Hope Im not too late to tell you.... Last autumn I saved 1 of each of my varieties of these. I pruned them correctly. Top and bottom dressed them. Stored in very little light at 10°c fleeced lightly( air gap) Yep they came back to life. I didnt have good expectations so kept them in 5 litre pots but of new compost. Well...2 months ahead of new they fruited normally maybe 10% down( probably due to only 5ltr) if they put into 10/ 15 ltrs way hay.. Whats not to like about this. I was made up. Its the 10° that's critical so if you can give it a go, look up how to( Y method) dont be disheartened-they look quite sad mid winter. Just have an encouraging chat with them 🤣

Im sure many of you will have already seen this, or heard of it, however i thought id pop this link up for anyone who hasnt. https://www.gbnews.com/news/britain-stage-biggest-ever-war-simulation-whole-country-ready-war-ready Sound familiar? im sure the plandemic lockups were only for 3 days initially! Itll be interesting to see if this actually goes ahead and what will come of it. Meantime, incase it does go ahead, perhaps itll be a good idea to grab a few extra bits and squirrel them away, to save the panic everyone had before. If you have all your ducks in a row, it will make you feel more at ease.

Greetings all sorry I’ve not posted but I’m working with many others on s new food system One that involves a lot more fresh produced food Fruit vegetables dairy eggs milk and a little grain not all the processed crap from supermarkets Please share what your growing what challenges you have the successes the failures the good the bad and the different This is a great time of year to pick and select seeds both essential to our overall success and survival Please share this group to your friends where ever they are in their growing journey 🙏🙏

My single pumpkin plant spawned three pumpkins. The first and second grew to about 8 inches but failed to mature, and went squidgy. The third one has grown really big and is quite firm. However, I didn't properly support it and 10 days ago it snapped off the vine. It appears to be undamaged (phew!) and when it snapped off, it was yellow. I have placed it on a 2 inch thick piece of wool in my conservatory, to hopefully ripen. It has started to turn orange, so this appears to be working. The skin is still firm to the touch and I am turning it every three or 4 days to try to get it to ripen evenly. Here's my question: How will I know when it is properly ripe enough to eat? I've never grown them before, so thanks for any help.