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I hate our front door! It's sort of long glass pannels with dark brown stained wood between. Yuck! I want a new one like the Edwardian style/council house with the 6 small panes of glass at the top and painted either Buckingham Green or purple! I've always wanted one of those too, afraid mine is bo...

bonniethomas06 wrote:I am glad I am not the only person who doesn't like salsify. Well that is not true, I do like it, but by the time I have peeled it, I am left with a white root the size of a pipecleaner, it is never worth the effort!

ditto

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saw this in the paper, is absolutely amazing

well I can recommend our guy .. but he is Devon based :icon_smile: it was difficult to get a plumber who understood what we wanted to do.. which was frustrating. one even insisted the rayburn did make hot water :dontknow: obvy we didn't use him... We plan to plumb the solar tubes in ourselves.. but...

Happy Birthday! I had a bit of a freak out when I turned 30 was most glad to turn 31 and then bizarrely it all seemed much better. Am also happier than I have ever been so know what you mean

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ooh that sounds perfect for what I want, I have a rayburn and a front room fire with a back boiler and a redundant oil boiler, currently the rayburn and the front room fire heat the two rooms beautifully but am unable to pump the resulting hot water through the radiators hence it boils the header ta...

Great little book, has helped me to make amazing pastry for the first time ever, have been trying for 25 years and have finally made it :cheers: :cheers: . For those of you that remember she was the cook in the Victorian Kitchen Garden with Harry Dodson and went on to do wartime kitchen with him. Lo...

Just made an enormous batch of apple chutney, pasteurised some apple juice and made a gainsborough tart ANNNDDD appear to have finally conquered my demon........pastry . God bless you Mrs Mott

I would be a millionare if brambles, nettles, docks and bracken were cash crops

Do what I do, grow Brambles, Fern, Docks, etc you can do this without expending any energy or money on machinery or subcontractors, financially speaking it gives the best return. (I REFUSE TO USE A SMILEY HERE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THIS IS MEANT AS A LIGHT HEARTED COMMENT ON THE FACT GROWING ANYTHING BU...

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Admittedly am also hoping for a better 2012, my little gaggle of crops did not sparkle. Plan, Plan, Plan

bonniethomas06 wrote:I really love the autumnal feel in the air now...I have the urge to get my black polo neck out of the wardrobe and start cooking pulses. My total favorite time of year!

I so agree with you, I love it and all the things that happen this end of the year!