Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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17 October 2010
12:2775279#1
The more red berries you see, the harder the winter will be.
Thats what I was always told from an early age and Ive never realy thought about it until today.
out walking with the dogs I suddenly realised that everywhere is awash with Red berries.
Ive never seen so many.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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17 October 2010
12:3475280#2
All of the Teasle has been picked clean by the finches going abroad and now stand like a dead monument to the summer months.
Culours of every sort lay on the ground.
I know of a Walnut tree that produces a very good crop every year, this year it has already been stripped by the Squirrels ready for winter.
It makes you wonder doesn't it?
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
17 October 2010
12:5375283#3
Bloody hell - I'd better dig out the leg warmers and tyre chains.............
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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17 October 2010
15:3075293#4
A countryman will tell you it's a sign of a hard winter coming.
A botanist will tell you it's a sign of the hard winter last year that gave the trees a good rest.
I just know we've run out of space for storing jars of jam, jelly, chutney etc etc
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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17 October 2010
18:0675314#5
Its surprising the old sayings that come out Ray.
We'll just have to drag this thread out next Mach and see how it compares.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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17 October 2010
18:1475315#6
Remember those picture`s I got last month up Langdon cliffs Ian. I was up there again last week, and masses of them. We shall soon see over the coming month`s as to any meaning to it mate.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
17 October 2010
18:2875318#7
Maybe a white xmas ????? or is that wishful thinking?
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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17 October 2010
18:4475324#8
I want 10 foot snow drifts this Christmas Eve, as I know I won`t be working any part of it. Sorry about that, it`s just to show an example of Richard Dawkins selfish genes we all have.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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17 October 2010
22:2275348#9
Ray -
We have also almost run out of space for storing jams and chutneys and my freezer is full.
Result of over-enthusiastic son urging us to plant more and more veg !!
Apple Chutney, Plum Chutney, and there will be at least another lot in the pot soon.
Pumpkin looking good.
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Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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17 October 2010
22:4175351#10
When I was smaller than I am now, I used to gather massive amounts of blackberries on Western Heights, and knew of an abandoned orchard...
18 October 2010
08:1675367#11
Deffo getting colder at night times and mornings thank god ive got my gorgeous man to cuddle up to.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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24 October 2010
15:1976394#12
seen today: the lovely bright pink spindle tree berries (three-sided) are now losing their seeds:
the trees are said to grow along ancient trackways and roads:
and here is one with reddening leaves:
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Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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26 November 2010
22:3281816#13
Fact or Fiction was posted over a month ago and now we are getting some awful weather.
It realy does look at the moment as though it is Fact and next Tuesday and Wednesday they are predicting blizzards for us.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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26 November 2010
22:4581821#14
the scientists say that is an old wives tale ian.
therefore you must be wrong, they do not make mistakes!!
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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26 November 2010
22:5081824#15
OK Howard I do apogolise.
A bit like volcanic dust clouds and global warming eh.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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26 November 2010
22:5781829#16
this global warming is getting me down ian, i am posting this clutching the radiator.
why is it always so hot nowadays?
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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26 November 2010
23:1881838#17
Been nice knowing you :)
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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26 November 2010
23:2481840#18
That looks a bit brass mokeys up there Paul.
Look forward to some more over this winter ( a gap of 2yrs )
Put yer thermals on matey.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
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18 December 2010
15:4585297#19
Well so far what do you all think..........Fact or Fiction?
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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18 December 2010
16:0185302#20
just a minor blip ian, by christmas day we will have turned the heating off.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
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