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All the British chocolate manufacturers seem to have been taken over by foreign companies and they have degraded the products to a point where everyone says they prefer foreign chocolate.

I watched Celebrity Traitors @AuntyRach and turned into an addict! I'll watch the first two series when we next come back to Norfolk. We leave for France on Tuesday.

Nice size, parsnip digging was always in my memory as the ground being frozen solid.

Been raining since around 2pm, only light at first but heavier this evening, I think the main band has moved north now but more rain to come and possible snow on the back edge later tomorrow. Still only 4c the temperature is not budging.

I use Clover, as @hailbopp suggested. It has peat in it. At the moment it's sold by 2 garden centres fairly local to me in South Norfolk. I'm happy with it.

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

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 ...

Tonight I returned home after 12 days abroad. Before I left, there was no forecast for cold temperatures or snow at all, so it caught me completely by surprise. One of the first things I did when I got home was go out with a torch and check on the plants.Two things surprised me:The main...

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

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.