To be honest, I couldn't believe that there was a gardening programme that I'd actually want to watch . Can't watch GW for more than 10 minutes...
What have you given up on this year? For me it's hostas and early grown cosmos. Maybe there's still hope for the later ones Most of my plants are...
Beechgrove I think. Have a look @noisette47
I've just watched that Scottish gardening programme. Can't remember the name ( my age) Packed with information and no patronising or pets that I...
Not a moan but something a bit strange. As I approached the checkout of our local chain small supermarket, an elderly man who didn't look the full...
Trickle down economics was never going to work. As expected,the rich took shed loads of money out of the economy and held on to their loot,...
Oh willow, goat willow, goat willow
I just had a thought. It happens now and again. If you raise the minimum wage, benefits etc, you are only providing more money for them to pay to...
They won't stay there :psnp:
Everywhere is the wrong place for grim urbanism (that's what spellchecker calls it and I'm inclined to agree).
I've promised myself not to take any notice of anything they run up the flagpole.
Mayflies make you gag
I got bitten by a couple of harlequin ladybirds a while back. They must've thought I was a peeping Tom. And, of course, in the ladybird plague...
How awful. Strange it went for your ankles. Was it a small dog?
Oh no! Where did it bite you? @On the Levels
On a similar note. There's a clump of what might be nettles in the neglected shady bit but I'm not game to touch them to find out. I understand...
Any would be interesting. Some more than others but I was thinking of gnats,midges,mosquitoes @NigelJ and @Tinkerton ouch! Maybe it's a forest thing
I know it's tempting fate but I can still go down the shady end of the garden without getting bitten. I assume it's the cold spring. It's an ill...
Shame there isn't an empathy or sympathy rating @shiney
a) slugs eat the seedlings that you've nurtured until they are ready to go out into the worldb) slugs eat a plant that you've bought and paid...
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