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Well what a difference. Sun shining with some heat and very little wind. Weeded out some glads again in the wrong place. Cut back the plants growing in front of the garage only because we couldn't close the door! Cut the hornbeam hedge for the first time (checked no bird nests). Planted out some...

Well, this is different

Armenia Maritima (Sea Thrift) We had a few in concrete planters that we brought from our old house.

@Busy-Lizzie - Hayloft are selling it but, from my recent experience and the ongoing saga for LB, I can't really recommend them. Based on what I received you'd probably get a piece of recently rooted division - the sort of thing you could produce yourself for free in a few weeks.Sarah Raven...

One of the shady beds today.

That are many Do you eat them all?

yeah, I do like a hosta!!

Wet, wet, wet. Constant light rain with occasional heavier bits. It's the kind of day where Minstrel pussy, an active cat, goes round every door and window in turn to see if there's one where it isn't too wet to go out. With th ehouse, annex and catflap that's a circuit of 16 woeful crying....

The insurance (rip-off), industy is a total mystery to me, their prices change almost daily for exactly the same cover.I think it needs to be sorted out personally, I'm not sure if it's regulated, but we all know regulators at useless anyway.

Anyone growing tomatillos this year? Similar requirements to bush tomatoes but they don't get blight outside which is nice. Bit of an acquired taste though if you've not had them before. I grew them a few years ago and got a great harvest outside, I've got four plants this year which I will pick...