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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Runner Bean Plants ‘Dropping’ Flowers but not Producing Beans!!!
I have read and heard about this problem for years but this year is the first time I have encountered it, personally. The runner beans are simply dropping all their flowers leaving funny looking stalks on the branches where there … Continue reading
Posted in The 'Urban Farm'
Tagged beans, dropping, fail, failure, feeding, flowers, harvest, not growing beans, not growing pods, pods, problem, problems, rhs, royal horticultural society, runner beans, set, shedding, watering
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The Fruits of Labour
Everything on the urban farm has been a little late coming this year. I have had an abundance of strawberries and the herbs have done very well, to be fair. We are nearing the end of July now so I … Continue reading
Posted in The 'Urban Farm'
Tagged flowers, fruit & veg, growing food, sweet peas, tomatoes, urban farming
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The RLPO Brass Section – Publicity shots of yesteryear!
Posted in The Brass Section
Tagged "Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra", 'RLPO', advert, Brass, Geotge, photo, programme, smith, Tuba
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This must have been a good gig!
I was delving deep into the RLPO’s archive yesterday and came across this programme. What a spectacular concert this one must have been… Here are the programme biographies of the four horn men of the apocalypse!
Posted in The Brass Section
Tagged "Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra", 'RLPO', Brass, horn, janacek, janowski, konzertstuck, marek, schumann, siegfried Idyll, sinfonietta, Trumpet, Wagner
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