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Fleur @Fleura (32435) • United Kingdom 21 Aug

It’s that time of year when, after waiting eagerly for some fresh home-grown produce, we get overwhelmed, in this case with climbing beans and courgettes (zucchini). Last week was even worse because Little One and I were away (and...

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Fleur They're her favourites, she chooses to make these in preference to 'normal' chocolate chip cookies.

25 Aug

Fleur @Fleura (32435) • United Kingdom 15 May 24

I wrote a couple of months ago about how I found two nice mirrors in the rubble skip at the recycling centre when I went to get rid of some rocks. I am so sick of looking at this pile of rocks (from when we dug out our pond four...

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Fleur Absolutely! Last time I went there I saw that someone had thrown out their unicorn collection - I wrote about them at the start of the month. I wonder what else I'm missing?

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Fleur @Fleura (32435) • United Kingdom 5 Oct 21

This may not sound particularly startling - but I haven’t had to buy any soap for more than ten years! My mother died in 2011, and left a lot of stuff. One was a stockpile of cleaning products - she liked to make sure she had...

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Fleur If you were given something horrible that you would never use, I ca see why you would throw it out, but surely everyone uses soap don't they?

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Fleur @Fleura (32435) • United Kingdom 7 Feb 18

Plastic waste and litter has been a problem as long as I can remember, and although ‘Knowledge is power’ in this case knowing about the problem doesn’t seem to have helped, in fact it has been getting steadily worse for...

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Fleur I don't know about 'pretend' crises. Just try telling that to people who are affected by weather extremes, wildfires, earthquakes etc.

25 Aug

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Fleur @Fleura (32435) • United Kingdom 10 Oct 15

A few days ago a tax on single-use plastic bags (the very flimsy type that are barely strong enough to carry your shopping home even once) was introduced in England; a similar scheme has already been in operation in Wales for...

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Fleur @porwest It's sad that the man who invented plastic carrier bags thought he was producing a great thing that would help the environment because it would reduce the need to cut down trees to make paper bags. They could be folded up so small and were light to...

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Fleur @Fleura (32435) • United Kingdom 16 Nov 16

Today I spent my whole morning on a tour of our local recycling and energy-from-waste facility. A few weeks ago I spent another morning at a composting and food waste anaerobic digestion facility. I am now an expert in what...

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Fleur It's a bit like that here too. There have been some investigations which have found UK waste has been sold to other countries for recycling - but then it doesn't happen, or it just gets burned.

25 Aug

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Fleur @Fleura (32435) • United Kingdom 10 Oct 15

A few days ago a tax on single-use plastic bags (the very flimsy type that are barely strong enough to carry your shopping home even once) was introduced in England; a similar scheme has already been in operation in Wales for...

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Fleur It has definitely made a difference to the plastic waste all over the place, there are far fewer torn bits of flimsy bags hanging in trees etc these days (can hardly believe I wrote this post 10 years ago!) The odd thing is that although at first people...

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Fleur @Fleura (32435) • United Kingdom 10 Oct 15

A few days ago a tax on single-use plastic bags (the very flimsy type that are barely strong enough to carry your shopping home even once) was introduced in England; a similar scheme has already been in operation in Wales for...

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Fleur @porwest At supermarkets here they ask if you need bags, and they ask if you need help bagging your shopping. Not many people do. I always want to do it myself of course, so I can put heavy stuff at the bottom, cold things together and that sort of thing, not...

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (361806) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Aug

Perenjori is about 340 kilometres north-east of Perth. It’s a small town and the centre of a farming community. In 2018, the local supermarket closed down, then the building was reduced to rubble by a cyclone. The local Shire...

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Fleur Wow a 100 km round trip is a long way. Imagine if you forgot something important and had to go back again!

22 Aug

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Gary Marsh @garymarsh6 (23823) • United Kingdom 22 Aug

This time of the year there is usually an abundance of Apples as we come to the end of summer. Apple pies were invented in England in the 14th Century & various European countries had their own variations of Apple pies. In France...

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Fleur @Juliaacv We often make crab apple jelly, it's a traditional favourite.

22 Aug

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Gary Marsh @garymarsh6 (23823) • United Kingdom 22 Aug

This time of the year there is usually an abundance of Apples as we come to the end of summer. Apple pies were invented in England in the 14th Century & various European countries had their own variations of Apple pies. In France...

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Fleur My mother used to make the best apple pie! I haven't managed to achieve the same yet. I always laugh at the American saying 'As American as apple pie'. That's not American at all then.

22 Aug

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Fleur @Fleura (32435) • United Kingdom 21 Aug

It’s that time of year when, after waiting eagerly for some fresh home-grown produce, we get overwhelmed, in this case with climbing beans and courgettes (zucchini). Last week was even worse because Little One and I were away (and...

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Fleur There are many bags in there already.

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Fleur @Fleura (32435) • United Kingdom 22 Aug

A while ago I was at a supermarket with a friend. I noticed one of these machines and I remarked ‘Who would use one of those? You put your money in and you get less back!’ To which he replied that he used them. Oops! So would you...

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Fleur @Fleura (32435) • United Kingdom 21 Aug

It’s that time of year when, after waiting eagerly for some fresh home-grown produce, we get overwhelmed, in this case with climbing beans and courgettes (zucchini). Last week was even worse because Little One and I were away (and...

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Fleur This is why preserving in all its forms was so important in the 'old days' - and I'm still doing it. Just picked all our damsons yesterday and made jam.

22 Aug

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Fleur @Fleura (32435) • United Kingdom 21 Aug

It’s that time of year when, after waiting eagerly for some fresh home-grown produce, we get overwhelmed, in this case with climbing beans and courgettes (zucchini). Last week was even worse because Little One and I were away (and...

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Fleur That's true, and I shouldn't complain when we actually have something to harvest even after all the problems of drought, slugs, bugs, deer etc!

22 Aug

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Fleur @Fleura (32435) • United Kingdom 21 Aug

It’s that time of year when, after waiting eagerly for some fresh home-grown produce, we get overwhelmed, in this case with climbing beans and courgettes (zucchini). Last week was even worse because Little One and I were away (and...

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Fleur There isn't really enough for that.

22 Aug

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Fleur @Fleura (32435) • United Kingdom 21 Aug

It’s that time of year when, after waiting eagerly for some fresh home-grown produce, we get overwhelmed, in this case with climbing beans and courgettes (zucchini). Last week was even worse because Little One and I were away (and...

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Fleur Yesterday I made a 'Spanish omelette' but with beans instead of peppers; it was nice.

22 Aug

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Always smiling @allknowing (152441) • India 20 Aug

My friend had bought me 3 avocados. I planted the seeds and two have now grown into trees. It is over three years and I hope I will soon start gettng avocados The problem is I do not like avocados but I will have to acquire a...

avocado trees

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Fleur @allknowing Spread a little bit of chilli sauce or something spicy on the toast, then the ripe avocado, and top with a fried egg, it's good!

22 Aug

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RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (88403) • Daytona Beach, Florida 21 Aug

You might remember a song by Ricky Martin, “Livin’ La Vida Loca.”It was released in 1999 and is on this singer's self-titled debut album in the English language. The translation is that it means living the crazy life and has...

living like crazy

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Fleur I hope plenty of work comes your way! I had almost forgotten that song but of course as soon as I hear it it all comes back.

21 Aug

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