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  1. wiseowl
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    Whats Your Weather Like 2025

    Its been dry but very gloomy, bit of a wind blowing making it feel colder than it is, 10c.
    Its been dry but very gloomy, bit of a wind blowing making it feel colder than it is, 10c.
    Its been dry but very gloomy, bit of a wind blowing making it feel colder than it is, 10c.
    Its been dry but very gloomy, bit of a wind blowing making it feel colder than it is, 10c.
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  2. ben01

    Spring Bulbs coming up early

    I might be having daffodils on the table for New Year Lunch the way they are growing.
    I might be having daffodils on the table for New Year Lunch the way they are growing.
    I might be having daffodils on the table for New Year Lunch the way they are growing.
    I might be having daffodils on the table for New Year Lunch the way they are growing.
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  3. JWK
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    Currently Listening To 2025

    Woke up Friday and listened to Nick Caves Murder Ballads whilst in the bath. Went for a coffee in Notting Hill in the afternoon with a friend and guess who walked past not a metre away - only Nick...
    Woke up Friday and listened to Nick Caves Murder Ballads whilst in the bath. Went for a coffee in Notting Hill in the afternoon with a friend and guess who walked past not a metre away - only Nick Cave! Total fanboy moment for me :love30:
    Woke up Friday and listened to Nick Caves Murder Ballads whilst in the bath. Went for a coffee in Notting Hill in the afternoon with a friend and guess who walked past not a metre away - only Nick Cave! Total fanboy moment for me :love30:
    Woke up Friday and listened to Nick Caves Murder Ballads whilst in the bath. Went for a coffee in Notting Hill in the afternoon with a friend and guess who walked past not a metre away - only Nick...
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  4. wiseowl
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    Yawn Yawn Wakey Wakey 2025

    Chocolate and/or smoked salmon for me @AuntyRach - but not at the same time! It has been heaving down all day but seems to have eased off now which is just as well as I like my walk to my friends'...
    Chocolate and/or smoked salmon for me @AuntyRach - but not at the same time! It has been heaving down all day but seems to have eased off now which is just as well as I like my walk to my friends' house for my lift to the quiz. Last quiz of the year tonight and we are playing our A team so it is...
    Chocolate and/or smoked salmon for me @AuntyRach - but not at the same time! It has been heaving down all day but seems to have eased off now which is just as well as I like my walk to my friends' house for my lift to the quiz. Last quiz of the...
    Chocolate and/or smoked salmon for me @AuntyRach - but not at the same time! It has been heaving down all day but seems to have eased off now which is just as well as I like my walk to my friends'...
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  5. MrHappyDays

    Is there anything I can do now?

    I am not sure regarding greenhouse / conservatory (and the shed sounds like a definite no). I have a Kentia Palm in the corner next to the conservatory door (but within the main house) and it is...
    I am not sure regarding greenhouse / conservatory (and the shed sounds like a definite no). I have a Kentia Palm in the corner next to the conservatory door (but within the main house) and it is surviving. Based on a quick look, yours should be a bit more cold tolerant than that, but still it's...
    I am not sure regarding greenhouse / conservatory (and the shed sounds like a definite no). I have a Kentia Palm in the corner next to the conservatory door (but within the main house) and it is surviving. Based on a quick look, yours should be a...
    I am not sure regarding greenhouse / conservatory (and the shed sounds like a definite no). I have a Kentia Palm in the corner next to the conservatory door (but within the main house) and it is...
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  6. hi2u_uk

    Which branches should I chop off ?

    Agree, but here it is a gooseberry being pruned.
    Agree, but here it is a gooseberry being pruned.
    Agree, but here it is a gooseberry being pruned.
    Agree, but here it is a gooseberry being pruned.
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  7. hi2u_uk

    Recommendations for lights to wrap around an outdoor plant

    I bought LUMIFY usb solar fairy lights for my large holly bush in the front garden. It obviously works on solar power but also on a rechargeable battery. Comes with a usb charging port and...
    I bought LUMIFY usb solar fairy lights for my large holly bush in the front garden. It obviously works on solar power but also on a rechargeable battery. Comes with a usb charging port and charging cable plus an indicator light. Mode button for changing light cycle. 3 power switches - on, off,...
    I bought LUMIFY usb solar fairy lights for my large holly bush in the front garden. It obviously works on solar power but also on a rechargeable battery. Comes with a usb charging port and charging cable plus an indicator light. Mode button for...
    I bought LUMIFY usb solar fairy lights for my large holly bush in the front garden. It obviously works on solar power but also on a rechargeable battery. Comes with a usb charging port and...
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  8. Tidemark

    Whaaattt?

    Do you just mean it is politicians you have no faith in @Fat Controller or are you including anyone who wants the right to assisted death ? This Labour govt. will probably not manage another...
    Do you just mean it is politicians you have no faith in @Fat Controller or are you including anyone who wants the right to assisted death ? This Labour govt. will probably not manage another term and they don't appear to have any serious intentions in this regard anyway. You may well be right...
    Do you just mean it is politicians you have no faith in @Fat Controller or are you including anyone who wants the right to assisted death ? This Labour govt. will probably not manage another term and they don't appear to have any serious...
    Do you just mean it is politicians you have no faith in @Fat Controller or are you including anyone who wants the right to assisted death ? This Labour govt. will probably not manage another...
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  9. wiseowl
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    Latest Moan From You and Me 2025

    I have similar problems with some of the applications I have to use for work. I end up typing in another application e.g. Notepad and then copying/pasting it.
    I have similar problems with some of the applications I have to use for work. I end up typing in another application e.g. Notepad and then copying/pasting it.
    I have similar problems with some of the applications I have to use for work. I end up typing in another application e.g. Notepad and then copying/pasting it.
    I have similar problems with some of the applications I have to use for work. I end up typing in another application e.g. Notepad and then copying/pasting it.
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  10. JWK
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    A Joke Or Two 2025

    Love the three Kings funny @Star gaze Lily :biggrin:
    Love the three Kings funny @Star gaze Lily :biggrin:
    Love the three Kings funny @Star gaze Lily :biggrin:
    Love the three Kings funny @Star gaze Lily :biggrin:
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  11. JWK
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    Your day (apart from gardening) what took place ? 2025

    Maybe mine too but I was only saying about my day so far I don't look at the moan thread, it gets too political and boring.I don't know what 2GB etc means ...
    Maybe mine too but I was only saying about my day so far I don't look at the moan thread, it gets too political and boring.I don't know what 2GB etc means ...
    Maybe mine too but I was only saying about my day so far I don't look at the moan thread, it gets too political and boring.I don't know what 2GB etc means ...
    Maybe mine too but I was only saying about my day so far I don't look at the moan thread, it gets too political and boring.I don't know what 2GB etc means ...
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  12. shiney
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    Poems

    Finally from G K Chesterton The Rolling English Road (1913)Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode, The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road. A reeling road, a...
    Finally from G K Chesterton The Rolling English Road (1913)Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode, The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road. A reeling road, a rolling road, that rambles round the shire, And after him the parson ran, the sexton and the squire; A...
    Finally from G K Chesterton The Rolling English Road (1913)Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode, The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road. A reeling road, a rolling road, that rambles round the shire, And after...
    Finally from G K Chesterton The Rolling English Road (1913)Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode, The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road. A reeling road, a...
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  13. JWK
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    What's buzzing or flying near you 2025 ?

    Female Hooded Merganser, she looks like she waddled out of a duck beauty salon. They certainly are beautiful creatures.
    Female Hooded Merganser, she looks like she waddled out of a duck beauty salon. They certainly are beautiful creatures.
    Female Hooded Merganser, she looks like she waddled out of a duck beauty salon. They certainly are beautiful creatures.
    Female Hooded Merganser, she looks like she waddled out of a duck beauty salon. They certainly are beautiful creatures.
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  14. BB3

    WORDS

    Talking about traditional English words:-Banish the use of the four-letter words! :nonofinger: Whose meanings are never obscure. The Angles, the Saxons, those hardy old birds, Were vulgar, obscene and...
    Talking about traditional English words:-Banish the use of the four-letter words! :nonofinger: Whose meanings are never obscure. The Angles, the Saxons, those hardy old birds, Were vulgar, obscene and impure. But cherish the use of the weaselling phrase :sad: That never quite says what you mean. You’d better...
    Talking about traditional English words:-Banish the use of the four-letter words! :nonofinger: Whose meanings are never obscure. The Angles, the Saxons, those hardy old birds, Were vulgar, obscene and impure. But cherish the use of the weaselling phrase :sad:...
    Talking about traditional English words:-Banish the use of the four-letter words! :nonofinger: Whose meanings are never obscure. The Angles, the Saxons, those hardy old birds, Were vulgar, obscene and...
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  15. BB3

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

    I think there might be some buried helebores out the front. I'll give the fallen leaves a jiggle to check.
    I think there might be some buried helebores out the front. I'll give the fallen leaves a jiggle to check.
    I think there might be some buried helebores out the front. I'll give the fallen leaves a jiggle to check.
    I think there might be some buried helebores out the front. I'll give the fallen leaves a jiggle to check.
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  16. Loofah
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    What are we doing in the garden 2025

    I must be mad. During a brief lull in the drizzle I dashed outside, got down on my hands and knees and handpicked up loads of tiny wet birch leaves off a narrow bed of purple slate chippings...
    I must be mad. During a brief lull in the drizzle I dashed outside, got down on my hands and knees and handpicked up loads of tiny wet birch leaves off a narrow bed of purple slate chippings opposite my kitchen window. Been annoying me for weeks. Obviously it was the wrong decision to cover the...
    I must be mad. During a brief lull in the drizzle I dashed outside, got down on my hands and knees and handpicked up loads of tiny wet birch leaves off a narrow bed of purple slate chippings opposite my kitchen window. Been annoying me for weeks....
    I must be mad. During a brief lull in the drizzle I dashed outside, got down on my hands and knees and handpicked up loads of tiny wet birch leaves off a narrow bed of purple slate chippings...
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  17. Logan

    YouTube mega thread

    Now this is interesting.
    Now this is interesting.
    Now this is interesting.
    Now this is interesting.
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  18. Fof

    Dendrobium kingianum

    One of mine is just a mass of roots but no flowers, maybe it needs a bit of attention. :biggrin:
    One of mine is just a mass of roots but no flowers, maybe it needs a bit of attention. :biggrin:
    One of mine is just a mass of roots but no flowers, maybe it needs a bit of attention. :biggrin:
    One of mine is just a mass of roots but no flowers, maybe it needs a bit of attention. :biggrin:
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  19. Michael Hewett

    Eucomis question

    Thank you @Spruce I shall do that ...
    Thank you @Spruce I shall do that ...
    Thank you @Spruce I shall do that ...
    Thank you @Spruce I shall do that ...
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  20. wiseowl
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    Land /Water Wildlife

    Looking at the image, you can see she blends perfectly into the background colours.
    Looking at the image, you can see she blends perfectly into the background colours.
    Looking at the image, you can see she blends perfectly into the background colours.
    Looking at the image, you can see she blends perfectly into the background colours.
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