which is at the planning stage.

I tried to bring it back on track...  herding cats is easier ::)

Oh gosh, perhaps I shouldn't have said that... now we'll start on cats :o
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Re: Desert Island Seeds
« Reply #27 on: January 30, 2012, 06:38:30 AM »
Well we could start on cats Sue because I can't find the Pets thread which I know is here somewhere. I'm just waiting until Maggi has had a decent sleep and some breakfast and is back Online. ;D
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Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

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Re: Desert Island Seeds
« Reply #28 on: January 31, 2012, 06:19:37 AM »
Ginger tabby cats are the best!  :) having two I may be the wrong person to ask... May I ask why you want to have a multi course meal with cats in your new garden? That is why you started this thread right?

Your description of your garden makes me think of cyclamen, hepaticas, spring ephemirals etc. and maybe some gentians. Pulsatilla could work, though they often like more light I find. Oh and some nice phlox could work. Mini hosta, ferns, oh and bulbs, lots of bulbs....

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Re: Desert Island Seeds
« Reply #29 on: January 31, 2012, 07:02:23 AM »
Thank you Brian.... Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I had all but given up hope!
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