Recent content by dnarcher

Arrived safe and sound, thanks. Darren

I'll take it please. Send paypal details, Thanks, Darren

I'll take it, send paypal details please. Thanks, Darren

Try naniwa stones, I'd go for 800 grit as a starter. I have lots of sharpening stuff, and that's what i use the most.

Excuse me, but I believe they are my newly planted apple trees you are snacking on...

I loved my russian gorka jacket, now worn through to holes, over a fleece. Windproof, reasonably water resistant ( though I scotchguarded it), very breathable, quite tough. It was very cheap, though I suspect they may have become more difficult to obtain over the last 5 years.

I find great comfort in a 5ft thumbstick when I'm walking the dog. Reasonably frequently it prevents trips and falls. I promise I'm sober. Whilst my lekis have done good service in more adventurous terrains, the thumbstick accompanies me every day.

You cannot have too many bags, merely appropriate bags for circumstances you don't know about yet...

I just think we should do what good deeds we can as we pass through. Like the seedlings we plant, some will wither, but others will florish into mighty glades, and we will never know the difference. But the more good, tge better the chances.

10 Charlotte potatoes, seeds for parsnips, carrots, beans, peas, snap peas, rainbow chard, perpetual spinach, pumpkins,squash and radishes. Salad mix and nasturtiums (leaves great for salads). Amaranth and 120 perenial plants from plugs doing well. 43 rasberries, 30 strawberries in planters, 10...

Keep learning new skills, keep practicing and applying. Gardening is becoming much more important as retirement beckons. Dancing and lessons beckon when I have the time. Vary your cooking repertoire. Reinforcement by practice of important knowledge and skills is useful. Forge new neuronal...

Somewhere cool, like a garage? Metal office cabinets might be good value?

Three tine forks are called canterbury fork I think.

Hence the regular horse poo collection, and the need for the serious digging hoe . At least, near Manchester I don't have to worry about water. I swear, this afternoon the local zoo went past in pairs, looking for a bloke building a big boat. Forty days and forty nights? Eee, that were luxury...

On the edge of productive coal measures and oxford clay. Could be the remains of a couple of centuries old slag heap.