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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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by oldherbaceous » Sat Dec 02, 2023 1:15 pm
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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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Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:32 pm
Burnt out

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by Myrkk » Thu Jan 11, 2024 12:40 am

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Really want to have a rant but it’s unprofessional and so I’m just going to go

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

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Fri Jan 12, 2024 5:14 pm
Happy Birthday Retropants,

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by oldherbaceous » Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:23 am

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May I wish you a very Happy Birthday, Retropants and hope you have a wonderful day!

And thank you for being a lovely forum member…..🙂

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Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:48 am
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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by Westi » Sun Dec 31, 2023 6:48 pm

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To all our lovely forum members have a Wonderful New Year!

May 2024 be a great growing year for us all, with the weather playing fair, joints...

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Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:19 am
Weather Worrying?

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by Westi » Wed Dec 27, 2023 7:41 pm

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Been watching a fair bit of TV while tucked away inside from the wind & rain. (84mph recorded at the Needles).

Anyway transgressing; it was...

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Mon Jan 01, 2024 7:10 pm
Christmas Card

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by tigerburnie » Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:33 pm

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Seasons Greetings to all our gardeners, here's hoping for a great growing season.

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Mon Dec 25, 2023 12:28 pm
Happy Birthday, Clive.

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by oldherbaceous » Tue Dec 19, 2023 6:34 am

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Wishing you a very Happy Birthday, Clive and hope you have a good day!

Thank you for being a really good member of the Forum.

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Sun Dec 24, 2023 7:55 pm
Happy Birthday, Alan.

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by oldherbaceous » Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:14 am

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Just incase you appear, Happy Birthday old sausage…..

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Tue Dec 19, 2023 6:12 pm
Religion vs practicality

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by Stravaig » Mon Dec 18, 2023 12:36 am

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I love to have parties, but this house isn't really large enough.

We keep getting newsletters through the letterbox from this local church. I'll not...

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Tue Dec 19, 2023 3:31 pm
Bacon Naan

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by Stravaig » Sun Nov 19, 2023 12:57 pm

Dishoom. Thie bacon naan is kinda a cult thing. So of course I had to try it. £20 for the kit and £6.50 delivery. Woo. That doesn't sound attractive....

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Last post by Stravaig
Sat Dec 16, 2023 2:21 pm
An apology at last...

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by Stravaig » Sun Nov 19, 2023 12:48 pm

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... we would just not give up and went higher and higher so that the bad treatment of us would be recognised and apologised for. The barstewards...

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Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:22 pm
Death list

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by Stravaig » Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:34 am

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I'm sure that many of you correspond with an older person, just as I do. And then, if you don't hear from them for a while you start to wonder if...

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Tue Nov 28, 2023 2:40 pm
Take aways

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by Stravaig » Mon Nov 20, 2023 4:57 pm

Our next door neighbours are pleasant people but we don't have much in common. Funnily enough their parents/grandparents live next door to them on...

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Last post by Stravaig
Mon Nov 20, 2023 4:57 pm
Late Summer Bit and Bobs.

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by oldherbaceous » Sun Aug 20, 2023 5:46 pm
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Well maybe it is time…..

Had the Lancaster overhead again this afternoon…really lucky to get another private fly-by.🙂

Had all my allotments hoed...
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Last post by darui
Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:24 am
Sad, but true.

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by Myrkk » Thu Nov 09, 2023 11:36 pm

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I absolutely love winter and autumn, in fact they’re my favourite time of the year. Not really a summer person. However, now we have a garden again...

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Last post by Myrkk
Tue Nov 14, 2023 11:19 pm
Sticky bands for apple trees!

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by AdrienneRobinson » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:28 pm

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Right, I feel a right twit. I’ve been putting sticky bands round the trunks of my apple trees (and their stakes) for years to create a sticky barrier...

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Last post by Shallot Man
Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:28 am
Mr Shallot Man

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by Stravaig » Wed Nov 01, 2023 5:14 pm

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I love Mr Shallot Man!

(No. Not in 'that' way. I'm not trying to chat him up.)

To Mr Shallot Man, my husband and I would be glad to welcome you to...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Thu Nov 02, 2023 5:16 am
Raised bed the Hugel way

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by Primrose » Sat Jul 04, 2020 5:15 pm

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Only just caught up with the May edition which mentions raised beds mostly filled with logs then covered with compost which is apparently called the...

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Last post by Westi
Wed Nov 01, 2023 7:02 pm
House move imminent so it's full-on here

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by Stravaig » Sat Oct 28, 2023 8:37 am

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Our rental contract of the flat ends on Tuesday so it's full-on this weeknd. Yeah, I know we've had plenty of time to do something before, but we...

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Last post by Westi
Tue Oct 31, 2023 7:24 pm
Who still visits the forum?

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by oldherbaceous » Sat Jun 24, 2023 10:08 am
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I was just working over the allotments, and started to wonder how many active members we still actually have….thought we could let this run for a...
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Last post by Westi
Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:07 pm
Cod liver oil

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by Stravaig » Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:01 pm

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Is my husband trying to kill me?

After a discussion we decided that a daily dose of cod liver oil might do me some good. He bought capsules. Fair...

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Last post by JohnN
Sat Oct 14, 2023 11:55 am
Having one of those days!

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by snooky » Wed Nov 02, 2022 12:34 pm
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Burned my hand through not paying attention.dropped a bowl smashing it to smithereens and diced chillies all over the kitchen floor,Daughter used up...
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Last post by Stravaig
Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:30 pm
Desert Island Dish.

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by snooky » Thu Oct 05, 2023 5:59 pm

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Read an article about Desert Island Discs and their guests choice of their favourite dish of food to take with them.Different exotic and plain dishes...

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Last post by tigerburnie
Fri Oct 06, 2023 5:00 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Fri Sep 29, 2023 5:04 am

May I wish you a very Happy Birthday, Robo, and hope you get to do something nice!

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Last post by tigerburnie
Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:58 pm
Egg Shell Identification

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by Colin2016 » Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:33 pm

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Been finding egg shells like the one in the picture when taking dog for walk. These are always on the road not under bushes as if they are from a...

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Fri Sep 29, 2023 9:28 am
Question for the I.T.experts amongst us.

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by snooky » Fri Sep 22, 2023 5:24 pm

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How do Cookies ensure that I get the best experience from any website?

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Last post by Westi
Mon Sep 25, 2023 6:37 pm
Too many cookbooks!

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by Stravaig » Mon Sep 18, 2023 3:16 pm

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More than will fit in here anyway. Plus I bought several new ones when we never knew if or when we might get our belongings from Kyiv. I'm giving...

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Sat Sep 23, 2023 11:57 am
How our food has changed over the years

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by Primrose » Sun Sep 17, 2023 2:00 pm

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We were reflecting over lunch today how our food has changed over our lifetime.

When I first started the grow yiur own adventure as a young bride. I...

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Last post by Westi
Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:23 pm
How to manage papaya infection?

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by garg2025456 » Wed Sep 20, 2023 5:43 am

Hello,
I recently bought online seeds and also potted them according to the instructions but I am facing some issues with papaya plants. Everything...

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Wed Sep 20, 2023 6:51 pm
Parking tickets

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by Stravaig » Wed Sep 13, 2023 2:45 pm

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Husband dived out briefly for shopping/whatever, came back and said good news and bad. The bad news is that someone has parked in front of our house...

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Sun Sep 17, 2023 3:57 pm
Wilko

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by Cider Boys » Tue Aug 29, 2023 2:15 pm
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Shame to hear about Wilko, I used to love popping into my local Wilko to buy seeds, onion sets etc. and they were always good value. It used to make...
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Thu Sep 14, 2023 9:27 am
102 year old man doing amazing things for charity

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by Stravaig » Tue Sep 12, 2023 10:10 am

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This is very inspiring.

Gee, I find it hard enough to go up and down the stairs after living in a flat for several years.

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Last post by Stravaig
Tue Sep 12, 2023 10:10 am
Smithfield and Billingsgate - moving out

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by Stravaig » Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:55 pm

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I knew that Billingsgate was moving - I've been to their school twice. But it was a bit of a shock to learn that Smithfield (I've never been) is also...

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Last post by Westi
Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:36 pm
RIP Mike Yarwood

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by Stravaig » Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:05 am

I cried laughing at the video at the top of this article. Highly recommended!

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Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:59 pm
Wnat to see a lamb being fed? Only £16!

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by Stravaig » Tue Aug 22, 2023 9:29 am

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Oh gee! I saw this being advertised in one of my usual foodie magazines. You can pay all that money to watch a lamb being fed with a bottle. :roll: I...

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Last post by Primrose
Sun Sep 03, 2023 2:08 pm
Prunes.

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by snooky » Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:25 pm

Had a yogurt flavoured with prunes with my evening meal.Supposedly prunes ,which are only dried plums after all,have a reputation for easing...

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Last post by Geoff
Thu Aug 31, 2023 3:18 pm
Delivery windows

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by Stravaig » Mon Aug 28, 2023 11:05 am

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Amazon is the worst - your parcel will be with you between 7am and 10pm today. :evil: So, you're scared to go to the bog all day. You just know that...

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Last post by Colin2016
Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:45 am
Tree advice, please

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by Stravaig » Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:35 am
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When we left our house about four years ago to go overseas again, we had a big-big horeseradish tree. Ok, not a horseradish, I was kidding. A conker...
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Mon Aug 28, 2023 1:11 pm
Happy Birthday.

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by oldherbaceous » Thu Aug 24, 2023 5:26 am

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Dear Stravaig, wishing you a very Happy Birthday and hope you get to do something nice.

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Sun Aug 27, 2023 11:41 am
What smells like manure?

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by Daveswife » Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:54 pm

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What smells like manure but isn't manure? Today there has been a strong smell of manure in a specific but small area of our garden near a hedge, and...

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Last post by Primrose
Sun Aug 27, 2023 11:35 am
Commercial vans :-(

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by Stravaig » Mon Aug 21, 2023 7:10 pm

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Yes, I understand that people need to earn a living but don't agree that they should make our lives more difficult because of that.
In our little...

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Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:15 am
Walnut toxicity

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by Primrose » Tue Aug 22, 2023 1:22 pm

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Has anybody ever heard of this? I was reading on a website today that there is something in their roots which causes plants under their shade to...

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Last post by Primrose
Wed Aug 23, 2023 9:35 am
Hiya - we got our own house back...

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by Stravaig » Mon Aug 21, 2023 8:38 am

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Yeah! I didn't think it would make that much difference and we'd continue to stay in the rented flat (which we are contractually obliged to rent...

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Tue Aug 22, 2023 7:12 am
Non edibles

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by tigerburnie » Wed Apr 26, 2023 12:57 pm
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I have grown Epiphyllum's on and off for 40 years, this is one called Grenatum, first flowers of the season.
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Sun Aug 20, 2023 7:31 pm

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