Show us your home grown grub

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Joeboy
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Re: Show us your home grown grub

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I'll get my coat....

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Re: Show us your home grown grub

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Joeboy wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 6:12 pm I'll get my coat....
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Pants needed instead, I think (isn't that picture upside-down?)
Here's one from a friend of mine, no pants...
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Re: Show us your home grown grub

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This evening’s pass through the veg patch.

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Plus I’m taking these three on their final journey tomorrow morning so the spare chest freezer will be full soon.

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Re: Show us your home grown grub

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SafetyThird wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 6:32 pm This evening’s pass through the veg patch.

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Plus I’m taking these three on their final journey tomorrow morning so the spare chest freezer will be full soon.

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Oohhh pigs, on my absolute wish I had list. No envy but well done Sir!
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Re: Show us your home grown grub

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AE-NMidlands wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 6:20 pm
Joeboy wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 6:12 pm I'll get my coat....
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Pants needed instead, I think (isn't that picture upside-down?)
Here's one from a friend of mine, no pants...
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I'm not going there! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Noooo ! The forum’s going into Esther Rantzen mode :shock:
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Bugtownboy wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 6:57 pm Noooo ! The forum’s going into Esther Rantzen mode :shock:
What? Ignoring kids getting paedo'd by Saville while furthering her own career and being a driving force behind child mind ? :twisted:

Not while I draw breath pal. :D

I do apologise for the arse shaped 🥔 but as soon as I saw it I thought 'The Lads'. :twisted:

Aye but not that way, look as I said. I'll get my coat...
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Re: Show us your home grown grub

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SafetyThird wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 6:32 pm Plus I’m taking these three on their final journey tomorrow morning so the spare chest freezer will be full soon.
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SWMBO loves bacon but I doubt she would tuck into those after seeing their faces. :?

On St Elsewhere, I did have a conscience free roadkill thread, 8-)

First this pheasant I found on a drive in the country, I didn't run it over honest. ;)
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And this pigeon who received a fatal head injury flying into my solar panel attached to my car port.
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Re: Show us your home grown grub

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1st plum crumble of the season. :D

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And custard!

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Re: Show us your home grown grub

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Joeboy wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:33 pm 1st plum crumble of the season. :D
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And custard!
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and we have just had date and walnut loaf (which turned out a bit dry) and stewed damsons - collected off the non-towpath side of a canal from a narrow-boat yesterday - and custard! Lovely!!
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