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I was also watching Bowie at Glastonbury (same field as Andy) I also watched the 1999 eclipse (on the headland at Newquay) near to Red Robbie Williams owes me 10p! (borrowed at another Glastonbury, whilst he was fat and just out of Take That. he claimed to need to use the phone). I should claim inte...

Watching TV makes your eyes turn square If you say you don't believe in fairies, a fairy will die... (very upsetting as this was overheard by my naughty brother who made me cry by killing thousands...) If you don't close your mouth a bee will fly in Swallowing apple seeds will mean they grow in your...

Paint a picture (or take a photo) and frame it yourself - it's a skill to get perfectly right, but you could overlay a plain and flat frame with something else...

24. spotting the subtle change in the seasons two weeks before everyone else (who wait for the temperature to change..)
25. realising it has been weeks since you last bought anything to eat from a shop
26. perspective and humility
27. fear of those who don't understand....!

I transplanted our leek seedlings into lengths of cardboard tubing (actually cut up tubing from inside black polythene roll, maybe a bit more robust than toilet rolls). Drop in seedling (after trimming roots and tops) and water to top (you have to push the roll into the earth a bit for sturdiness). ...

12. Work from home - then the possibilities are endless.... have done washing, preserved 3 jars of plums and organised my brother's wedding car for next weekend so far today!
13. Listen to radio on the net
14. Daydream whilst filing
15. Make lists & plans
16. Draft resignation...

Costoluto Fiorentino (think I spelt that correctly) - Italian variety of beef tomato. Grew them as a bush tom as I wasn't sure whether they were bush or cordon. Had to stop after 8 trusses - only as they were sooo heavy. Huge red fruit, some bizarre shapes, great fun and delicious as a salad tom, or...

Pam & M3 Thanks for your posts - I remember a quince tree/bush in my parent's garden when I was a child and it had the loveliest salmon pink flowers as well as really dark brown wood, a great combination. Thanks for the idea, I shall investigate further and put onto my 'wish list'! I love crab a...

Is is April 1st??!

Hmm, not sure about a correlation between month of birth and liking for that season - though I was born in October and think it part of the best season due to all things mellow and fruitful, I was born in the southern hemisphere in the Fijian spring - so I guess no correlation there... I'm sorry to ...

Hey. Looks like a victoria to me (though am no expert). Not sure why tops plums are ripening first but I shouldn't worry (more sun?) - you'll just need to invest in a ladder to get to them before they drop! Disease sounds like sawfly - try this link: http://gardenaction.co.uk/techniques/pests/plum_s...

Is it possible to compile an online petition? Send it to the MP for Stratford/chairman etc? If you write a brief 'this is who we are and what we think' and send it to the local/regional press you may find it makes a mark? I've heard of plenty of 'save our allotment' plights that have been resolved i...

I thought there might already be a posting on the campaign - just it was the first time I had heard of T***o joining in last night. I give away my plastic bags to my local garden centre who reuse them and try to carry a bag - memories of shopping as a child includes my mother's shopping basket which...

I was watching a programme on primary school kids learning to interact/play nicely (whilst reading Alan Carr...). In a break there was a T***o advert promoting a 'carry a bag' campaign - "we all know we use too many carrier bags..." - showing BBC favourites doing a T***o shop with an appro...

66. breaking frozen puddles 30. pink cheeks - invigorating after a walk 42. sunny, dry, frosty days 51. reading books in front of the fire 84. getting into a hot bath 74. being snowed in (and listening to the radio to hear of the schools that are closed - just a memory by the way, am 27 years old!) ...