I think the removal of winter fuel payments from any pensioner not on certain means tested benefits, is too much of a blunt instrument, and needs...
Right, @AnniD . I've filled in Hogsprickle's contact form, so hopefully they'll email me and I can send them a photo. :blue thumb:
Thank you, @AuntyRach and @AnniD . I'll see if I can email Hogsprickle (yes, great name!) so I can send them some photos from the wildlife...
Thanks for that, @AnniD .The hedgehog built its nest under the shed a month ago, and we've positioned the wildlife camera so we can see it...
I don't know it's a female, @Busy-Lizzie , just wondering if anyone on this thread knows how to tell. It's just that it's got a big bulge on its...
Is anyone here an authority on hedgehogs? I assumed that the hog sleeping under our shed was male, but a photo from the wildlife camera, taken...
That's interesting, @Goldenlily26 . We inherited two enormous, mature apple trees when we moved here five years ago, which I've been pruning in...
Morning all. I was in the garden - strange weather, very warm, very windy, very black clouds - but got rained off half an hour ago. Proper rain,...
Oh dear, @steephill . Possibly more than one fire... as you said, hopefully nobody has been hurt...
Can you sleep in ear plugs, @Busy-Lizzie ? I use them when sleeping in noisy places (like our son's house, opposite the church with a clock which...
Do you have any traffic cones you could put out when hedge cutting, @On the Levels ? We found some in our local river when we lived in the UK!...
Afternoon all. Only 23 C here, though that's quite hot enough for me to need to weed in the shade. Fortunately we have both weeds and shade......
I do like them, @shiney , but this particular one (I grew a batch from seed) was planted in the wrong place. A bit of a wind tunnel. We do have...
Last autumn I dug up a Verbascum chaixii which kept blowing over. This spring and summer, every time I've passed the border where it used to be,...
To be fair, @Fat Controller , the legislation to impose road tax on electric vehicles was put in place by the Conservatives. Tempting but unfair...
Thank you, @Badly_Maintained ! Congratulations on your week with the girls - memorable but exhausting, I bet!Plenty of ex-pats in this little...
Yes, @Ladybird4 , we watched the highlights too. Cricket is definitely my favourite sport - full of skill and variety.Unfortunately the...
Morning all.Grey and drizzly here, with proper rain promised for later. I've cleaned the house and there's no more jam to make... might see...
Thinking of you, @On the Levels . Such a sad time for you and your family.
Thanks to @Busy-Lizzie , @Ladybird4 , @Penny_Forthem , @Obelix-Vendée and @Tui34 for your welcoming words. I'm a bit shy of posting on chat...
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