If you can bear it, try sniffing close to the actual drains, and see which one has the strongest smell. Also, fill up the bath/sink with some water, and observe how it’s draining, to see if it’s draining slowly. That will help narrow down the cause and you can describe it better to plumber when they visit. If none of the drains seem to be source of the smell, see if you can take a sniff around the ceiling fan. It’s possible something dies in the roof, and because ceiling fan vents out to the roof space the smell is free to waft into the bathroom. This would also be a landlord call, so they can get a pest controller to maybe get the dead thing out of ceiling, and check there’s no mouse/rat residents in the ceiling.
SituationCake
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Most people would love to be gifted home grown veg, and would have zero concerns that it was grown in the ground. It would be the default expectation. But for your friend you could always just describe how they were grown and ask them if they are cool with it? For the pantry, could you label it as local home grown, so then people know when they are taking it. Sorry that doesn’t really answer your question, Thirnburys idea of putting something in the ground might be the other option.
A late merry Christmas to all. Hope it was pleasant whatever your activities were. I ate lots of food, stayed out of some arguments, patted a dog, and am now in bed.
Unless the soil was previously a rubbish tip, a chemical factory, or owned by weirdo who liked to water their garden with leaded petrol, the amount of lead in the soil is likely to be minuscule. (And other heavy metals too. It would just whatever the background level is, which is fine for food, all soils our farmed food is grown in have naturally present trace metals to various degrees). But if it’s not in your comfort zone, then that’s ok! Just grow the pumpkins for ornamental value, or learning a new skill, or still life subjects for your art, or providing flowers for pollinators, and eventually compost for the garden to keep the worms happy and soil healthy. The goal doesn’t have to be food production, it’s still enjoyable to watch things grow.
Merry Christmas Eve. It’s a fun time for some but not everyone is in the same position. It can also be a time of strained family interactions, loneliness, stress, etc. So I just wanted to say that whatever your Christmas is like, hope you survive it ok.
If by quiche tin you mean one of those metal tins with fluted sides and removable base, then yes it will work great for a pecan pie. A tip for taking it out of the tin - sit the base over an upside down bowl that is narrower than the tin. Then gently ease the side off. You can then either put the pie with the metal base still there onto a serving plate, or, if you are brave, use a flat spatula to gently lift it and slide onto serving plate.
Thankyou. Delicious.
Need some hearty winter comfort food. maybe a slab of lasagne, glass of red, followed by sticky date pudding dessert.
Even though I knew it was gonna be cool today, the recent run of warmer summer weather has left me feeling unacclimatised. Got my Ugg boots and hoodie on. Got some Christmas baking to do, making gingerbread and shortbread. Kitchen smells good.
Hopefully it’s not conjunctivitis!
Which were the best and worst Hugh Grants?
Dead rat stink is so bad. Close the bathroom door, open the window, air freshener, scented candles can all help a bit, but it’s a waiting game until the corpse is either removed or decomposed past the stink stage. So sorry it happened to you so soon at your new place. It’s happened to lots of us at some point. It’s bad right now but will be a good story to laugh about down the track.