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And they have in their Onion Sets, Shallots and Garlic.

And all the Christmas stuff.!!

Christmas Cards, Crackers and Calenders all on sale now.

Big display of Christmas trees and lights and other tacky plug-in moving illuminated reindeer being finished off as I type.

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I wish i could make a yo-yo work.
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Aaargh thats just wrong

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Taking it one day at a time and still smiling...

We timed that nicely then, we went last week and no sign of nightmare festive decorations. phew.

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Andrea :wavehello

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moon trials completed:
tomatoes
[46% increase in crop per seed sown and 10% increase in crop per plant]

currently underway:
calabrese
garlic

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When we were in Scotland 2 weeks ago Doobies garden centre outside Ayr had christmas cards in. Our local newsagent has put advent calendars on his shelf.I told him off.

May I be the first to wish you all a

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I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.
W. C. Fields

we cant go to our Wyevale, cause it has burnt down!!!!! probably a fault on the christmas lights!!!!

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Gardening - A labour of love that begins with daybreak and ends with backache!
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My local is Nottcutts - there was garlic and onions to be had and behind a huge screen of black weed suppressant they were erecting ......Christmas lights.... I looked away - but I did buy garlic and onions

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Suzie

did anyone notice how much the onions were? or how many varieties they had?
i want to get onions in next week ........

One can walk past Christmas displays with eyes averted but it's the background music I hate and all the chemical smells of so called pot pourri etc.
Sue

I was going to say that. Yuck! I was going to go and get my onion sets this week. Do I need to take my swimming earplugs and noseclips??

go along pulling all the plugs out

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~ What do I think of Western civilisation? I think it would be a very good idea ~ Gandhi

Anybody have instructions on making Holly Wreaths or when the best time is to pick them? I noticed one bush already has red berries on my walk to the store.

*notices the negative vibes in thread and backs out slowly while twitching as if to show signs of neurological disorder*

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Marigold, I'd say you might be a bit early yet, as the holly will have withered away in 15.5 weeks.

But now is probably a good time to try and get nice bendy branches to make the basic framework for a wreath to add sprays of holly to in a couple of months time.

I haven't noticed any displays over here yet (although someone told me that the display is out in the shop my FIL works in, so I must ask him to get me a small fake tree when he gets back from his summer hols - which I am going to put in the holiday house we are renting for Christmas!!).

I love the Christmas prep and am well started myself, but I am another person who really hates to see the commercial bits of Christmas in the stores this early.