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Wise words, Your neighbour certainly needs checking out. Both an infection, and dehydration, can frequently cause symptoms like that in older people, and both are treatable. I saw this with my mother in law, and also patients I was called out to examine for possible dental problems. Very icy...

You don't have to understand it, the animals do, they understand it instinctively

We are enjoying watching the birds feeding on the fallen apples in the garden. We have a large flock of redwings and fieldfares. But the biggest surprise has been the number of blackbirds. Just now 12 males fly in together. But they don't like the winter thrushes and chase them off. There are...

Thanks goodness, they are not living there. They have -7c over night in Berlin.We had no heating when we moved in in Winter 2015/2016, but were able have millions of hot-water bottles. Having just cold water in that time, ….

Grusian red cabbage casserole in the making.

On the right is Saxifraga stolonifera, it's a lovely trailing plant, I had one many years ago. On the left is Agave potatorum ouhl-ralgin variegata (bit of a mouthful !) I've never seen or heard of it, It's a very small variety and apparently rare, which I didn't know until I googled it. I like...

I've grown that in the past @Hanglow was a good one but not blight tolerant

I am mended!Oops, this is the moan thread. Lemme think! Nope! I am currently short of moan material!

The weather warnings for snow and ice were nothing to cheer about, but I was rather charmed to read this snippet in the news.‘With names like Sir Andy Flurry, Robert Brrrns, and Plougher O'Scotland, the Scottish gritter and snowplough fleet is out in force, across the nation's road network.’

Yes you're right, it is individual squares, different sizes, but that is why I say it is easy. You are only ever working on one round of one square at a time. Yours sounds lovely - what a shame that you no longer have it.

I am trying out Karala for the first time, a mild one due to my stomach not being able to handle hot ones any more (the one with 4 - 5 seeds in the packet). If they become leggy I prune the main stem back to 6 inches.