I missed the Lights too @Ladybird4 … I was sound asleep … perhaps we’ll be lucky tonight ag MIL’s … we’ll be a bit further north and there’ll be...
Good morning all :coffee1: it’s a misty morning and 10C. Glad you got some rain @PatE :) As you say @Anna42 … that does sound like exciting...
@pitter-patter I think your visitor looks a lot like a European Paper WaspEuropean paper wasp - WikipediaThere have been some seen in the UK...
If only we could use hot air … there’s enough of it about :gaah:
I think I’m right in saying that @Angie Jones (nut) has grown this … hopefully she’ll see this post :)
Indeed @RowlandsCastle :)
If it’s not grafted onto a rootstock that’ll limit it’s size it’s unlikely that it’ll start producing fruit for many years. Hence the old saying...
Flippin ‘eck @steephill !!! Thank goodness they’re sorting you out … :yikes: Do follow doctors orders and take care of yourself!!!although the...
I’m 99.9999999999 % certain it’s not a QuercusNewly opened young pear leaves tend to be quite narrow and the get broader as they mature. The...
Looks like a pear to me too. Are there signs of it having been grafted? An ungrafted pear can grow as tall as an oak tree and take a couple of...
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Thank you @Ladybird4 … she’s a sensible northern lass and very independent, having been sadly widowed in her late 50s … she has a great group of...
Good morning all :coffee1: Bright sunshine, blue sky 12C and rising … and my runner beans look happy in their new home. I’ve snuck down and made...
Yes they’re garden plants … I rate them highly for their attractiveness, their perfume and their value to insects. i don’t cut them back until the...
I think 1 and 2 re both Hesperis matronalis (Sweet Rocket, Dame’s Rocket) … gives a beautiful scent to the air on a warm summer evening, and great...
I must’ve just driven past you @Manta .., my car was at The Devil’s Handbasin for a new cam belt. :)
Thank you @pattie … it does look nice when the beanpoles are up … we know that summer is on its way.I’ve collected my car … it’s has had the...
I was back here just after 9 and OH was getting the beanpoles up. Now the beans are planted, tied in and watered. It’s about a week earlier than I...
I read this and it really is the most wonderful thing I’ve read in a very long time … I’m quite damp around the gills … a member of my extended...
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