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Has no one ever told you not to play with your food (and drink)?

I think the damage was done pre-rationing, Flo. We went seriously off the rails for a while.

I think you've got something there though - we get exercise in the garden but I'm sure a good walk round a supermarket would help enormously.

It sort of fell by the wayside, I'm afraid. Thanks to all the bread etc we both put on almost half a stone! I'm sure that was not by doing the rationing - that probably stopped the upward gallop, but scared us both enough to go back to our low carb lifestyle. Fortunately we've been having more luck ...

Can't you add anything to it to flavour it? 3.9% abv isn't bad for a refreshing drink in the summer.

They look lovely, just the right size. The only thing we're harvesting currently are green chillies. However, it won't be long before we can start picking some sweet peppers called Elf. They're small, but seem to be thick-walled and apparently are yellow when ripe - ours are starting to turn. I know...

I may be wrong (it's been a while!), Weedo, but I think you only need your user name and password to get in then you can change your email and any other relevant details in your personal settings.

All survived admirably. :cheers: We hoped to build the other part of the fence and gate over the weekend but, although the high winds dropped, it was still too wet and windy to be carting around 8' planks. So we had our traditional bank holiday weekend of holing up in the house, boiler lit, and watc...

We've kept to the list above, plus veg and a few apples. I've run out of bread, but have oats and rice left. The bread's OK but next week will be without the sweetener, which we could taste. Sausage and mushroom fritatta with veg for dinner and cold with salad for lunch the next day. Devilled fish (...

Tomatoes on the ground and peppers on the staging.

We've topped off the fence by about 50cm, which will take it just above eaves height. Hopefully that should do the trick.

You're not kidding, Flo. We put a lot of work into it and built that fab cold frame on the side. We were hoping for a respite from the winds for a while longer.

I think these traps only catch the odd one and that lets you know the moths are about. So you'd still need to keep an eye for any holes on leaves or fruit and then pick off the offending caterpillars etc. Or spray, if you want.

Fold-down wall-mounted table?

I'm not sure they do, given the number of underripe ones you find in shops.

Apparently we'll be getting 50mph gusts over the weekend. We'll see how robust the new greenhouse is and how effective the windbreak fence is (we've only built half of it so keep your fingers crossed). I'll attach a photo when I can work out why it keeps posting it upside down. Hopefully not a porte...