Thanks Rarebreedchick, that is a VERY seasonal tip!

Happy Christmas to all, and thank you for being so welcoming to us newcomers.
And you have made me smile lots!

You'll regret it OH!

Our homemade compost is full of opium poppy seeds But probably some manure has seeds in depending on what the animals were fed on.Some hay has a lot of dock seeds in, but maybe these are killed off by digestion (if the critturs don't spit them out) or by the heat generated in the muck heap. I'm talk...

I did, and it did!

You have cheered me up, OH, after a shitty day, thank you!

I think I'm right in saying that the bloke who owns the Worcester Bosch factory (in Worcester, oddly enough), started up a conservation trust which owns quite a bit of land in and around Worcester, so conserving wildlife and suchlike. Top man.

OH, you are a tease...

Interesting stuff, Colin. We had to saw up an old Lord Lambourne yesterday that had keeled over. It was the last one of that variety in old orchard, and I am sorry to see it go. The Bardsey may be a good replacement/addition.

Wouldn't it great if it were truffles????

OH, I would love to have a picture of Patrick, my motorbike, as my avatar, but computer says no. Too many bytes, apparently. I looked at it and couldn't see any, like I couldn't see any calories in that cake I had earlier. Maybe I should get my eyes tested.

Oh Tigger, it won't be easy for you, but what a wonderful thing for you to be able to do for him.

I'd happily crawl under Colin's floorboards for Harrod's shortbread, so I expect the mice will too. I have gone completely against my principles and agreed to let Craig put poison down in the roofspace. We tried traps but they went off without catching anything. I think the mice used long forks. We ...

You seem to doing OK so far, Retropants, and your avatar is soooooo cool. I'm envious.

Ooops, sorry OH, I seem to have let out the deadly secret!

Scotch please, single malt if you're buying.