@stefaniow.bsky.social
Gardener 🌱 Dad in the UK (Herts).
Short, bald and sometimes grumpy.
Italian heritage 🇬🇧🇮🇹
Short, bald and sometimes grumpy.
Italian heritage 🇬🇧🇮🇹
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
Council Garden waste collections, do they actully have any gardeners giving them advice? Most of the waste I generate is over the winter period, leaf picking, clearing areas, tree pruning etc. Yet this is when they stop collections. #Gardening
October 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Council Garden waste collections, do they actully have any gardeners giving them advice? Most of the waste I generate is over the winter period, leaf picking, clearing areas, tree pruning etc. Yet this is when they stop collections. #Gardening
FFS bawling my eyes out in several places whilst listening to Life Changing on Radio 4 today with the interview with the ex soldier with awful PTSD and his medical assistant doggo. #BBBRadio4
October 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
FFS bawling my eyes out in several places whilst listening to Life Changing on Radio 4 today with the interview with the ex soldier with awful PTSD and his medical assistant doggo. #BBBRadio4
Feeding the local piggies yet another full bin of acorns today.
October 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Feeding the local piggies yet another full bin of acorns today.
UK gardeners, it's October and so much stuff is still going strong. I've got autumn/spring plants and bulbs to put in pots and baskets but so many of them still look to good to empty.
Also I'm still having to water lots as the ground is still bone dry.
Anyone else finding the same? #Gardening
Also I'm still having to water lots as the ground is still bone dry.
Anyone else finding the same? #Gardening
October 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
UK gardeners, it's October and so much stuff is still going strong. I've got autumn/spring plants and bulbs to put in pots and baskets but so many of them still look to good to empty.
Also I'm still having to water lots as the ground is still bone dry.
Anyone else finding the same? #Gardening
Also I'm still having to water lots as the ground is still bone dry.
Anyone else finding the same? #Gardening
The local Grumpy cat is actually so friendly.
October 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The local Grumpy cat is actually so friendly.
Chestnuts down with Stormy Amy.
Could have done with a little longer in the tree plumping up a bit.
Could have done with a little longer in the tree plumping up a bit.
October 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Chestnuts down with Stormy Amy.
Could have done with a little longer in the tree plumping up a bit.
Could have done with a little longer in the tree plumping up a bit.
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Farage wants the UK to quit the ECHR. It is exactly what Putin wants, for the UK to join Russia and Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR. It would be a huge victory for Putin in his war against human rights and the international rule of law.
Farage is a traitor.
Farage is a traitor.
September 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Farage wants the UK to quit the ECHR. It is exactly what Putin wants, for the UK to join Russia and Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR. It would be a huge victory for Putin in his war against human rights and the international rule of law.
Farage is a traitor.
Farage is a traitor.
Just seen a headline that 3 people have been arrested in London for spying for Russia. Haven't read anymore but could it be Doris, Drump and Garage?
September 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Just seen a headline that 3 people have been arrested in London for spying for Russia. Haven't read anymore but could it be Doris, Drump and Garage?
The greatest knife in the Italian house and world. Will cut through anything, can be used to chop, peel, spread anything you'd use a knife for. The tip also can be used as flathead screwdriver
August 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The greatest knife in the Italian house and world. Will cut through anything, can be used to chop, peel, spread anything you'd use a knife for. The tip also can be used as flathead screwdriver
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Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
August 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
#Gardening Tomato haul is getting impressive, but we've been picking cucumbers daily for yonks now. Getting close to critical cucumber mass.
August 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
#Gardening Tomato haul is getting impressive, but we've been picking cucumbers daily for yonks now. Getting close to critical cucumber mass.
These photos don't do this rose colour justice. In real life the vibrancy is so strong it looks like they've been photoshopped. No idea what rose it is, anyone any ideas? #Gardening #Roses
August 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
These photos don't do this rose colour justice. In real life the vibrancy is so strong it looks like they've been photoshopped. No idea what rose it is, anyone any ideas? #Gardening #Roses
The figs this year have started and are big.
August 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The figs this year have started and are big.
Scanning some old photos. We took some rubbish pictures as kids, loads of candid shots from the top the staircase. But mum appears to have documented events on the TV by taking photos of funerals etc
August 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Scanning some old photos. We took some rubbish pictures as kids, loads of candid shots from the top the staircase. But mum appears to have documented events on the TV by taking photos of funerals etc
#gardening
Who says peat free compost is rubbish for growing stuff. If the watering is right you can grow anything, I believe this is a little aubergine or as Americans say eggplant.
Who says peat free compost is rubbish for growing stuff. If the watering is right you can grow anything, I believe this is a little aubergine or as Americans say eggplant.
July 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
#gardening
Who says peat free compost is rubbish for growing stuff. If the watering is right you can grow anything, I believe this is a little aubergine or as Americans say eggplant.
Who says peat free compost is rubbish for growing stuff. If the watering is right you can grow anything, I believe this is a little aubergine or as Americans say eggplant.
#Gardening
Useful tip, use nail polish.
Daughter painted my nails last weekend with a clear coat of something. At the end of the day my nails have never been easier to clean, it's a game changer.
Nail polish for Gardeners FTW
Useful tip, use nail polish.
Daughter painted my nails last weekend with a clear coat of something. At the end of the day my nails have never been easier to clean, it's a game changer.
Nail polish for Gardeners FTW
July 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#Gardening
Useful tip, use nail polish.
Daughter painted my nails last weekend with a clear coat of something. At the end of the day my nails have never been easier to clean, it's a game changer.
Nail polish for Gardeners FTW
Useful tip, use nail polish.
Daughter painted my nails last weekend with a clear coat of something. At the end of the day my nails have never been easier to clean, it's a game changer.
Nail polish for Gardeners FTW
Chickens going crazy tonight chasing flying ants.
There's no thunderstorms expected though.
There's no thunderstorms expected though.
July 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Chickens going crazy tonight chasing flying ants.
There's no thunderstorms expected though.
There's no thunderstorms expected though.
I'm sure this digital internet age is contributing to my forgetfulness.
I used to know phone numbers before smartphones and radio station frequencies before DAB.
Is there anything else that Iay have forgotten.....see.
I used to know phone numbers before smartphones and radio station frequencies before DAB.
Is there anything else that Iay have forgotten.....see.
July 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I'm sure this digital internet age is contributing to my forgetfulness.
I used to know phone numbers before smartphones and radio station frequencies before DAB.
Is there anything else that Iay have forgotten.....see.
I used to know phone numbers before smartphones and radio station frequencies before DAB.
Is there anything else that Iay have forgotten.....see.
Plenvu is the gift that just keeps on giving.
July 8, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Plenvu is the gift that just keeps on giving.
I feel sorry for the person awaiting vehicle support since 9:30 this morning. The RAC have the wrong number and have been sending me up text dates all day. Poor person is still waiting #RAC
July 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I feel sorry for the person awaiting vehicle support since 9:30 this morning. The RAC have the wrong number and have been sending me up text dates all day. Poor person is still waiting #RAC
I don't drink much anymore but after today's work these went down very easily.
June 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I don't drink much anymore but after today's work these went down very easily.
Wow. Does gasket material always smell of pee.
Ordered a few sheets to make my own for some old garden machinery. Boy does it pong. I've had to remove it from the house...any spare might be useful to deter the local cats that use our beds as a cat litter tray
#gardening #engines
Ordered a few sheets to make my own for some old garden machinery. Boy does it pong. I've had to remove it from the house...any spare might be useful to deter the local cats that use our beds as a cat litter tray
#gardening #engines
June 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Wow. Does gasket material always smell of pee.
Ordered a few sheets to make my own for some old garden machinery. Boy does it pong. I've had to remove it from the house...any spare might be useful to deter the local cats that use our beds as a cat litter tray
#gardening #engines
Ordered a few sheets to make my own for some old garden machinery. Boy does it pong. I've had to remove it from the house...any spare might be useful to deter the local cats that use our beds as a cat litter tray
#gardening #engines
You know it's going to be a good day when the potatoes are boiling and the wooden board comes out. #ItalianCooking
June 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
You know it's going to be a good day when the potatoes are boiling and the wooden board comes out. #ItalianCooking
Wow the blooms almost finished on this (Dracaena?). I'm kind of glad because each evening the scent has been getting stronger and stronger. Tonight as I've come in it's like a punch to the nose.
May 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Wow the blooms almost finished on this (Dracaena?). I'm kind of glad because each evening the scent has been getting stronger and stronger. Tonight as I've come in it's like a punch to the nose.