Actually it's better than just another day, because I know nobody's going to come and disturb me.
I'm even more frugal, I just don't buy any presents.
A slug and a worm caught in the act of escaping. You can also see how the foxes have been digging at the insulating jacket to get at them. [ATTACH]
I had a song thrush in the garden a few days ago, first one I've seen all year. I'm also getting regular visits from a Great Spotted Woodpecker,...
I'd finished planting all my bulbs, and then yesterday I cleared the bit of hedge brought down by Storm Darragh. Looking at the cleared patch...
Perfect gardening weather today - very mild and only the gentlest of breezes. Have been pulling down masses of dead bramble and huge woody...
First open flower on the Hellebore "Ice 'n' Roses Red" - lots of nice fat buds there too. Hellebore Niger has already been flowering for weeks,...
I have finally managed to get the last of my bulbs in. Tulips in the front garden, snowdrops in the back, and a big pot of tulips, daffs and...
If you're seeing small dull brown/grey birds with black caps, you might be looking at Blackcaps. The females have a chestnut cap. They used to be...
My stepmother used to put the tree up at the beginning of December but not decorate it. The decorations went on after the kids had gone to bed on...
Feels very mild here - BBC weather app says 7C but I'm sure it's warmer. Sun is shining for the first time in ages.
I've just realised that I've heard hardly any Christmas music in the shops this year. I've just come back from my closest supermarket where they...
Did you mean the flashing is default @fairygirl? I do agree, I hate anything flashing.
Welcome @gooseberry, fingers crossed for the allotment! A lot of the time in my garden is spent just looking and thinking. It's amazing how much...
Oh yes I've had a lot of that - I always say that I have nothing to get ready since I don't do Christmas. They quite often admit then that they...
Christmas starts this weekend for many people. Several of my colleagues had their last day yesterday and won't be back till the New Year. I will...
My mother always used to buy all the presents, even for my stepfather's parents. He did nothing. Then on Christmas day, his parents would give him...
I don't get any in the garden either but there are plenty in the neighbourhood. I think they just have a preference for certain kinds of hedge....
'Tis the season to buy Hellebores. This one is "Cinnamon Snow" [ATTACH]
Thanks @ClematisDbee - the close-ups do tend to flatter it! It's a very unusual garden. My house is built on the side of a steep hill, and the...
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