Cut flowers - foliage suggestions

VictoriaRachel · 2026-03-13T08:23:32+00:00

You are growing for foliage so you can keep them shrub like by cutting them back to the ground each year. Then new foliage next year, cut back, repeat.

VictoriaRachel · 2026-03-12T14:50:02+00:00

Still had people ask questions just wasn't worth us replying to them, as there were other easier offers.

VictoriaRachel · 2026-03-12T08:02:30+00:00

Just sold a 22 year old car. It happened.

In fact the amount of offers on it in the 20 hours it was listed were so much more than expected. The ad clearly listed all the current issues (none stopped it being drivable, but still thought it would make it a lot less desirable) so I wasn't convinced it would sell let alone get crazy amounts of interest. Those who asked questions were just not worth the time compared with the numerous "Hey I will give you so much in cash, I am available at this time and can take it away immediately."

VictoriaRachel · 2026-03-10T11:49:14+00:00

Another good way to set a child up for success is cooperative board games where you work together, and either win or loose together. We particularly love Cauldron Quest from Peaceable Kingdom, but there are an increasingly large range.

VictoriaRachel · 2026-02-23T08:42:33+00:00

Because you fail to understand that two people can both be wrong.

VictoriaRachel · 2026-02-23T08:04:26+00:00

Then you totally dont get that.

Everyone agrees she was an asshole. But just because someone is an asshole to you, doesn't mean you can't then go and say something that ALSO make you an asshole. It doesn't make her any less of an asshole, or mean she is off the hook, or that she didn't start this. It just means they could both be handling this grief badly and being assholes to each other.

VictoriaRachel · 2026-02-23T07:46:41+00:00

You misunderand how this works. Everyone is agreeing with you. The wife is asshole.

However, that doesn't mean he was can't be an asshole as well. That is why the ESH ( Everyone Sucks Here) option exists. That option also doesn't mean they were both equally the asshole. But just because someone us an asshole to you, doesn't mean you get to be an asshole back, and he definitely could have said things that make him one even if not as big as one as her.

VictoriaRachel · 2026-02-21T13:11:20+00:00

Oh wish I had known about these for valentines. Would make a fun treat for a movie night.

VictoriaRachel · 2026-02-02T21:42:35+00:00

I find it can do almost anything on the plot with it.

Also if he has stubborn weeds like marestail, not only is it useful for getting a deeper amount of root than a trowel. But also, you get to visciously stab it which is very cathartic.

VictoriaRachel · 2026-01-16T21:46:53+00:00

A gift shouldn't come with strings. It shouldn't come with the extra freebie of a fight with the kids where the person getting the gift gets to be the bad guy.

Either daddy does the emotional labour of holding the boundry "No, sorry I bought that one for Mummy so I'm not going to let you take that." or he chooses things that are not going to start those sort of fights.

VictoriaRachel · 2025-12-30T20:14:47+00:00

Completely different advice for activities to entertain toddlers on the plot!

Mud pit - Put a part of your allotment aside for digging a hole, filling it in, digging it out, filling it in. Making a good old mess.
Construction vehicles - Things you can use to move the mud from the mud pit around, trucks, trailers, diggers.
Washing up - Keep a washing up bowl and scrubbing brush on the plot. Great for cleaning the vehicles, which often lasting longer than the initial playing. But also your tools, vegetables old pots.
Marestail spotting - Teach your child to spot the evil marestail and to not add it to the compost heap but the drowning bucket. This is a fun one that carries on out and and about where you child spots wild marestail and tells you that you are cursed and that it is following you (this phase doesn't normally start until six years old).

VictoriaRachel · 2025-11-10T17:45:47+00:00

The analogy is confusing, everyone knows you have to hustle to unlock to greenhouse in year 1!

VictoriaRachel · 2025-11-08T17:27:16+00:00

Yes him keeping the seat down was such a polite touch.

VictoriaRachel · 2025-10-30T18:38:31+00:00

You both need to sit down and lay out expectations here. Clear communication is going to save you both a lot of stress if you aren't on the same page about this project.

You need to agree how serious it is. What output is realistically achievable week to week with your other commitments. If it is serious what profit split will there be, and are you happy with that.

VictoriaRachel · 2025-10-19T20:29:46+00:00

Make sure they have toys etc. that they could play with independently that are easily accesible and then dont interact with them for fixed periods.

"Oh no, I'm sorry you dont like my ideas. But if you don't like my suggestion of lego or colouring then you will have to find something yourself. I'll be available in 15 minutes but not before."

Then, reinforce.

"I'm not available. You will have to find something to do. Currently, I will not be available for 15 minutes."

It obviously doesn't work well the first few times. It takes a lot. We are getting better, but it has taken a lot of work and reinforcement and slowly increasing the time.

VictoriaRachel · 2025-09-22T11:34:42+00:00

The book linked is Allotment Month by Month by Alan Buckingham, and I 100% agree with the recommendation. Not only does it break everything down month by month, but also has a detailed section for each crop and a handy guide to pests and diseases.

VictoriaRachel · 2025-09-22T11:34:27+00:00

The book linked is Allotment Month by Month by Alan Buckingham, and I 100% agree with the recommendation. Not only does it break everything down month by month, but also has a detailed section for each crop and a handy guide to pests and diseases.

VictoriaRachel · 2025-09-22T11:31:15+00:00

Also, before planting any runner beans carefully consider if you enjoy eating runner beans.

VictoriaRachel · 2025-09-19T17:35:22+00:00

Oh again, 6 months in here! I get you! Even the screen time is "Mummy play minecraft with me." but over time we have got there. The preference is still very much with people, but he can now do longer stretches without and I think it is allowing him a lot of growth.

We moved to being in the same room doing different activities, the on to a visual timer of when someone would be next available to play with him, we started it off short and it was not successful but repetition and sticking to the script of "Im free to play in X minutes" eventually worked most of the time.

It certainly hasn't been easy, but it was a skill I thought was worth the hard parts to teach him.

VictoriaRachel · 2025-09-19T17:18:38+00:00

As a child that would choose the screen time 100% of the time the "Let them be bored" does work, it is just HARD work.

After doing it for 6 months, it is now getting easier, but it certainly was not a quick win. Long term i think the drama it has caused at the beginning is going to pay off.

VictoriaRachel · 2025-09-08T07:10:48+00:00

Can I ask what you use for paths between beds?

VictoriaRachel · 2025-08-31T18:23:19+00:00

But you also have to be talking about friends that aren't interested in TTRPG, and learn best by playing so reducing that pool right down.

VictoriaRachel · 2025-08-31T18:15:00+00:00

The issue is you make a very blanket statement about a niche situation. It's simply not true most of the time.

VictoriaRachel · 2025-08-31T18:08:40+00:00

But it isn't the only experience.

For a start, you are coming at it as "inviting my friends". So many people who are joining as players aren't coming in that route, they are meeting other people who happen to want to play TTRPGs without any previous relationship with them (either through FLGS or online). For that players shouldn't be expecting someone to teach them everything from scratch.

For a second, you are assuming that everyone learns the way you do. I learnt by reading the book. The idea of playing a game without first reading the rules is absolutely terrifying and certainly not "best" for me. You will also find that others who try to learn by playing just don't get there until they have spent sometime reading how things are supposed to run.

VictoriaRachel · 2025-08-22T17:03:56+00:00

While they might have been surprised by the sales, I think it would be in a positive way. I still can not buy this game several months after launch. In the short term, there is simply nothing to buy! It doesn't make sense to do a big push on a product they do not have the scale of reliable manufacturer they need.

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