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  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Gardens generally don't survive the gardener, sadly  :( Garden for yourself and not for posterity

    Very true.  We bought our current house because of the size of the garden, not the design.  It has been remodelled a couple of times since we moved in and if we moved I'm sure new owners would have their own ideas too.
  • NorthernJoeNorthernJoe Posts: 660
    How did you attract a sparrowhawk? I've got a wood pigeon that hangs around a lot.  Every time it appears all the other birds from various finches, blackbirds and lots of other small birds disappear. I only want it to hang around until the deed is done of course! 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    No idea how we attract the sparrow hawk ... maybe it’s the presence of a plump Dove 🕊 

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





  • NorthernJoeNorthernJoe Posts: 660
    Got one of those but no sparrowhawk. Maybe one will come along soon. It's a truly plump dove so a nice meal for some hawk that passes through.
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    Just got the car back from MOT and service.  We barely did 2K miles last year . It's all the little bits that add up like wiper blades, air con re-gas etc. Things that deteriorate just with the car sitting on the drive .  Hey Ho I will be passing the begging bowl round later. 
    AB Still learning

  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    If I take the car in for a service I make a point to fill the washer fluid to the brim. They always charge for topping up the fluid so you know they're taking the p**s with other bits that were probably fine as well.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited April 2021
    What a bunch of sneaky  sainsbury's bar  stewards!
    Thought I'd  treat myself  to a muffin.  Red traffic lights  throughout  but it was a treat and the percentages  didn't  look that bad.
    As I was throwing  the packaging away,  I  noted that the nutritional  data was for half a muffin  
    Who the @#@$%^&^#=5 east  half a muffin????
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I have to remind OH every time but I always make him empty out any rubbish, make sure the interior is tidy and the outside has been washed and that all light bulbs work and fluids have been topped up from oil to windscreen washer.   MOTs are done by government testing centre garages, not commercial service garages.

    What did they get us for?  New tyres and the horn.   New tyres, fair enough but the horn works fine except when you bash the bit that says " horn ".   Bash either side of that and it's fine so he put stickers on the wheel to say "klaxon".  Passed.  Good job too as, apparently, the horn dooberry can only be replaced by an official OPEL dealer which would have been expensive.
    Vendée - 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
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    B3 said:
    Who the @#@$%^&^#=5 east  half a muffin????
    Toddlers. The other half gets spread in a 10' radius around them. Ungrateful little gits. 

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I remember trying to feed Calpol to mine. How can you measure what's gone in and what's all over their clothes ? If you try again, will you poison them with an overdose? The terrors of a first child. 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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