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The following two are from Tuesday 27 August, measuring just over 250cm

Erigeron karvinskianus is becoming a weed here. I must admit it flowers for a long time though. Shrubby potentillas are tough and flower for a long time. They come in a range of colours.

My neeps are almost ready for pulling. Planted late plugs. My pet haggi are looking forward to them.

I make flapjacks sometimesto share with the ladies at patchwork etc club but also with fellow gardeners when we go on visits. The French have nothing like them and love them. On those occasions I use a 10" square tin and adjust the quantities accordingly.I have graduated from the simple...

I would plant it in the ground if you have the space. You will find it will grow much better

Lovely @Selleri . I'm sure ours became the family Xmas22 card.

Yes, my Ribston Pippin has done this for the past 2-3 years. It's so odd seeing fruit and flowers on at the same time. I'm wondering if it thinks it's a Lemon . Last year it even set clusters of fruit, but of course they all fell off by December. If it does it this year, I think I will rub...

As @KT53 has said, I too would use either a "T" connector or cross like this here. I've not looked but they likely do the inline 4mm taps as well.

I always have yeast as I occasionally get the urge to make bread. I've even got some molasses and usually have honey. Too late this year but I definitely need a better tomato crop next year.

Thanks for the welcome everyone. I've just started a new thread to show the progress, which is ongoing with no signs of slowing, three and a half years later.Here's the thread..... Non-Gardener builds an Observatory, Garden Railway and even Dabbles with Plants!

Thank you Perki that is very kind of you, I have sent you a pm .

I wasn't sure if the plants had all been removed @Obelix-Vendée and all beds were empty, or if some of the pix were different, empty beds, and not that first one! If the plants aren't there, then it's easy. I like to leave any additional material to settle, then add more before planting, but it...

The potatoes need to be cold but frost free, not sure how easy that will be for you.

Our son won up the Tumbles many years ago and it was so exciting when we could hear the broadcast about him going off the front. Roads were closed for the races but not for the whole race, can't remember what they call it but closed and then open. The race organisers would have done all that was...

It's a cactus as said above. The brown bits are dead. It looks as if it needs repotting. Cut the dead bits off. Use a gritty mixture and put it in a pot with drainage holes. Use a smaller pot, one just big enough for the green bit only. Put it in a sunny spot and water only when the compost is...

hmmm im thinking maybe i can try thyme

Our cat used to eat the lawn - possibly certain weeds in it. Recently the neighbour's small dog does the same on our lawn, but I don't know much about dogs. Mind you our cat liked to chew my hair and tinsel too.

Not seen any on my Hemoracallis.I cut back my affected fuchsias hard too, @BB3 , and that works for a season or two and then they get it badly again.I suppose in some ways the fact these pests tend to attack only one species is good, as you don't lose huge swathes of planting in an...