Victoria, I would just tell the horrid old man that the rate of TB has rocketed in recent years because of spitting. When I was a small child, circa 1952 I can remember being on the top of a bus in Hampstead (there's posh) I had just started to master reading and asking my mother what 'hawking and spitting' were as there was a sign on the bus forbidding it. I came across both when working on a building site in the Middle East and didn't eat for 3 days as I felt so sick! Eventually I got used to it.
he only comes round on a night and I haven't seen him for about a fortnight. It's the hacking and retching that alerts me, but I only hear him if I'm in my bedroom because the windows are open.
I've spied on him a few times suspecting he was spitting in my garden but can't always see because it's dark and where my car is parked.
The last time was a definite however- I could tell from the trajectory it landed in my garden. I rapped on the window and shouted and he protested:
'I'm only resting, flower!'
I checked the next morning and even though it had rained there was a clear blob of phlegm near a sea holly.
I lay in wait the next night but he didn't turn up
Star gaze lily,one type of recycled beer is beer that has passed through a human before being applied to whatever - compost heap being a good destination!
It may also be obtained from a generous landlord in a pub.
I have an enemy but not sure who is responsible for this from air warfare
I went down the veggie patch last week and thought whats happened white mould all over the veggie patch; that i had just seeded with root veg the week before.
On closer inspection this was a thick covering of dandelion seeds these continued to land like a snow blanket for three days the air was thick like snow every afternoon.
Now my root veg are coming up thick with baby dandy lions , not sure if i shouldnt dig up the bed and start again. I would love to get my hands on the person who has this many dandelions in their garden that have now seeded all over my veg patch.
nin, whatever wind born seed is landing by your veg; just rub your hand over the soil as the seedlings achieve a height of 2 or 3 mm. That pulls them out by the root and at that small size they will have no resources to survive.
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You forgot to mention snow Bill, that has to be a huge enemy after your Rose losses?
Victoria, I would just tell the horrid old man that the rate of TB has rocketed in recent years because of spitting. When I was a small child, circa 1952 I can remember being on the top of a bus in Hampstead (there's posh
) I had just started to master reading and asking my mother what 'hawking and spitting' were as there was a sign on the bus forbidding it. I came across both when working on a building site in the Middle East and didn't eat for 3 days as I felt so sick!
Eventually I got used to it.
Orchid Lady it wasn't the snow it was the ice from the ice storm.,the snow protects the plants.
Bill
Hi Artjak,
he only comes round on a night and I haven't seen him for about a fortnight. It's the hacking and retching that alerts me, but I only hear him if I'm in my bedroom because the windows are open.
I've spied on him a few times suspecting he was spitting in my garden but can't always see because it's dark and where my car is parked.
The last time was a definite however- I could tell from the trajectory it landed in my garden. I rapped on the window and shouted and he protested:
'I'm only resting, flower!'
I checked the next morning and even though it had rained there was a clear blob of phlegm near a sea holly.
I lay in wait the next night but he didn't turn up
Sorry Bill, I'm a muppet!
Ice storm is your enemy then and note to self to pay more attention 
Star gaze lily,one type of recycled beer is beer that has passed through a human before being applied to whatever - compost heap being a good destination!
It may also be obtained from a generous landlord in a pub.
Recycled water and tea is just as good...especially for the compost heap!
I have an enemy but not sure who is responsible for this from air warfare
I went down the veggie patch last week and thought whats happened white mould all over the veggie patch; that i had just seeded with root veg the week before.
On closer inspection this was a thick covering of dandelion seeds these continued to land like a snow blanket for three days the air was thick like snow every afternoon.
Now my root veg are coming up thick with baby dandy lions , not sure if i shouldnt dig up the bed and start again. I would love to get my hands on the person who has this many dandelions in their garden that have now seeded all over my veg patch.
nin, whatever wind born seed is landing by your veg; just rub your hand over the soil as the seedlings achieve a height of 2 or 3 mm. That pulls them out by the root and at that small size they will have no resources to survive.
Outdoor girl have you ever tried rabbit stew?
Bill