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Topic: Apple Variety...Windsor Early |
Rowanlady
Replies: 18
Views: 121532
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri Oct 13, 17 6:14 pm Subject: Apple Variety...Windsor Early |
Blackmoor is in Hampshire - drove past it twice today - down to Portsmouth for lunch; school Harvest Festival and collected 7y/o GGS for weekend; drove home - will do the return trip on Sunday
Bit ... |
Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Rowanlady
Replies: 6372
Views: 6003985
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jul 04, 17 4:56 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
gregotyn - I remember several trips to Skye - both hike and to climb the Cuillins - stayed at the Sligachan Hotel - still ideal for those early morning starts for climbing - happy memories
Don't th ... |
Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Rowanlady
Replies: 6372
Views: 6003985
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jul 04, 17 4:38 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Mistress Rose - I was born in Scotland - left Glasgow in 1962 for Southampton - lived in Hampshire ever since
On my Scottish side I have ancestors from Caithness, Kilmarnock, Musselburgh and Clydeb ... |
Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Rowanlady
Replies: 6372
Views: 6003985
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jul 04, 17 4:25 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Jam Lady - I have only once been in USA for Independence Day - visiting my sister when she lived in Lodi, NJ - that was quite a day/night
Her apartment was on the 5th floor of the block - her cat ... |
Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Rowanlady
Replies: 6372
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Jul 02, 17 11:38 am Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Hello Jam Lady and Mistress Rose
That 'back' pack makes me think of the back creels of the Western Isles off Scotland - used for carrying anything - fish, seaweed, turf, potatoes, heather, etc. to ... |
Topic: Asbestos |
Rowanlady
Replies: 5
Views: 70809
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue May 30, 17 8:08 pm Subject: Asbestos |
I have an asbestos corrugated garage roof, at least 50 years old, which developed a couple of leaky spots about 15 years ago
Husband investigated, one was an enlarged bolt hole, other was a long cr ... |
Topic: Socks |
Rowanlady
Replies: 10
Views: 113296
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Mon Mar 20, 17 10:17 am Subject: Socks |
This has brought back memories of my Mum always knitting away at socks for Dad, me and sister
As Dad got into old age he found that his feet hurt - just as WW describes - his answer was to turn the ... |
Topic: Hedging, on the cheap |
Rowanlady
Replies: 19
Views: 25200
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat Nov 07, 15 4:55 pm Subject: Hedging, on the cheap |
In my woodland edge wild garden my "hedge to hide ugly fence" - is hawthorn, hazel, field rose, spindle, blackthorn, holly, dog rose, dogwood, guelder rose, honeysuckle
With an elder, rowan, crab ... |
Topic: Wossis ? |
Rowanlady
Replies: 6
Views: 12316
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Forum: The Apiary Posted: Fri Apr 17, 15 8:36 am Subject: Wossis ? |
Great to find this information - saw one in the garden on Tuesday - feeding off a primrose
The proboscis was very clear and the wings were just narrow blurred dark shimmers
Thank you - glad to ... |
Topic: Dragon NaturallySpeaking |
Rowanlady
Replies: 7
Views: 5551
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Thu Apr 24, 14 10:18 am Subject: Dragon NaturallySpeaking |
I got it about 3 years ago for Uni essays etc
Not too bad to use and did save my hands and tendons until they recovered and I could revert to mainly manual keying
The biggest problem I had was ... |
Topic: Sari. |
Rowanlady
Replies: 10
Views: 10538
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Thu Oct 11, 12 4:23 pm Subject: Sari. |
Like you I bought one with the idea of making a bed throw for the visitors' room - and could not bear to cut it up
I have Indian friends who taught me (with a great deal of giggles and laughter) to ... |
Topic: Who was it who was wanting peacocks? |
Rowanlady
Replies: 10
Views: 7426
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Mon Sep 10, 12 10:11 am Subject: Who was it who was wanting peacocks? |
There is, of course, no guarantee that the eggs will produce peacocks
As opposed to peahens
Nothing like as pretty - though relatively somewhat quieter |
Topic: What type of business card catches your eye? |
Rowanlady
Replies: 21
Views: 17266
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Forum: Small Business Questions, Ideas and Advice Posted: Tue Sep 27, 11 9:57 am Subject: What type of business card catches your eye? |
Just been to a 'festival' and have been sorting out the cards, etc that I picked up - so I went and looked at the 'keep' pile and the discards
Obviously I have discarded those of areas I'm not inte ... |
Topic: Charity bags (door-to-door collections) |
Rowanlady
Replies: 23
Views: 104076
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Sat Feb 05, 11 4:01 pm Subject: Charity bags (door-to-door collections) |
I used to get 10-12 a week - so I put up a NO JUNK MAIL OR CHARITY BAGS THANK YOU notice on the front door
Still get the odd bag now and again and the occasional bit of junk mail
Asked one woman ... |
Topic: Could I dye a stained Aran jumper? |
Rowanlady
Replies: 16
Views: 20586
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Tue Dec 21, 10 4:44 pm Subject: Could I dye a stained Aran jumper? |
If it might be organic-based grease maybe try soaking in a biological stain remover (ie Biotex) or a biological washing powder
I've rescued many a stained garment that way - it's surprising how the ... |
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