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.......who did what today in their garden? Nobody here I can tell you. We
have had high winds and rain, then everything went a bit sunny and then it all started again in a minor key. No gardening but some satisfactory time at a potting bench for me and away from the desk! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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On Feb 27, 7:29 pm, Sacha wrote:
......who did what today in their garden? Nobody here I can tell you. We have had high winds and rain, then everything went a bit sunny and then it all started again in a minor key. No gardening but some satisfactory time at a potting bench for me and away from the desk! -- Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devonhttp://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) Today, I have had the enjoyable task of opening plants sent from Charlie Pridham. What excitement - three Gillian Blades Clematis, I am in 7th Heaven. Charlie's plants arrived very well packed, in wonderful healthy condition and with so many new shoots! For anyone considering mail order from Charlie, I say go right ahead, I have total confidence in him. He emailed me yesterday to let me know when they would be arriving and at what time! Charlie, I have benefited from your good advice over the years and whenever I need a plant, I will certainly look to see if you have before ordering elsewhere, very many thanks. Judith |
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Hi All
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:29:22 +0000, Sacha wrote: ......who did what today in their garden? Nobody here I can tell you. We have had high winds and rain, then everything went a bit sunny and then it all started again in a minor key. No gardening but some satisfactory time at a potting bench for me and away from the desk! Windy & rainy here also (S/W Ireland) - but spend a happy couple of hours with a borrowed rotovator getting some drainage into the soil inside the new polytunnel. Rotovators have moved on a bit, it seems - this one is a German 'AGRI' - 6hp '2-wheeled tractor' - made short work of the somewhat claggy soil. Have left it all to dry out some more before spreading some peat-free compost on top and turning that in... Looking forward to our first growing season here in the Emerald Isle ! Adrian |
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On Feb 27, 7:29 pm, Sacha wrote: ......who did what today in their garden? Nobody here I can tell you. We have had high winds and rain, then everything went a bit sunny and then it all started again in a minor key. No gardening but some satisfactory time at a potting bench for me and away from the desk! I unblocked a drain, does that count? Mike (the rod) |
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"Sacha" wrote ......who did what today in their garden? Nobody here I can tell you. We have had high winds and rain, then everything went a bit sunny and then it all started again in a minor key. No gardening but some satisfactory time at a potting bench for me and away from the desk! I picked some sprouts and got depressed about the waterlogged ground that needs cultivating before it is planted but I dare not get on it until it's dried out somewhat. Oh for some sunshine and a dry wind. -- Regards Bob H 17mls W. of London.UK |
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On 27/2/07 22:51, in article , "Bob
Hobden" wrote: "Sacha" wrote ......who did what today in their garden? Nobody here I can tell you. We have had high winds and rain, then everything went a bit sunny and then it all started again in a minor key. No gardening but some satisfactory time at a potting bench for me and away from the desk! I picked some sprouts and got depressed about the waterlogged ground that needs cultivating before it is planted but I dare not get on it until it's dried out somewhat. Oh for some sunshine and a dry wind. Amen. We had that yesterday, sun and a breeze but then it was back to square one. This is a really horrible night. The rain is lashing down with the wind behind it. I had hoped we'd seen the last of the gales but ever the optimist, I was bound to be disappointed. It is truly vile weather here. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message
......who did what today in their garden? Nobody here I can tell you. The only thing I did was to harvest some tomatoes. We've had big electric storms and have had 2 computers thoroughly fried in the space of 2 weeks and I've spent the day trying to set up newsgroups and kill off masses of old e-mails that built up at the ISP :-(( If I didn't love computers so much, I'd hate my increasing reliance on the blasted things. |
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"Adrian" wrote in message ... Hi All On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:29:22 +0000, Sacha wrote: ......who did what today in their garden? Nobody here I can tell you. We have had high winds and rain, then everything went a bit sunny and then it all started again in a minor key. No gardening but some satisfactory time at a potting bench for me and away from the desk! Windy & rainy here also (S/W Ireland) - but spend a happy couple of hours with a borrowed rotovator getting some drainage into the soil inside the new polytunnel. Rotovators have moved on a bit, it seems - this one is a German 'AGRI' - 6hp '2-wheeled tractor' - made short work of the somewhat claggy soil. Have left it all to dry out some more before spreading some peat-free compost on top and turning that in... Looking forward to our first growing season here in the Emerald Isle ! I wish you well and hope you grow as much as I was able to when gardening an acre here with polytunnel, chooks, ducks and so on. These days I am on a different acre here which is mostly what I call "natural". -- Chris, West Cork, Ireland. |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 27/2/07 22:51, in article , "Bob Hobden" wrote: "Sacha" wrote ......who did what today in their garden? Nobody here I can tell you. We have had high winds and rain, then everything went a bit sunny and then it all started again in a minor key. No gardening but some satisfactory time at a potting bench for me and away from the desk! I picked some sprouts and got depressed about the waterlogged ground that needs cultivating before it is planted but I dare not get on it until it's dried out somewhat. Oh for some sunshine and a dry wind. Amen. We had that yesterday, sun and a breeze but then it was back to square one. This is a really horrible night. The rain is lashing down with the wind behind it. I had hoped we'd seen the last of the gales but ever the optimist, I was bound to be disappointed. It is truly vile weather here. And even worse here than it was yesterday but it is at least mild, about 12 C right now but certainly not outdoor weather if another option is available. -- Chris, West Cork, Ireland. |
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Hi Chris
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:12:54 -0000, "Cerumen" wrote: "Adrian" wrote in message .. . Hi All On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:29:22 +0000, Sacha wrote: ......who did what today in their garden? Nobody here I can tell you. We have had high winds and rain, then everything went a bit sunny and then it all started again in a minor key. No gardening but some satisfactory time at a potting bench for me and away from the desk! Windy & rainy here also (S/W Ireland) - but spend a happy couple of hours with a borrowed rotovator getting some drainage into the soil inside the new polytunnel. Rotovators have moved on a bit, it seems - this one is a German 'AGRI' - 6hp '2-wheeled tractor' - made short work of the somewhat claggy soil. Have left it all to dry out some more before spreading some peat-free compost on top and turning that in... Looking forward to our first growing season here in the Emerald Isle ! I wish you well and hope you grow as much as I was able to when gardening an acre here with polytunnel, chooks, ducks and so on. These days I am on a different acre here which is mostly what I call "natural". Thanks for the good wishes ! We're n 2 minds about chickens, ducks & so on. Had hens at the last place (Suffolk, UK) - and while they were great fun to watch, and produced lovely banty eggs, the were bit of a problem on holidays (getting neighbours to look after them) and with general ailments..... - I'd like ducks, but I guess they're likely to be as much of a 'bind'. We have about 1.5 acres - mostly 'natural' g at the moment - but working on getting it tidy bit by bit... while still leaving some parts 'natural'..... Just purchased some windbreak netting to try and give a bit of ground-level shelter to the more tender plants - the wind tends to whip across here... Keen to get things started in the tunnel - but a combination of some rather claggy soil that was imported to sort out the levels, and the relentless rainfall since Christmas has left everything a bit soggy ! Still - it's relatively mild...... Regards Adrian |
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On 28/2/07 09:14, in article , "Cerumen"
wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 27/2/07 22:51, in article , "Bob Hobden" wrote: "Sacha" wrote ......who did what today in their garden? Nobody here I can tell you. We have had high winds and rain, then everything went a bit sunny and then it all started again in a minor key. No gardening but some satisfactory time at a potting bench for me and away from the desk! I picked some sprouts and got depressed about the waterlogged ground that needs cultivating before it is planted but I dare not get on it until it's dried out somewhat. Oh for some sunshine and a dry wind. Amen. We had that yesterday, sun and a breeze but then it was back to square one. This is a really horrible night. The rain is lashing down with the wind behind it. I had hoped we'd seen the last of the gales but ever the optimist, I was bound to be disappointed. It is truly vile weather here. And even worse here than it was yesterday but it is at least mild, about 12 C right now but certainly not outdoor weather if another option is available. We've got gales again and sudden heavy downpours of rain. Sigh..... -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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"Sacha" wrote after "Cerumen"wrote after "Sacha" wrote in reply to "Bob Hobden" who wrote after: "Sacha" wrote ......who did what today in their garden? Nobody here I can tell you. We have had high winds and rain, then everything went a bit sunny and then it all started again in a minor key. No gardening but some satisfactory time at a potting bench for me and away from the desk! I picked some sprouts and got depressed about the waterlogged ground that needs cultivating before it is planted but I dare not get on it until it's dried out somewhat. Oh for some sunshine and a dry wind. Amen. We had that yesterday, sun and a breeze but then it was back to square one. This is a really horrible night. The rain is lashing down with the wind behind it. I had hoped we'd seen the last of the gales but ever the optimist, I was bound to be disappointed. It is truly vile weather here. And even worse here than it was yesterday but it is at least mild, about 12 C right now but certainly not outdoor weather if another option is available. We've got gales again and sudden heavy downpours of rain. Sigh..... High winds and sudden heavy downpours today, just back from shopping in Windsor, R.Thames looks dangerously high across Runnymede meadow. -- Regards Bob H 17mls W. of London.UK |
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Sacha wrote:
......who did what today in their garden? Nobody here I can tell you. We have had high winds and rain, then everything went a bit sunny and then it all started again in a minor key. No gardening but some satisfactory time at a potting bench for me and away from the desk! My compost daleks arrived, and it wasn't practical to store them in the house and wait for better weather so I wrestled them down to the allotment, which luckily is literally just around the corner from our house. Good thing I did too, because when I got there one of my green-tent cloches had been blown over by the wind - the metal frame was upside down in the broad beans and the cover fabric was almost in someone's garden on the other side of the allotments. I retrieved it, repositioned it and pegged it down as firmly as I could, supplementing the inadequate pegs that came with it with some bits of paving slab and short garden canes. Not much else I could do of any use on the allotment, the ground was far too soggy, although not quite as bad as a plot a bit further downslope which appears have a moat..... I got back home just in time to see the parcel delivery van driving off and find the inevitable postcard through the letterbox. Bah! I then had a chance to read the little booklet that comes with the daleks - do they *really* need to tell people not to put glass and metal in their compost bins? How daft do they think we are? -- Carol "Never trust a man wearing leather shorts and a plastic dressing gown" - Spray, "The Dangerous Sports Club" |
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On 28/2/07 20:59, in article , "Carol
Hague" wrote: Sacha wrote: ......who did what today in their garden? Nobody here I can tell you. We have had high winds and rain, then everything went a bit sunny and then it all started again in a minor key. No gardening but some satisfactory time at a potting bench for me and away from the desk! My compost daleks arrived, and it wasn't practical to store them in the house and wait for better weather so I wrestled them down to the allotment, which luckily is literally just around the corner from our house. Good thing I did too, because when I got there one of my green-tent cloches had been blown over by the wind - the metal frame was upside down in the broad beans and the cover fabric was almost in someone's garden on the other side of the allotments. I retrieved it, repositioned it and pegged it down as firmly as I could, supplementing the inadequate pegs that came with it with some bits of paving slab and short garden canes. I take my hat off to you for even attempting to wrestle with such a situation! Not much else I could do of any use on the allotment, the ground was far too soggy, although not quite as bad as a plot a bit further downslope which appears have a moat..... I got back home just in time to see the parcel delivery van driving off and find the inevitable postcard through the letterbox. Bah! I then had a chance to read the little booklet that comes with the daleks - do they *really* need to tell people not to put glass and metal in their compost bins? How daft do they think we are? My Godson swears he received a packet of peanuts on a plane trip which said "open packet. Eat peanuts". I still don't believe him but nowadays, I do wonder! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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Sacha wrote:
On 28/2/07 20:59, in article , "Carol Hague" wrote: Good thing I did too, because when I got there one of my green-tent cloches had been blown over by the wind - the metal frame was upside down in the broad beans and the cover fabric was almost in someone's garden on the other side of the allotments. I retrieved it, repositioned it and pegged it down as firmly as I could, supplementing the inadequate pegs that came with it with some bits of paving slab and short garden canes. I take my hat off to you for even attempting to wrestle with such a situation! Thanks - but there really wasn't much choice - it was that or leave it to be blown away again :-( Seems moderately secure at the moment, but I foresee a trip to a camping shop and the purchase of some rather stouter tentpegs in the near future..... At least the peas planted underneath it hadn't come up yet, so there was nothing to be damaged there. For some idea of the size of the thing, here's a picture of the three cloches in the snow a couple of weeks ago :- http://www.wrhpv.com/temp/monopoly_howses.jpg Although two of them have been moved since then, so they don't look quite so much like they're waiting for a large red version of themselves to arrive :-) The bench in the picture was apparently built by the father of the previous allotment holder who had had the plot before him. I feel like I'm taking over a piece of history.... I then had a chance to read the little booklet that comes with the daleks - do they *really* need to tell people not to put glass and metal in their compost bins? How daft do they think we are? My Godson swears he received a packet of peanuts on a plane trip which said "open packet. Eat peanuts". I still don't believe him but nowadays, I do wonder! We've been offered peanuts on a plane before and when they arrived they were actually broad beans! Quite nice really - I think the the Swiss flight attendants had been taught "peanuts" as the generic name for any small crunchy things in packets :-) -- Carol "Never trust a man wearing leather shorts and a plastic dressing gown" - Spray, "The Dangerous Sports Club" |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 28/2/07 20:59, in article , "Carol Hague" wrote: I then had a chance to read the little booklet that comes with the daleks - do they *really* need to tell people not to put glass and metal in their compost bins? How daft do they think we are? My Godson swears he received a packet of peanuts on a plane trip which said "open packet. Eat peanuts". I still don't believe him but nowadays, I do wonder! I bet it also said "Warning this product may contain nuts" Mike (the nutty one) |
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"Carol Hague" wrote I then had a chance to read the little booklet that comes with the daleks - do they *really* need to tell people not to put glass and metal in their compost bins? How daft do they think we are? Carol Instructions here on how to read the instruction manual :~)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFAWR6hzZek Jenny |
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Bob Hobden wrote:
High winds and sudden heavy downpours today, just back from shopping in Windsor, R.Thames looks dangerously high across Runnymede meadow. We got much the same here for most of the day after a fine sunny start, but I prefer it warmer, wet and windy to dry and cold - it keeps my stuff in the garden much happier. I've just worked out the averages here for the 3 months of 'winter' (Dec. Jan & Feb) and it comes as no surprise that temperatures were higher. However, the amount by which they increased compared to last year was a bit of an eye-opener: Average max Dec - Feb 2006/07 : 11.3C Average min Dec - Feb 2006/07 : 7.6C Nights when temps fell below 0C : 0 Days when temps failed to exceed 5C : 0 Average max Dec - Feb 2005/06 : 8.7C (about 1C.lower than the average in previous 5 years) Average min Dec - Feb 2005/06 : 4.9C (about 0.7C lower than the average in previous 5 years) Nights when temps fell below 0C : 5 Days when temps failed to exceed 5C : 8 This winter has allowed near continuous growth on many plants that normally shut down as temperatures fall and has even enabled limequats (lime x kumquat) to continue ripening. A few surprises for me were Bauhinia yunnanense - still in almost full leaf, Ipomoea indica - holding about 20% of its foliage and already starting to shoot, Begonia luxurians - not only continued growth, but carried on flowering throughout, even if the rain did spoil them. The latter is now well over 7 feet tall and will have to be pruned back by half within the next few weeks. Roll on summer! |
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In message , JennyC
writes "Carol Hague" wrote I then had a chance to read the little booklet that comes with the daleks - do they *really* need to tell people not to put glass and metal in their compost bins? How daft do they think we are? Carol Instructions here on how to read the instruction manual :~)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFAWR6hzZek Jenny .... Love it! Have passed it on to my colleagues in "dead tree publishing" :-) Klara -- |
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JennyC wrote:
"Carol Hague" wrote I then had a chance to read the little booklet that comes with the daleks - do they *really* need to tell people not to put glass and metal in their compost bins? How daft do they think we are? Carol Instructions here on how to read the instruction manual :~)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFAWR6hzZek giggle I shall show this to my husband, who's a software engineer. I have a feeling it may strike a chord :-) Thank you! -- Carol "Never trust a man wearing leather shorts and a plastic dressing gown" - Spray, "The Dangerous Sports Club" |
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On 1/3/07 07:39, in article ,
"Muddymike" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 28/2/07 20:59, in article , "Carol Hague" wrote: I then had a chance to read the little booklet that comes with the daleks - do they *really* need to tell people not to put glass and metal in their compost bins? How daft do they think we are? My Godson swears he received a packet of peanuts on a plane trip which said "open packet. Eat peanuts". I still don't believe him but nowadays, I do wonder! I bet it also said "Warning this product may contain nuts" Mike (the nutty one) ;-) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 07:46:31 +0000, JennyC wrote
(in article ): "Carol Hague" wrote I then had a chance to read the little booklet that comes with the daleks - do they *really* need to tell people not to put glass and metal in their compost bins? How daft do they think we are? Carol Instructions here on how to read the instruction manual :~)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFAWR6hzZek Jenny Oh yes, I've seen that one before, and think it's priceless! My favourite sign on foodstuffs was a container of milk which said Contents: Contains Milk. -- Sally in Shropshire, UK bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk |
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On 1 Mar, 07:46, "JennyC" wrote:
Instructions here on how to read the instruction manual :~))http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFAWR6hzZek ROFL!!! Simply brilliant, thank you very much. Just loved the bit: "... 'the 'book', or however you pronounce it" :o))) Do this again please, but on Monday morning. Dank je wel. |
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"La Puce" wrote in message ups.com... On 1 Mar, 07:46, "JennyC" wrote: Instructions here on how to read the instruction manual :~))http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFAWR6hzZek ROFL!!! Simply brilliant, thank you very much. Just loved the bit: "... 'the 'book', or however you pronounce it" :o))) Do this again please, but on Monday morning. Dank je wel. Thanks to Martin actually :~)) Jenny |
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On 1 Mar, 15:58, "JennyC" wrote:
Thanks to Martin actually :~)) Lets cut the middle woman then. Martin, put me on your mailing list ;o) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... My Godson swears he received a packet of peanuts on a plane trip which said "open packet. Eat peanuts". I still don't believe him but nowadays, I do wonder! My son had a peice of clothing that had a label on it which read, 'part cotton, part other stuff' and 'wash when dirty'! I didn't believe him until he showed me it! Alan |
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On 27 Feb, 20:29, Sacha wrote:
......who did what today in their garden? Nobody here I can tell you. We have had high winds and rain, then everything went a bit sunny and then it all started again in a minor key. No gardening but some satisfactory time at a potting bench for me and away from the desk! -- Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devonhttp://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) Admired my potatoes now through, swept the leaves and dead flowers from my patio, enjoyed the scent of true orange blossom and jasmine, cut last years bizzy lizzy back to about 4 inches ready for new flowers and growth, cut back my poinsettias watered all my nice new outdoor seedlings. My hibiscus is just about to open in flower, then sat on my terrace with a nice long cold beer. :-) |
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On 2/3/07 09:33, in article
, "Mike in Spain" wrote: On 27 Feb, 20:29, Sacha wrote: ......who did what today in their garden? Nobody here I can tell you. We have had high winds and rain, then everything went a bit sunny and then it all started again in a minor key. No gardening but some satisfactory time at a potting bench for me and away from the desk! Admired my potatoes now through, swept the leaves and dead flowers from my patio, enjoyed the scent of true orange blossom and jasmine, cut last years bizzy lizzy back to about 4 inches ready for new flowers and growth, cut back my poinsettias watered all my nice new outdoor seedlings. My hibiscus is just about to open in flower, then sat on my terrace with a nice long cold beer. :-) You do this deliberately, don't you - there's a cruel streak in there somewhere! ;-) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 2/3/07 09:33, in article , "Mike in Spain" wrote: On 27 Feb, 20:29, Sacha wrote: ......who did what today in their garden? Nobody here I can tell you. We have had high winds and rain, then everything went a bit sunny and then it all started again in a minor key. No gardening but some satisfactory time at a potting bench for me and away from the desk! Admired my potatoes now through, swept the leaves and dead flowers from my patio, enjoyed the scent of true orange blossom and jasmine, cut last years bizzy lizzy back to about 4 inches ready for new flowers and growth, cut back my poinsettias watered all my nice new outdoor seedlings. My hibiscus is just about to open in flower, then sat on my terrace with a nice long cold beer. :-) You do this deliberately, don't you - there's a cruel streak in there somewhere! ;-) Those were my thoughts as well, just didn't know quite how to put it!(:-) Alan |
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In article .com,
" writes Today, I have had the enjoyable task of opening plants sent from Charlie Pridham. What excitement - three Gillian Blades Clematis, I am in 7th Heaven. A lovely clematis by the look of it Judith. Why three? I loved the Clematis fasiculifolia which looks really good but more importantly has a fragrance. I keep meaning to furnish my pergola and the front wall and you've convince me to go back and look at Charlie's site again. Thanks! -- Janet Tweedy Amersham Gardening Association http://www.amersham-gardening.net |
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In article , Alan Holmes
writes My son had a peice of clothing that had a label on it which read, 'part cotton, part other stuff' and 'wash when dirty'! I didn't believe him until he showed me it! Alan I once had to take back a tee-shirt to the shop as it shrank in the wash and the assistant manager actually argues that though the label said "washable" it meant the label not the tee-shirt! -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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On 3 Mar, 12:43, Martin wrote:
Maybe that explains why shrink proof Viyella shirts shrink, since they are no longer made in UK, and why I no longer buy them. http://cjoint.com/?ddn0TKMU80 |
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