aw, so sad. Sorry to learn about Angel. She was very good company for you when you needed it and will be missed.

I've been fortunate not to have moles in my garden (heavy clay soil perhaps too much effort for them) As for using garlic, well moles with poor eyesight rely heavily on scent to find their food so its possible they'd avoid anything strong smelling, but I'd have thought they would just go round rathe...

Sounds like an experiment for the outside petchka next year. )t' I'm always one for experimenting - whether to prove or disprove the accepted way of doing things. You won't know unless you try. And using natural waste by-products instead of fossil fuel or chopping trees down is much more sustainabl...

I have heard that (dried) manure makes good fuel for fires - horse manure in particular as they don't have an efficient gut to completely digest everything (that's why manure from horses dug into soil make a more "weedy" bed because the seeds survive digestion, but contains lots of vegetable matter ...

I hope some have survived - bad enough with the wasps without the spray as well.

Not much 'health and safety' back then. Though some of the bangers sold in boxes now are quite powerful. I had a similar conversation about the fireworks that are sold today are not like they used to be and far more dangerous. No wonder so many pet owners say their animals (including horses) are fr...

Sounds interesting. I had to google Mennonite as I'd never heard of it. There is an article of Mennonite cuisine on Wikipedia Mennonite cuisine is food that is unique to and/or commonly associated with Mennonites, a Christian denomination that came out of sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation in ...

my Yorkshire born husband liked to buy treacle toffee I'd forgotten about treacle toffee, and also Parkin (apparently another Yorkshire thing) which we had as well There were four farms surrounding us when my sons were young, and always a huge village bonfire in one of the fields. Before we went to...

Surprisingly, the honeysuckle I bought and had in a pot actually survived the drought and heatwave last year (I was unable to get outside to water potted plants, so only the strongest survived!) and is spreading wildly all over my back patio.

To be honest, I don't really do anything special on these nights although when I went through a Wicca period many years ago (more out of curiosity and fun than serious), celebrating Halloween wasn't so much about ghosts and ghouls although clearly it was "All Hallows Eve when the veil between the li...

One of the our barn cats returned today with a small adder in its mouth which it then decided to deposit next to one of our dogs and they both started playing with it! we had a similar experience when living in South Africa - in this case we were all sat on the veranda enjoying the cool evening bre...

Spreckly wrote: ↑ 12 Oct 2023, 17:30 Today the friend in the village\ who has taken on Ted`s veggie patch for herself, came round with cardboard, and with the boxes I had, we have almost covered the veggie plot

hope the cardboard is well weighted down .... they can be quite mobile in windy conditions

{hug} hopefully in time that she'll learn to trust you will keep her fed regularly but sadly as Manda said, it will be a difficult habit to break. Although totally not related to the goat topic at all (and dogs in particular are genetically predisposed to feed like this) but I used to have both a ca...

I noticed a slight typing error which suggests that Ashwagandha "can cause pregnant women" ... hmmm, not what I meant at all so a little addendum as it is not possible to edit the original quote (see below) The sentence should read "it is not suitable for everyone and pregnant women should avoid tak...

With winter approaching, people tend to spend more time indoors which increases the likelihood of picking up coughs, colds and flu. Home remedies such as using lemon in hot water with honey springs to mind. And I'm sure we are all aware of drinking peppermint tea to settle an upset tummy, or adding ...