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Only if the bees came here on a rubber dinghy mate Rog

I tell you Ian I felt so humbled that day Rog

I found a bumble bee on my garden path when I came home from a bike ride on Monday, poor thing hardly moving so I went in the house and put a drop of honey on a tea spoon, went to where the bee was and carefully picked him/her up, offered the tea spoon with honey to the bee and wow, from the front of its head/mouth came a black tube like thing and from that out came it's tongue and it started to "drink" some honey, anyway after a few minutes it stopped drinking and after a few more minutes it stretched it's wings and started to flap them, a couple more minutes and it took off buzzing away like

I used to get all my gardening stuff from Stewarts back in the 1970's/80's, great staff who always gave me great advice, I remember all those little draws that had seeds and bulbs in them and the garden tools (although way out of my price range) were a joy to hold, just goes to show that by spending that bit more on quality tools does pay you back, I still have my long handled rake and hoe that I clean after every use and I wipe boiled linseed oil on the shafts every season end Rog

Not that I liked your post BK it's just there was no provision for sad if you know what I mean' a lot of teachers back then were ex military and they thought they could treat the pupils on similar lines, (well thats what I think) however a lot of todays teachers just seem to want to pass on some other agenda that generally has nothing to do with education (once again thats what I think) Rog

Absolutely hated my time at school, had no interest at all, Their sole purpose in life seemed to me to beat the living daylights out of me, learned more or less everything I know since leaving the dreaded place Rog

My grass was quite long and as you say Phil far too wet for cutting, however I got the petrol strimmer to work and just gave the grass a light cutting using that, looks much better now although still a bit long but at least it's all the same length so looks much better, the mower would have ripped the grass out and looked a right mess but the strimmer does a much better job on wet ground Rog

Have done that in the past Phil and it works a treat but not having any baskets this year so moss killer it is Rog

Barrie, I worked in the extractive industry (mainly gravel) nearly all my working life so I think I'll pass on your idea, thanks for the suggestion though Rog

Big problem with moss in the grass at the back of my place it's an area that never gets any sunshine on it even in summer, I have tried aerating the area using my garden fork and raking in some sharp sand, I have used my powered scarifyer and also a good going over with a lawn rake all to no avail. I don't like to use chemicals on my garden so upto now that has not been an option, however I was told about using "Iron sulphate" on the moss as this doesn't damage the grass so I bit the bullet and gave it a go, mixed some of the powder up in tepid water and poured it into my sprayer, one light sp

Nice to see the blossom out in Newark yesterday, even in the rain and Trent bridge through the mist Rog

Might be of interest Rog

Sometimes switch mine on but there's very few people on the airwaves out here just the odd trucker, the scanner gets more use these days listening to the red arrows most days doing their practice routines also get A2A and A2G from RAF Waddington, Marham, Lakenheath and Mildenhall Rog

I still have a Midland CB and a power pack and several aerials plus my scanner that can pick up military air waves Rog

and spreading throughout the whole country Rog

Regular occurrence around Boston so I'm told Barrie Rog

I tried to have a look at the dig yesterday but you can't get anywhere near it, the only place where you could see a little part of it was through the archway but the ground is absolutely covered in pigeon crap so I didn't bother, such a shame really because there are loads of people interested but unable to access it Rog

Between Castle gate and Middle gate there is a small alleyway and at the entrance off Castle gate are these unusual bricks set into the wall about twelve to fifteen inches from the ground, the story is when the alleyway was constructed 17th/18th century men would urinate against the wall to help combat this practice these angled bricks (some with fluted tops) was set into the wall therefore directing any urine from the culprit back towards his trousers and boots, I don't know whether it did stop the practice but I think we could do with something like these against some of the walls in some ci

(Waterproof skin Phil) and yes I have waterproof jacket and trousers but with only being twelve minutes bike ride from home is it worth taking waterproofs with me? Rog

Looks like Tuesday will be my best chance of a spot of fishing then Phil Rog

The river level has started to drop now so if the weather stays dry for a few days I might be able to have a couple of hours fishing next mid week, fingers crossed Rog

No Jill still got four left, might leave them for boxing day Rog

"Christmas is coming"? but I didn't think it would be this early, got these this morning from the asda Hykeham, sell by date 28 Feb 2024, aarrgg [/ur Rog

Starting next Monday evening at 18.30 (and every following Monday) on Talking pictures, Jack Hargreaves "Out of town", well worth watching if you like the old ways things were done Rog

You'll get a detention if you don't reply quick enough Jill or even made to stand in the dreaded quadrant alone Rog