Thank you @CarolineL. we didn't want to move it as it is a gift from our son but being in the greenhouse it was having a great time! But getting...
The starling is often dismissed but when you see them in the sunshine they just glow. We watched some of the magpies recently in our orchard....
Pruned a grape vine in the greenhouse. This also has a pomegranate that our elder son gave to us some years ago. So much conflicting info about...
@ClematisDbee ours seems to flower nearly all year but it is lovely to see the flowers now we are into winter.
Our large flock of fieldfares have reduced a lot. Putting the stored apples that weren't storing outside allowed a few to come back. So to the...
When our boys were little I loved doing all the different things for Christmas. As they got older the stockings stopped and the presents became...
Many years ago we were given a small clump of Algerian Winter Iris by a very kind person who was helping us through health problems. The clump has...
Potted about in the polytunnel. Picked the green chillies (late sowing so not going red) and pulled up the sad looking plants. However left the...
One of the first veg we planted back in 1978 was asparagus. It did very well for many years and then...stopped. Tried again some years later but...
Just watched on iplayer Fungi web of life. Fascinating and very thought provoking.
Sort of gardening but not. We went to a garden centre to get ideas on what to put in a pot that would be winter foliage/colour. Yes we know not a...
I wouldn't leave them there. You need to collect them and put them outside. They are also known as stink bugs so be very careful and use gloves to...
@strongylodon we have a pinguicula (not sure which one as we have had it for decades...and I do mean decades). It has been in flower for many...
Filled the feeders, filled the watering can with rain water for the orchids and insectivorous plants. Picked some salad leaves and kale from the...
Many years ago we "found" some and as far as we can remember we sowed the whole kernel. A year later and nothing showing so we up ended the pot to...
So windy today that the birds were in small numbers. A few fieldfares but not as many as other days.
@stronglodon this morning we had a huge flock of fieldfares fly over the house, probably close to 1000. There are still some in the orchard and...
Great excitement....male & female greenfinches. Haven't seen them in our garden for many years. Lovely to have them back. Green woodpecker out in...
Light snow so no outdoors today. Defrosted one of the freezers (sounds as though we have loads but only 2 small ones!). Made a terrible mess on...
Went yet again to rectify another mistake at the bank but of course they weren't wrong I was! I get so cross at the way that the blame is laid as...
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