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Determined Turtle

A small turtle emerged from the lake and clambered over the mossy roots of a huge redwood tree, when he reached the base of the tree he began to climb the trunk, inching his way slowly but surely to...

Tilly2

Goldcrest

Yesterday, there was, what I think was a goldcrest , eating on the fat ball holder. The bluetits came and drove it away. It was noticeably smaller than the bluetits but it didn't have a yellow stripe...

fatgaz

Mystery Plant

hi peeps, could anyone advise me on the best way to identify a plant that i have growing in my garden, we only moved into the property last sept and back then we joked that the leaves looked very...

joeluke

Bowies New Single........

.........dire http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2013/jan/08/david-bowie-where-are-we-now-video...

flipnflap

Don't Call Me Buddy!

Don't you just cringe when some people call you things like Buddy and Matey? I know they're terms of endearment and there are plenty of worse things to be called, but oooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh...

keenonhist

Plastic Green House Roof.

Our green house roof has a plastic roof.It has now got it self a green roof of algae.How do I get rid of it,the algae that is not the roof! I thought of hot water with a cap full of bleach.But will...

RATTER15

Poor Squirrel But What An Amazing Recovery!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa3lgb_5Aio...

marval

Irish Logic

'Wake up,' said Murphy. 'The baby's crying. It wants feeding.' 'Well, you feed it,' said his wife. 'It's your son.' 'Yes,' spluttered Murphy. 'But he's half yours.' 'I know,' smiled the missus. 'But...

theparrots

What To Plant

Recently i've lost eight foot of laurel hedging,i was wondering what would be the quickest growing kind of hedging plant to replace them with,can't replace with laurels as they are to slow growing.

espookid

Not Really A Joke

My wife just told me she has to buy some new socks -because she is going to the gynaecologist Can someone explain as there must be a joke there...

Jemisa

A Middle Aged..

..... man, about 5 foot 8 inches tall, walks into a Boots store and asks where the pharmacy counter is. He is directed to it. When he reaches it, he asks to see the pharmacist. The pharmacist comes to...

cecil39

Feeding Sunflower Hearts

now that my large bag of niger seed is nearly done, I intend to start feeding sunflower hearts, but do I need a special feeder or will the old niger seed feeder do for sunflower hearts as well?...

askyourgran

Grinning Eric....

I had a problem with my computer the other day so I called Eric the 11 year old computer whiz next door. His bedroom is like mission control. Eric came in looked at my computer clicked a couple of...

derrynoose

Snowdrops

Is there a scarcity of snowdrops this year?

mazie

Grass Seed

Hi. I'm looking for personal recommendations for some good quality grass seed that's going to germinate. I've tried about 4 different kinds (2012) and it's not turned out well. I have a shaded area of...

Chipchopper

Juicy Big Veg

Big willy Wilson was the envy of the neighborhood, his vegetable garden was immaculate and he had won many top prizes at the local horticultural show for his king sized veg which knocked other entries...

marval

Quit

Tim decided to tie the knot with his long time girlfriend. One evening, after the honeymoon, he was assembling some photo kit for an upcoming shoot. His wife was standing there at the bench watching...

gollob

The Paranormal

A professor was giving a talk on the paranormal to a group of students at an University. He asked them "Does anybody here believe in ghosts, if you do please put your hands up" About half the class...

McMouse

Roll Call

Registry on the first day back at school in Birmingham, England. The teacher began calling out the names of the pupils: "Mustafa Al Eih Zeri?" "Here" "Achmed El Kabul?" "Here" "Fatima Al Hayek? "...