Another environmental disaster waiting to happen is deep sea mining. Most mining has been on land (and we all know how destructive that has been to the landscape / toxic by-products of refining) With promoting electric vehicles to replace carbon emitting fuels, many of the precious metals needed fo...

I'm not usually good at cracker jokes but I think I got this one - an esca-pea.

{hug} I can understand how it feels - when I lost my dog after 15 years, I remember how empty the house seemed. Not just missing the attention of her company but little things like feed and walk times were absent (surprising more than expected), or noises (breathing, snoring, moving around, squeaky ...

... the last time I played guitar must be nearly 30 years ago! My parents bought me a guitar when I was 12 but I never learned how to play for at least 5 years because there was no one to teach me (and there were no "beginners books" around back then) There was a new music teacher in high school who...

... or would that be Turkey left overs Thai? ^b: Either way, delicious! I decided to use Thai 7 spice and ready to wok noodles (that is, already cooked) with the vegetables (onion, red pepper, sweet potato, carrot, garlic, fresh ginger and chilli flakes) and the last of the turkey meat from the smal...

Okay, it's another kitchen gadget but seems they've been around for years. After a glowing report from one of my friends of how easy it was to use, I decided to get one (a Christmas present for me) The model I got is a Salter 6 Egg Boiler & Poacher which was only £14. It's quite compact, about the s...

aw, so sad. Sorry to learn about Angel. She was very good company for you when you needed it and will be missed.

I've been fortunate not to have moles in my garden (heavy clay soil perhaps too much effort for them) As for using garlic, well moles with poor eyesight rely heavily on scent to find their food so its possible they'd avoid anything strong smelling, but I'd have thought they would just go round rathe...

Sounds like an experiment for the outside petchka next year. )t' I'm always one for experimenting - whether to prove or disprove the accepted way of doing things. You won't know unless you try. And using natural waste by-products instead of fossil fuel or chopping trees down is much more sustainabl...

I have heard that (dried) manure makes good fuel for fires - horse manure in particular as they don't have an efficient gut to completely digest everything (that's why manure from horses dug into soil make a more "weedy" bed because the seeds survive digestion, but contains lots of vegetable matter ...

I hope some have survived - bad enough with the wasps without the spray as well.

Not much 'health and safety' back then. Though some of the bangers sold in boxes now are quite powerful. I had a similar conversation about the fireworks that are sold today are not like they used to be and far more dangerous. No wonder so many pet owners say their animals (including horses) are fr...

Sounds interesting. I had to google Mennonite as I'd never heard of it. There is an article of Mennonite cuisine on Wikipedia Mennonite cuisine is food that is unique to and/or commonly associated with Mennonites, a Christian denomination that came out of sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation in ...

my Yorkshire born husband liked to buy treacle toffee I'd forgotten about treacle toffee, and also Parkin (apparently another Yorkshire thing) which we had as well There were four farms surrounding us when my sons were young, and always a huge village bonfire in one of the fields. Before we went to...

Surprisingly, the honeysuckle I bought and had in a pot actually survived the drought and heatwave last year (I was unable to get outside to water potted plants, so only the strongest survived!) and is spreading wildly all over my back patio.