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he other day I was looking at a map of the world and noticed that Britain seemed disproportionately large.

My know-it-all friend remarked that this was because whoever was drawing the map always made their country look bigger and more important. This nugget of information blew my mind. You might assume that all maps were accurate, or at least accurate-ish. But no, designers play fast and loose with the truth, making the host country bigger, more important or more central.

Another mind blowing fact was this - every ‘c’ in Pacific Ocean is pronounced differently. Take your time to say it slowly—the first with an ‘s’ sound, the second as a hard ‘ck’ sound, and the third with a ‘sh’ sound – how mad is that!

How about this…If you folded a piece of paper 42 times, it would be thick enough to reach the moon. Yep, you read that correctly. According to one website, all it takes to verify this is some simple maths. If you fold a piece of paper in half, it doubles in thickness. And if you fold it in half again, it doubles in thickness again. With that type of exponential growth, it would take just 23 folds for a .1-millimeter piece of paper to be one kilometer thick, and 30 folds for it to be thick enough to reach outer space (100,000 kilometers). Unfortunately, the world record for the number of folds is 12.

I’m here all week for more mind-blowing facts!

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n 1934 the Government developed a scheme for unemployed miners and shipbuilders to work on the land. At Crofton, each holding consisted of 6 acres of land, looking up to Skiddaw. There were two other LSA estates in Cumberland, Dalston and ings. Here is an excerpt Broadwath.

Crofton was the largest from one of those many estate with 70 smallhold- stories.

John Leeson: “We ings and the LSA headlived at 69 East Park. quarters housed in the Dad had 5 large old stables of Crofton greenhouses, the Hall. There were also main crop being lodge houses, tomatoes and a manager’s IF THE ICE other salad house and sevHELD THE vegetables. He eral properties STONE IT also had pigs tenanted by and chickens. estate workWOULD With my two ers.

HOLD HER sisters Rebe Over the and Doreen I lifetime of attended CrofCrofton LSA, ton School, situated in 1936 - 1974, around 200 families laboured on the Crofton Hall, sadly now demolished. Crofton lands, a tough, demandlake was near the school ing and rewarding life.

The Crofton tenants built and it often froze over in winter. My sister Rebe, a social and community who was the oldest, used network which helped to pick up a very large them to survive. Many stone and throw it on to people have wonderful memories of their time in the ice. She always said Crofton, as do their chil- that if the ice held the dren and grandchildren. stone it would hold her, so we used to follow her Their experiences and out onto the ice, to the memories are island in the middle of recorded in a book I the lake. We never fell in or at least I don’t think have just published we did!”

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hy are compliments so difficult to take? For example, I recently bought a new dress and a friend of mine commented on how nice it was. Rather than just saying a polite As we are coming up ‘thank you’, I waffled on to asparagus season, about how I was walkhere is a simple recipe ing through Marks and I found on BBC Good Spencers when I saw it, Food for an Asparagus how I ummed and ahed Cream Pasta. Cut off whether to try it on or and discard the woody not, was the colour ends of one bunch right for me, should of asparagus. Then I or should neatly cut the I not buy it, RATHER tips away from together with the stalks.

THAN the fact that ACCEPTING A Keep the tips I had a gift voucher so it COMPLIMENT and stalks separate. In a really didn’t I HAVE TO small saucecost that much JUSTIFY IT pan, bring anyway.

142ml tub of I was exdouble cream hausted by the and 2 peeled garlic end of my explanation; cloves (left whole) to I can’t imagine how my the boil. Take off the friend felt! I do it all the heat, remove the garlic, time. then set the pan aside.

Rather than just accepting a compliment Cook the stalks in I have to either justify it, boiling salted water for or find some fault with it. about 4-5 minutes until Even when the little voice tender, drain, then tip into the cream with 50g inside my head keeps telling me to stop talking, grated parmesan. Blitz I keep on going. I’m sure with a hand blender until smooth. Cook 250g I am not alone in this, apparently most women tagliatelle according to do it. What can be done? pack instructions, then throw in the tips of the One way is maybe to asparagus 2 minutes bepause for one second, not easy I know, and just fore the end of cooking time. Gently reheat the accept it. So the next time someone offers you cream, drain the pasta, then tip into a bowl with a compliment, try your the cream. Toss, then best and pause briefly, divide into pasta bowls. say a polite ‘thank you’ and accept it in the spirit Top with parmesan shavings and serve. it was given.

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While most are not Should you suspect your pet has ingested any- very toxic (resulting in thing poisonous, contact minor gastrointestinal irritation), some fertilizyour veterinary surgeon immediately. You can also ers can be fatal without treatment. call the Animal Poison Glyphoshate is Line on 01202 50 90 another common 00 (charges ingredient seen apply).

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hether a preference is for red, white or something ‘pink’, I searched for a range of wines, that are widely available and decided to go for the red and white options. vol). This ‘King of VINHO VERDE Wines’ and ‘Wine of LOUREIRO (12% vol), Kings’ is renowned for from Portugal, is a most its distinctive highacceptable white wine quality, being produced production. I found this by utilising Nebbiolo wine to be fresh, fruity grapes, to great advanand, although great on tage. Again, from Italy, its own, to pair with this wine, which is white fish dishes, also aged, has plus salads, I LOCATED connoisseurs perfectly. who reguTHESE ALBARINO enjoy the ADELANTE WINES AT A larly bouquet, pro(12.5% vol) MORRISONS nounced is from flavours and STORE Spain. This long finish. white wine Perfect to acis extremely company steak, beef and popular. Grapes are handpicked, from the Galacia red meat dishes.

I located these wines region. Fruits, on the nose, are then enticed to (just some of their the mouth’s pleasures and range) at a Morrisons store. The wines desensation on the palate.

Great with seafood dishes, scribed are within the ‘the Best’ range. This particularly. range of wines, from For red wines I chose TOSCANA (13% vol) from Morrisons, comes from Italy. This wine has many their wine experts, who constantly search for ex‘devotees’, being handceptional quality wines, crafted, in collaboration with one of the oldest and from around the world, which are produced by most highly-regarded wine estates, in Tuscany. some of the very best wine producers, globally.

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Happy gardening! WITH GARDEN EDITOR David Fletcher MCIHort

ust when is spring? By the time you read this in May it will surely be spring everywhere in the UK. Having gardened both in the south of England and as far north as Northumberland, spring starts and ends at different times depending on where you are.

If we are lucky in Cumbria, then spring lasts a few precious weeks from the start of April. It is a time of burgeoning growth and colour, and often mixed weather!

Essentially it is time for us to celebrate and marvel over, but one that dictates that as gardeners we need to get busy. In what seems a blink of an eye the garden is awake, and the dormancy of winter is over, and the weeds are upon us Maintenance is the key to a satisfying garden. Little and often is an adage that I generally abide by, and this is particularly relevant in terms of weeding. In borders, the ground that a few weeks ago had little herbage showing, suddenly sprouts unwanted seedlings. The tried and tested method to remove them before they get too big is to use a hoe. Even pernicious weeds such as ground elder are checked by regular use of this implement, and if you can augment this with the use of some form of mulch, then you can conserve moisture as the weather gets warmer, as well as limit their growth.

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Having had a break from your own garden and no doubt eager to start on your own there are a plethora of jobs to do. Following spring bulbs there is always tidying up to do, and now is the time to sow and plant out bedding plants.

Depending on the weather, and always being conscious of the possibility of late frosts (remember last May)! You can by the end of the

month start planting out summer bedding. It is a time to take softwood cuttings and begin in earnest to mow your lawn – weekly, or you could consider leaving the grass to grow a little longer in less formal areas.

If you are lucky enough to have a greenhouse, then you will need to keep a closer eye on temperatures during the day and ventilate accordingly. On warmer days you may have to keep the floor damp with a hosepipe to increase humidity and keep temperatures down. It is also a good idea to begin to harden off any half – hardy bedding plants that you have raised under cover by placing them outside of the greenhouse during the warmer part of the day and then bringing them in at night. This will ensure that they are properly ‘hardened off’ before planting out.

On the pruning front there is much to be done. Spring flowering shrubs such as Chaenomeles, as well as Choisya and Ribes can be pruned as soon as flowering finishes. You can also prune any frost damage from other shrubs.

But remember when cutting any hedges to check beforehand for any signs of nesting birds.

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TREES FOR SMALL GARDENS written by LOCAL ARBORIST ANDREW EDGAR [ORCHARD TREE SURGERY & MAINTENANCE]

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rees bring many benefits to our lives.

They are proven to be stress relievers. They provide homes for many species of wildlife or birds. Trees also give shade from the sun or much needed privacy from a neighbour, so they are a brilliant thing to add to all gardens.

However, if you have a small garden space you might think that a tree won’t work, or you might find it tricky to know which is the best fit.

There are many small varieties of tree that can grow in small spaces - Here we’ve collated 5 trees we recommend: 1) Acer griseum, also known as Paper Bark, due to its goldencoloured pealing thin layers of bark, which gives it’s an unusual decorative look. Very slow growing and when fully grown it will be around 10m tall. Its dark green leaves turn a beautiful shade of crimson in the autumn giving your garden a burst of colour as the colder months set in.

2) Prunus mume ‘Benichidori’ or Flowering Japanese Apricot tree – This is a great addition for any garden. Its deep pink blossoms come out towards the end of February through to March, giving your garden that

4) Crab Apple Trees. These are a great option to plant in a small garden as there are multiple different varieties to choose from that will grow to no more than 5 meters. One of the more popular ones is the Malus ‘John Downie’ variety with its plum shaped orange/red coloured fruit and white flowers.

Or the Malus ‘Butterball’ which produces beautiful yellow with a hint of orange fruits in the autumn and white flowers, with a hint of pink in the spring. This variety can grow up to 8m.

pop of pink just when it feels winter is never going to end! This gorgeous Japanese Apricot grows to around 2.5m by 2.5m so it will fit even in the smallest of gardens.

3) Magnolia stellate or Royal Star Magnolias. These head turners, with their dark green leaves, grey bark and beautiful ornate white flower displays, earn their royal name. This very hardy, fastgrowing tree likes well drained soil but watch out for those late frosts – its blooms are more susceptible to those, so be ready to protect it. This beauty will grow up to 6m tall and 5m wide. Best planted early springtime.

5) Chamaerops humilis. Also known as the European Fan Palm or Mediterranean Dwarf Palm, will bring a tropical feel to your garden, the only palm native to Europe. You can start off with planting it in a large pot and move around your garden to get a feel for where it’ll be best placed. This very slow growing evergreen tree, with its fan shaped leaves really gives your garden a focal statement piece, growing up to a height of only 3.5m.

As with any decision on what will work best for your garden and family, always do your own research, or speak to an assistant at the Garden centre when making the final choice on which tree is right.

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