The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

FairyPrincessk

Floss, I wish I'd been around then! He is quite partial to Hendricks, although the budget doesn't usually stretch that far. He tried to convince me that if I ever tried the good stuff I'd see the light but I'm afraid I remain firmly unconverted. The floor cleaner I'm referring to is similar in purpose to dettol but is pine-scented which I think mixed with the smell of disinfectant smells a lot like juniper mixed with alcohol! I think you might have a similar idea in mind with your Laphroaig/TCP comment!

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SILVASAVA how very kind, I have PMd you and would love just one if you can spare it. We have 3 smallish windows and a half glazed door in the summerhouse so I was just going to try for 1 piece of netting in a charity shop. Bless you I'm so grateful, Lyn xxx.

Floss

FP, has your OH tried Aldi gin? It compares very well to Hendricks and is MUCH cheaper!!

FairyPrincessk

I don't think so. He usually buys himself a bottle of whatever he can find on offer when the weather warms up so I will pass the message on. He'll be delighted!

wondercollie

Pinesol is the cleaner you are thinking about. There is a bottle under my sink as we speak.


My youngest son has accidentally started a collection of Woodsware. When he was away at Air Cadet camp a few years back, he missed his tea in the morning. So when we went down for parents weekend we took him into town to buy a kettle, teabags, etc. He came out of Value Village clutching a brown bettie type teapot and a Woodsware Jasmine cup and saucer. It's not the plain yellow pattern, it has brown flowers painted on the cup. Over the years we've found three more cups and a matching teapot! He has a couple more pieces of Utility ware a blue cereal bowl and a green dinner plate.


Considering that he's found them in rural Alberta, he's got quite a good collection. Funny to think that some family brought them over when them migrated to Canada and they've wound up with my son

GreyQueen

Floss wrote: »

BTW, how is Nursie at cleaning ovens? My range needs doing, andvwe have some Laphroaig that tastes of TCP if she would be happy with that as her tipple? There's 2 ovens, a grill/top oven and 6 burners...I can disconnect the gas if that's advisable before she starts?

Nursie doesn't clean anythng. Other than clocks. Cleaning your clock being an euphemism for a smack in the kisser, of course.

The kitch is full of cooling bread, cooling parsnips and taters and congealing gravy. Nursie is nowhere to be seen, of course. I shall cool off myself by lying on the sofa for a while with some misery lit before heading in there to restore order. Not an appealing prospect, but it won't get any better for being left overnight, will it?

chickens11

Fuddle......I always put a little bleach in the kitchen sink every morning with the dish cloth and often put a stained tea spoon in , it doesnt need leaving in for 10 /20 mins or so and comes out gleaming , and your sink and bowl is germ free too.....

Wondercollie...Fairyprincess...and Lyn...Ive collected cornishware for years , and I do have a dresser full of it plus I use it daily , it can be very expensive at boot sales , so I just keep my eyes open and pick bits up here and there.......
Been nice today , but I did wake up up very tired and couldnt get myself moving very fast at all , but by this afternoon I was back in full swing ...........
Ginny....Thanks for mentioning OH , yes he is taking the antibiotics , and I spoke with him this morning and he said he feels "rough" and he did sound terrible, I hope he soon gets better , it feels as if I should be looking after him and running around looking after him like ive always done , at least he is in a nursing home so he have nurses helping him......
I didnt go to see him today , but hope to Tuesday ....Hope youve all had a good peaceful weekend ...Sheila

camelot1001

Chickens, I do hope your OH gets better soon.

Rather partial to a G&T here, I have a gin shelf! DD and I went to Ginstitute in London a couple of months ago and blended our own. Unfortunately they plied us with so much gin before hand mine tastes a little iffy! I second the Aldi gin, very palatable!

After a dreadful morning weatherwise it cheered up so I filled another couple of containers ready for when I can plant out the french beans, if they grow. Looked in the little greenhouse and the leeks have sprouted along with the courgettes. I do hope the weather warms up soon so I can put them out, really looking forward to having some home grown veggies, not done it before as the previous garden was overrun with rabbits.

Had a very lazy morning, I took tea up to bed and watched 4 episodes of Ordinary Lies on i-player which I thoroughly enjoyed but it felt a little naughty - I didn't get up properly and shower until 1pm!! Had a walk down to Aldi for a couple of bits and have been mostly reading this afternoon. I don't suppose a lazy day will do me too much harm.

FairyPrincessk

Wondercollie, I suspect this is more than you will EVER want to know, but I'm fascinated by how pervasive utility china is on North American blogs. Although I like the image of the dishes being lovingly transported, I've read that there was quite a bit of china produced for the North and South American markets. A lot of it I've seen photos of tends to be the more elaborate designs, either with the petal edges or flowers although I've never seen any with the brown flowers you mention. I've read that standardization of the colours under the utility scheme during the war is why so much of it can be mixed between stamps like Grindley and Johson Bros, although I have a hunch that some of this stuff was first produced pre-war rather than postwar during the depression and then adapted to the utility scheme rather than developed for it. I can't imagine they were risking U-boats to export the stuff, but then the UK's attempts to get out of its deficit post-war may explain why it was sold to a comparatively better off North American market.

My great grandmother was a dairy farmer's wife in the southern US and had all sorts of china and depression glass that she got with supermarket stamps or stamps from oatmeal etc and I've read that some of this 'utility china' was acquired in the US on stamp and loyalty schemes. I think that is partly why it appeals to me. I only have one small plate of her many collections, and a few quilts made of feed and flour sacks. I like hearing the stories of her ways of finding pretty things in what was a very hard life.

I didn't think anyone would recognize the name Pinsol. I'm mildly pleased to hear it is also ubiquitous in Canada.:D

Chickens It must be hard to be seperated when your husband is unwell, but reassuring that he is well looked after. Hopefully the antibiotics will have had time to do their work in time for your next visit. I've seen Cornishware around--it does seem to have its own cult following?

Lynn, I've had a look and my Burleigh bowls are the felicity and the pheasants. I got them when a local shop was shutting down, partly because the felicity is the very same pattern (scale and all!) as the fabric my mother used to back a quilt made from my baby clothes with. The quilt was on my bed throughout my childhood but is a bit worse for wear and stays tucked away. I like the idea of seeing it every day. Your DD1 is a lucky girl.

Right. Enough talk of china for me. Off to bed.

ivyleaf

Softstuff wrote: »

I go with an even easier tip Fuddle, a teaspoon of washing soda or washing powder in a mug filled with boiling water and sit the teaspoons in. I do it to remove teastains on mugs, but pop the spoons in at the same time. No scrubbing needed, the stains just wipe off, then you give them a good rinse.

Fairyprincess, if you already bought the gin for nursie, I'd hate to see it go to waste... i could help you out there

Of course, that was it! Thanks Softstuff. I remember now that I bought a packet of Sm@rtprice washing powder and soaked the spoons in a mug of hot water and some of the washing powder.

I think it was a tip in Good Housekeeping, which I used to subscribe to in those days.

The bicarb was for rubbing tea-stains off mugs.