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- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
That is arriving from the Channel Islands is it?
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That is arriving from the Channel Islands is it?
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- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
That is an easy mistake to make. It is good to have somewhere to take her, that she can be pushed around in her lightweight wheelchair on the flat, and with no traffic.
She has someone who goes once a fortnight to do her garden, but she still, at the age of nearly 96, likes to have some plants in pots on her patio.
HertzvanRental
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This afternoon, we went to the Open Gardens, at St Nicholas at Wade. A very picturesque village.
I've cracked this Open Garden lark. Mrs v R dashes off, hither and yon, to see as many as she can. I get to the first nice one, grab a seat, and enjoy!
I've cracked this Open Garden lark. Mrs v R dashes off, hither and yon, to see as many as she can. I get to the first nice one, grab a seat, and enjoy!
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- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
Thank you for the link, but that is too far from my Mother's house.
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- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
Do you then go and collect the plants she has chosen?
A few villages round here do a "Walkabout" weekend. There will be open gardens, flower displays in the church, craft sellers in the community hall, second hand books, the odd pub or two, music and dancing, with, of-course, ice creams, tea and cakes, etc. One even has a bus that travels from one end of the village to the other. There might also be vintage vehicles and traction engines.
HertzvanRental
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Yes, it was pretty much as you describe. Lovely old church-. I shall go back and have a closer look. Strange to relate, the guvnor didn't buy any plants, although she has bought about 3 barrow loads in the last fortnight!
Reynard
Guru
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
Lexi has just brought me a partridge. I have told her that she's a bit eager beaver on the Christmas preparations.
She has, however, eaten a good bit of it and told Poppy to s*d off in the mean time. I have disposed of the feet, head and feathers in the green bin. It's not as if I don't feed either of them...
She has, however, eaten a good bit of it and told Poppy to s*d off in the mean time. I have disposed of the feet, head and feathers in the green bin. It's not as if I don't feed either of them...
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- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
As we are discussing baking and cakes etc, may I ask a question about baking trays, and roasting trays.
After about twenty years of loyal service, my baking tray and roasting trays are looking rather old and not very hygienic.
I definitely need a new tray for the bakement of scones. This presumably would also do for cooking oven chips etc. It seems that the prices vary enormousely, and I am a bit confused about the different sorts. "Non-stick" only stays non-stick until it gets scratched, so what sort do you have? I would hesitate to pay £40 for a Le Creuset one.
After about twenty years of loyal service, my baking tray and roasting trays are looking rather old and not very hygienic.
I definitely need a new tray for the bakement of scones. This presumably would also do for cooking oven chips etc. It seems that the prices vary enormousely, and I am a bit confused about the different sorts. "Non-stick" only stays non-stick until it gets scratched, so what sort do you have? I would hesitate to pay £40 for a Le Creuset one.
Reynard
Guru
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
I tend to line my baking sheets with silicone coated baking parchment, which addresses the lack of non-stickness on older trays. I do believe that you can get re-useable silicone mats to line them with as well, but then again I picked up a job lot of the baking parchment on yellow sticker...
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- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
I have not tried the silicon ones. I do not use baking parchment for cake tins, and they seem to retain there non-stickness. Perhaps it is the age of the trays.
I was going to be out in the garden today, but got rained on. I managed to take some cuttings of escallonia and pot them up, and move one plant that turned out to be in the wrong place. I had a large space in partial shade to fill, and my book on "Plants for Shade" says that cranesbill will tolerate shade. I have three large cranesbills, so I have taken the chance to move it.
Instead of gardening I have printed off a downloaded pattern from Style Arc. ( http://www.stylearc.com.au/stylearc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41&Itemid=50)
I was chuffed that I managed to calculate in my head, the % increase to get the test square to the right size.
I seem to have lots of small but co-ordinating pieces of dress-making fabric, and will be trying to make this garment. I expect that three different materials would be okay.
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Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
The gardening is done so Sasha has commandeered me as her cushion.
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- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
This morning at about 3.30 am I was wandering up and down the street.
This morning Bob had to have a bit of a shampoo and the fur on his head trimmed. Anyone like to guess how these two events are related?
It has stopped raining so I am off outside to sew some seeds. Later on I will be piecing together my sowing pattern.
This morning Bob had to have a bit of a shampoo and the fur on his head trimmed. Anyone like to guess how these two events are related?
It has stopped raining so I am off outside to sew some seeds. Later on I will be piecing together my sowing pattern.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
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- Bristol
I use silicon baking parchment to line my cake tins. I have some round disks for the base of cake tins, some loaf tin shaped ones, cake tin with sides and I have a huge roll of the stuff I cut to fit. And my tray bake tin is luckily half the width of the roll of the stuff so that makes it easy to get the size right for that each time.
If you want to experiment with the silicon liners I'd recommend starting with the round disks which come in different standard cake tin sizes. Though a roll of the stuff is probably the most economical in the long run.
If you want to experiment with the silicon liners I'd recommend starting with the round disks which come in different standard cake tin sizes. Though a roll of the stuff is probably the most economical in the long run.
Testing the underside of cars, or fox chasing?