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  1. wiseowl
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    Whats Your Weather Like 2025

    Frosty but sunny day forecast.
    Frosty but sunny day forecast.
    Frosty but sunny day forecast.
    Frosty but sunny day forecast.
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  2. ricky101

    Cordon Apple Trees, Site ?

    youll definately get a smaller harvest but should get some. depends how much sun it does get during those hours. we have an dwarf apple in heavy shade and it never makes more than a handful of...
    youll definately get a smaller harvest but should get some. depends how much sun it does get during those hours. we have an dwarf apple in heavy shade and it never makes more than a handful of apples. ornamental at least
    youll definately get a smaller harvest but should get some. depends how much sun it does get during those hours. we have an dwarf apple in heavy shade and it never makes more than a handful of apples. ornamental at least
    youll definately get a smaller harvest but should get some. depends how much sun it does get during those hours. we have an dwarf apple in heavy shade and it never makes more than a handful of...
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  3. Loofah
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    What are we doing in the garden 2025

    We tried to grow Meconopsis in the past but our growing conditions are just what they don't like. We are in one of the driest and sunniest parts of the country and on clay soil. :noidea:I did more...
    We tried to grow Meconopsis in the past but our growing conditions are just what they don't like. We are in one of the driest and sunniest parts of the country and on clay soil. :noidea:I did more mowing yesterday and shall continue today. Then, apart from trimming lawn edges I hope to recut a lot...
    We tried to grow Meconopsis in the past but our growing conditions are just what they don't like. We are in one of the driest and sunniest parts of the country and on clay soil. :noidea:I did more mowing yesterday and shall continue today. Then,...
    We tried to grow Meconopsis in the past but our growing conditions are just what they don't like. We are in one of the driest and sunniest parts of the country and on clay soil. :noidea:I did more...
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  4. GreenFingeredPete
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    Gardeners’ World & Alan Titchmarsh Gardening Club 2025

    Gardeners’ World is gradually changing, the BBC are pivoting away from the one main presenter format to several presenters, this is due to scandals in particular Hugh Edwards, they also want to...
    Gardeners’ World is gradually changing, the BBC are pivoting away from the one main presenter format to several presenters, this is due to scandals in particular Hugh Edwards, they also want to move away from the pale, male and stale look, a better example of this, is Bargain Hunt when it...
    Gardeners’ World is gradually changing, the BBC are pivoting away from the one main presenter format to several presenters, this is due to scandals in particular Hugh Edwards, they also want to move away from the pale, male and stale look, a...
    Gardeners’ World is gradually changing, the BBC are pivoting away from the one main presenter format to several presenters, this is due to scandals in particular Hugh Edwards, they also want to...
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  5. Rockhopper69

    Pruning a young apple tree

    Thanks again for the advice , i will try and have a research , the tyoe is a coxes orange pipin
    Thanks again for the advice , i will try and have a research , the tyoe is a coxes orange pipin
    Thanks again for the advice , i will try and have a research , the tyoe is a coxes orange pipin
    Thanks again for the advice , i will try and have a research , the tyoe is a coxes orange pipin
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  6. Tidemark

    Whaaattt?

    I wonder how they cope with local names for places that bear no relation to their spelling on a map. A friend lives in “tidza” - Tideswell to you.
    I wonder how they cope with local names for places that bear no relation to their spelling on a map. A friend lives in “tidza” - Tideswell to you.
    I wonder how they cope with local names for places that bear no relation to their spelling on a map. A friend lives in “tidza” - Tideswell to you.
    I wonder how they cope with local names for places that bear no relation to their spelling on a map. A friend lives in “tidza” - Tideswell to you.
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  7. wiseowl
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    Yawn Yawn Wakey Wakey 2025

    Hello everyone. @Obelix-Vendée I have a bat box on the side of my house and even though my Katsura tree at the bottom of my back garden is tall enough to accommodate a bat box, Cricket gets up it...
    Hello everyone. @Obelix-Vendée I have a bat box on the side of my house and even though my Katsura tree at the bottom of my back garden is tall enough to accommodate a bat box, Cricket gets up it as easy as climbing up stairs so I daren't risk putting one there. I reckon he was a leopard in...
    Hello everyone. @Obelix-Vendée I have a bat box on the side of my house and even though my Katsura tree at the bottom of my back garden is tall enough to accommodate a bat box, Cricket gets up it as easy as climbing up stairs so I daren't risk...
    Hello everyone. @Obelix-Vendée I have a bat box on the side of my house and even though my Katsura tree at the bottom of my back garden is tall enough to accommodate a bat box, Cricket gets up it...
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  8. Michael Hewett

    Eucomis question

    Thank you both ... I think I'll put them in the greenhouse where it's dry. The soil is wet in some of the pots but they won't get frosted in there, and the pots are not big so they won't take up...
    Thank you both ... I think I'll put them in the greenhouse where it's dry. The soil is wet in some of the pots but they won't get frosted in there, and the pots are not big so they won't take up too much room.
    Thank you both ... I think I'll put them in the greenhouse where it's dry. The soil is wet in some of the pots but they won't get frosted in there, and the pots are not big so they won't take up too much room.
    Thank you both ... I think I'll put them in the greenhouse where it's dry. The soil is wet in some of the pots but they won't get frosted in there, and the pots are not big so they won't take up...
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  9. JWK
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    What's buzzing or flying near you 2025 ?

    @Escarpment Catcott Nature reserve often has many many cattle egrets seen from the main hide.
    @Escarpment Catcott Nature reserve often has many many cattle egrets seen from the main hide.
    @Escarpment Catcott Nature reserve often has many many cattle egrets seen from the main hide.
    @Escarpment Catcott Nature reserve often has many many cattle egrets seen from the main hide.
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  10. BB3

    Is it worth or even beneficial to tidy up the garden?

    I quite agree. We can't possibly leave our garden until Spring otherwise we would never catch up as we're a 365 days a year garden. On average, between the two of us, we probably spend 6 hours a...
    I quite agree. We can't possibly leave our garden until Spring otherwise we would never catch up as we're a 365 days a year garden. On average, between the two of us, we probably spend 6 hours a day on most days that it isn't raining, snowing or a cold wind.I've done about four hours of...
    I quite agree. We can't possibly leave our garden until Spring otherwise we would never catch up as we're a 365 days a year garden. On average, between the two of us, we probably spend 6 hours a day on most days that it isn't raining, snowing...
    I quite agree. We can't possibly leave our garden until Spring otherwise we would never catch up as we're a 365 days a year garden. On average, between the two of us, we probably spend 6 hours a...
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  11. wiseowl
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    Latest Moan From You and Me 2025

    Waiting for Evri..........
    Waiting for Evri..........
    Waiting for Evri..........
    Waiting for Evri..........
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  12. hi2u_uk

    Recommendations for lights to wrap around an outdoor plant

    A year or so back I came across an electrician who used Christmas lights to keep his tree ferns frost free, but he did live in Leicestershire a fairly cold part of England. Why be a sheep, just...
    A year or so back I came across an electrician who used Christmas lights to keep his tree ferns frost free, but he did live in Leicestershire a fairly cold part of England. Why be a sheep, just stick up a placard that says "Bah Humbug" and be done with it.
    A year or so back I came across an electrician who used Christmas lights to keep his tree ferns frost free, but he did live in Leicestershire a fairly cold part of England. Why be a sheep, just stick up a placard that says "Bah Humbug" and be...
    A year or so back I came across an electrician who used Christmas lights to keep his tree ferns frost free, but he did live in Leicestershire a fairly cold part of England. Why be a sheep, just...
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  13. Palustris

    Just when you thought he had finished tellng stories

    Latest book now out on Amazon. Amazon.co.uk
    Latest book now out on Amazon. Amazon.co.uk
    Latest book now out on Amazon. Amazon.co.uk
    Latest book now out on Amazon. Amazon.co.uk
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  14. Marley Farley
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    WILDFLOWERS YOU HAVE SEEN WHILE OUT WALKING

    A fresh Magpie Inkcap seen yesterday, probably the last one of the season.
    A fresh Magpie Inkcap seen yesterday, probably the last one of the season.
    A fresh Magpie Inkcap seen yesterday, probably the last one of the season.
    A fresh Magpie Inkcap seen yesterday, probably the last one of the season.
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  15. Logan
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  16. burnie

    Onion growing 2026

    I dont usually start onions until mid Jan or early Feb, but then I only want normal sized ones.I assume you have lights @burnie ?
    I dont usually start onions until mid Jan or early Feb, but then I only want normal sized ones.I assume you have lights @burnie ?
    I dont usually start onions until mid Jan or early Feb, but then I only want normal sized ones.I assume you have lights @burnie ?
    I dont usually start onions until mid Jan or early Feb, but then I only want normal sized ones.I assume you have lights @burnie ?
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  17. JWK
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  18. Fof
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    Copiapoa laui

    Agreed. Ive also got a Turbinicarpus horripilus, that I got in the summer, budding up. Looking forward to seeing that one.
    Agreed. Ive also got a Turbinicarpus horripilus, that I got in the summer, budding up. Looking forward to seeing that one.
    Agreed. Ive also got a Turbinicarpus horripilus, that I got in the summer, budding up. Looking forward to seeing that one.
    Agreed. Ive also got a Turbinicarpus horripilus, that I got in the summer, budding up. Looking forward to seeing that one.
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  19. shiney
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    DECEMBER PHOTO COMPETITION 2025

    Estuary sunset.
    Estuary sunset.
    Estuary sunset.
    Estuary sunset.
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  20. JWK
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    Show Us Your HousePlants In Bloom Now 2025

    Only 2yrs old had a cutting from my sister-in-law it’s an unusual colour this one . When my last Xmas cactus is fully out I will post a picture it’s about 15yrs old.
    Only 2yrs old had a cutting from my sister-in-law it’s an unusual colour this one . When my last Xmas cactus is fully out I will post a picture it’s about 15yrs old.
    Only 2yrs old had a cutting from my sister-in-law it’s an unusual colour this one . When my last Xmas cactus is fully out I will post a picture it’s about 15yrs old.
    Only 2yrs old had a cutting from my sister-in-law it’s an unusual colour this one . When my last Xmas cactus is fully out I will post a picture it’s about 15yrs old.
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