If you have a girl followed by a boy, make the boy wear his sister's old pink dresses. It saves money and is character building.
I'm afraid the bean tree isn't in flower right now, but here's a snap I took when I popped down to the shops, just so you can see it fully...
No, but this is his rose garden. (The Cathedral gardens. I seem to remember Woo has spent some time looking after the roses.) [IMG]
I'll remember to take some snaps next time I'm passing; it has masses of white flowers in the summer and then long dangly seed pods later in the...
It's a very old Indian Bean Tree. People have been saying that's it's on its last legs for as long as I can remember, but it still survives and...
:heehee: Thank you, Penny. There have been times when I have definitely thought that my plants, overgrown and neglected as they are, do nothing...
I'm rhesus negative and I rarely get bitten. Poor OH is followed by a cloud of midges wherever we go. He is obviously very tasty. PS Useless...
Deet. (Excellent mosquito/midge repellent.) Don't get the jungle strength stuff, though, it will eat its way through your shoes.
Yes, absolutely. The trouble is, our house isn't worth very much so making the next step up is difficult. There's no point in a sideways move to...
'Money is the root of all evil.' Interesting how we all adapt that little ditty. It's really the love of money that is the root of all evil....
Do you think it's too late for me to become a top banker? Admittedly I bombed my GCE Maths but then getting things horribly wrong seems to be...
Yes. The problem is that my ivy/jasmine have sort of become scape-plants for everything which is wrong with the area. I've lived here long enough...
Yes. It's scary. The welfare state is basically bust, but no one wants to admit it. I think we will have to become more like the US. I don't...
I pressed 'like' although I'm not at all sure that is the correct response. There it is, in a nutshell. No tax revenue means no money for benefits...
Some of you may remember that my local council has threatened me with - I don't know, fines, hanging, drawing and quartering, something or other -...
Yes, I like Nationwide. Except when I get stuck in a queue behind a deaf ninety year old who wants to discuss the intricacies of her nine savings...
I agree totally, FC; the original idea was that we all paid into the system so that it could provide some support when things went wrong. It was...
Thank you, Spruce. Actually, that's exactly what I did and they seemed to be ok.
Eat enough of it without brushing your teeth afterwards and it keeps almost everything away. Love it, though. Very good on plain Ryvitas for...
I bought this one, 'Purple Passion', from Thompson and Morgan last year. It's not hardy and needs to be under cover for the winter. It smells nice...
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