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darjeeling for the morning ....jasmin after lunch....lapsang in the evening...we're right posh round ere..

none of the above with milk....tea with milk is a meal not a drink!

we had a lot of good carrots this year, one variety called purple haze was especially good. We didnt germinate before hand, just mixed the seed with sand and sprinkled the sand into a trough in the soil BUT the trick is to mix the soil the seeds go into with 50% sand. basically dig down about 8 inch...

Odsox wrote:
I'm absolutely definitely a Man of Kent,

can anyone explain to me the difference between a kentish man and man of kent, i've heard these phrases but never knew what they meant.



(me i'm a man of cant )

from one newbie to another..welcome!

how about using veg instead of fruit? sort of like a sweeter, less savoury chutney? i'm sure corgettes or carrots could be used to make something nice and sweet, as when roasted, they tend to really release their sugars....mmmm...

Hi there and welcome! Does Atom have blue eyes by any chance? We once had a pure white cat with blue eyes who couldn't meow! actually he has one blue eye and one yellow eye. (and one brown one..noooooo sorry couldnt resist :oops: ) he can mew, but its more like a growly thing...BUT, he can say 'hel...

seen the ad, what troubles me is, how do we know its not some criminal mastermind, whos collecting all the gold to make some kind of a laser gun thingy that he'll use to fire into the sun unless we make him world emporer..mmmm???

isnt it strange that, prompted by the BNP , and maybe even before their recent popularity, that Britons have started to question thier identity from a geographic standpoint, there seems so much about certain folks claiming to be more british cos there family have lived on the island longer than othe...

thanks for that SG, but that looks more like a communal thing, we're just looking for co owners of the plot of land and buildings, nothing as political or high minded as that

How far does one actually have to go back to find out if you are really 'British'?? didnt NG say something to Bonny Greer on QT that it was all those who moved to 'Britain' after the last ice age, (seriously he did!) how do find out who THEY are then? DNA testing??...maybe if your eyebrows meet and...

MuddyWitch wrote:Just wanted to add; I LOVE your avatar!

MW

thank you, we have a little white cat called Atom, and while its not o a pic of him, its what he would look like if i was cruel enoguh to put a hat on him!

Sometime next year, (before it gets to cold to work outside!), my partner and I plan to sell our home and buy a barn(s) in need of conversion with, hopefully enough land to feed us from. In addition to the land we are hoping to find a place with a large enough outbuilding to convert to studios from ...

thanks for that mike..bleeding wessex people, comin over here to steal our indentured serfdom...

yes i see your point foodinistar, i spose i was trying to point out that the argument for the BNP that most 'normal' people give, which is its a protest vote, can and should be countered by focusing on issues such as economics as that part of the topic is less emotive. That even if you accept his cr...

6 botltles of sloe gin so far, BTW was it me or were the sloes really really early this year?? i'd like to get some nettle beer on the go...anyone have any ideas or tips about this? i love the 'Stinger' ale Huge Furry Willingness has developed with the Badger brewery does real nettle beer taste anyt...