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- Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:59 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Late Winter Bits and Bobs
- Replies: 210
- Views: 53503
Re: Late Winter Bits and Bobs
Just picked the last of the Savoy cabbages, so only got Leeks and Carrots left now...The Carrots were Autumn King and sown in a frame in August and have cropped really well...The Leeks, despite a lot splitting and not looking very good at all, have rallied round and are now producing some very usab...
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 8:44 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Happiness is...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3963
Re: Happiness is...
A warm gun?
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 8:42 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: This isn't really about cooking per se but marmalade
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4888
Re: This isn't really about cooking per se but marmalade
This is the first year for ages we,ve not made any marmalade, either for ourselves or for our local fund raising good cause. I don,t think you can beat homemade. In my opinion it has a subtle but totally different taste to the commercially made stuff. Our own domestic stock is now running low so ne...
- Sun Feb 02, 2020 8:53 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Happy Palindrome Day
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3191
Re: Happy Palindrome Day
I got married on the first numerical palindrome of this millennium.
- Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:23 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
- Replies: 1388
- Views: 785458
Re: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
I recently passed a pet shop in which a beautiful cat was sleeping. Above the cat was a sign stating the cat had been imported from Holland.
Intrigued I entered the shop and asked
"How Dutch is that moggy in the window?"
Intrigued I entered the shop and asked
"How Dutch is that moggy in the window?"
- Thu Oct 17, 2019 5:46 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Giving Up Meat
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4998
Re: Giving Up Meat
As a lifelong vegetarian (well excepting my pre-primary school years), I don't see many proposals for the complete abandonment of meat but that people should considerably reduce their consumption. The other sensible starting point is to concentrate on letting the animals just graze, rather than bei...
- Wed Oct 16, 2019 6:39 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Oops - is this aimed at me? (Or you?)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7073
Re: Oops - is this aimed at me? (Or you?)
robo wrote:I always cut moldy bits of the cheese and still enjoy it I just think it's maturing but it's not suitable for young people
No, they wouldn't be able to appreciate it.
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:19 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Early Autumn Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 122
- Views: 35756
Re: Early Autumn Bits and Bobs.
oldherbaceous wrote:Dear Stravaig, you didn't swap a cow while on your way to market, for anything did you....
Magic, OH.
- Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:38 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Summer Bits and Bobs
- Replies: 149
- Views: 39344
Re: Summer Bits and Bobs
Primrose wrote:Good drying day, if only my washing remains pegged to the line!
Wondering if my beans are starting to forecast my lucky Lotto numbers ?
Does anybody know what causes these deformations?
Irregular watering as far as I know.
- Thu Feb 28, 2019 7:37 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Late Winter Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 103
- Views: 45108
Re: Late Winter Bits and Bobs.
Very pleased for you,oh.
- Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:39 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Pa Snip Enterprise Log New Year Snippets
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9343
Re: Pa Snip Enterprise Log New Year Snippets
Checked out today when seed potatoes might be arriving at the Garden Centre near Reading, will be next week and they will be selling them loose. However and its a very big However, they are charging £2.29 per kg !!! that's pre-pack type pricing !! I know this GC is a Trust set up to provide jobs fo...
- Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:36 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Happy New Year to you all for 2019
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13694
Re: Happy New Year to you all for 2019
I don't post very much these days, but read every day.
A Very Happy New Year to all especially Old Herbacious and Pa-Snip.
A Very Happy New Year to all especially Old Herbacious and Pa-Snip.
- Sun Dec 23, 2018 6:09 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Pa Snip Enterprise: A Tenuous Link
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3360
Re: Pa Snip Enterprise: A Tenuous Link
Pa Snip wrote:A good trip out, staff and volunteers at railway made it a very enjoyable trip. We were also impressed by the quality of the gifts Santa was giving out,they had taken the trouble to ensure gifts not only suited each childs age but also gender.
10/10 to The Watercress Line
That's sexist !!!!
- Sat Nov 10, 2018 6:18 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: A very personal message
- Replies: 29
- Views: 15843
Re: A very personal message
Once again thank you for your support My approach to this forum, and others I have joined over the years, has always been to play on words or twist meanings whenever the opportunity has arisen. I have always been described as having a warped sense of humour. Many a practical joke has been played on...
- Sat Oct 27, 2018 9:02 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Preserving
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8241
Re: Preserving
The one I've orders is an electric q like most things these days everything is adjustable, it's not an expensive one I will buy a more costly one if this proves useful , I have a Marijuanna plant I was thinking of trying some leaves from it although I don't smoke I like experimenting I also am thin...