I've actually seen quite a few this year although not as many as ladybirds. I was hand-weeding (groan) a large vegetable patch for a client and...
I've just had a run-in with BT when I switched phone calls to AOL. I had to keep their land-line and pay the rental fee but then I got a £90...
Picture's a bit blurry Nathan! But I think it's a type of purple vetch which is a member of the pea family but, sadly, not a sweet pea! Chris
Yes it was a beautiful sky last evening Woo. "Red sky at night" and all that, supposed to be wet today but so far, crossed fingers, it's breezy...
Thanks Alison. I think you're being a bit harsh on Gravesend! My partner was born and grew up there and was Chief Reporter and Woman's Page...
I wouldn't mind some Penstemon cuttings Alison. Whereabouts are you in Kent? We're near Cranbrook and Tenterden. Chris
They're under the gravel so it obviously worked! They weren't huge but were ugly. Now, all the client has to do is scrape off the gravel if access...
It might be a bit more elaborate than you want Jag but I worked on a project earlier this year. I had to conceal not one but four drain covers so...
Still sends shivers dwon my spine. YouTube- The four tops - Reach out iÃ?´ll be there‎ Chris
Definitely Fennel. I wonder if the wasps were hoverflies?:hehe: Chris
Thnaks for that Woo.:thumb: Chris
Oh dear Aaaron, Carole Klein is not a "scraggy looking presenter" but a true gardener. I've met her a couple of times an she's charming and she...
That seems to be the problem Pete. It's not a feature tree as all it does is conceal the shed so I suppose I should dig it up and start again....
No sons Palustris, just two daughters, one a teacher the other a student and my son-in-law is a roofer so sadly I had to pay!:( chris
Yes I think so Pete. (too dark to look now). In the main the tree is fine and weeps obediently. It just has this habit of throwing up verticals....
Well, as I was getting nowhere I bit the bullet and toook it into the local repair shop. There were dark mutterings about the crankshaft being...
I've got a willow that is supposed to have a weeping shape but it keeps sending up vertical, sort of water, shoots. I have to chop them off at...
It's going to be a nice one Woo! Thanks again for rising so early:wink:. Chris
You're dead right Woo, Hummingbird Hawk Moth. Chris
1. A very wee smokebush. Possibly Cotinus coggygria purpureus. 2. Definitely Rosmary, probably prostratus as ClaraLou said. Chris
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