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Just come back from the park and it's lethal on any surface other than grass, the ground is still rock solid and the rain last night can't get away, so it's black ice under puddles on the dirt paths and just totally glazed on any tarmac. Even the rough rubble carpark was impossible to stand up...

Just went out to check on my Hibiscus as it is sunny and 12c but coulfn't sit on my chair as Munchkin has occupied it ...The Hibiscus are fine and some have buds ...But the Jacaranda is thinning out ...

I've just found a bar of dark chocolate in the freezer.

Plus, I think your taste buds change as you get older, which can make things you loved as a child very disappointing 30+ yrs later.I remember having a strawberry lolly on holiday when I was about 9. My father asked me if it tasted of strawberry. I said it did. He said a strawberry had never...

Good morning ladies & gentlemen.Thank-you everyone for your kinds words and wise advice. I went to the village shop again to see my Neighbour's Daughter (she works there). I didn't make "scene" or anything approaching that (I would dread ever doing so), but I told her (the Daughter) that...

I used the snow to see what had been where in the garden. I could see plenty of cat prints but not much else. I then went down the allotment and saw what I think are rat trails and more importantly I could trace where the muntjac were getting in. We have a completely open allotment site (I'm...

If my chillies get a bit leggy I just plant them deeper when they are potted on. They root readily from any buried leaf nodes and I don't remember ever losing one from this method. I don't use grow lights or a heat pad so I won't be starting them till next month.

A Geordie lass went to the hairdresser and asked for a perm......The hairdresser replied..... “I wandered lernly as a clood…..”