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Hello gang,

A friend and I have decided that we should learn to fish. Thought I'd start this thread for any keen f-ishers (see what i did there ) to impart knowledge/advice regarding starting fishing.


Looking forward to hearing from you all

Hello everybody... I have got my brain into a little bit of a pickle. I became a vegetarian around 4 years ago for several reasons; -i do not believe in the big "agri-businesses" which seem to be so dominant in the meat market in this country -the research that I did seemed to point toward...

MrsF that would be super thank you very much :-D
A lady at my new job is pregnant so I think I'll make her little one something nice as a gift

thanks snapdragon that's kind of you :)

I'd really like to work up to making my own clothes... so tshirts, trousers, shorts, shirts, cardigans etc.

Thanks a bunch everyone!

I'll get some pictures up soon!

So I finally got the Singer sewing machine that my mother-in-law lent us in working order :-) I am very proud as I made my dear wife a new handbag from an old shirt and an old tshirt that both got too small for me. Also made my sister a bag and make-up bag for her birthday, she loved it, my nan and ...

Round 2 ding ding!!


I'm going to have it out with the wind. Thomas--> <-- the wind

The green house/tunnel is back up with s nice strong/heavy timber frame. I've dug its legs into the ground about 2ft deep

Fingers crossed this sucker doesn't blow away!!

So i decided to buy a greenhouse for the allotment instead of making one... BIG mistake! It was a temporary greenhouse, 3.5x2x2metres in size... it seems that it wanted to be a kite :( It is now TOTALLY broken?! The metal tubes were rather weak. I think I'll try to use the outer skin and some of the...

I've also recently got my first allotment.Bit behind as my left hand will not work properly but most of the weeds are cleared...I round all the stones raked in a pile under the nettles yesterday! Saves me clearing the whole plot of them! Going to use the nettles to make plant food :-D If you get tho...

I really hope your OH is feeling better soon SPS and that you've got support too! I can understand why you are so upset at the state of the food/hubby not eating! Hospital food really makes me angry! I'm a psychiatric nurse on a ward for adults with dementia and the food is foul, unappetising and in...

so another user (noodles) asked for some advice about an Azada ad this got me wandering....

does everybody have a favourite gardening tool? Mine is my fork/mattock, it's easy and comfortable to use... I even look forward to being able to use it

Thanks very much! Free seeds on there way to me! What a good plan!

And I got to put marital status as "married" for the first time

Hi noodles. I have a fork/mattock which is a lovely tool to use!! The blade of the Azada looks alot bigger though. I usually use a big fork to loosen up the ground then use the mattock to chop the big clods really...

I hope you find it useful!

Hello growingthings! By "girls" do you mean children? When I mention my "girls" I'm talking abut my chickens :D I'm planning to lay turf today but there's no way I'll be able to keep them off it! I think that newly laid turf is meant to be left for a 2-3 weeks before it is used p...

Thanks for the thoughts folks, and you've got it MuddyWitch, Billy Childish is an artist and was saying about clearly letting your influences show in whatever creative activity you do... I found it more tricky to de-weed and plan my allotment then I expected to so I've just been looking around for i...