Wanted: Blueberry bush/es n Strawberry runners.

[CymruArgie]

Hi, Just got an allotment and would like to grow some blue/straw berries and kiwis.  Before buying (they are quite expensive and gold is scarce here unless I dig up some from the allotment) any I wanted to check if maybe someone here has some plants to give away. Thanksalotsamuchomas!

JC

An Argie in Wales

[CymruArgie]

[carolinej]

Hello

it may be worth talking to some of the people on your allotment. I had only been there about a week when I was offered strawberry plants. Now I have been given 6 rhubarb crowns as well.

By the way, where in Wales are you?

cj :)

[CymruArgie]

Hiya there,

Thanks for the suggestion. I am in Newport, South Wales. I will mention it to my neighbor allotmentees (?) if that's spelled correctly.

Thanks

JC

[cambourne7]

also try freecycle

http://freecycle.org/display.php?region=United%20Kingdom

[carolinej]

JC....nice to have another Taffy on board.

cj :)

[cambourne7]

where does "Taffy" come from??

[carolinej]

Dont know where it originated, but it's just a name we use for the Welsh. There is a river Taff here. Perhaps that's got something to do with it ???

cj :)

[sweet-pea]

Just been googling, and according to Wikipedia:

Taffy is a sometimes pejorative term for a Welsh person or thing. It is derived from the Welsh forename "Dafydd", or "David" and is documented from the year 1700 onwards.[1]

It is also frequently suggested that it is a reference to the River Taff in Cardiff, the Welsh capital, and one source attributes this use of Taffy as a reference to Amaethon, who steals from Arawn in the 6th century poem "Cad Goddeu".

I was interested as I'm Welsh, but from the North, and I have always associated Taffy with South Wales, not sure why, although maybe because of the river.

[cambourne7]

being Irish i have a close affinitly with the welsh :-)

[CymruArgie]

Quite interesting!

I was also wondering what Taffy meant. My wife is Welsh from Pontypool, and I am Argentinean! However for obvious reason I was "moved" to Wales. We have a lot of Welsh people in Patagonia, Argentina.

Thanks for the warm welcome.


JC

[carolinej]

Thanks for the info,Sweetpea. Now I know ;D

cj :)