No relation to Clare Island, @Fat Controller - that's in county Mayo, a good bit north of here. We're in the east part of County Clare. It's...
I haven't posted before on this thread... but here goes. My garden, a third of an acre on the edge of a small town in East Clare, which is in the...
I think I'm becoming more tolerant of "haitch" since hearing it a lot in Ireland. After all, it makes sense, since it begins with the sound of...
Are you sure your geranium is Rozanne, @Loofah ? It's supposed to be sterile...
I've offered, but he's not keen... :smile:
Thanks, @Sheal . I get chilblains in cold weather, so hand knitted socks are ideal, having no seams to press on your toes.My OH thinks the...
[ATTACH] I like knitting socks - but got bored with just plain ones...
Any idea how the rats are getting in, @Punkdoc ? We had rats under the dining room floor in a very old farmhouse in Northumberland some years...
They seed all over the place in heavy alkaline soil in my garden (and also pop up in the gravel drive from time to time). But something has dug...
Morning all. The distant hills are probably still there, but I can't see them... annoying drizzle. But I can get some more seeds sown in the...
Thank you, @Fat Controller @JWK and @Victoria - you're all so helpful, and I'm beginning to feel much more at home here. :spinning:
Sorry, late in this evening to reply to @Dovefromabove about eggs. Clearly I should have taken Home Economics at school... I hadn't thought about...
Hello @Victoria - thank you so much for your welcome to us refugees from GW! It's sunny here in western Ireland today, but still too soggy out...
Thank you for the clarification, @JWK .
Thanks, @AnniD . :smile:
Actually, I don't know how this forum is funded... Is there advertising? I have an ad blocker but can remove it from this site if that's desirable.
Is Azure Rush one of the sterile hybrids, @AnniD ? And if so, does it stay compact, or is it a sprawler like Rozanne?
Hi @CanadianLori ! We're all feeling a bit lost, having suddenly discovered the GW forum was closing without warning. No way do we want to...
The sterile hybrids flower for longest - Rozanne, Orion & Patricia are the ones I know about, but there are probably others around by now.
I might be starting to get the hang of how this forum works... definitely a reason to be cheerful...:spinning:
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