Hello everyone! We got back home late yesterday after the Scotland trip, and I now have a cold (courtesy of our 4-year-old grandson). Brain...
Hello all. (Only just morning still!)So glad you've got a promising diagnosis for Rob, @Goldenlily26 . Hopefully he'll be happier having to...
I'm joining the "don't know what I'm talking about" group. Full of admiration for them*, though - even the less accomplished ones.I'm off on...
I do still wonder if it might be Daphne mezereum, @Sheal . Those buds along the stem could be flower buds... they flower early in the year on...
I use my late mother's pegs too, @Sheal , some to fasten strawberry net to bamboo canes. Others get used for their intended purpose, pegging out...
Good morning all!Excellent news, @Tui34 ! Onwards and upwards...Thank you, those who commented; we made it to the concert last night (though...
Hello all.Quite chilly here today, though the sun has made it feel a lot warmer. Minus one last night so the dahlias aren't happy...I had my...
We had a proper frost last night, the first of the autumn - on the roof as well as the ground. Some of the dahlias are looking rather the worse...
If no.5 is bog myrtle, @Sheal , the leaves will have a very distinctive resinous smell.
Seeds now sown. Hands warming up now, round a mug of tea... :spinning:
No sign of the hedgehog at present, @LG_ , so I hope it's found plenty of food elsewhere (and/or a good place to hibernate - though it's a bit...
Thank you, @fairygirl . Yes, off to the cottage... most of the jobs I've got lined up are indoors (painting the stairs, replacing bureau hinges,...
Good morning all.That's a magnificent structure, @RowlandsCastle - and great photos! Thanks for sharing.I feel the same way about big cities,...
I've got a paper bag of yellow rattle seeds, which I collected earlier this year, to sow before I leave for Scotland on Sunday. I don't mind...
Afternoon all!Good luck finding the leak, @Obelix-Vendée . We have a very occasional drip just above the window in a spare bedroom, and the...
Irish citizens are fortunate in not having the same need for authorization to travel to the UK as does the rest of the EU, but having the freedom...
I didn't know he had two Ffs in his name, @Ladybird4 , until I looked him up on the internet. I'd just heard him on the radio...There's a...
Alexis Ffrench (yes, 2 Fs!!) is a composer as well as a rather good pianist, @Ladybird4 . He composed that piece he played last night, and it's...
@CostasK - I wouldn't dream of spraying the hedge, since apart from anything else it's full of blackberries which I want to eat (and so do a lot...
Mmm... I'm just imagining a giant Eccles cake... sometimes OH brings some back from one of his trips to England. The standard size, not giant -...
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