In an effort to stop my lupins being overrun with blackfly this year, would it help if I scattered nasturtium seeds around them? Would that keep the blackfly off them. I know that blackfly [i]love[i]...
It seems that a lot of us have had this stinking cold recently and are finding it difficult to shift. I have had mine for three weeks now and although the sneezing and nose blowing has finished, I am...
I am thinking of volunteering as an advocate for old people. I have made enquiries and will be going for chat with the charity to discuss possible training. Does anyone else do this? Do you find it...
I have bought a little set of precision screwdrivers because my lens keeps dropping out of my glasses and I have to screw the frame back together. I used the tiniest one tonight to screw up the frame...
This morning I had 46 best answers, this evening I have only 44. As the best answers bit on the profile is hopelessly out of date, how do I find out who nicked two of mine?
I've spent the last hour and a half in the garden. It's south facing and too hot at this time of day. I'll go out again later when it's cooled down a bit.
Is your garden a sun trap?...
How long does it take for a cold to germinate? One of my colleagues at work accused me of giving her my cold. I worked with her on Tuesday, Wed. and Thurs. and her cold started on the following...
pair of socks. I have just emptied my washing basket and consequently have put 28 pairs of assorted coloured socks in the washing machine. I still have socks in my sock drawer, I haven't run out or...
always hang about in the one window that doesn't open? I've just had a real battle with a fly that kept walking up and down the middle kitchen window. Everytime I 'shushed' it with a duster it flew...
When I take the roast out of the oven, my husband says, 'That looks lovely where's yours?'
It's getting a bit boring after 35 years but I still manage to smile....