I want to send cards Christmas celebrating family next door. We say hello and collect the post in a London sort of way. when you live cheek by jowl, you need to respect your neighbour's privacy. You friendly northerners just wouldn't get it. They will send us a card soon with their names. When it arrives, I will write mine.
@wild edges before recycling, i had smallish amount of glass which I wrapped in newspaper so that the binmen didn't get injured. They left it so I just chucked it in the bin.. Never a good deed goes unpunished
Our recycling system has changed again. Now they will no longer take paper in plastic bags, it must all be placed in the blue box provided. Fine for most things but could be entertaining after a load of old documents have been shredded and the wind is blowing a gale on 'bin day'.
.... i had smallish amount of glass which I wrapped in newspaper so that the binmen didn't get injured. They left it ...
B, how irritating!
I usually wrap my broken glass in newspaper, like you, and then sellotape a piece of paper to my "parcel" with the message, in capital letters, BROKEN GLASS! I place it on top of the pile, so they don't fail to notice it.
It's 5° outside and wet and windy. Even so when I popped into the garden quickly I found a vine weevil crawling up the wall of the house. I can only hope that this wet weather is forcing them from hibernation and increasing their chances of being killed. It's a slim hope but I'll cling to it.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Drowned, washed away or maybe they'll go mouldy. Everything is suffering the same way this winter. If the vine weevils don't eat everything the moulds will do the job for them. On the plus side it's been great for moss and ferns recently.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
We have to take paper and cardboard - separated - to the recycling centre.
I suspect most of the items they will no longer take for recycling will just be chucked in the bin which goes to landfill or incinerator. Our 'local' recycling centre is about a 12 mile round trip and the car needs to go through the car wash afterwards too because there is so much mud and other junk on the road in.
Something was nibbling the tatws in the garage. We get the odd mouse in there over the winter so I assumed it was one of them. Then I noticed an odd smell which I assumed was a rotting spud but I put down a trap anyway and set the trail camera to keep an eye on it. Turns out we have a rat It's wary of the trap at the moment so I've upgraded the bait and will have to play the waiting game. The worst part will be finding its nest and cleaning up though.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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They will send us a card soon with their names. When it arrives, I will write mine.
@wild edges before recycling, i had smallish amount of glass which I wrapped in newspaper so that the binmen didn't get injured. They left it so I just chucked it in the bin.. Never a good deed goes unpunished
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.