Start saving em now for germinating broad beans etc. Easy to plant out the whole thing when your plant is well developed. Sweet peas are good in em or anything that likes a long root run

I have been saving them since August along with kitchen roll tubes, ever since I decided to take on my lottie I have carrier bags full of the damn things and my husband is getting cross as they keep leaping out of cupboards when he least expects it After I explained that it would save us money he then smiiled and put them away happy in the knowledge that he didn't have to pay for plant pots!

Also, do you cut your toilet rolls in half as they seem a bit deep, I know sweet peas need to root deeply but what about other stuff ?

I only used em for long root stuff so no cutting involved. Good for tomatoes too. Broad beans seem to do especially well in them and root right through the bog roll. They sometimes go a bit daft though and sprout through the bottom or sides first, so you have to keep checkin em

I'm going to remove mine this year because they never rotted away and restricted the roots!!


..also going to use them for leek wrapping this year

mine fell apart and went all mushy before I had even planted em

Soooooooooooo hope shes not talking melons

yer slightly pre occupied methinks Jags

See, her melons are just fine Jags so stop worrying....

Sweet peas in, Wards

blimey you're organised Dom

I have thought about my sowing but that's all I did buy a new polystyrene modular propagating kit thing from Wilko with all the bits with it, eg lid, modules, base, capillary matting. £3.99. So looking forward to playing with that. Their seeds are buy one get one free at the moment and they start at 39p so got some parsnip seeds

oh wish there was a Wilko round here Or maybe not
Bought some stuff from Woolworths today

oh yeah, what?

The last pack of raspbery canes (4) and some thornless blackberries Put them in today

Whhhoooooh. I got two rasps and some strawbs Dom but aint put em in yet. My rasps were £2 each and the strawbs £1.50 a bag but not sure how many in there I need a Pax guzgog now. The one I got from Marshalls died immediately and I couldn't get me dosh back or a replacement cos they said they couldn't find me order They lost me cheque anorl. Don't reckon much to their office side of things. You're all right ordering but from then on you're on your own

there were some guzgogs at Woolies yesterday Has yours run out?

Don't know about Woollies cos that's in town and I don't go there if I can help it. I'll ask Bagpuss to let me know cos he was going to Wilko and Woollies is nearby

Think Wilko's got them too

Ours hasn't

Ey that's posh for me innit? I can hardly believe I wrote that

were you just having a 'moment' there Wards

Gosh no vernacular at all. I need a lie down

I wonder how long I could maintain this state of affairs Actually I'm quite good at English and can spell quite adequately when forced so to do

oo eeeeerrrrrrrrr.......get you Wards, wait til Jags gets here he'll soon have ya back to normal

To whom do you refer? Mr Thistle? I find that impertinent man is all mouth and trousers, as they say hereabouts

says lard arse...................least I can get in my trousers