Dovefromabove

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Introduction

Posted: 09/02/2013 at 13:16

Aren't they tedious?

small veg patch

Posted: 09/02/2013 at 13:14

My patch is slightly smaller - I make a point of growing only things we like that we cannot buy locally, particularly unusual varieties.

E.g. I always grow runner beans - you just cannot buy good runner beans anywhere. This year I will also grow Beurre de Rocquencourt dwarf beans - they have a fantastic flavour. I grow Swiss chard throughout most of the year, and broad beans as again, you cannot get really fresh ones in the shops. I will also grow some of the more unusal varieties of lettuce. I always grow a couple of courgette plants as you cannot find small sweet courgettes in the shops, and that also gives me a chance to cook with the flowers. Last year I grew Marmande and Red Alert tomatoes - this year I'll be growing some heirloom varieties from seeds sent to me by a regular on this Forum

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Posted: 09/02/2013 at 12:47

Rawhide - wasn't that the one with a very young Clint Eastwood?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052504/ oh, so it was, Rowdy Yates himself

Rosa carriola wrote (see)

My Ma was supposed to have gone, but now with the care she receives she is thriving. They say she could go on another 10 years - don't want to think about it.

We are searching for annuities now for OH. not easy

Have you looked at Saga - we got what I think is a very good deal from them.

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Posted: 09/02/2013 at 12:38

I've got Champion the Wonder Horse as my ringtone

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Posted: 09/02/2013 at 12:22

Ah, dear old Harry Secombe '

Thanks for commiserations re Aged Ps. They're 87 and 92 (93 in March) and 65th Wedding Anniversary due the day before the 93rd birthday (Her Maj is aware and has been to the PO for a stamp). They're together in a lovely little care home where they are looked after with love and skill and have survived much longer than the company who sold their annuities to cover their lifelong care ever thought they would LOL!!!

Thing is we were told 3 weeks ago that Pa had a day or so left, or at the most 3 weeks. Then Ma had a fall (trying to be independent) and was rushed to A&E but fortunately no bones broken and she doesn't remember it now anyway. While she was in A&E my fantastic son spent the day with his Grandpa with his laptop, showing him pictures of Wellingtons and Liberators (he was in RAF in WW2) and Fordson Major tractors (he was a farmer). Well, Pa enjoyed that so much he rallied .... GP is astonished and Pa says he's disappointed, he'd been ready to go. Anyway, they're both a lot better now so we've cut back a bit on the visiting, but on the other hand, at almost 97 and 88 ....

Rose pruning and frost

Posted: 09/02/2013 at 10:29

I think they mean the sort of hard frosts that would damage the resulting new shoots.

reviews

Posted: 09/02/2013 at 10:08

Think quite a few of them are one person posting under several names - he has a reputation

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Posted: 09/02/2013 at 08:48

FloMarmalade wrote (see)

Yes, I'm sure he will ! But it may be worth it for me not to have to source and deal with poisons.

You're probably right - I'll give it a go myself as I've done it before, but if I don't succeed, I'll call in the experts - don't want the neighbours complaining because I've been feeding the birds

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Posted: 09/02/2013 at 08:41

He'll probably recommend calling in the professionals

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Posted: 09/02/2013 at 07:20

Good morning forkers I've not been around much lately as Aged Ps have been playing up (oh and I've had to go to work as well). I've got the weekend off from both (hopefully) for a change so I'll be able to pop in and out a bit more.

There's no way I can catch up with what you've all been up to in the past couple of weeks or so, so if there's anything vital that has happened someone will have to tell me.

I have noticed that the Three Billy Goats Gruff are needed on troll-duty once more

And our garden has been invaded by a rat (our fault for putting bird food out on the ground in the snow) so 'nuclear strength' bait has been ordered. I tolerate most creatures and hate to use poisons, but as a farmer's daughter and ex smallholder, I know what will happen in a few weeks if I don't get rid of it. And when I was a child a boy in the next village died of Weils disease and this rat is tunneling under the terrace by my herb bed