This is my home made cloche. I made it out of free wood from work, and some plastic from the big roll I have. My friend gave me some free nails. I made it to fit over the four plastic storage boxes, which have carrot and beetroot seeds sown. They are raised off the ground on offcuts from wooden pall...

That would be interesting to see them at a doll fair, WendyM thanks for that info. Your dolls are much more lifelike than the waxworks at Madame Tusaud (can't spell that), you could have your own mini exhibition. Life without tele is fine, Mellonia, just too much to do. On the computer quite a lot. ...

Hi WendyM, Your dolls are beautiful and perfect in every way, and your web site is great. You must have a lot of patience to do such intricate work, your passion certainly comes out in your writings. I can see why people would enjoy collecting them. Mellonia, I too saw the programme a few months bac...

I try to be tidy, Richard. I have been experimenting today, you know the large square bottles of water you get, (I don't buy them any more, gone back to tap water), if you lay them on the side, and cut all around the now 'top', about a third down but leaving it attached at one end to form a hinged l...

Wooden shelves that I salvaged free from work. I covered it in heavy plastic, (I got a massive roll from a car boot sale for £3.50) The plastic blue trays I got out of the rubbish bin at the back of the fast food takeaway. They just hold 20 plastic drinks cups from the coffee machine at work. Cut ...

Glad you like it here, Dawn, there are lots of friendly people who can answer all your chicken questions.

Enjoy the site

Ilona

What a great post, Mellonia. You don't let your lack of wheels hold you back in any way, some very good ideas there. Choosing a job to suit your location, and finding leisure activities close by. All that healthy excercise you and your family are getting will pay dividends in the long term, for you ...

Good luck with your rat catching, but there is always someboby worse off than ourselves. This was on the radio today

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/f ... 307117.stm

Food for thought?

Ilona

I would like to have a pamper day at one of those expensive health farms, but as I am a bit mean I can only afford to go to our local college and get a full body massage from one of the students, for £5.00. It's very nice
Ilona

Oh dear, I'm going to have to run a bit faster to catch you up Morph, My seedlings are rather spindly, due to the lack of central heating. Broccolli, onions, and cauli are fine but the tomatoes have yet to make an appearance. Monty Don says put hot water bottles underneath the trays to give them a b...

I think you are all very kind and wonderful people. I couldn't do it.

Ilona

Hi Anna,
The latest episode from Sue Woodcock, if you are interested.

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country- ... 3857357.jp

Ilona

That looks lovely, Anna, bet you could sell that for a fair few bob, a cottage industry maybe?
Ilona

Thank you Anna, I must have missed the previous posts. I am going to stop snooping in bins, it only winds me up, and at my age, I have got to look after the old ticker. I might write to the local paper though, they usually print anything controversial, and there is an ongoing feud between them and t...

Can I please release some of my frustration here, I know you will understand. I am an old nosey parker who looks in other peoples bins and recycle boxes, well they are all on the kerbside on a mondays here. I have seen the brand new BT phone directory dumped still in it's wrapper in the general wast...