Great wildlife pics! You were just in the right place at the right time.:) I sometimes see a lone rook dive bombing a red kite, the rookery is...
I love to see mad march hares, running in the fields and boxing with each other, a marvellous sight! Hope somebody manages to get a pic.
I agree, I have always checked receipts ( maybe an age thing?) but am finding more mistakes, Especially in garden centres! Money which should come...
Have just made a list of all your suggestions for plants in shade to take to the garden centre. Dry shade is perhaps the most difficult.Since...
Good pics and impressive knowledge of birds on here!:)
R.Alchemist is indeed a beautiful rose and it obviously is doing well where you planted it. Visiting friends in Rutland a few years ago we went...
Hello, I’m looking for plants for a shady area too, and plan on getting hostas and alchemilla Mollis ( do well, according to Monty Don.)Smaller...
You are too modest Armandii:) your roses are lovely ( and I think you have 18 of them!) the yellow rose with the honeysuckle growing with it is so...
Yes, thanks, I shall wait. I think I need to wait for hostas as well ( haven’t seen any as yet) and think two or three will look good in the shade...
Thirty bumblebees!:wow: I have quite a way to go. Armandii, your garden sounds magnificent, will you post some pics of your roses in June? We live...
A bumblebee buzzed past me in the garden this afternoon, and yesterday spotted a butterfly. Both very early I would think? We were surprised to...
The PlantAssassin, that’s a lovely small display of plants you have growing there, they look so healthy ( so you are not living up to your...
Hi, I have one of these, in a pot which I used to move inside (shed) in Winter for protection, but as it’s now so heavy I left it outside ( could...
I have an area of garden with some sun and shade and am thinking of planting three hydrangeas there, am wondering if it’s too early to buy and...
Just an update, and I appreciated your tips Pete and JR.My fence was painted a couple of years ago with Cuprinol Shades paint in a pale green, but...
I agree about Frosts, lovely garden centre and good healthy plants, we have bought lots over the years. If you live in the Leicestershire/Rutland...
Haha Dianne, I really should go to Specsavers:gaah:( more like Xlarge size here)I think with the weather warming up it’s tempting to order new...
Prepared two new small beds ready for planting up.Wonder if it’s too early to think about buying and planting new shrubs and small pants?
So mild here today, we were able to do a good tidy up around the garden, including weeds in some cracks in the patio, a bit of pruning and moving...
Thank you Pete and JR:) I did think it may be the case ( paint onto paint) but will now look in to cheaper paints as Cuprinol Shades costs so much.
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