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Curmudgeons' Corner 6 - Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we diet šŸµ

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  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Lizzie27 said:
    OH has a cold.Ā  Need I say more...….

    That's why we men will simply shrug of the Corona Virus.Ā  It obviously can't be anything like as bad a Man Flu. :D
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    WatchedĀ  5 minutes of Garden Rescue before I turned off in disgustĀ 
    Bone dry large acer plonked in a bone dry hole. I supposeĀ  a bit of water and mud might have messedĀ  up the very white looking hard landscaping.
    These programmes make people think they can do up their garden or their house in a couple of days, whatever the problem. Tell that to the people whose homes have been devastatedĀ  by floods.
    They never really go back. Do they?
    Now that would be some genuine  public service broadcasting😔
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    edited February 2020
    The times l have watched Garden Rescue and winced at the way things are planted. I said to OH that l would love for them to go back and see what the gardens looked like now.
    How many people waved off Charlie Dimmock, the Rich Brothers and co, and thought that was it.Ā  Were they left with instructions on how to care for it all ?
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    I've long thought that Garden Rescue is just a horticultural version of Changing Rooms, but with Laurence hyphen.
  • I don’t watch any of those programmes now ... haven’t done for a few years ... they’re not about gardening ... it’s more like set design or window dressing. Grrrr!

    Im fond of Charlie tho’ ... she’s had a tough time ... I wish she could find a programme to suit her undoubted talents.Ā 

    Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Do you remember the one where ll-b spray painted the hessianĀ  back of an old rug that he found in the garage? That one didn't go down well either!
    Now they just paint everything beige so that people can live in a beige house in case they want to sell it sometime.Ā 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • I resuscitate any stale cake, scones, buns or bread by crumbing them, adding plenty ofĀ  dried fruit, apricots etc, sugar taste, beaten eggs with milk/single cream, plenty of cinnamon, nutmeg or spice of choice, grated orange or lemon rind, what ever you have to hand and a couple of tablespoons of rib sticking suet or butter. Leave to soak overnight, sprinkle the top with crunchy nuts or demerra sugar and bake in a medium oven. Serve with luscious Clotted Cornish cream.
    It probably originated as a way impoverished mothers used up stale leftovers instead of throwing them away. Like the permanent stock pot on the fire. Yum.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Stale cake and scones, what’s thatšŸ˜€šŸ˜€šŸ˜€
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Ā 

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Doesn't happen here either @Lyn - either eaten or frozen for another time or purpose.
    VendƩe - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    It’s a bit like left over wine!Ā 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Ā 

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