tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10388715.post111020377033911549..comments2023-11-02T12:28:06.071+00:00Comments on Anything but sprouts: Spuddle (spUdl) vb. The act of gentle gardeningAlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03307764579407047231noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10388715.post-1170782063120355742007-02-06T17:14:00.000+00:002007-02-06T17:14:00.000+00:00to spuddle or spluddling is commonly used in the w...to spuddle or spluddling is commonly used in the west country to describe doing nothing in particular, i.e., just messing about with whatever takes one's fancyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10388715.post-1141222800410759542006-03-01T14:20:00.000+00:002006-03-01T14:20:00.000+00:00Mentioned the word "spuddling" to a friend who sai...Mentioned the word "spuddling" to a friend who said I must have made it up! I denied this emphatically as it is a word my late mother often used - not only for gentle gardening but perhaps describing a free range hen "spuddling around" looking for titbits! Delighted to see the word is still being used!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10388715.post-1111657629969360142005-03-24T09:47:00.000+00:002005-03-24T09:47:00.000+00:00I'm a 'pootle' person, as in 'What have you been u...I'm a 'pootle' person, as in 'What have you been up to today?', 'I've been pootling in the garden'. I think it might come from the character of the same name in the Flumps!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com