12c and pishing it down since dawn and the central heating has kicked in for most of the day, yet again. Indoors with a jumper on. Can count the...
Ah, another Gazania graveyard here too. Usually flowers like mad and thrives on neglect, this year it flowered really well for a month but the...
Wondering if anyone has a shaped C. Cornubia and a picture to show?Mine is a few years old, about 8-9ft and I've let it mature fairly naturally...
I'm no tree expert, but a neighbour of mine have a Cypress and they intentionally had it topped as they thought it was getting too high. It now...
Same as yesterday, minus the watering :)
Well the Drama Queens at the Met Office got it right for a change. 3am a real proper crash, bang, wallop of a thunderstorm with a great...
Was recently in Scandinavia. A glass of draught beer (looks to be about 3/4 of one of our pints?) €5 in an ordinary neighbourhood basic pub....
Summer garden stuff - book, cuppa, sunbed, generally enjoying the graft of the rest of the year. Nowt else except watering.
A more modest success than others, but my two plants are looking good and really enjoying the garden room heat, though you need to keep a beady...
Raspberries are excellent this year. As is rhubarb (the clumps I split at completely the wrong time of year are surprisingly cropping well).On...
Hope I don't jinx myself, but very little aphid aggro here so far. Like others have perhaps seen only one or two ladybirds this year.
@IceColdRum - really like those cylinders, are they recycled culvert pipes? Reminded me to get along to the car boot on Sunday, love a rummage...
Thanks for all the kind words and encouragement, it is so new looking and in an 'old' garden it sticks out a bit. As people have said, I think...
Well, it is kind of finished, basically in situ but the plants are all still in their pots till i get them in the right place (limited by some...
I generally find the new theme ok.One thing is particularly irksome. When you are on the home page and click on a name listed on the Users...
Hold yer 'orses ;)I believe a recommendation has been made, and the government is to decide by the end of the year. Do sympathise with the...
Very hot and humid, it is 34c now. OH decided we're off to the beach today of all days with a picnic etc. Thankfully there was a bit of shade...
Well seems my venture into astronomy is a bit ill-fated, having contacted 3 of my localish amateur astronomy groups, they have all ceased...
You're too kind, I was a bit surprised about how well I handled it myself, must be mellowing a bit :whistle:. And well, erm, it was me who...
You have to laugh don't you, or the next thing you know the Old Bill will be tearing their way through the village with a restraining order with...
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