Can’t be too careful

by muddywellies July 22, 2009

Barbara Walter’s of Televisions 20/20, did a story on gender roles in Kabul, Afghanistan – several years before the present conflict. During the course of her story she noted that women still walked five paces behind their spouses.
On a recent return trip to Kabul she noted women still walking behind their husbands, despite the overthrow [...]

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Importance of your garden’s true aspect

by muddywellies July 18, 2009
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My previous gardening blog was written for those starting out in gardening. It suggested people should look more closely at what their garden can actually provide before launching out and purchasing any new plants that might not otherwise suit their conditions. Here, I’m highlighting a few points for you to consider before planting. But first, [...]

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Garden makeover results

by muddywellies July 16, 2009
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Gardening is a hugely popular pastime for many and one of the most common questions for the beginner gardener is “Where do I start?”
My first picture shows my wife Tania at the start of our own garden makeover back in July, 1999, when we faced the same question. The pictures below show the results of [...]

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Herbaceous Border Design and Build

by muddywellies July 12, 2009
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One of the biggest ‘obstacles’ for anyone new to gardening – is the patience level of the gardener! Speaking as one of the most impatient of all gardeners, I’m always ‘encouraging’ my plants to do greater things and in this post I’ll be highlighting the design and construction of one of my own mixed herbaceous [...]

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BT Phone Book – Is it worth it?

by muddywellies July 8, 2009

Time was, when the local telephone directory came in two halves, one for residential numbers and the other for commercial, each a couple of inches thick. Has it now got so thin as to be not worth having? Reckon so.
It’s great size and weight was often referred to in comic one-liners. Not any more. The [...]

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Over watering – How to avoid the biggest plant killer of pot plants

by muddywellies July 6, 2009

Over-watering is the biggest killer of all potted plants – whether they’re potted house plants or tender plants over-wintering under glass. So how come so many pot plants meet their maker so easily? Because there’s more to it than that…
The most dangerous time of the year for plants
Surprisingly, the problem of over-watering doesn’t happen during [...]

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Learning to drive – we take so much for granted

by muddywellies July 4, 2009
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How do you know your vehicle is over-revving? – If you’ve never heard an over-revving engine.
How do you know your car has stalled? – If you’ve never seen or heard a car stall?
We take so much for granted and most of the time we don’t even know it. Take my wife and learning to drive [...]

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Benefits bill higher than tax receipts

by muddywellies July 2, 2009

Two things happened back-to-back last week which together make both events memorable for me. The first was news of singer Michael Jackson’s tragic death, an event that will always be a beacon for the title of this post, which is the second item noticed on the following day.
It simply announces that all the income the [...]

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Some basic gardening tips for all those starting out

by muddywellies July 1, 2009
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Gardening is great fun and very much an all-consuming interest if you really catch the gardening-bug! So much so that many like myself have had career-changing experiences to begin doing what we enjoy the most.
But nobody ‘knows all about gardening’. Gardening is really quite different between the regions, even on this small isle which is [...]

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Late night Supermarket Shopping in Moscow

by muddywellies June 28, 2009
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The weekly supermarket food shop is a necessity in any urban environment -  we all do it.  Some, like myself, try to avoid it as often as we’re allowed to by our ‘other half’.  Typically, mine prefers to shop at her own pace, checking labels on items which are new to her without feeling under [...]

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How to clean stainless steel kitchen units

by muddywellies June 27, 2009

Here’s a very easy method to keep all your stainless steel kitchen units clean for months!
My acidic skin easily tarnishes everything I touch. Without thinking I used to leave tell-tale fingerprints wherever I went,  especially on the brass finger plates above the door handles in my parents’ Victorian home. I’d hear about it first when [...]

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How to grow bamboo – and enjoy it!

by muddywellies June 26, 2009
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An alternative title might be  – “What you should know about Bamboo before you buy”
Many gardeners do not fully appreciate what they are getting in to when they buy their first bamboo plant. There’s a lot of hype surrounding it that doesn’t prepare people sufficiently to make the right choice when choosing the Bamboo variety [...]

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