The house plant is a type of Palm, and it's a fungal growth coming from the roots/compost.I would remove the fungal growth...
Yesterday we picked the first red chilli of the year. An Apache, v good flavour, and not too much heat (we did just use one in a large bowl-ful of...
Good morning all! After a dry day yesterday, we are back to rain today...But I've decided to put the fiscuses outside to wash down their leaves,...
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Our bread machine makes great jam, in our experience. But sometimes with wet fruit, we need to cook the fruit on the stove first, to reduce it a...
Time to go rummaging in the garage, to see if dad put the label in a box there....
My parents used to have a line of these. Each set of flopping branches was bound with a stake and metal hoop. Sort of overgrown lupin staking!
Yay! Managed to go for a walk down by the river yesterday evening, although mum wasn't happy about it. Took some photos of people on the river,...
I know, @Silver surfer, you need a close-up of the flower and the leaf!Here goes...[ATTACH] The flower[ATTACH] Leaf, with my mother? - what,...
[ATTACH] good morning! I found this flowering in my parents garden, near where I know my dad planted a peony many years ago. There are seedlings...
It's a little cooler today, only 25 degrees, and so far no thunder! so I was able to get a little more done.Roses deadheaded, some of the...
Yes, the paddle can sometimes stay in the tin, but in my experience, it normally comes out with the loaf. I think it depends if the paddle rises...
The paddle will always be in the bread. If you think about it, it has to be still there!You can normally pull it out with your fingers. There...
Rather surreal, just used the snow shovel to scoop up the flowers from our "snowball" viburnum, @Anthony Rogers!
Well, after 2 hours of thunder and lightening last night, thankfully little rain, today we currently have sunshine, temp of 29 degrees, with very...
Interesting discussion about yeast....For a few years I have struggled with fresh yeast. Sometimes it was fantastic, sometimes not so good...
@jennywren, I hope you are not getting more flooding.... I think we are in a similar weather pattern. We had lots of rain last weekend, and I was...
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