Now, don't misunderstand me, there's nothing wrong with the Jubilee itself, people having picnics, red white and blue food of every description,...
After all these years, that massive tumble-down old shed has finally gone from the far corner of our garden, we've cleared the site, raked and...
Yesterday, after sitting there un-used for the last 20-odd years, we finally had our old domestic heating oil tank removed. The guys did their...
Now, I'm firmly with the guy who said if the Olympics were being held in his back garden, he wouldn't bother to get off the sofa to look out the...
I understand so little about computers that I'd really appreciate some help. I have a very old clip-art CD (from Serif) which is absolutely...
I'm after a 'gadget'!Basically, a friend has recently moved into a small 4th floor flat and all she wants to do is clean the outside of her 4...
My garden isn't that big and doesn't have (nor is there anywhere to put) a dedicated veggie plot. In amongst the flowers I have for years, grown...
I think I probably know the answer to this, but I thought I'd check with you more knowledgeable folk. The man clearing out (and demolishing) our...
In a not so distant corner of my garden is an old 12' x 14' wooden shed; for years we've been meaning to 'do something about it', and, since it's...
Grumpy old woman; miserable old git; couple of old fogies, call us what you like, but both Mr. F'smum and I hate New Years Eve with a passion - it...
Yesterday, as a thank you for a small kindness, my neighbour gave me two packs of Unwins onion sets - 1 Senshu (Japanese) onion, the other Yellow...
I've hired a 'Rug Doctor' on a number of occasions, but with animals and Mr. F'smum (although not necessarily in that order!) tramping in and out,...
Being a complete numpty when it comes to computers, could some kind soul please explain to me exactly what 'a dual core processor' is, and why...
I've been offered '.... a load of small onions' that I'd like to pickle but none of us likes the blow-your-head-off ones my Mum used to produce....
Anyone at a loose end this weekend and you might want to put 'Heritage Open Days + [your county]' into Google and look down the list of places...
.... loads of green tomatoes when (a) my family don't like green tomato chutney and (b) in trying to convince them, I still have 7 of the 8lbs I...
My Red Rum and White Emergo are fine and cropping well but, on behalf of a colleague, I'm asking if can anyone explain why his (identical plants...
Apropos nothing at all, apart from pure curiosity, I'd love to know why only about half of my runner beans actually grow straight. I like to...
My 'notifications' tell me that I have a new 'Incoming Friend Request' and it won't go away. I've looked on the 'how to' but it doesn't seem to...
When my daughter inherited her great-grandmother's engagement ring, it wasn't at all the sort of thing she'd have worn so she put it away for a...
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