Well. Conan Doyle was a doctor in real life. FACT! I know nothing about the Devil’s Foot-Root except via Sherlock :o) Is there a plant substance called Radix pedis diaboli that produces deadly smoke when burned, as described in a Sherlock Homes story, …

Horse boxes and significant others! I went out at 7am today to put petrol in my little car. Why does NOTHING go smoothly? The station was FULL of vehicles. And the one in front of me was one of the biggest Horse Boxes I’ve ever seen. I’m sat, sitting there waiting for the driver to […]

The English translation of this MS was done by Eileen Power and is called The Goodman of Paris. I’ve collected OLD herbals, gardening books, medical treatise’s, cook books for Decades. Y’all can go back to stuff written (allegedly) by the Ancient Greeks and Romans and still find the same advice. The same story. The same […]

Our ducks are sulking, methinks. They are fascinating to watch. As you can see from the pic above, she is sleeping now and the two boys are guarding her. They Always let her eat first. When she has finished eating and walks away, they follow. P.S. It’s stopped raining. Woohooo :o)

I’ve learned, through experience, to keep a garden diary each year. It helps me in so many ways. It fulfils my growing OCD tendencies. All instructions are in one place. I can look back and see exactly when and where I sowed certain seeds. Like the climbing nasturtium were sown in plugs on the 23rd […]

When you’ve had two days of constant pouring rain :o) We have three wild Mallard Ducks that come back to us every year. Two males and a female. They waddle up to the kitchen window and shout at me. Daily. I’ve just been watching them in the rain, messing about and then just lying down […]

The first year that we moved here I planted Solomon’s Seal at the front of the house and then later – after we dug out the pond, I planted them around there. This morning, my traveller-in-crime and I took her two crazy, mad Basset Hounds all around the garden to empty themselves before the 5 […]

Me & DB got to talking about Tanks ! I asked him if he had knew about the Little Willie tank. Yes. Do you know where it was made? No. One thumb up for GB :o)

In the UK the east wind is also named “The Wind from the Urals.” Cold AS….. ? Miss Me? Miss Me?

DB’s mother lives a short drive away from here, in Cornwall. Geodesic Domes out the WAZZZZZZOOOOOO :o)

Welcome to the ThunderDome? Did I get all mixed up again. Whatever :o)