After the attack of the fungus gnats, I only had one surviving courgette plant which I though would be enough. But it has produced only four nice, normal courgettes and then completely stopped. There is no growing point at all and it has been completely inert like this for a few weeks. The leaves are now starting to die off; I've never seen anything like it before!

   

Do we have any kitchen cabinets listeners? ( radio 4 )
On there last show they sliced a cucumber sprinkled sparingly with caster sugar and it tastes like melon.
We’ve just tried it. It really does taste like melon! We’ve just eaten a whole cucumber     . 

The science bit is they are both made up of the same chemicals/ compounds whatever it’s called. The only difference is melon has sugar in it. 

Try it. It’s really good and messes with your head a little bit.

Shamelessly stolen from FB.

If you won a lifetime supply of the last thing you bought, what are you stuck with?

Would you be surprised if mine was Seeds?

You have probably heard me rambling on about my front steps project where I took out the old steps and completely re-modelled the entrance with steps leading off to the side instead of the front. All done with scrounged bricks (took me ages to clean them), Well that part was completed a few weeks back but was a bit of a deathtrap without railings. i always intended to make the railing in the same guise as my gate and fence and finally finished them. After a coat of paint they don't look three bad so I was chuffed that project is just about complete.

I also scrounged a big lump of wood from a tree that some one was keen to get rid of. This I planned on turning into an anvil stand and yesterday my youngest son gave me a hand to construct my 'Garden Folly' Maybe not to everyone's taste but its at the top of the garden, unseen from the French doors and patio and with plenty of room around it so I can shape metal to my hearts content!

Here's  a few piccies.

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Just chopped down some outdoor tomatoes as the blight had got to them.  Sometimes I wonder why I bother! 

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone has a recipe that uses cherries for a special birthday-type treat. I don't bake with them much, but they're my husband's favorite.

Thanks!

Our new lawn had its first hair cut today. Jay got the new lawn mower out after a week of intermittent rain which stopped play with my new toy. 
I had no idea how much grass a large lawn like this produces! I bought the biggest thermoking composter as soon as we got here, so plenty of space, right? Right?
Wrong.
One cut and the TK is three quarters full!

I got busy taking it back out, layering it with cardboard in a dalek, and had soon filled one and a half of them, and still a third full in the TK! And the grass was already slightly warmer than body temperature in the ZTK after just four hours. Very impressed.

Chances are that I'll need another TK, what do you think? LOL

I really like the look of this book / file . Don’t really know what you’d call it. 
https://www.seehow.co.uk/

Unfortunately I don’t like the price.

Does anyone know of any things similar or a book that has the same sort of layout.
I really like how it shows the whole plant lifecycle through the year.

Some one gave me some gladioli bulbs, or so I thought. 
Are these those things you don’t like veggie? Can’t remember the name.
I was getting really excited as they were starting to open, never growing gladioli before so I didn’t realise until the flowers opened that they weren’t.

         

I did notice today 3 that look a little more promising. What do you think?

   

Before consigning it to the compost heap, I thought I would consult people here.

Chopping up sweet potatoes for tea tonight, one has a 1" sprout at one end. I've chopped it off with a chunk of flesh but doubtful it will survive for the next 7 months before it coud be potted up.

I could put it in a bag with compost, put in fridge and hope for best.
or I could pot up and see if it roots then keep on windowsill if it does. or?