No gardening today other than checking the roses for blackspot. I get this every year on some roses, despite my best efforts. They've already...
These are two world famous jazz guitarists [MEDIA] [MEDIA] When there was a decline in the interest in jazz in the sixties, many well known...
I like the Velveletts. I've got this in one of my jukeboxes. [MEDIA]
It's been raining for 24 hours, so it's doing nothing. Fortunately, there's no puddles on the lawn, it drains that well.
Too wet even for golf today. It's been raining for 24 hours. So no gardening. I'm just letting it "get on with things." The acers' foliage is...
Got to say ,the firm from which I bought the heaters (Elixir), were quick to respond to my e-mailed (polite) complaint. They are going to get on...
No gardening today, it was cold, wet and windy....I played golf in it instead! The David Austin roses I'd ordered arrived whilst I was out....
I'll never use Amazon, bought something once from them unaware it was a "third party sale." The item failed within a few weeks, the firm had...
Reminds me, the Australians have a similar product, [ATTACH]
I bought the album which includes that song when it was released and I have the sheet music, but haven't played it in decades.
It's a medical term. I used it today. As a teenager, living with my parents, sometimes the TV would go off. My dad would then give the top of...
Part 2. These on the rose patio are doing well except for two, but "replacements are on the way." No sign of the dreaded blackspot. I'll give...
Got into the rockery today, to get the grass out of it. It's a bit of a "baby and bathwater" situation, trying to avoid pulling out the phlox. But...
I bit the bullet today, and replaced the bearer on the other post on the garage pergola. Like the other, it was a right pain to get done....
Tied up more clematis, they are starting to put on a bit of a spurt. Noticed the blossom has come out on our Stella cherry, more or less...
That's impressive! We've the same sort of long handles on our kitchen units.
When we had our koi pool we got several bats flying over it at dusk, in the summer, catching flying insects.
I can't say that I hoard a lot of useful stuff. My "biggest collection" will be old cables, adapters and gismos for old audio and computers,...
I think many companies have generic answers for the many e-mails they get. So it's a case of pressing the "right button" which generates the...
It was the week's shopping day today. I'd decided not to replace the three clematis along the side of the garage, as there's others, there....
