How much memorabilia from your past do you keep?

I’m a hoarder. I keep everything and then have a grand throwing-away session every now and then. I’m doing some of that this week so that I find the floor and so get on with some really important tasks (like sending out your greetings cards – thanks to the people who have ordered in the…

Further Bank Holiday gardening reflections

Here in the UK it is the Bank Holiday, which means all of a sudden all the Cartoon Blog readers who normally tune in for hastily drawn cartoons, weighty analysis on the latest Anglican goings-on and in-depth reflections on campervanning and bicycling suddenly have an urge to know what I have been doing in the…

Bank Holiday gardening reflections

Bank Holiday gardening reflections

This is a second consecutive post about gardening as it has been the Bank Holiday and I am sure that is the subject that everyone is interested in on a Bank Holiday. I mean, look at this chart! These are the copper tuppences and wuppences (singular of tuppence) placed around our pepper plants. This was…

What do you do about your slugs?

Maddie_C and I are not expert gardeners. We have planted a lot of vegetable seeds in growbags and small pots that are entirely inappropriate for the growing of vegetables. But it might just work. If so we will be laughing all the way past the supermarket vegetable aisle. One problem that this garden has is…

The catfood cupboard

The catfood cupboard

[Click on the image to see a larger version] When I go to Maddie_C’s house I have an overwhelming urge to arrange all the catfood in the cupboard in a sensible manner (Click on the image to see the cupboard in all its glory). It gives me an immense sense of wellbeing to see it…

Free parsnip images

Free parsnip images

I have been overwhelmed by the interest shown in my parsnip post. Some superb-looking recipes. Thank you. Usually (looking down my list of blog posts) I have to do something like announce I am getting married to get so many comments. With this level of interest it is clear that parsnips are a subject upon…

Parsnips

Parsnips

Parsnips are on special at the moment so I bought a family-sized bag. Any ideas about interesting things to do with them? I can’t really be bothered to roast them. On an unrelated note, I keep on thinking about Noah’s ark. Only yesterday I was explaining to JonnyB (in the comments) how the outbuilding in…

Turkey advice

It has been a little quiet here on the blog recently hasn’t it. I’ve been undertaking extensive quantities of preparational Christmas activities as plans have changed and Maddie_C and I are staying in Essex for Christmas rather than touring the motorways of southern England which had previously been our plan. Unfortunately the cat is not…

Condensation

What to do about excess condensation around the home I have nothing to say to the world today so I am going to bring up the subject of ‘Condensation’. There is a house in the south east of Essex which suffers from an excess of condensation on its single pane windows. I am wondering whether…