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  1. NorthantsGeezer

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    I have my flies at the ready :)
    How wrong does that sound :biggrin: lol
     
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      Don't move the verbascum, it'll be nice. Probably yellow candelabra flowers on it. Pull it out after it's flowered and scattered a few seeds.
       
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      They are nice hands!
      I wear gloves these days - the sort made of cotton jersey with rubberised palms and fingers. They are OK when brand new but the dirt starts to come through on the thumbs and forefingers pretty quick. Also when sowing seeds/potting I don't like to wear gloves so it undoes any good work they may have done. I'm resorting to scraping hand cream under my nails before gardening sessions - when I remember.
       
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      Is that grass Couch Grass and have roots like this? If so another approach might be required if they're all tangled up with plants to be left insitu.

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      But mine are older :old: :roflol:
       
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        hey, how do you know yours are older? :)
        I am no spring chicken........49...!!!!!!
         
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        They don't look like old hands. Mine look about 90. Wished mine look like girly hands, everything considered.
         
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          That is, verily, a pullet of the primavera!
           
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          Thank the lord for Google :) a young hand? Made from pasta??? :scratch:
           
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          I'll have another look tomorrow but it could well be.

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          Oh!! I didn't know you were a baby! :lunapic 130165696578242 5:

          I've been married longer than you've been alive - and very happily :yahoo:
           
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            Oh, ok. Fair point :lunapic 130165696578242 5:
            Nice hands :)
             
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              Thanks, youngster :blue thumb: :roflol:

              If you're free to come over to our Open Day next Saturday Gdnam (Steve) is offering a lift and lives near you :dbgrtmb:. You could come and meet the gang of nutters :heehee:
               
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              Yes I saw your post about it :)
              That's one amazing garden :)
              Unfortunately I have been poorly (kidney stones ), and I am far from 100% at the moment. :sad:Otherwise I would have come over. Cutting the grass yesterday nearly killed me :ouch1:
              Thanks, and to Steve, for the offer :) I hope it's a great day for you all :)
               
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