2mm more rain in the gauge this afternoon when I checked at teatime. It's been raining off and on all evening and a bit more in the forecast for...
It sounds as if the cylinder might need to be a bit closer to the fixed blade. If you spin the cylinder by hand (carefully, don't cut yourself)...
I've found that compost levels in pots drop very quickly with peat-free compost - my theory is that it contains a lot of material that isn't fully...
Isn't Wiener another one named for its (possible?) place of origin?Hamburgers from Hamburg, Frankfurters from Frankfurt, Wieners from Wien (Vienna).
Yesterday was sticky and muggy all day, but this morning we have had some rain :biggrin:, 4mm. The sun is out now but there might be more rain...
Warm and windy, fairly cloudy but no rain :sad:.
The flowers remind me a lot of choysia, but that's not normally grown as a hedge. Maybe it was originally a stand-alone shrub and someone has...
I don't have russian vine so I can't ID the leaves for you, but if that's what it is, it's also known as mile-a-minute vine, for good reason!....
I got home last night to 3.5mm rain in the gauge. Apparently that was from Tuesday night/Wednesday so there'll have been some evaporation - let's...
Up early (for me) to get ready and head off to London for work, where it's going to get to 33°C apparently. Yuk! Cooling down here though, so it...
The article is correct when it says it can take nearly twice the fabric to make a bigger size than a smaller one ...... if you are making one...
In the case of the clothing industry, it's never going to be the supplier that subsidises anything - it will be the smaller-sized people. Because...
And I have to say, if ready-to-wear clothes fit you well and you don't have "designer" tastes, you can often buy things cheaper than you can make...
I think it's because for manufactured clothing, the fabric is only a small part of the cost (most of it's cheap stuff these days). Most of the...
I always shake the seeds of foxgloves where I'd like them to grow. Sometimes they oblige, but often not. They're one of those plants that seem to...
As usual with this kind of question, the answer is "it depends". Lavenders are very drought-tolerant (mine, in the ground, are thriving this year)...
We aren't on a water meter but I'm still reasonably careful. I have four water butts but they're getting fairly low except for one that I filled...
It clouded over at about half past five yesterday afternoon so I got a couple of hours gardening done. Planted lots of things out and gave them a...
Hot again, and less windy than the last few days.
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