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PHQ9
I finally got round to doing another PHQ9 just now, while I wait for Mr Smith to finish in the garden and come back in. The results (scored 0 - 3) are behind the cut.
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Yay for weed-throughs (part 2 of 2)
In which I witter at length about gardening stuff ( Read more... ) -
More gardening, feel free to skip
Lovely couple of hours in the greenhouse today. Sowed various heritage tomatoes, some marrows, marigolds (French - apparently they're a good companion plant for a lot of veg), celery, celeriac, sweet peas, and goodness knows what else. I also gave in to temptation and bought a pack of 50 labels with a pencil. Up until now I've been cutting up ( Read more... ) -
Gardening post 30 March 2013
Spent a lovely afternoon in the greenhouse. I'd planned to get the garden dug today but my leg had other ideas so I did some light sowing and planting instead.
I planted two tubs of Marabel mainrtop potatoes (chitted from a pack of four bakers that never got eaten), According to the Potato Council, they boil, mash and roast well and make lovely ( Read more... ) -
Pasta with bacon and cheese
This recipe came about as the result of a kitchen catastrophe: the cheese sauce split. Twice.
Rather than risk the same thing happening a third time, I turned sauce into gratin as follows:
Ingredientspasta (I used fusilli (twists) but shells would do just as well ( Read more... ) -
Some cooky thoughts
Miriam has been nagging me to make more use of LJ as a place to store recipes, cooking adventures and the like. In the interests of nag avoidance, I have concurred. I start with today ( Read more... ) -
They're changing the guard at Obamaham Palace
It comes to my notice that the Virginian colonies have installed a new leader: a Kenyan chap by the name of Obama. Black, by all accounts. Well, jolly good luck to him. I fear he may need all the luck he can get.
All is not doom and gloom, however. In his first days in the job, this new chap has done much to restore a man's faith in the ( Read more... )