Try over 200 miles! He may as well be on the other side of the world lol!Yeah, its the pits having mine 26 miles away
Lois
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ocailleagh
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What's so bad about long grass anyway?? Yes, the cuttings can be good for composting, though they're better being returned to the lawn, but that's just about the only reason I can think of to cut it! Long grass encourages all kinds of helpful creatures as well as helping the ground to retain moisture. Alternatively, dig up the lawn and plant something that requires less maintenance!
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Milims
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Lol! I had that problem until my washing machine broke - so Chris moved his washing machine in, then my dishwasher broke, then my fridge broke so he moved those in too and once I'd got all the good stuff I let him move in! 
Ta da! Distance problem solved and a new appliances to boot! 
Ta da! Distance problem solved and a new appliances to boot! Let us be lovely
And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
Edward Monkton
Member of the Ish Weight Loss Club since 10/1/11 Started at 12st 8 and have lost 8lb so far!
And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
Edward Monkton
Member of the Ish Weight Loss Club since 10/1/11 Started at 12st 8 and have lost 8lb so far!
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ocailleagh
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Oh Milims--
I'm
I just had the guy I'm sweet on offer me his washer because mine broke--- , what a funny coincidence!
Lois
I'm
I just had the guy I'm sweet on offer me his washer because mine broke--- , what a funny coincidence! Lois-
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All the usual green stuff, although we do have a solar water heating panel, a vast wall of glass at the back which heats the whole house and unobtrusive underfloor heating which we turned on about once a week last winter.
Neighbours - we're just a bit too isolated for my liking here.
Dogs - not easy in a rented house with totally unfenced rambling land.
A dehydrator.
Brothers and sisters, though I know lots of people would disagree with that!
Neighbours - we're just a bit too isolated for my liking here.
Dogs - not easy in a rented house with totally unfenced rambling land.
A dehydrator.
Brothers and sisters, though I know lots of people would disagree with that!
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mybarnconversion
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ocailleagh
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Granted, ticks-not so helpful, but snakes aren't so bad! At least, not the British ones. Adders aside of course. And pretty much all plants are flammable...contadino wrote:It also harbours ticks and snakes. Oh, and helps fires spread in high summer.ocailleagh wrote:Long grass encourages all kinds of helpful creatures
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Okay, fair enough. Since I saw how fast snakes move, I'm a little worried about them, so maybe I'm being a bit unfair. When I thought I could outrun them I was not quite so scared. Ticks and dry grass are a nightmare, though.ocailleagh wrote:Granted, ticks-not so helpful, but snakes aren't so bad! At least, not the British ones. Adders aside of course. And pretty much all plants are flammable...contadino wrote:It also harbours ticks and snakes. Oh, and helps fires spread in high summer.ocailleagh wrote:Long grass encourages all kinds of helpful creatures
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ocailleagh
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It the big ones that scare me! A friend of mine house-sat for some (rather unpleasant) people he knew once, and one of his tasks was to feed their snakes. After his first time there he insisted I go along with him for moral support because he fumbled a bit and nearly got eaten by one of them! A huge yellow thing, all scales and stomach! (shudders)
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mrsflibble
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I don't disagree, my brothers and sister mean the world to me. As I'm so much older than them I'm actually their legal guardian if anything (heaven forbid) ever happens to our parents. I don't know what I'd do without them.MrsD'ville wrote:
Brothers and sisters, though I know lots of people would disagree with that!
oh how I love my tea, tea in the afternoon. I can't do without it, and I think I'll have another cup very
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!
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Ellendra
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Ellendra wrote:More land (always).
A house.
A solar greenhouse.
A few livestock (quail, ducks, and goats or sheep).
A boyfriend who didn't live so far away (long-distance relationships stink).
Oh, and money would be nice too.
Made progress! I got permission from the building inspector to turn my gazebo into a yurt, so at least I'd have something to live in that won't sway in the breeze (a gazeyurt?)
And, he said I could build a small toolshed, greenhouse, root cellar, coop, or rabbit hutch without needing a building permit!
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hamster
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Oh, and a piano. I have been promised my grandparents' piano, I just don't have space for it. But it doesn't feel like a home without a piano. 
They're not weeds - that's a habitat for wildlife, don't you know?
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ocailleagh
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Made progress! I got permission from the building inspector to turn my gazebo into a yurt, so at least I'd have something to live in that won't sway in the breeze (a gazeyurt?)
Ooh...yurty goodness! I bought a teepee recently, not an actual teepee, but a teepee tent from Argos! I've not had chance to try it out yet though
I have another for my list, a harp! I have no idea how to play one, but I've always wanted one...Oh, and a piano. I have been promised my grandparents' piano, I just don't have space for it. But it doesn't feel like a home without a piano.
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