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How did you manage a cracked fibula, Flo? I hope it's mending well.

Sounds good, I'll give that a try. I've never been a huge fan of onion bhajis mainly because I don't like batter very much, no matter what it's made from or what it's coating. It sounds like I could keep it very light by that method, thank you.

Welcome to Ish by the way.

Presumably I can eventually replace old heating 'fuel' with fresher and move depleted 'heat core' to compost bins and mix in. Yes, once it's finished composting (which produces the heat) you dig it up and place a new layer underneath. Just remember you need a good layer of compost/soil etc over the...

Yes, a hot bed works quite nicely - any riding stables nearby will often be glad of someone to take away some of their fresh "hosh" (as my Dad used to call it). Bury it quite deep though so there's no danger of any plant roots touching it until it's been there a good few months and rotted sufficient...

Yup, really quite balmy here too - the weather that is. It's been regularly 10C, during the day, and not much colder at night. With the new roof keeing a lot of heat in we've had several days with no central heating, just a small electric fire in the living room and often sleeping with a window open...

I don't see it's a bad thing. The cynic in me would ask what Gove's angle is - he's not noted for doing things for the common good. Maybe he has shares in the other stuff.

I wouldn't hold out too much hope for a ban on glyphosate. Too many greased palms.

I'm sure it is but I've got no idea,Annemieke.

Sounds delicious. The hips can be a pain to make edible, getting rid of the hairs doesn't leave much fruit. I've only made liquid products - wine, syrup etc, so it's easy to just strain the cooked pulp.

My gal is off to stay with her new fella. It's the first Christmas my OH and I have had alone together - before she came along we entertained friends.
I can't wait, to be honest, although I'll miss her we can just please ourselves.

Sounds like a job for a teapot and strainer.

The other alternative is to give people a bottle of cider with a little bag of the spices attached and an instruction sheet. Then they have the choice of just enjoying your cider, mulling it or keeping it until they feel like doing it with no worries about it keeping, or not.

Yes, I thought pretty much the same thing, Flo.

Unfortunately we're still reliant on coal! It's the next thing on our renovating agenda, so hopefully not for too much longer. So I'm afraid it's absolutely no use in the garden. We did try making clinker paths with it but that's not good either - and horsetail loved it so they had to go. As for any...

By my reckoning that gives us all of Scotland and a smidge of Northern England to play with. I'm up for it if you are.

Hopefully they've improved since I last used one. I read excellent reviews of one of the bars from the store you mentioned above. The trouble is I get a sickly headache whenever I get within a few metres of the shop. I really wish they'd tone it down a notch or two.