Good morning everyone. Haven't seen the Solar programme either but it's recorded. I really enjoyed Chris Packham's Earth programme and expect...
We thoroughly enjoyed the show on Saturday - some really good performances, clever choreography and no horrendous choices of music. Really...
Good evening all.It's been a busy couple of days with garden group visits yesterday and all day patchwork today. We began yesterday with a...
Yes well @Ladybird4 and @Liriodendron. It began as the Yorkshire version with dried fruits and chopped mint and that uses shortcrust but then...
I was advised years ago to take a paracetamol half an hour before any dental treatment or vaccinations. It certainly helps but I still do get a...
@Fat Controller the two SMs I use most (same group, different places) have both recenly re-roofed the extensive covered parts of their car parks...
I read it that way the first time too @NigelJ
Governments and the majority of religions have always wanted to control thinking and ideas. The RC church decided long ago that teaching people...
Autumn changes to plant growth are determined by day length, not temperature. Plants know that cold weather and low light levels are on their way...
It's autumn! Everything is either shutting down or slowing down so you can't reasonably expect any signs of life from a deciduous plant at this...
Happy Saturday everyone. It's sunny but I've had a disturbed night - brain churning - and then a lazy, dozy morning. I shall to some potting up...
The French are generally hopeless at maths except when it comes to what's left in their pocket after taxes.Last night at a garden club...
I wish you a speedy recovery @redstar.Haven't seen GW yet @Allotment Boy as I've been to a garden club committee meeting. No GW on French TV!...
There are lots of "free range" chicken farms around here and elsewhere in the Vendée. Some argue that chooks kept in private gardens as pets or...
Whooping cough is doing the rounds here and can be quite nasty for older people. I suspect that's what I had in July - not Covid but unpleasant...
It's also about some little jobsworth making work and rules to justify their existence @ViewAhead
It's overkill, literally. We don't have to register our chooks but are required to keep them under cover where possible in times of bird flu and...
Garden club committee this evening and we have a pot luck supper afterwards to chat. I'm using them as guinea pigs for a spicy sardine dip served...
Very pleased Cricket is home @Ladybird4.Our Cosmos likes to play with other pussies but the ones he goes for at the farm are feral and don't...
I know just how you feel @Ladybird4 and hope he comes home safe and well. Fingers and toes crossed.It's not all wonderful @lizzie27. Rural...
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