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Is that because people are more inclined to take holidays with their own accommodation? Understandable... But I hear that places in caravan parks are a lot more expensive than they used to be.

I'm sure there is. But then it comes down to the time/cost factor of collecting it in suitable quantities, and getting it to where it's needed.

My niece has just about finished building a straw house. But even that needs some external materials...

I think part of the problem is a lack of transport... Lots of reports on not enough drivers etc.

Sorry - yes, I remember hearing that name for it as well. It does look a bit like a cross between the two. I always tend to overcook it, though... It just takes minutes, if even that.

Perennial cauliflower! I had two plants last year, one died - simply disappeared - the other one is looking very healthy with several small heads coming along nicely. Will cut the first tomorrow for Sunday dinner. :)

I think your way is really the way to go forward - it always annoys me when militant vegans shout we all have to stop eating meat to save the world... Cows (and other animals) have such an important part to play in restoring/maintaining soil health, and a healthy soil is most important for future pr...

Weather!

What's it like where you are? I suppose I'm not the only one battling with snow storms... Typical April weather: blizzard one minute, sunshine the next.

Fortunately, due to me not having done anything much in the garden yet, I haven't lost anything apart from daffodils.

I've just been too knackered after work - too lazy - too down in the dumps to do any cooking. I always start off in hopes at the weekend, even buying decent stuff for cooking meals for the week, but I've actually (and I never thought I'd had to admit that) had to throw out things that had gone off, ...

I keep looking in - nowhere else to go...

Yes, I noticed that. And I have been tempted at times, very occasionally. Most of it seems to be kids' stuff, and fancy ladies' wear - same as charity shops, really!

Broad beans - that one type of seed Lidl don't do, and that's the only place I've been to so far where to buy them! What I call the yellow season has started. Crocus first, daffodils now, and dandelions and gorse all over the place. I'm still hoping to pick a portion or two of my kale. It was entire...

I've kind of lost touch with freecycle. There seemed to be more and more people who looked like dealers getting in on the thing.

I've just managed to sow some cress on the windowsill...

Actually, I think a lot of the smaller shops are still stuck in the "good old times" when the man of the family went out to work and the woman had nothing better to do than the household and going shopping... Of course they could do their shopping between 9 and 5. And never needed to do it...