Sue

OK no prob :)

They used to have a large and wonderful range of really nice and unusual wall tiles. And now they don't. Just enormously expensive free-standing kitchen furniture which I wish I could afford :))

I never liked Youngs ale, but I'm sorry to see it disappear nevertheless :-S

Have a good holiday, Monica. Is it likely that we'll be able to drop off plants and seeds before you go?

Monica and the East Dulwich Community Garden are also after seeds and plants which could loosely be described as medicinal, for the new Physic Garden at Dulwich Hospital :)

No offence intended, and I realise your post is intended to be useful, but this thread was supposed to be about our own ED gardens, not about general garden maintenance issues and plugs for specific garden centres. Hope that doesn't sound rude. ETA: Sorry, my post makes no sense now as the original post has been removed .....

Not only have I not seen a froglet for ages, even when watering the garden, but I haven't seen a bird on my feeder for weeks either :-S Something is eating the fatballs,however, so maybe it's the mysterious rodent I spotted earlier ...... I do have quite a lot of ground cover so hopefully the froggies are lurking somewhere .... they were so tiny that it would be hard to spot them unless they were actually hopping, but they did use to (grammar?) stay near the tub when they were out of the water. Maybe they've now ventured further afield.

Brilliant! Now all I need is a decent phone :))

SCSB79 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > If you are succeeding in turning it around, then > I > > genuinely wish you very good luck with it and I > > hope you do very well, but comments made on > other > > threads concerning relatively recent poor > service > > haven't yet inclined me to give the Plough > another > > chance - sorry. ................................. > > Instead of relying on others to give glowing > feedback, why don't you try it yourself. If you > went on other people's feedback all the time you'd > never go anywhere as I doubt that any > establishment has 100% customer feedback - go on, > take a chance. > > I've been in and out of The Plough over the last 3 > years and have never had a problem. xxxxxxxxxx I don't "rely on other people's feedback all the time" - what a very strange thing to say! However I have consistently good pubs nearer to me than the Plough, so given some of the recent negative feedback on here I don't feel particularly inclined to trek up the hill to it just yet to "take a chance", as you put it. If you've "never had a problem" there, then great - but unfortunately it seems that some others have. I'd rather spend my limited cash somewhere where I don't have to "take a chance", if that's OK with you :)) If those glowing reports materialise, then yes I'll probably give it a go - but to say you've "never had a problem" there is damning with rather faint praise, wouldn't you say?

EDmummy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When our house was burgled a few years ago they > didn't fine anything worth stealing xxxxxxx This happened to me once (not in ED). I came home to find the front door kicked in and the whole house gone through, drawers opened, mattresses looked under (!) and not one thing missing :)) Clearly they weren't into books or vinyl (it was a long time ago .....) :))

EDmummy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Only thing our > foxes have eaten lately is a pigeon (feathers on > our lawn but not carcase - thankfully). xxxxxxx But if they'd devoured other things completely, you wouldn't know - you only know something's eaten a pigeon because they left bits behind. Maybe a cat (or a rat??!) ate the pigeon?

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Sue.. > > I have some moths you can have. :)) > > Fox xxxxxxxx OK if any turn up in my house now I shall know who to blame, and they will be delivered straight back through your letterbox :)) ETA: Maybe it was moths who ate your Skoda. Sorry admin, I promise to go back to the rat issue now. Rats. Mmmm.

EDmummy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > the last few Summers moths > have eaten pretty much all of our clothes (and > carpets). xxxxxx Presume you've seen the moth thread/s on the forum discussing solutions? Touch wood, I haven't seen a hole or a moth for months (now I will probably get invaded again!)

Fox, that's very funny but every cloud etc, at least you didn't have to pay someone to take it away :))

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > new mother Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Funding it is clearly a joke. The event itself > > sounds perfectly ghastly but not as frightening > as > > the idea of an "Irish shop". ................................................ > > The Irish shop is not an idea, it exists. Why does > the idea of it frighten you? I find your post > quite offensive. xxxxxxx So do I, and I'm not Irish. Maybe it's supposed to be funny. But isn't. Mockney, that fair episode of Father Ted was brilliant :))

And maybe do a spellcheck at the same time? ETA: Before some pedant tells me that should be spell check - I prefer it as one word :))

MissNoodlesHats Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- their are certainly > deep irish roots in Southwark. Deeper say than the > goose green fair, xxxxxx The Irish Festival has always been on Peckham Rye so far as I know, the Goose Green fair is a different event and unconnected to anything Irish I think.

Ah. Ta!

But do you have to count them? :X

Frankito Wrote: > > Also I planted out a fig tree tge year before last > and not a sausage, I mean a fig, yet. Will it ever > bear fruit? There is a great one which hangs over > Scutari Rd (around Mundania) and it drips with > figs. Jell...! xxxxxxx I've got a fig planted in quite a small pot which has a few figs each year, but I hate figs - I just like the leaves! You probably have to give it time and sun, also I have read that they like their roots restricted, hence the pot (although that was taking things to extremes ....)

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My first ever, and only because it had been > hanging there for 4 hours. xxxxxx Please put me out of my misery and explain this 100 thing :-$

MissNoodlesHats Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >I'm part Irish but would > agree this is not a particularly 'Irish area' in > terms of immigrant profile. xxxxxx The Irish shop in Lordship Lane has been there for many years, and surely it must be doing OK or it would have closed down? And I'm assuming that probably it's mainly people of Irish origin who shop there?

Plough_Dulwich Wrote: > > Sue - thank you for your lovely comments about our > pub, we really do look forward to seeing you soon. xxxxxx I used to come to the Plough quite a bit, but I stopped going due to less than great experiences there. If you are succeeding in turning it around, then I genuinely wish you very good luck with it and I hope you do very well, but comments made on other threads concerning relatively recent poor service haven't yet inclined me to give the Plough another chance - sorry. Hopefully there will soon be lots of glowing reports as a result of your hard work which will change my mind.

Toddinator Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm glad so many of you like to save snails too. I > collected them all from my garden once in a bucket > and emptied them into the grounds of Brixton > church. > xxxxxxxxx I'm sure the gardeners in the neighbourhood of the church were very grateful for your thoughtfulness :))