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Good morning to you all!Raining again this morning but as soon as it subsided, Fizz and I were out for a walk. It hasn't started raining again....yet.Very little ready-made or processed food here BUT, a few slices of good ham never go amiss and very rarely now - a length of dried sausage...

We are still fighting the lurgy, so not been out further than feeding the birds, but it does feel milder. 7 degrees and the sun is trying to peep through, rain forecast later.

At the weekend I was walking home with my brother when we saw a chap stuck between a car and a fence. The poor guy had a walker and the car was parked on the path, so tight to the fence that he couldn't get through. The fact the fence was falling down didn't help because a post got caught on the...

I also enjoyed all 3 episodes.I only wish the really sad story behind Schreber and the Schrebergarten idea would be mentioned in these gardening programs. Don't use the English page in Wikipedia but if your browser allows, use the translation from the German page: Moritz Schreber –...

@lizzie27 , I’ve just had the very same problem and after googling it, I used ( quite a few )paracetamols getting rid of the gunk off the bottom of the iron.The iron has to be on , take the paracetamol and rub it across the affected area. I used up about five tablets as something had badly...

It's mainly dry today so i weeded the rhubarb patch and put a lot of old compost around them from 2 large containers that i grew the tomatoes in last year. It wasn't very warm to do it and my hands were very cold, but i wanted to do something.

Best response to that ?? Look puzzled and say " I'm not wearing any"

So have they started yet?

After a several -5cs and gale force winds these last two weeks, the Acacia lost loads of buds and turned some leaves brown. The Calothamnus has brown tips too and the small pink Echium bought in the Summer looks dead. We still have February to get through!