Perhaps, Cabinfever, but look at the marvellous and relevant associations in the phrase viz veritable (vegetable) corn (corn) copia (coping with bugs? mmm not quite).

I already use baby wipes after shopping at the supermarket (it gets a bit expensive with the disinfectant impregnated ones). Fruit and veggies at the supermarket are apparently quite germy…

You'd be surprised how many germ freaks there are out there! And how the lengths they go to in order to avoid touching surfaces commonly touched are so similar.
But you'd…

A possible solution?
I've got a veggie patch enclosed by sawn treated pine and didn't realise there might be some negative effects until I read about them on this site (…

nailpolish remover?

Word -of-mouth is your best bet. I think you should tell people on this site where you live and someone may be able to recommend a builder. Apart from that…

I'd contemplate double-glazed windows if the neighbours used their balcony more and became very noisy at night.
But I'd have to weigh the cost of the windows against the cost of…

Don't be freaked out, Joles.
You remember when I thought you might be a long lost cousin? I know, I know, it was a confronting time for you. Praying each…

Forum: The Finishing Touch Topic: listing of exterior colour combinations.

joles Post subject: Re: listing of exterior colour combinations. Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:43 pm…

Enough wif gunning for Paul! Wot about the rising sea?

A senior's moment!

It's because, elastic, I stand apart from my situation and try and observe it objectively and when I do I sometimes see a highly educated couple with the usual amount…

Hi Michelle, our posts haven't met before. Delighted to meet you. But don't hold back! If you have some wordly experience to impart, I'm sure we'd all be enriched by…

Yes, Elastic, I am. And what a sparkling conversation it is!
You see, Elastic, conversation is an art of which there are few accomplished practitioners. What mostly passes as conversation is…

Slowly but surely, real-estate agents, the rising sea, or perceptions of it at least, is influencing home buyers which,from my perspective is interesting but from yours, catastrophic!
Me and the…

I think what you're saying, Paul, is that some people need "house counselling" and what better place to find it than here and who better to give it ... than…

Must you be so negative , Paul! But I agree it would be interesting to know why people sell. I suspect that in the cases you mention the homes are…

Looking through Homes for Sale in the newspaper I see magnificent abodes. Usually country estates (but not too grand) seemingly with everything a country-loving couple could wish for. All…

Why thank you there, Buzz. I like variety. Hate mail/love mail that sort of thing (assuming you're being genuine). You see Buzz (you don't mind me calling you by your…

That's ok helyn. Apologies accepted.
You're in the garden section, not houses. So slugs 'n bugs is what it's all about.
But since you've expressed great interest I will lob a thread…

No Heleyn. It's a common name - Neri. I joined this site in 2008 but being of shy, retiring disposition, I simply didn't have the confidence to make a splash…

Beautifully written, Paul. Shades of Keats in the bounteous descriptions (seasons of mists and summer fruitfulness) but much, much better!

My country estate borders a wetland. Despite the efforts of the locals, it's remarkably pristine. But all that rich, vacant ground drives me mad with desire as in my wild…

We shouldn't speak ill of the dead, Themax, not quite sure why but ... there you go. Yes, Michael Jackson had his foibles. I'm hot for capsicum this summer as…

Terrible, terrible domestic! I spotted a capsicum husk studded with millions of seed and commenced to retrieve them. She, who knows all about everything, said they'd grow but not produce…