All this VE Day coverage reminds me of an incident that happened in the last couple of years of my career, when I worked at the head office of my...
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I did fencing for a couple of years at a boy's club when I was at school. My grandfather who was a maintenance man at a posh London hotel gave...
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Pruned some off some of the top growth of our three quinces along the party fence. I don't like them growing too tall as the lawn doen't like too...
Historically, urine has always been used as a fertilizer, it's supposed to be ideal for acid loving plants.
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I can rember a quote by Jerry Lewis in an interview, must be forty years ago at least. "You can't beat carefully rehearsed spontaneity." So...
I guess like Tony Hicks of the Hollies who joined the group at 18. The one in the middle. [ATTACH] He looked as if should still be at school
As our Stellar cherries are doing so well, I've put a net over them to discourage the birds. It's fixed to two bamboo canes up against the fence...
Our son's partner's daughter, who was an extremely premature baby, but "fully formed" and attractive, but just about five foot tall, always has...
My favourite "feel good" movie. Here's the trailer. [MEDIA] Even a bit of Brandi Carlisle. [MEDIA] Now here's the full film. Read the...
"Love and Mercy." BioPic of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. Should be on BBC i>Player [MEDIA] The tune, which they used for the title of the...
I took advantage of the 9.00 am to 10.00 am slot, at Sainsbury's, supposedly reserved for "senior citizens," to do the week's shopping. What...
This tree will respond to a bit of "training," as it looks like the two branches start to separate quite low down. Try putting a strap round the...
We've had the first rain for about two weeks. Some neighbouring garden's lawns were showing that they were getting as bit desperate for some...
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Rhizomes are a real problem with some bamboos. Our daughter has a stand of tall bamboo at the bottom of the garden. In the past new shoots have...
Thanks for the kind words. Our house is in South Manchester, what used to be North Cheshire before they moved the boundries. We're in the Mersey...
