@Sue Nah, I'm a rheumatologist. The mannikin is to count involved joints :)

@acoder Lasagne gardens don't use wood chips because wood chips mixed in with the other materials steal nitrogen. Wood chips are best used on the surface only. Normally lasagne gardens alternate layers of straw/hay with nitrogenous materials such as coffee grounds or grass clippings and weeds.

@NiallC.@Sue - can either of you explain to me the presence of the duck and its can I help motto? I did click on it to see what happened - are we meant to listen to questions now,and if so,how?

@Shule Everything is fine, I appreciate your attention and all responses. I just recently jumped into gardening, and l am not entirely familiar with GL SE written and unwritten rules, so, inevitably, some of my posts are awkward. But no bed feelings towards you, I understood you comments as you meant, absolutely. :)

@NiallC. oh right, I get it - trouble with me is I'm so literal it never occurred to me its 1st April....