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The typewriter for hair

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by Stravaig » Fri Jan 29, 2021 3:17 pm

When we first started with our usual online shopping website in Ukraine, mostly we could figure out what things were even if the descriptions...

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Sat Jan 30, 2021 9:01 am
Feeling like Sisyphus

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by Stravaig » Thu Jan 28, 2021 3:55 pm

I decided to resurrect my long neglected food blog. Haven't touched it for several years. Oh my, everything has changed from how the editor's back...

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Fri Jan 29, 2021 9:40 am
Brussel Sprouts.

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by Barkelberrybear » Sat Jan 16, 2021 4:40 pm

Having returned back to my hometown in the mid 1980's, unemployed and dejected I decided to have a walk round our local allotments. I soon struck up...

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Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:16 pm
Interesting Facts?

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by snooky » Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:23 pm
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They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the...
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Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:18 am
KG February out?

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by Monika » Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:17 pm
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Is the KG February issue out yet? Our village shop has not yet received them from the wholesaler and I just wondered if there had been a general...
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Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:28 pm
Overworked ears

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by Stravaig » Fri Jan 08, 2021 2:02 pm

I'm short-sighted so I have to wear specs to watch the telly or go out. Then about a year ago I realised my hearing wasn't what it ought to be and...

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Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:51 pm
Smelly water butt

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by luzpeaceful » Thu Jan 07, 2021 4:30 pm

I have an enclosed water butt which collects rainwater from the guttering on my shed. I have placed wire mesh over the top of the down spout to...

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Thu Jan 07, 2021 4:30 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Sat Jan 02, 2021 5:38 am

Dear Retropants, may I wish you a very Happy Birthday indeed and hope you have a fantastic day... :)
And thank you for being a marvelous member of...

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Mon Jan 04, 2021 6:52 pm
Early Winter Bits and Bobs.

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So here we go into December, it's been a difficult year so far, so thank goodness for gardening....

And if you ever need your pillows puffing up,...
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Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:37 am
What's on the menu?

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by Stravaig » Thu Dec 24, 2020 7:09 am
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I'm making (Desperate Dan inspired) cow pie for tomorrow's main meal. We've never been keen on the traditional turkey.

What's everyone else having?
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Mon Dec 28, 2020 10:53 am
Merry Christmas.

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by oldherbaceous » Fri Dec 25, 2020 8:41 am

I would just like to wish every single person on the forum, a very Happy Christmas indeed.
I hope you all have a wonderful day, in the strangest of...

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Sun Dec 27, 2020 2:16 pm
New Year's Resolutions

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by Stravaig » Thu Dec 24, 2020 2:27 pm

Usually I never bother with these but this year has just been so awful that I'm determined to do everything I can to make 2021 better.

There's the...

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Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:54 pm
Phone App.

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by snooky » Fri Dec 25, 2020 11:49 am

Is there an App specifically for these Forums that I can stick on my phone?

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Fri Dec 25, 2020 11:49 am
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Fri Dec 18, 2020 5:07 am
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Dear Alan, may I wish you a very Happy Birthday indeed and hope you have a lovely day.

I always look forward to reading your posts...
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Thu Dec 24, 2020 7:17 pm
French border closure

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by vivienz » Wed Dec 23, 2020 5:21 pm

So, what do you reckon? A fiver each on the black market over Christmas?
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Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:34 pm
Autumn Bits and Bobs

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Sorry, OH, but it's well past the autumn solstice and it's October .........
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Wed Dec 02, 2020 8:52 pm
£1 a packet sales

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by sally wright » Fri Nov 27, 2020 7:28 pm

DT Brown and Fothergills have sales on this weekend. Just thought you all needed to know.
Regards Sally Wright.

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Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:06 am
New apple?

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by Stephen » Sat Nov 28, 2020 4:08 pm

An interesting article

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Sat Nov 28, 2020 9:51 pm
Radicchio

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by vivienz » Thu Nov 19, 2020 8:13 pm

I've grown 2 varieties of this beautiful vegetable, treviso and verona. Treviso is the longer pointed one, but apparently verona holds better through...

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Sat Nov 21, 2020 7:35 pm
Do oven cleaners bring their own cleaning tools

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by LucianBowler » Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:49 am

I just recently hired this Bracknell oven cleaning company that my friend recommended. However, I’m not really sure if they bring complete tools when...

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Thu Nov 19, 2020 9:34 am
Are they ever going to leave home?

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by alan refail » Sat Sep 12, 2020 4:07 pm

Trusty Welsummer broody still strongly attached to her little brood when they're eleven weeks old!
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Wed Nov 11, 2020 12:40 pm
Fox and cat

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by Stephen » Sun Nov 08, 2020 12:31 pm

Yesterday on the 'lottie, which is in the middle of the town but with green spaces on two sides, I was taking advantage of the dry weather and sun in...

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Wed Nov 11, 2020 12:37 pm
National Curry Week

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by Stravaig » Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:48 pm

Did you know that the UK's National Curry Week started on Monday?

I decided to celebrate it with a fundraiser for the Gurkhas' veterans and widows....

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Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:19 pm
Half of allotments held by women.

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by Westi » Sat Oct 17, 2020 7:00 pm
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Interesting article in the Mail today saying in the capital 63.7% of holders are women with an average age of 57. (It was 2% in 1973 & 20% in...
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Tue Nov 03, 2020 5:16 pm
Pain in the backside !!

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by Primrose » Sun Oct 18, 2020 6:45 pm

Can anybody tell me why I suddenly have to fill in my user name and password every time I want to access the forum, or whenever i'm notified somebody...

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Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:00 pm
Gardening Guild John Yeoman

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by Blackbird » Mon Jul 13, 2020 11:26 am

Hello folks,
I happened upon a thread relating to John Yeoman and his books, and since I belonged to the Gardening Guild when it was functioning, I...

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Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:08 pm
Farewell old friend!

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by alan refail » Mon Oct 05, 2020 4:15 pm

If you remember Old Mrs Brown, I am afraid she finally succumbed to extreme old age at the weekend. She was fifteen and a half, which my son reckons...

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Tue Oct 06, 2020 4:34 pm
Blue Moon

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by Geoff » Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:50 pm

Watching the amazing full moon last night made me think, it’s only the 1st October that means there will be another full moon this month. A Blue...

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Mon Oct 05, 2020 5:42 pm
Do you have a Bramley apple tree ?

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by Nature's Babe » Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:24 pm

It's descended from this tree - still alive today

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Sun Oct 04, 2020 3:54 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:07 am

May I wish you a very Happy Birthday, Robo and hope you have a lovely day, whatever you manage to do.

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Wed Sep 30, 2020 5:43 pm
Favourite leeks

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by vivienz » Wed Sep 09, 2020 10:46 pm

I've got 2 lots of leeks on the go, Lyon that are coming good now and Porbella that should be good for winter.

I'm struggling to stop myself from...

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Thu Sep 10, 2020 11:51 am
Where did it go?

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by alan refail » Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:06 pm

Suddenly I notice it's totally dark at eight o'clock.
It's been like this all our lives and for millennia before that. So why are we surprised every...

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Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:10 am
Never look a gift cock in the beak

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by alan refail » Wed Sep 09, 2020 3:50 pm

Claude, our French Wheaten Marans cock. A handsome chap with the feathered legs a French bird should have. He was surplus to his owners' requirements...

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Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:02 am
Guarded by geese

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by alan refail » Sun Sep 06, 2020 7:35 am

Well, it worked for the Romans when the sacred geese warned of the Celtic invaders from Gaul!
Kaiser, Gretschen, Gretel and Gerda do some guard duty...

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Mon Sep 07, 2020 8:10 pm
Autumn chick pic

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by alan refail » Sun Sep 06, 2020 7:29 am

Next season's crop is already shaping up nicely :wink:
I managed to catch most of this year's hatch of Cream Legbars posing in the sunshine and the...

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Mon Sep 07, 2020 5:02 pm
recommendations for blight resistant outdoor tomatoes

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by Arnie » Wed Aug 19, 2020 1:48 pm

Hi Everyone,
Does anyone know of a blight resistant outdoor tomatoes preferably a plum type please. My Roma variety have taken a very big blight hit...

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Tue Sep 01, 2020 8:31 pm
Tall Pea's

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by Arnie » Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:03 pm

Hi everyone,

Need some recommendations for a tall pea variety please.

Regards

Arnie

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Sun Aug 30, 2020 6:07 pm
Happy Birthday

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by Geoff » Sun Aug 30, 2020 1:09 pm

Happy Birthday Dan, missed it on the first pass this morning as usual. Now I understand your username. Have a good day.

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Sun Aug 30, 2020 1:09 pm
Mid-summer Bits and Bobs

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Sorry, OH, but having moved into July and well beyond the half year mark, I thought we might need this new thread ......
Actually, at the moment the...
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Thu Aug 27, 2020 11:51 am
Jersey potatoes

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by Primrose » Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:15 pm

I,m sure we,ve touched on this topic before but memory isn,t what it used to be!

Had some Jersey potatoes the other day. They tasted awful and...

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Mon Aug 24, 2020 7:38 pm
VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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by Geoff » Sat Aug 15, 2020 3:51 pm
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Woe, woe and thrice woe how could I miss Captain OH's birthday until so late in the day, and Alan must be having a serious lie in as well!

Hope you...
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Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:38 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Tue Aug 18, 2020 5:09 am

A very Happy Birthday to you Elmigo and hope you have a great day....you have been a marvellous new member to the forum and long may it last... :)

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Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:53 pm
my gigantic carrot i pulled up thought id share

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by shoegalmama2 » Wed Aug 12, 2020 5:32 pm

:D its my 1st year growing in my allotment and ive been getting this magazine alot thought id share a pic of 1 of my carrots i pulled up the other...

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Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:47 am
Pruning Magnolias

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by Colin Miles » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:06 pm

When my house was built in the 70's the garden was barely 30ft long and the Magnolia planted near the end was in proportion. With the garden now...

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Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:35 am
How late do you sow French beans?

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by vivienz » Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:01 pm

I've sown a load in modules to fill a gap in my bean bed where I pulled out some purple mange tout plants in the hope of a late crop from them....

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Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:22 pm
Decking cleaning

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by carrot » Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:09 pm

I recently replaced my whole decking with Degmeda burnt wood . It has water and fire resistance, great preservation from rot. My question is: how do...

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Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:09 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Wed Aug 12, 2020 5:12 am

A very Happy Birthday to one of our very special forum members, Primrose....Hope you have a fantastic day and thank you hugely for the many funny and...

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Last post by Geoff
Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:08 pm
Lego Herb Garden

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by cabbagefacelego » Mon Aug 10, 2020 8:14 am

Hello Fellow Gardeners! I wasn't sure where to put this...

I have created a little Lego Herb Garden, and it needs support! It's free and easy, just...

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Mon Aug 10, 2020 9:08 pm
Look up!

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by vivienz » Thu Aug 06, 2020 2:10 pm

For those of you who want a change from looking down at your vegetable beds, the Perseid meteor shower is reaching its peak over the next week with...

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Fri Aug 07, 2020 9:29 pm
Muppets.

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