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Is anyone on a prescribed aspirin dose of 75mg of soluble aspirin daily? You will probably be aware ther is a shortage, prices (if you can get it) are ridiculous, compared to things like ibuprofen and paracetamol. Recently, I went to buy my usual pack of 100 tablets, and the chemist refused to...

I've just managed to get hold of some soapwort seeds today. Wrong time for planting them, but they will be going into my herb area next spring. I make a sort of soapy liquid from ivy, and also conkers, but the only conker tree in my area is on its last legs, and the owner is thinking of having...

I've had this problem during the last heatwave, despite net curtains and windows closed. Check houseplants. I moved a house plant (aloe Vera, not wet compost so not sure why they chose that) on my kitchen window sill. A cloud of fruit flies flew up .and almost choked me! I have a fly curtain on...

Got another one last night, that's 3 this week. They just keep coming. Cleared another area of the garden they seem to prefer and made another bed to grow stuff in. Just the roughest corner to go now. A friend brought me half a bag of lime to shove down any holes I might find. Not sure about how...

A silent night cooling gel body pad and pillow pad for my bed and hopefully cooler sleeping in the next heatwave.

Me too, thought it was my new phone . I have the taptalk icon to identify bcuk, but still run in chrome. Glad it's not just me.

Two days ago, the temperature was in the mid to high thirties, today it's 16° outside. A comfortable 21° in the house. We've had a little sprinkle of rain for which the garden is grateful, and it's far more bearable, but daytime 16° ? No time to acclimatise to anything. I hear we are to...

I'm picking my tayberries 3 times a day atm. My fridge is full and I've had to have a freezer clearout(found stuff in the bottom with a date of 2024! Sadly had to throw out a well forgotten pack of lorne sausage and a pack of cheese crispy pancakes) to make some room. Also found a couple of ice...

A puppy walla! You might even be able to harvest the waft from waggy tails for further cooling. Puppy power!

How is culling them to reduce grazing pressure, and eating them not talking about killing, sorry, culling them? They are already and for at least 40+ yrs that I know of, been sold for dogmeat. I used to go to the sales to rescue as many as i could. The abbotoirs trucks were there in their...

Oh bliss! I woke up not sweating like a navvy this morning. Sunny but much more bearable temperature. 23° lovely.

Just had a look at my Newstfeed, and saw a headline. How to save dartmoor ponies..eat them. Now I havnt read the article as it won't let me unless I pay, which I won't do. I think it's the telegraph. Now, so how on earth do you save a creature from being killed by killing and eating it...

I've started to learn herbal medicine. Mostly home study from books and certain yt channels. You have a good start to a a medicine cabinet there. I dry herbs, make my own teas, tincture and oils. Recently got into rose petal tea, and currently drying my own rose petals to make my own as it's...

Myself, I'm happy with a hammock in the deep woods.. but as to a punka, I tend to waft my front and back doors realy quickly to push hot air out and draw cooler air in in the late evenings. Must have a cross draught to work, so windows open on the cool side of the house. It's not perfect, but...

Well, I never said they were already here. Though there might be some RW football hooligans who'd disagree. (By the way..I hate football! Have never watched a game in my life, not even the local kids team. ) I do rather like , and am learning to play croquet tho. A very healthy, genteel and...

Sorry, I've just smacked myself and am now wearing sackclith and ashes. I havnt had my humour bypass operation yet. Seems even my sense of humour is not quite up to modern standards...but it ain't half hot! Just ask that Welsh actor chappie. It was called comedy in my youth.

Punka might be a good idea, but where on earth are we going to get all the punka wallas from?.... I don't think we have any in the UK....... we'd need millions of them. Oh wait...

Beeswax ingot, and a tin of geranium moisturising cream, and a jar of honey, from the farmers market honey man. A beautiful white echinatia plant, from the plant people. Cornish yarg cheese, somerset farm cheddar, from the cheese people. G/f burgers and some mince beef, from the beef farm...

It's so sad how they keep switching off old tech and putting everything on line. I'm old tech, and now my bedside radio 4 listening is gone. I can't listen online, but luckily I do have a dab radio. I often used to fall asleep listening to the shipping forcast. Unfortunately my dab radio is...

I've been picking my tayberries for about a week . When it cools down I shall make some tayberry jam. I'm going out twice a day to pick as they ripen very quickly and I don't intend to feed the birds too much. Much else is late, but broad beans and peas are beginning to form up nicely and the...