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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 ...

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...

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

Very good news, Hopefully you can start looking forward to a good nights sleep. My good news is that my new Sim has arrived, and my new smartphone is working. The bad news is that I will now have to plough through the 135 page manual to find out how to work it! OH has phoned me three times, and...

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

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.