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foxgloves

BaileysBabe - No, I haven't tried freezing as only made a handful to test if they worked. I think they would freeze fine. I'll try it next time. They are made from something I'd normally pour away, so it's a win-win that my test actually produced something edible, even if it wasn't actually what the recipe said it was!
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foxgloves

Hi Diary readers,
Well the weekend has finally hoved into sight. I remember how good that felt back when I was working, before my VR, & I still enjoy it now because it means the spending a bit of quality time together.
I like structure to my week, & Friday is my weekly big cleaning day. I've done all the usual chores, plus had a concerted go at the grout on the bathroom tiles. This involved me folding myself in half behind the loo, which on balance isn't how I choose to spend my mornings. It does look better though. I must have the national collection of anti-mould/grout cleaning sprays, which I brought back this last year when we were busy clearing & cleaning Mum's house. I'd never seen so many, yet I can't remember there ever being mould or mucky grout...... perhaps that's due to all the sprays. I bet no mould dared show its face! Today I finally finished the last bottle of Mum's stash of general cleaning products. I would have felt bad binning them.... all that plastic, & the product not even used, so I added them to our own stores & have worked my way through them. I buy very few cleaning products myself, so today it was back to normal.... I found my recycled empty spray bottle & made up my usual 'Stardrops' solution. 3cms of the orange gloop, topped up with water. It seems to tackle most cleaning jobs & anything tougher gets a blob of the stuff neat, or soda crystals. The only miniscule bit of sunshine we got here today managed to come through our kitchen window at just the right angle to show up how shockingly grubby all the kitchen unit doors are! I think that might have to be a definite job for next week when I've got workmen in. Live the glamour. That's me! (though I have had a fab face mask on tonight...... not 'Stardrops', lol)
Have a good weekend all,
F xx

Blackcats

I'd love a breakfast pikelet with fruit if you've any going spare?
Interesting discussions about 9 times table ... diverse conversations on here, very enriching of the mind and the purse.

savingmore

foxgloves wrote: »

Savingmore - No, I didn't know that either. Don't we learn a lot on these threads? But I do remember back in primary school when we were doing times tables practice that our teacher taught us th trick for remembering the 9 x table. He said whatever we were multiplying by 9, we should subtract one, then whatever we'd need to add to that to equal 9 is the answer.
So 4 x 9...... subtract 1 from 4 to make 3. What do I need to add to 3 to make 9? 6, so the answer is 36. As a naturally cynical child esp with all things maths, I remember sitting at the back of the classroom (next to a lad with the 2nd best flares in the school!) & going through the 9 x table myself in my head to see if what we were being told was actually true!
So it's interesting that Purplefairy's accounting hack also involves the 9 x table.
Had better start my weekly Friday cleaning now as am determined to have some leisure time this afternoon.
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oohhhhh....i thought I could do 9x table ok, now I am not so sure...this made my head hurt trying to work it out! I liked the finger explanation, hadn’t heard that either and so I did that one and it works! will tell my little granddaughter that as she is just learning her times tables. The two I always have had most trouble with are 7s and 8s, as I missed school the few days they were learnt and even over half a century later, those aren’t as fluid mentally for me when doing sums etc. I will ask my brother about the dividing by 9 rule someone shared and get him to e plain it to me, he did maths at cambridge and normally baffles me with science as the saying goes.

what a rich thread indeed!

RoslinGirl

I watched Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast with great interest last night as they were focusing on Watercress....I assume they were inspired by you Foxgloves! No doubt with your excellent growing tips they felt they needed to give the people of Britain some tips on what to do with their spoils!! :T

You really do have a great way of explaining things. Any tips on how to get started with herbs? I use lots and lots but don't really know where to start other than putting the growing herbs pots you get in supermarkets in a saucer of water! This has never lasted long, of course.

Enjoy your weekend and thanks, as always, for your posts!

Honeysucklelou2

Parsley is always a good one to start with! Easy to grow from seed and quite robust.

Baileys_Babe

7's & 8's are my weakest times tables as well savingmore

Onebrokelady

When I was a child in Derby we had pikelets but they were called crumpets everywhere else I've been,my mum still calls crumpets pikelets

foxgloves

SavingMore & BaileysBabe - Re times tables... 7s & 8s were definitely my worst tables too.
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foxgloves

Roslingirl - Interesting that the programme covered watercress. It looked quite happy in its fresh bowl of water, although two icy nights may have knocked it back. I'll have a look later.
It is very easy to grow though. I only do three chunky flower pots worth - in a single washing-up bowl, but I'm sure watercress fans could step this up & sow a bowl a month from April or so, to have a steady more ample supply.
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