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Tatty Hoaker Rank attained: Hazel Tree


Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 21 Location: Donegal
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:48 pm Post subject: Hello from Donegal. |
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Well there,
I'm living in Donegal and new to this growing in the garden game except for the the odd bit a grass or daffodil.
I have a brave bit of time on my hands since closing up shop at christmas time so i decided i would set some spuds, carrots and maybe onion in the back garden.
I have fenced off the plot this week ( 30ft x 24ft) to keep the bichon out and have paired the grass off a 12 x 7 area to plant a small 3 drill spud section
I plan tomorrow to dig and losen the soil in this section, add some compost and fertilizer before setting the spuds that have been trayed in the shed since last week.
I will give the onion and carrot section a go when when the spuds are set.
Ps. I have put fruit trees at the bottom of the overall plot aswell.
There seems to be an endless amount of information on this site so i'll give it a good troll over and let you know how things go as i progress.
Cheers. |
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Moggi Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 11 Jan 2009 Posts: 19 Location: Donegal
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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Hi there, welcome to the forum from a fellow Donegal wanabe gardener - although you seem to be starting out well. Good luck with it all and enjoy the forum. _________________ Moggi |
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Tatty Hoaker Rank attained: Hazel Tree


Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 21 Location: Donegal
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Moggi,I'll give it a go anyway and see how it goes.
Ps. Do you know of any local prize winning potato fairs on around July/August?  |
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Dr. Sunny Thomson Rank attained: Rowan Tree


Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 132 Location: ireland
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome Tatty Hoaker. I presume it is Donegal seed potatoes you are sowing.  |
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Liparis Rank attained: Orchard owner

Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 651 Location: Co. Meath
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:30 am Post subject: |
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WElcome, Tatty Hoaker. I assume that's the equivelent of a Scottish Tatty Howker.
Bill. _________________ Earth is the insane asylum of the Universe.
http://www.species-specific.com/orchid-forum/ |
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Moggi Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 11 Jan 2009 Posts: 19 Location: Donegal
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Tatty Hoaker, Not too sure about award winning potato shows, although I know there was something on in Carndonagh at the end of March dealing with organic produce. There was a post on this forum about it but unfortunately I was working and didn't make it. I'll ask my brother in law as he is a potato farmer and get back to you. _________________ Moggi |
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Tatty Hoaker Rank attained: Hazel Tree


Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 21 Location: Donegal
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks all for the welcome.
I got my plots finished and ready for sowing today.
Sets of Kerr's Pinks and giant onion variety sets.
The only problem is that when i checked the bag of onions in the shed they had sprouted green shoots.I hope this is not a problem as i am going ahead planting them tomorrow. |
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Tatty Hoaker Rank attained: Hazel Tree


Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 21 Location: Donegal
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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Liparis wrote: | WElcome, Tatty Hoaker. I assume that's the equivelent of a Scottish Tatty Howker.
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Yes more or less.
Actually my grandmother was sent to Scotland to Hoak the tatties each autumn for big farmers. - Tough times.
I was put out myself when i was younger but only with local squads but still back breaking work.
Not many farmers if any now a days still manually harvesting potatoes. |
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Liparis Rank attained: Orchard owner

Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 651 Location: Co. Meath
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:25 am Post subject: |
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Those were the days, you could make a shilling or two at that if you were good at it. They ended up making a weeks holiday in Scottish schools at that time, it became known as the tattie howkers week. So many kids bunked off school to earn a shilling or two for the family that the authorities gave up trying to stop it and it's been a school holiday ever since.
Bill. _________________ Earth is the insane asylum of the Universe.
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Moggi Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 11 Jan 2009 Posts: 19 Location: Donegal
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Tatty Hoaker - just found out that there is usually a prize winning potato show at the Clonmany festival and as far as I know it is on during the August bank holiday weekend or thereabouts so just keep an eye out.
M _________________ Moggi |
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Tatty Hoaker Rank attained: Hazel Tree


Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 21 Location: Donegal
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for finding that out for me Moggi - Your a woman of your word.
All i need now is for my Pinks to appear! |
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inishindie Rank attained: Tree plantation keeper

Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 563 Location: inishowen Ireland
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:43 pm Post subject: inishowen show |
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Hi Tatty
You might like to check out the Carndonagh Agricultural show too. It's on the 19th of July.....Our dog won the best large dog rosette a couple of years ago ( hewas the only one entering the catagory but he still wore it with pride.) The event was one of very few I have been to where no-one seemed to be scared of animals. (Our dog used to grin at you when he met you and people mistook this for growling, which made taking him anywhere a bit probematic)
....The spuds were big 'uns too.....
http://inishowenagriculturalshow.com/
Cheers
Ian _________________ if you are interested in raised vegetable beds and veggie growing I have a new website - raisedbeds.net We're busy on social networking too and have over 12,000 members in the group. |
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Tatty Hoaker Rank attained: Hazel Tree


Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 21 Location: Donegal
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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Good man Ian.
What breed of dog do you have btw.Ours is a little Bichon Frise, quite a bit smaller than yours by the sound of it. |
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inishindie Rank attained: Tree plantation keeper

Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 563 Location: inishowen Ireland
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:19 pm Post subject: fertiliser |
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Not sure what he was...he had the colourings of a coy carp and his eyes were different colours like David Bowie's....we called him Max. He's feeding the garden shrubs now.........Your dog is cute... I think I saw a photo of him somewhere on the forum site..... _________________ if you are interested in raised vegetable beds and veggie growing I have a new website - raisedbeds.net We're busy on social networking too and have over 12,000 members in the group. |
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