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Growing my own veg

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I’ve always fancied growing my own fruit and veg, and here in the South of England we get enough good weather to make this possible. Quite a lot of seeds need to be planted in February/March time and what normally happens is that it gets to May, gets sunny, and …

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5 February 2010  5 comments

IOSH urges businesses and communities to do the right thing by clearing snow and ice

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Last week I asked Why were our pavements not gritted? and it was suggested in the comments that there was a possibility of getting sued if you did this and someone fell over on the part you had ‘cleared’. This viewpoint was also supported by news items in the Telegraph …

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13 January 2010  1 comment

Why were our pavements not gritted?

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The UK seemed to be obsessed with grit for the past week, it’s diminishing supplies, and how the roads would get gritted, but there was no mention of grit for pavements, which I believe proved to be even more treacherous for many people, so shouldn’t our pavements be getting gritted …

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11 January 2010  7 comments

Snow in Ramsgate

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Yesterday there were reports of snow everywhere in the UK apart from Thanet it seemed. The day was sunny, the snow and ice from the previous days were starting to thaw and it all seemed to have passed us by until around 6:30pm when it started chucking it down and …

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7 January 2010  1 comment

I welcome the chaos of snow

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A lot of people have been moaning about the snow and the impact it has made on our lives but I for one actually welcome the uncertainty of it. We think we have everything sorted, so clean, processed, refined, and that we are in control of everything but the fact …

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4 January 2010  2 comments

Fruit Update

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I bought an aubergine plant the other day, and I’ve also been harvesting my tomatoes and chillis, so all in all my fruit escapades are going well. Oh, and I’ve also got the grapevines too although they are more of a long term project.
Check out the slideshow below and keep …

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15 September 2009  3 comments

Grapevines from Ramsgate Market

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Dwarf Firs from the market
I had some business to do down town this morning and whilst down there I had a gander at the plant stall usually located at the centre of town on a Friday for the market. I’ve picked up some great bargains there, notably my dwarf conifers …

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31 July 2009  2 comments
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