My sweet potato is happily sprouting away in my propagator. I just pull the slips away from the potato and plant them in a small pot of compost. Sometimes they already have roots attached, but they always root nevertheless. I leave them in the propagator until they have definitely rooted, then gradu...

There are actually quite a lot more than that . . . I may even have a bowlful

Just inspected my black mulberry tree. I planted it as a seed 5 years ago, and it's now flowering I didn't think it would flower for much longer than that. Do you think I'll get mulberries this year?

Hi Catherine,
Welcome back. You were missed - I was just about to post a query asking if anyone had heard from you. You've been gone a long time. Glad to hear the business is going well. Long may it continue.
Chris

Thanks for enlightening me about couve tronchuda - I had absolutely no idea what it was. Sounded like we were playing anagrams again

And good luck with it too!!

Store leftover seed packets in a tin somewhere cool. Mine all got eaten by mice one year when they were in a cardboard box.

Yeuck - something about that last one reminds me of the bit of mouse that my cat licks all round and leaves as a gift for me

Geoff - sorry, was a bit bemused by your pesky bears comment. The light suddenly dawned as I got into bed last night Obviously yet another blonde moment

You do realise, we share our birthday with royalty (or, rather, he shares mine!) - Prince Edward also has his birthday on the 10th. Hope he's suitably impressed.

Happy birthday Grock - hope yours was as good as mine.

Oops - no it isn't, it's St Vivien. Looked at the wrong month on the calendar

OH - it's actually St Arnaud today

Merci beaucoup mes amies!! Thank you for your good wishes - we've been out all day, and had TWO meals out so am totally stuffed Won't need to eat for a few days now. Johnboy - I never thought of that, I always said I could always turn the numbers around, but when I'm 61 I don't think anyone will bel...

Do they charge the pilots too? I know for a fact (wicked stepson's a Ryanair pilot) the stewardesses aren't allowed to give them coffee - if they bring their own they can have some hot water!