Therein lies another rub :biggrin: OH has all the intuition and sensitivity of a JCB when it comes to giving presents. I've spent 45 years trying...
Rose and shrub pruning on the driveway bed today, with a bit of weeding. Since I've got hold of some lovely, sterile mulch and chop prunings in...
The sun took a bit longer to break through morning fog today, but a pleasant 17C now, no wind and no frost forecast for the forseeable....
Lights, a tree, deccies....recently optional. Last year was the first time ever that I didn't do a Christmas tree. I love to see garden trees...
Oh yes they are! Anything with mixed peel in :eeew:. At a push, a mince pie made with home-made, peel-less mincemeat is just about bearable but...
When we moved to France 17 years ago, Christmas started in mid-December. It was strictly for kiddies as the New Year festivities were aimed at the...
I would suggest that you come and live in hilly rural France and try it for a week :roflol:
There are quite a few different species. The colours vary from pistachio-green to grey to brown. The babies look like little, flattened blackish...
The last two years have seen a massive invasion of shield bugs here. Not only in the garden, but as you found, ClematisDbee, in the house. There...
After previously using wooden stakes which either rot or come loose in the ground, I use...
I was born in the middle so I was a northerner or southerner depending on another's perspective. Had elocution lessons which left me with a...
You're not the only racy ones on here, you know. We've a new member who walks barefoot, yes, barefoot across his lawn. In England. In November. :huh:
Bof! That's cheating :biggrin: This would be in Spain, would it? Bonnes vacances.....
Hello Ricky, I'd pull out any dead stems and any that come away easily. Let the pots dry out as much as possible and tuck them in the greenhouse....
Three hours before Christmas dinner......:biggrin:[ATTACH]
The Parliamentary Ombudsman recommended compensation but as I understand it, the Tory government were spared the need to comply by being kicked...
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