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We're supposedly much further north than the current weather warning - no one told the weather!

As we sat doing our light lamp stint this morning, our sitting shoulders touching, we had to shout to be heard over the horizontal hail hitting the windows at some force.

My OH would definitely agree with you Weedo. Although, for us, it's cheaper to get a new handle sent through the post than the whole thing.

I'm not at all envious. No, not at all.

I'm guessing the previous gardeners liked berries! Still there looks to be plenty of room to shove in some veg. You'll be vey glad of all those paths too.

Yesterday was horrible, with strong South Westerlies bringing in driving rain. About 10pm-ish the wind direction did a 180 and started hitting the back of the house and the wind rattled the heat exchange fan in our bedroom until I eventually fell asleep about 3am. I'm a bit grumpy and not a fan of t...

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Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:43 am

I'm going to see what seeds I can raid from my parent's shed.

That definitely counts as Ish.

Everything foodwise is made from scratch, including Christmas pudding, cake, mince meat for the pies and chocolates but apart from (hopefully) the last of the hydroponic tomatoes and a few herbs, none of it will have been grown by us this year. We haven't done presents for the last few years, usuall...

There looks to be another pink bit just to the west of where I live, but not as bad as yours.

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=56.9;-6.7;4&l=gust

Hello Viper and welcome to Ish. :wave: An allotment so close to home sounds fabulous - my last one was about five miles away! It sounds like whoever had it last put some good stuff in and now you've uncovered it you'll be able to get it productive quite quickly. It might be worth getting the rules o...

Now you're straying into the area of companion planting. Another vast topic with differing theories. Essentially, it doesn't conflict with crop rotation, just grow things together for their mutual benefit. For example, growing something smelly alongside carrots deters carrot root fly and as carrots ...

Ah, now that's a different kettle (!) of fish. We have a camping kettle for the calor gas stove but it doesn't work well on the ceramic hob.

A spare kettle is one of the few things we always have on hand. A 200 mile round trip to replace, or a week's wait for delivery, is a too much for a brew!

Hmm, that indeed would be good if I did.

I had a quick look through 4m4zon's Black Friday WEEK (started last weekend!) and found neither bargains nor anything I'd want to buy. It certainly seems to becatching on over here though - I got an email from my essential oil supplier this morning to inform me they're having a Black Friday sale. I ...

I've got tomatoes in my hydroponic system!

Unfortunately, they'll probably be finished before Christmas (which was why we grew them). I'll have to try to start them later next year.

Not got much to look back on - we've been woefully un-self-sufficientish this year. The polytunnel has gone to neighbours who have rebuilt it in a much more sheltered spot and are making much better use of it than we were able. However, we converted my old therapy room (it's a fab little room which ...