Gosh, JB, did you have a rough night or were you just up very early? I too think Beryl Cook's work was brilliant, she wil be sadly missed around here. She used to frequent the same pub as me in Plymouth (The Dolphin, on the Barbican). To me her paintings are full of fun and the closer you look the m...

Aaaah! That's why you are feeling so gloomy at the mo Primrose!!
I do hope you are able to get it sorted quickly and its not an expensive breakdown.

I'll make a start; Places to visit in Cornwall With a fee to get in . Eden Project http://www.edenproject.com/ . Minnack Theatre (Outdoors and cut into the cliff overlooking the sea) http://www.minack.com/ Seasonal if you want to watch a play (Hint: take a blanket, cushion, snacks and your own bottl...

They sure did...

Just for you JB . Are you a Beryl Cook fan

Its a shame our old Avatars do not stay on the old messages.....

Smurfy wrote: hi Garden_Serf. My husband and i do just that. We got married last May and for our honeymoon we had a few days up in Berwick and Durham. It was great just exploring the countryside. Popped to Lindisfarne and many of the local villages also found a local allotment site so dragged my hu...

JB...Thankyou sooooo much, you have saved my bacon by explaining about the roots. It takes a man who has done it to say it!! And now you have said it I can see it clearly I would not have known as I have not done it that way before. I had cut it to a 1 metre section (thats a modern 3ft!! ). I have n...

I have come across Kleftiwallah with reference to a house-boy (a man servant undertaking household duties), and a carrier (like a porter).
I remember these references from army life overseas.

That's right Monika, it's the Cornish flag.

Good evening OH... are you feeding an army!!!! Aaah, Hilary, I have some spare gutter standing by. I have drilled holes in it. Never done it that way before, but the theory sounds good. I will try it in a few weeks when I want to get the main bulk of peas and mange tout on the go. And yes I think ou...

Thankyou Alan, You can always be relied upon to produce the goods!!

That's 66 years of growing ! That is impressive!!
Good effort!! (bowing smilie)

I could not wait any longer . I was trying to get to at least this Sunday (1st Feb) but I have failed. Last evening I had a few hours free and I made a start. I did manage to restrict myself , to the correct amount of seeds (inc losses) to get the small number of plants I will need and the few I giv...

Bren, Just saw your reply .... (I don't seem to be getting emails to let me know about all of the ones I am subscribed too, only about half of them). The next day I iced half of it with a lemon icing and sent it out to site for the boys (painters painting a bridge) to eat on their break. It saved me...

Good morning peeps.....OH, I too love living in England (slip there as I know you said the British Isles). There are many arguments people can come up with for or against. I have lived a few places over the years (Iran, Israel, Portugal, Germany, France, Malta, Greece, Scotland and WALES (drawing Al...

Hi Colin_M, I just laughed out loud at one of your gallery pictures. 2008 - Olive production. My production looked very similar, I had 1 that actually ripened!! . Its a youngish tree though. I used to live in southern Portugal (Bouliqueime) and we had 30 huge productive Olive tree on our land (picki...