On the homebuilding side- The Government over here decided about 4 years ago that we are about 2 million homes short for the Growing population. They have designated the areas where the houses are to go and a lot of them are in the South. Lots of plots of land have been sold to the developers and some of these have been developed. Problem is that what are required are Starter homes for people trying to get on the housing ladder and they cannot afford the £200,000 required to buy these houses. ($400,000) They have not looked at the market- have not provided the right types of housing and are now paying for being greedy. Couple this with the fact that you cannot get a Mortgage at present and the Building trade is in dire straits.
And on the gardening side- Home grown vegetables rock. Especially with the way all food has rocketed in the last 6 months. All I want to know now is how to grow a cow.
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How long was I in the army? Five foot seven.
Spike Milligan