I got it right for once. Went to 'Strawberry Fields' car boot today in Bridlington and a respectable, seen him before, guy was selling, just...
I'm not a veggie gardener but I love asparagus so this year (now I have time) I bought some asparagus seed. 200 of them. About 75% germination...
Even in frozen Yorkshire, spring has sprung. 3 fronds have appeared on my young tree fern. Last year the first one appeared at the beginning of...
Somebody may restart this somewhere else in which case, Admins, can you kill this please?Just thought that most of us like pleasantries Oh and...
A neighbour of mine just gave me a small cumquat. I have an orange and a lemon but this cumquat is not very well. It came from Wilko's (so she...
I know there are people on GC that think I am a soft woolly liberal on crime but I just saw on the news that the 2 idiots who killed the guy who...
I really hate getting political but I am really worried that international law allows a 61 year old paedophile who left the UK when he was 5 (56...
No. I'm is not having an illicit relationship.I posted a couple of these pics earlier under a different thread but thought I would put the whole...
I have a yen to try one of these but have a sneaking feeling (no make that definite feeling) that USDA zone 8b is not quite warm enough for it to...
Well I've done it. Thanks to the g.house, and the fact that the new kitchen is finished, I've done a major plant-up of seeds this a.m.8 kinds of...
I went to Wilko's today to look at half price bamboos.The bamboos were rubbish BUT they've got their fruit trees in. I wanted a fruity area...
I have a couple of nanas, a musa basjoo and a sikkimensis, that I bought as plants but a friend has just given me some velutina seeds. However...
I just read an article in this month's Lancet on the problems alcohol can cause with your metabolism. So I'm giving up...
About 700 grammes of blackberries.About 300 grammes of sugar.A bottle of cheap whisky.(Hey there is no cheap Irish whiskey. Maybe Canadian...
Well we got November 5th out of the way (nearly) and my neighbours opposite have their Christmas decorations up. I saw them trying them on Monday...
Whilst we are congratulating Glasgow, I think we should congratulate some people closer to home.Congratulations Webmaster, Daisees and all the...
A couple of people have asked to see what it is like round here, so, the first 3 are the ones not eligible for the photo comp. 'cos they were...
Hi. I'm only putting this on because this topic seems to have dried up. It isn't really a recipe in the true sense. Just a suggestion. But after...
I did suggest this to Daisees a couple of weeks ago, but I suppose (mainly because I am rarely serious nowadays) nobody took it, well, seriously....
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