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No fruit on my apple tree

My appple tree has no fruit for the first time in 30 years, the blossom was fine in the spring and my cooking apple some fruit but not as much as usual. Can Anyone guess why?

johnk

New freeview recorder acting up

I bought a freeview recorder about a week ago and it was fine for about 3 days but then the picture started jumping and freezing. I retuned it and everything went back to normal for a day but now it's...

Bert

Rhubarb, rhubarb

I have several crowns of rhubarb in my garden. The stalks grow only very short, though the leaves are very large. They have not been planted here for very long. I understand they should not be forced...

getpooh

Share selling

I have some shares to sell which I have had for many years. They are from four different companiies which are all listed on the London Stock exchange. I have never sold shares before. They are worth...

paddyk

Oil change

I have changed the oil on my Fiesta Diesel but couldn't get the filter off as it is hard to get at unless you've got the vehicle over a pit - it is high up on the back of the engine. I've managed to...

goldenbolls

the terrible 2,s , baby daughter playing up

there is a book out there about how to control and teach your children, anyone know the name of it. she wont go into her own bed, she tests us at every hour by doing something like spitting or using...

muchlovex

Walking Boots Sizes

When buying walking boots is it right to buy a size smaller than your regular shoe size? Thanks...

muchlovex

Does Anyone Do Voluntary Work?

I have put my name down to offer myself as a Befriender for local elderly people. It would involve anything from help around the house, gardening, chatting to them and some advocacy work. Am really...

BettyNoir

someone else cutting back your hedges

We live in an end terrace which has a public footpath running alongside it. Most of our boundry consists of hedgerow, mosty Holly, Lilac bushes, some hawthorn, purple gooseberries,a few backberries...

echokilo

Purple Potato Flowers???

Saw a crop today Very like potato leaves, furrows banked up, but purple headed flowers ..... Are they spuds and what variety please? TIA

AKMild

Fuse keeps blowing

I have a bedside lamp that has a 40w golf ball bulb in it. The plug is fitted with a 3A fuse. Recently, the fuse in the plug has blown, as has the replacement. I can't think what's causing it, as I...

mungbeanz

Best breakfast cereal

What is healthier; Special K or Bran Flakes? Maybe even something better? I am trying to lose a load of pounds, and have been told that breakfast is very importand to kick start the metabolism in the...

chirpychirpy

visa card

Would a NatWest Visa Debit Card be accepted in countries around the World, or do I also need a Credit Card? I only ask cos I've been shocked to receive a charge of about £240 for simply having a...

vivandorron

Is tournament tennis on TV, tedious.?

So far as I am concerned, the baseline bashing of balls and banshee bawling is boring. I say , bring back the likes of Borg, Becker and Barker.....Sue certainly never barked on court and I feel sure...

Jemisa

Pimms?

We love Pimms No/1 and have consumed quite a bit during the warm weather but it does work out expensive at £16.00 a bottle. Does anyone know of a substitute that is more or less the same but...

Jayell

Ants in greenhouse

My greenhouse base is flagstoned and there generally tends to be a handful of ants scurrying about on/between the flags most days Weather here today has been a mixture of thunderstorms and warm, muggy...

Oleanda

Neighbour Threatening to Sue Me.

I am the landlord of a house that I rent to a single mother with a teenage son. She is a decent hard-working woman, who has looked after the property and always paid her rent on time. She has lived...

hollyuk

Noisy pump in airing cupboard

Hi, We've just fitted a pump for our power shower but its a bit noisy when the showers going. Is there a way we can cover it in some way to muffle the noise? Thanks...

johnk

Can you eat tinned fish (pilchards, salmon etc) cold as part of a salad?

Can you eat tinned fish cold as part of a salad or does it have to be cooked?

yates

Keeping fit..

Have just decided to get myself fit again and bought a mountain bike. Just wanted to know how to build up gradually without any nasty strains etc. I want to cycle to work eventually which is a 20 mile...

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