@Escarpment - very useful tool . There are a lot of deciduous trees by me so there is a great eiderdown of leafage that drops into my garden from...
@fairygirl - thank you . Each year we have ashy bees nesting in a small patch of lawn next to our pond. This patch has quite a lot of sand in the...
@fairygirl - thanks for asking , my foot is irritatingly sore still , but then i ended up ankle deep in flood water last night getting out of the...
Torrential thunderstorm yesterday early evening , 3” rain in 3 hours according to local news - i was out in the car and can only remember rain...
@ArmyAirForce . That is a tremendous piece of work. :wow: I am not sure what your next project could be , a tribute to Hadrians Wall or a scale...
@ArmyAirForce - you have a railway and an observatory ! I am very pleased to have a potting shed but i doubt many people can boast a railway AND...
I had the misfortune yesterday that when changing my shoes in the potting shed i trod on a wasp which kindly stung me 4 times on the soft...
@Goldenlily26 Thank you for your input , i shall monitor this over the winter months and assess the way forward . The only vertical stem ends with...
@Liriodendron Painful , i can empathise as i had the same nagging problem a few years ago , hopefully its just fatigue and not aggravation of the...
Air frost !! 2 degrees right now!! Horizontal surfaces frozen , vertical ones have heavy dew - earliest frost for years here . 2 week forecast is...
@fairygirl well thats what happened with my relatives too ! Marry a Canadian airman and emigrate to Canada and raise a family there!:wow:
@fairygirl - well its all on top of bay 1 , im going to take your advice and spend a little time this morning ( between the showers) sifting out...
@fairygirl Good morning , it sounds like your part of west central Scotland is more like the permafrost of northern Canada. Gardening in your part...
@NigelJ i half expected that , i dont dislike crocosmia but theywere weeds where they were , any survivors ( in the border or in the heap) will...
Even after all these years i still find it amazing that i can spend all day busily doing stuff in the garden and it doesnt look any different at...
Hello @fairygirl - i went on a cricket groundsmans course about 20 years ago presented by a county cricket groundsman. Cutting grass was a popular...
No prospect of time in the garden today , heavy rain woke me about 0300 and i listened to it drumming on the roof after that and more forecasted...
That one is Buffalo steak , i have a dozen on that one the other ( no photo ) is Supersteak ,more tomatoes but not quite as big , half a pound...
I am amazed with the crop i am getting outside with 2 beef tomato plants -30 large tomatoes at least 8 ounces each and the monster in the picture...
@AuntyRach try the link from the RHS. I would not recommend egg shells , rats are attracted to egg shells .Hope that helps. Composting / RHS
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