Hello everyone

[MrsKP]

she'll think we're a bit odd Lish ...... and she'd be right.  ;D  I wonder if she knows already, or if she'll ask.

:P

[MrsKP]

[lorna]

Hi Bella Donna. Welcome to A4A you will enjoy yourself on this site. Friend of KP's ?? Sympathy vote on it's way ;D ;D ;D ;D Only kidding, there are a few of us virtual friends who keep each other amused (?) with our private lives. So many members are always ready to give advice.
Regards Lorna.

[Bella Donna]

Oh goodness, so many more people to reply to.  Thank you for your welcomes supersprout (I like that little smiley) saddad (I do mention I'm not deadly!) and Lorna (yes, it certain seems very friendly here). 

I must admit I was a bit confused by MrsKP's and Alishka's comments about plasters but now I've had a look on Google I get the joke.  In fact, I'm thinking about changing my strapline to 'KP's plastered friend' if she doesn't mind!

[ACE]

I must admit I was a bit confused by MrsKP's and Alishka's comments

Join the club. I expect its a chocolate defficiency ;D

[MrsKP]

i have a few plastered friends Bella Donna.  more the merrier i say  ;D

but let me tell you, those plasters really do work.  i've been at the not being able to put socks on one day stage, to dancing around like a stupid thing the next day after wearing one !!  you really have to leave them on for 5 days or until the itching gets unbearable to do a really good job of healing all the nerves, but at the first sign of a sore back, i dash and get one now.  i swear by them.

sorry if it was all a bit cryptic.  isn't google wonderful.

;D

[Bella Donna]

Well, you certainly learn something new every day on the internet, that's for certain.  My namesake's plasters sound like a miracle cure.  Can you get them on the high street?

[Carol]

Not tried them BD but heard how good they are for bad backs. I enquired at Boots to be told they can order them up for me, if I want them.  So, good for bad backs and necks.

Welcome to the site  :D :D :D :D :D

[MrsKP]

I get them from my local chemists (two different ones have stocked them).  Big ones for the back, smaller ones for shoulders and the like.

Couple of quid for the bigger ones.  Get someone else to put it on for you, smooth it down firmly so nothing lifts up and you don't get creases, and make sure they wash their hands after.  They're poisonous you know ! AND DON'T PICK AT THEM, especially when they're itching.  leave them alone to do their job.  then after about 5 days, get someone to rip it off in one go (not telling you when they're going to do it) minimum pain that way lol

an old sea dog gave me this tip from a football message board of all places.  he's become my fave quack since giving me this tip.

;D

[Bella Donna]

Hello Carol, thank you for the welcome and the advice.  Like most gardeners (I suspect) I get the odd twinge so I shall certainly look out for these plasters next time I go shopping.

The funny thing is that I took my login name here from a birthday card I received.  It was a picture of a lovely white flower painted by an artist called Georgia O'Keeffe entitled Bella Donna.  And as Donna is my middle name I could not resist.  I was aware of the deadly nightshade connection of course but not the herbal properties.  I'm so glad I joined this site.

[Bella Donna]

Thanks MrsKP.  As I said to Carol just now, I will certainly get some next time I go shopping.  All I need to do then is find someone with nice warm hands to apply them for me!

[MrsKP]

I suppose I should be a disclaimer on here, just incase you drop dead from some allergy or other  :o

i wouldn't use it for every tweak for example, and treat it with respect.  just having a bit of a read about it myself lol. 

i never did any research before trying it, and i'm still here to tell the tale.  having red a bit just now, you might be wise to do a bit of googling beforehand.

;D

[MikeB]

Hi BD,

- this year, but I was disappointed with my beans, particularly the runner beans.  Maybe that was because of the weather? 

Try a food trench for your runners, it really does improve their production, see Lishka's instructions:

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,91/topic,17744.0

[Bella Donna]

Thank you for that tip, Mike.  It certainly looks worth a try.  :)

PS.  Thanks to a trip to the flashchat I now know how to smile!   :)