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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...
MrHappyDays, Dec 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM, General Gardening Discussion
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CostasK
Dec 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Pruning a young apple tree
Sounds OK. Do you have a photo which would help.
Sounds OK. Do you have a photo which would help.
Sounds OK. Do you have a photo which would help.
Sounds OK. Do you have a photo which would help.
Rockhopper69, Dec 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM, Trees ... 2
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waterbut
Dec 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Whaaattt?
I have a deep mistrust and dislike of AI generated info especially when I google something like RHS+plant name and the first thing I get is "Plant name is probably a reference to plant name...
I have a deep mistrust and dislike of AI generated info especially when I google something like RHS+plant name and the first thing I get is "Plant name is probably a reference to plant name blah-blah". I know that, stoopid, or I wouldn't have asked the RHS!I certainly won't be doing any deep...
I have a deep mistrust and dislike of AI generated info especially when I google something like RHS+plant name and the first thing I get is "Plant name is probably a reference to plant name blah-blah". I know that, stoopid, or I wouldn't have...
I have a deep mistrust and dislike of AI generated info especially when I google something like RHS+plant name and the first thing I get is "Plant name is probably a reference to plant name...
Tidemark, Aug 17, 2024, Off-Topic Discussion ... 277 278 279
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Obelix-Vendée
Dec 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Latest hobby.
Hi,I bought one of these Yamaha mini keyboards for my wife Bron and still have it although Bron sadly passed away. I've not played my violins much lately because of the dire weather; all my gear...
Hi,I bought one of these Yamaha mini keyboards for my wife Bron and still have it although Bron sadly passed away. I've not played my violins much lately because of the dire weather; all my gear is in the studio where it's cosy; warm and well lit; the problem is timing; I need to turn the...
Hi,I bought one of these Yamaha mini keyboards for my wife Bron and still have it although Bron sadly passed away. I've not played my violins much lately because of the dire weather; all my gear is in the studio where it's cosy; warm and well...
Hi,I bought one of these Yamaha mini keyboards for my wife Bron and still have it although Bron sadly passed away. I've not played my violins much lately because of the dire weather; all my gear...

Retired, Nov 7, 2025, Members Hobbies ... 2 3
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Retired
Dec 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Whats Your Weather Like 2025
Hi,Everything is still soaking wet outdoors; 6C at the moment with 5% chance of rain.It would be good growing time for rhubarb not needing to be in a dark shed and automatically watered. ...
Hi,Everything is still soaking wet outdoors; 6C at the moment with 5% chance of rain.It would be good growing time for rhubarb not needing to be in a dark shed and automatically watered. Kind regards, Col.
Hi,Everything is still soaking wet outdoors; 6C at the moment with 5% chance of rain.It would be good growing time for rhubarb not needing to be in a dark shed and automatically watered. Kind regards, Col.
Hi,Everything is still soaking wet outdoors; 6C at the moment with 5% chance of rain.It would be good growing time for rhubarb not needing to be in a dark shed and automatically watered. ...
wiseowl, Jan 1, 2025, Off-Topic Discussion ... 526 527 528
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Retired
Dec 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Spring Bulbs coming up early
Don't believe it about the mice. We used to find just bundles of leaves where the mice had eaten the crocus corm underneath.
Don't believe it about the mice. We used to find just bundles of leaves where the mice had eaten the crocus corm underneath.
Don't believe it about the mice. We used to find just bundles of leaves where the mice had eaten the crocus corm underneath.
Don't believe it about the mice. We used to find just bundles of leaves where the mice had eaten the crocus corm underneath.
ben01, Nov 9, 2011, General Gardening Discussion ... 2
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Palustris
Dec 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Currently Listening To 2025
Glad to hear you saw your idol @longk but to be honest, I'd have drowned myself in the bath listening to that.
Glad to hear you saw your idol @longk but to be honest, I'd have drowned myself in the bath listening to that.
Glad to hear you saw your idol @longk but to be honest, I'd have drowned myself in the bath listening to that.
Glad to hear you saw your idol @longk but to be honest, I'd have drowned myself in the bath listening to that.
JWK, Jan 1, 2025, The Muppet Show ... 4 5 6
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Sheal
Dec 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Yawn Yawn Wakey Wakey 2025
It is dull and grey here and the sun is trying but not winning. OH is out golfing and I shall spend my day sewing apart from a visit to the chooks and to check my seedlings and cuttings in the...
It is dull and grey here and the sun is trying but not winning. OH is out golfing and I shall spend my day sewing apart from a visit to the chooks and to check my seedlings and cuttings in the polytunnel.Why on earth was your venue not heated @Ladybird4? Seems mad as well as negligent to...
It is dull and grey here and the sun is trying but not winning. OH is out golfing and I shall spend my day sewing apart from a visit to the chooks and to check my seedlings and cuttings in the polytunnel.Why on earth was your venue not heated...
It is dull and grey here and the sun is trying but not winning. OH is out golfing and I shall spend my day sewing apart from a visit to the chooks and to check my seedlings and cuttings in the...
wiseowl, Jan 1, 2025, The Muppet Show ... 397 398 399
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Obelix-Vendée
Dec 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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.
hi2u_uk, Dec 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM, Edible Gardening
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NigelJ
Dec 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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...
hi2u_uk, Dec 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM, Garden Projects and DIY ... 2
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waterbut
Dec 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Latest Moan From You and Me 2025
Sounds like something a drug addict would do.
Sounds like something a drug addict would do.
Sounds like something a drug addict would do.
Sounds like something a drug addict would do.
wiseowl, Jan 1, 2025, Off-Topic Discussion ... 402 403 404
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NigelJ
Dec 16, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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A Joke Or Two 2025

JWK, Jan 1, 2025, The Muppet Show ... 106 107 108
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Ladybird4
Dec 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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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 ...
JWK, Jan 1, 2025, Off-Topic Discussion ... 9 10 11
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Michael Hewett
Dec 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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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...
shiney, Sep 16, 2024, Off-Topic Discussion ... 2 3
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NigelJ
Dec 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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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.

JWK, Jan 1, 2025, Wildlife Corner ... 47 48 49
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hydrogardener
Dec 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
WORDS
Talking about traditional English words:-Banish the use of the four-letter words! 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! 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 That never quite says what you mean. You’d better...
Talking about traditional English words:-Banish the use of the four-letter words! 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 ...
Talking about traditional English words:-Banish the use of the four-letter words! Whose meanings are never obscure. The Angles, the Saxons, those hardy old birds, Were vulgar, obscene and...
BB3, Mar 15, 2024, Off-Topic Discussion ... 5 6 7
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shiney
Dec 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Is it worth or even beneficial to tidy up the garden?
I have a smallish town garden, it wouldn't take much to get it looking tidy. But I'm trying to teach myself not to faff so much and leave things alone.
I have a smallish town garden, it wouldn't take much to get it looking tidy. But I'm trying to teach myself not to faff so much and leave things alone.
I have a smallish town garden, it wouldn't take much to get it looking tidy. But I'm trying to teach myself not to faff so much and leave things alone.
I have a smallish town garden, it wouldn't take much to get it looking tidy. But I'm trying to teach myself not to faff so much and leave things alone.
BB3, Dec 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM, General Gardening Discussion ... 2 3
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LittleSparrah
Dec 16, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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What are we doing in the garden 2025
Not sure if you have sown these seeds before? If you have then ignore the advice,if not! I have grown Meconopsis from seed for years and it can be a bit hit or miss. Either the seed germinates...
Not sure if you have sown these seeds before? If you have then ignore the advice,if not! I have grown Meconopsis from seed for years and it can be a bit hit or miss. Either the seed germinates like Topsey or b all! I sow in around February time in a compost of mostly leaf mould and a little grit...
Not sure if you have sown these seeds before? If you have then ignore the advice,if not! I have grown Meconopsis from seed for years and it can be a bit hit or miss. Either the seed germinates like Topsey or b all! I sow in around February time...
Not sure if you have sown these seeds before? If you have then ignore the advice,if not! I have grown Meconopsis from seed for years and it can be a bit hit or miss. Either the seed germinates...

Loofah, Jan 2, 2025, General Gardening Discussion ... 266 267 268
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hailbopp
Dec 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
YouTube mega thread
Now this is interesting.
Now this is interesting.
Now this is interesting.
Now this is interesting.
Logan, Oct 27, 2024, Off-Topic Discussion ... 21 22 23
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NigelJ
Dec 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Dendrobium kingianum
One of mine is just a mass of roots but no flowers, maybe it needs a bit of attention.
One of mine is just a mass of roots but no flowers, maybe it needs a bit of attention.
One of mine is just a mass of roots but no flowers, maybe it needs a bit of attention.
One of mine is just a mass of roots but no flowers, maybe it needs a bit of attention.

Fof, Feb 6, 2024, Tropical Gardening ... 2 3
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pete
Dec 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM

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