When a storm is forecasted I usually do a round to pick any blooms to bring into vases. Picking flowers from the garden goes against my grain but...
My generation (1971) was one of the last to get TB jab in Finland as the disease had been practically eradicated from the glass bottle the country...
Hi @Temmy , Introducing biodiversity is a good thing, in particular if you live in urban area.I have an idea, possibly a (very) bad one....
I was wondering about the same when we moved to live in Southern Europe. The 72hrs deodorants were a novelty for me.Some time later, we moaned...
I have several plurals I'm trying to introduce into this language with variable success. Moose- meese, (that makes so much sense!) and if there is...
Thee- hee, the ghost is apparently coming back from the grave. :heehee:Anyways, the plant in the photo definitely looks like a soft fruit shrub....
My parents confiscated my wooden clogs after I realised they could be used as weapons if thrown with a skill. My sister and I are nowadays in good...
It would be best to dig the planting area up at least a spade deep and re-fill with compost, grit, manure and broken up removed clay. It's...
@Clueless 1 v2 , I hope Day 3 comes with rapid improvement when the antibiotics start winning.Here's a traditional Finnish remedy I like to...
Great ideas here, thanks! :)Now I remember my Mum used to make flatbread with leftover mash- just add an egg, flour and liquid if needed and...
Tesco again had Holiday offer of veg, large bags of tatties, carrots, swedes and cabbage for 15p.I'm so mean that I stockpiled and now have a...
New one: BBC Good Food magazine advises how to "dry-brine" a chicken.If brine is salty water, surely "dry brine" is salt? :scratch: :heehee:...
I think I get what you mean @Javidr - and yes, it is possible to grow a climber around a loop or diamond. You will just have to tie it in place...
Or, more likely, for a hen do? :roflol:
Thanks @pete and @wiseowl !There are indeed grey squirrels there, but it's hard to think why they would choose to vandalise one tree at a spot...
It's a strange spring, we are moving out so I haven't sown a single seed (apart from Giant Thorny Bamboo and Passiflora but they don't count...
A tree in a nearby nature reserve has some damage to its trunk.If it were in Finland, I'd say it's bear scratching tree or possibly a moose...
A very good question @BB3 ! In written format I have mostly seen the plural form "they like", and in the rare occasions of spoken situations, the...
Silver Squill (Ledebouria)- tiniest flowers ever but it's a delight :) Thank you @Michael Hewett[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hi Liv @smellsmellsmell , great job! :star:The proportions are pleasing to the eye, especially when I imagine lush foliage softening the top-...
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