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by Spreckly
18 Apr 2023, 10:38
Forum: Grow your Own Diaries
Topic: How does your garden grow?
Replies: 336
Views: 5354067

Re: How does your garden grow?

Not really, Trev. I can take my time, and have no livestock to look after, except my little dog. My sons cut the lawns, which are really beyond my strength. I just tick over. This morning I have first coated one half of the framework for the underneath of the coal bunker lid, and made a dreadful mes...
by Spreckly
18 Apr 2023, 10:33
Forum: Frugality and Self-Reliance
Topic: Goats
Replies: 29
Views: 23511

Re: Goats

I was totally unaware that goat meat was eaten, so I have learned something new.
by Spreckly
18 Apr 2023, 10:31
Forum: Handicrafts and other Hobbies
Topic: The Bumbling Keeper of Bees
Replies: 29
Views: 46185

Re: The Bumbling Keeper of Bees

yike* Sorry to read about your diagnosis, Manda. I have type two. Hope you manage your levels, but it is sickening when you crave something and shouldn't have it.
by Spreckly
17 Apr 2023, 15:57
Forum: Grow your Own Diaries
Topic: How does your garden grow?
Replies: 336
Views: 5354067

Re: How does your garden grow?

I decided not to plant any potatoes, but sowed runner beans a month or so since, which have come to nothing, so I have ordered some dwarf french runners which should arrive this week, plus a packet of lettuce seeds. At long last, my seedling are showing very small signs of life. I have had them unde...
by Spreckly
17 Apr 2023, 15:42
Forum: Frugality and Self-Reliance
Topic: Goats
Replies: 29
Views: 23511

Re: Goats

No knowledge of goats, except that I do not like the taste of the milk. Hope you get what you want, Trev. Do the Bulgars eat goat meat, then?
by Spreckly
14 Apr 2023, 16:46
Forum: Fun and Word Games
Topic: Where might you see?
Replies: 19
Views: 15768

Re: Where might you see?

I am better at crosswords than puzzles Mo. Still haven't a clue.
by Spreckly
09 Apr 2023, 13:20
Forum: DIY & Recycling Projects
Topic: Another paint problem
Replies: 6
Views: 8686

Re: Another paint problem

My paint brushes are not in thinners, they have been busy over several weeks, and need a rest.
by Spreckly
09 Apr 2023, 13:10
Forum: Handicrafts and other Hobbies
Topic: Anyone write poetry?
Replies: 82
Views: 52792

Re: Anyone write poetry?

I thought we had a new blogger when I saw Silky's name, but quickly realised it was a very old post.

When each of my dogs died, I wrote poetry, the grief seemed to open up my creativity.
by Spreckly
09 Apr 2023, 13:03
Forum: Handicrafts and other Hobbies
Topic: Genealogy (UK)
Replies: 14
Views: 7470

Re: Genealogy (UK)

Ted and I did our family trees after he suddenly realised that he did not know his paternal grandmother's name. She died when his Dad was young. We spent literally hours trawling websites, eventually using Ancestry co.uk. I also used Genes Reunited. Both were incredibly useful. Apart from my birth f...
by Spreckly
06 Apr 2023, 21:16
Forum: Fun and Word Games
Topic: Where might you see?
Replies: 19
Views: 15768

Re: Where might you see?

Are you going to put us out of misery, please, Mo?
by Spreckly
30 Mar 2023, 15:08
Forum: DIY & Recycling Projects
Topic: Another paint problem
Replies: 6
Views: 8686

Re: Another paint problem

I think I have finally got the right shade for my touch up areas. )t'
by Spreckly
29 Mar 2023, 16:51
Forum: DIY & Recycling Projects
Topic: Another paint problem
Replies: 6
Views: 8686

Re: Another paint problem

Third lot of paint has arrived, and I have mixed it with the magnolia and cream. Not quite right yet, will add some white tomorrow.
by Spreckly
28 Mar 2023, 15:58
Forum: DIY & Recycling Projects
Topic: Another paint problem
Replies: 6
Views: 8686

Re: Another paint problem

Thanks, Mo. Well, I ordered some yellow paint, which I hope to mix with the so called cream, to get somewhere near the required shade. Unlike the first two tins, it is taking several days to arrive, but should be here tomorrow.
by Spreckly
23 Mar 2023, 15:48
Forum: DIY & Recycling Projects
Topic: Another paint problem
Replies: 6
Views: 8686

Another paint problem

I am now touching up interior woodwork in my kitchen. Finding a small amount of cream gloss paint has been more than difficult. The hardware shop had one litre tins, but would not sell me a small amount of cream. They mix paint themselves. I bought a 250ml tin of magnolia, hoping it might blend in, ...
by Spreckly
20 Mar 2023, 18:30
Forum: Fun and Word Games
Topic: Where might you see?
Replies: 19
Views: 15768

Re: Where might you see?

What a teaser, Mo, no idea at all!