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Summer Bits and Bobs.

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by oldherbaceous » Sat Jun 22, 2024 7:37 pm
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Well it looks as if we are in for some very hot weather, early next week so, thought we better have a fresh start.
Actually, it got a little too hot...
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Fri Jul 26, 2024 8:24 pm
Wormery

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by retropants » Wed Jul 24, 2024 8:48 am

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I have nixed the rotating composter idea, now I am thinking of getting a wormery, the type with several layers or trays. Does anyone have any...

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Thu Jul 25, 2024 9:42 am
What do you do with old 'rubbish'?

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by Stravaig » Mon Jul 22, 2024 2:47 pm

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I have two or three old frying pans. I don't need or want them any more. I don't want t o put them in the bin, ie landfill. And the snobby charity...

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Tue Jul 23, 2024 4:12 pm
Does anyone want a quick job in Medway/Kent?

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by Stravaig » Mon Jun 24, 2024 8:45 am

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We seem to have a lot of dead shrubs at the front which look unsightly. Plus the place needs a general tidy up at the back. I reckon it's a two day...

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Mon Jul 22, 2024 3:01 pm
Olive - a bit dahn souf centric this month

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by Stravaig » Wed Jul 17, 2024 6:23 pm

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I subscribe to Olive foodie magazine, among others. Delicious is probably my favourite. Anyway, Olive's August edition arrived recently.

It's got a...

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Sun Jul 21, 2024 11:32 pm
Goldfinch

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by Stravaig » Mon Jul 15, 2024 2:17 pm

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Husband said he'd spotted a goldfinch on his walk to work. And he sent me a link.

What a lovely little creature. We're going to put out some bird...

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Tue Jul 16, 2024 11:00 am
Breast cancer charity collection.

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by Shallot Man » Wed Feb 22, 2023 9:48 am
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But a bag of clothing out for Breast Cancer Charity collection. Someone had it away before the charity vehicle came around :( :( :(
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Wed Jul 10, 2024 7:11 pm
Cat food packaging

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by Stravaig » Tue Jul 09, 2024 6:20 pm

I often like to browse online supermarket products. I like eating fish and so often recently I've been Ooh, I fancy that! Only to discover it's cat...

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Tue Jul 09, 2024 6:20 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Sat Jun 29, 2024 9:21 am

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And a Happy Birthday to you too, xinto….just in case you pop onto the forum.

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Sun Jul 07, 2024 8:01 pm
rotating composter

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by retropants » Fri Jun 28, 2024 10:07 am

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Has anyone used one of these before? I'm thinking of replacing my darlek, which takes years to compost anything. I only have the space for one darlek...

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Mon Jul 01, 2024 6:51 pm
A grand day out

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by tigerburnie » Fri Jun 28, 2024 10:38 pm

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We went for a drive over the hills for lunch to celebrate our Wedding Anniversary, here's a video f the climb into the Royal Deeside area.

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Sun Jun 30, 2024 11:31 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Sat Jun 29, 2024 7:38 am

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May I wish you a very Happy Birthday, Jan, and hope you have a wonderful day.

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Sat Jun 29, 2024 7:38 am
Early Summer Bits and Bobs.

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by oldherbaceous » Tue May 14, 2024 5:46 pm
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Spent all morning in the glasshouse, as it was raining!🙂
Although it will have settled in the plants, that I planted over the weekend…..
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Thu Jun 20, 2024 7:47 pm
Gift bags for home made Christmas pressies.

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by lizzie » Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:25 pm

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The lovely Grockie and I were wondering where people got their gift bags from when they have made bikkies etc for people. Looking in Lakeland but...

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Thu Jun 20, 2024 5:02 pm
Free fruit

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by Stravaig » Tue Jun 04, 2024 8:16 pm

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I guess you guys are all growing your own but we're not...

Despite it being a relatively upmarket area the only shop within walking distance is...

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Tue Jun 11, 2024 12:14 pm
Winter chat and preparations

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by tigerburnie » Mon Nov 14, 2022 1:13 pm
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Somewhere to maybe talk about non gardening related things, or perhaps loosely related to gardening......... plans for next year perhaps?

I shall be...
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Sat Jun 08, 2024 10:21 pm
Grow Your Own Drugs

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by Stravaig » Wed May 08, 2024 6:41 am

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Easy recipes for natural remedies and beauty fixes by James Wong.

I like James Wong and always enjoy his columns in newspapers. Husband was dropping...

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Tue Jun 04, 2024 7:29 pm
Spring Bits and Bobs.

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by oldherbaceous » Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:35 pm
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Well here is hoping…..😀
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Tue Jun 04, 2024 7:26 pm
Late Winter Bits and Bobs.

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by oldherbaceous » Sat Jan 13, 2024 12:07 pm
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Well seem to be able to post as normal, thank goodness!

Looks as if we are in for some hard frost next week….just wish I had got more of the Winter...
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Mon May 27, 2024 9:13 pm
Robins

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by peter » Mon May 20, 2024 1:46 pm

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After rotavating I had a few hours fun with robins, one was investigating the rotovated soil and carrying off beakfulls of wrigglies to a nest...

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Mon May 27, 2024 9:00 am
Christmas!

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by Stravaig » Tue Sep 26, 2023 11:48 am
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The post has just arrived, including a missive from Lakeland to tell me that the joy of Christmas is inside. :roll: OH is still on 'late summer' and...
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Thu May 09, 2024 6:43 pm
Borrow rather than buy?

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by Stravaig » Tue May 07, 2024 10:25 am

I just read on The Guardian's website an article about borrowing rather than buying. You know, do you need a whole toolbox full of kit for a one-off...

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Tue May 07, 2024 7:31 pm
We're moving to Scotand

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by Stravaig » Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:04 pm
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Husband unexpectedly was offered a side-step job in Scotland. We'd probably have stayed in SE England, within London commuting distance, if we had...
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Tue May 07, 2024 9:40 am
Vouch - driving me mental

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by Stravaig » Wed May 01, 2024 5:31 pm

There's a firm called Vouch - they verify your details so your proposed house rental or whatever else can happen. That's fair enough but they're...

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Wed May 01, 2024 5:31 pm
How excited am I???

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by vivienz » Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:11 pm

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To see this! I've been watching it like a hawk for the last week, now it's a question of who gets it first tomorrow - the woodlice, hubby or me, in...

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Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:37 pm
Heavy footed!

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by Stravaig » Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:38 pm

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We're in a ground floor flat. I have difficulty with stairs and only the taller most modern flats have lifts.

I think the guy upstairs is a cross...

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Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:15 am
Be Nice to Snails

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by Colin2016 » Fri Apr 12, 2024 4:06 pm

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Been hearing that I have to be nice to snails as well as slugs, not a chance for either on my plot, they enter at their own risk.

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Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:24 pm
Going Green, but not doing so?

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by peter » Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:32 pm

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Our Allotment provider wants to go green and is advising a dilute solution of salt to kill weeds.

Thoughts and opinions welcome.

I note the RHS...

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Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:26 am
Time is up

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by Pa Snip » Thu Feb 21, 2019 2:42 pm
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Sorry folks, total lack of energy to post now.

Hopefully Poddingtton wiil post and somebody will tell her how to get pics right way upfrom a mobile
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Sat Apr 13, 2024 12:58 pm
NHS Dentists in Scotland?

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by Stravaig » Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:52 am
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It's terrible trying to get an NHS dentist in some parts of England. Most won't take on any new NHS patients. We were lucky because we found a good...
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Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:45 pm
August 13th 2023

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by Myrkk » Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:09 pm

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I note it says below

“Most users ever online was 627 on Sun Aug 13, 2023 8:43 am”

That’s quite a leap from the usual. Wonder what was so special...

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Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:20 pm
Never have your dog stuffed

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by Stravaig » Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:35 pm

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Alan Alda (Hawkeye Pierce in the MASH TV series) was very upset as a child when his dog died and his well-meaning father sent the dog to a...

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Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:56 pm
What a dawn chorus.

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by oldherbaceous » Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:31 am
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Does anyone get a dawn chorus like this, 5.30am birds start singng next local peacock starts squarking away, then the wolves start howling, followed...
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Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:43 am
Village idiots

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by Stravaig » Mon Dec 18, 2023 9:08 am

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I grew up in a town so we had more that one idiot. They were allowed freedom of the place given that they were harmless, ie posed no danger to the...

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Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:36 am
Stupid job titles

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by Stravaig » Fri Sep 08, 2023 3:56 pm

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In ye olden days the head of personnel dept would be called director of personnel or something similar. Now we have The Chief Of People guy. It would...

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Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:06 am
Ant useful apps

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by henacynflin » Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:49 pm

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Hi All,

Does anyone have any useful apps to suggest ? (For android and PC, I don't have access to an apple). There are some like gardenize which...

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Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:13 pm
Happy Birthday Westi.

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by oldherbaceous » Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:39 am

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May I wish you a very Happy Birthday indeed, Westi.
Hope you have a marvellous day and get to do something special…..🙂
Thank you for being such a...

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Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:27 pm
Happy Birthday Geoff.

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by oldherbaceous » Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:17 am

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday, Geoff, hope you have a really great day.

And thank you for being a wonderful forum member too!

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Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:52 pm
Yeah, no

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by Stravaig » Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:52 pm

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What the heck does this mean?

Someone is asked a question and before they reply they say Yeah, no . It very prevalent these days. What does it mean,...

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Tue Feb 20, 2024 1:34 am
Happy Birthday Peter.

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by oldherbaceous » Sat Feb 10, 2024 6:01 am

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Hope you have a wonderful Birthday, Peter….hope you get to do something nice!

Thank you for doing a brilliant job as Moderator, as I know it must be...

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Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:25 pm
What is the right charger?

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by Westi » Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:48 pm

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I have a Black & Decker Reviva drill, code/model REVHD12C, but can't find the charger lead. I was sure I left it down in the shed but I've looked...

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Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:50 pm
Jack Hargreaves to return to Talking Pictures

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by Cider Boys » Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:25 am

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At last some good news regarding a true countryside programme from the knowledgeable Jack Hargreaves, to be shown from 5th February at 6.30 pm, on...

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Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:43 pm
Neighbours

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by Stravaig » Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:00 am
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I like to feed people and we invariably have too much food in the house anyway. Now we're back in our own home we know the neighbours on one side....
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Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:33 pm
Autumn Bits and Bobs.

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by oldherbaceous » Wed Oct 11, 2023 12:29 pm
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Well very reluctantly, I have started it! 🙂
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Sat Jan 27, 2024 6:40 pm
Repeatedly Demanding Cookies

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by peter » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:09 pm

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Emailed KG Web-Support at the weekend and got a reply this morning as follows we are using a new system, could you let people know it will be fixed...

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Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:43 pm
Anyone experimenting ?

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by Happymouse » Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:51 pm

Are any of you conducting your own experiments this year. I'm not doing anything exciting other than I planted my runner beans without taking them...

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Wed Jan 17, 2024 12:32 am
solar reflective glass

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by oldherbaceous » Mon Jan 15, 2024 4:54 pm

Good evening and welcome to the forum….there might be someone on here that knows a bit about it, but it might pay to do a google search, so you can...

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Mon Jan 15, 2024 7:12 pm
Early Winter Bits and Bobs.

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With all the wintry weather we are having and the odd nudge from some Forum members, thought I better get my act together…..that’s without Monika...
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Mon Jan 15, 2024 3:26 pm
House Plants

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by Myrkk » Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:28 pm

OK, I’ve got a dirty little secret… I’ve become addicted to thebeardedplantaholic on insta and I’m coming out of the closet! I’m addicted to house...

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