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  1. AnniD

    Strictly Come Dancing 2025

    :Wino:Cheers to all who enjoyed the series and chatted on here.
    :Wino:Cheers to all who enjoyed the series and chatted on here.
    :Wino:Cheers to all who enjoyed the series and chatted on here.
    :Wino:Cheers to all who enjoyed the series and chatted on here.
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  2. Rockhopper69

    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.
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  3. 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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  4. burnie
    Sticky

    Onion growing 2026

    Sown Kelsae, giant onions, yesterday in a pot in the boiler room.Once germinated they will go under lights in a cooler unheated room.
    Sown Kelsae, giant onions, yesterday in a pot in the boiler room.Once germinated they will go under lights in a cooler unheated room.
    Sown Kelsae, giant onions, yesterday in a pot in the boiler room.Once germinated they will go under lights in a cooler unheated room.
    Sown Kelsae, giant onions, yesterday in a pot in the boiler room.Once germinated they will go under lights in a cooler unheated room.
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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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:
    P1100768 - small.jpg P1100783 - small.jpg P1100773 - small.jpg P1100778 - small.jpg Dendrobium kingianum (Pink rock orchid)  01 - small.jpg P1110827 - small.jpg
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  9. 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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  10. ricky101

    Cordon Apple Trees, Site ?

    Stepovers might be better in that situationI planted two cordon apples on our east facing wall more than ten years and although they blossom, it's only this year that we had a very small crop....
    Stepovers might be better in that situationI planted two cordon apples on our east facing wall more than ten years and although they blossom, it's only this year that we had a very small crop. However I have very rarely watered them so that might be why, plants have to sink or swim in this...
    Stepovers might be better in that situationI planted two cordon apples on our east facing wall more than ten years and although they blossom, it's only this year that we had a very small crop. However I have very rarely watered them so that...
    Stepovers might be better in that situationI planted two cordon apples on our east facing wall more than ten years and although they blossom, it's only this year that we had a very small crop....
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  11. Victoria
    Like x 6

    Poincettia colouring up for Christmas 2025

    Lovely blue sky too @Victoria :).
    Lovely blue sky too @Victoria :).
    Lovely blue sky too @Victoria :).
    Lovely blue sky too @Victoria :).
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  12. GreenFingeredPete
    Like x 4

    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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  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. Fof
    Like x 5

    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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  15. Ante1
    Like x 14

    My visit to Norfolk

    Marvellous @Ante1 . He loves it, he looks so content.
    Marvellous @Ante1 . He loves it, he looks so content.
    Marvellous @Ante1 . He loves it, he looks so content.
    Marvellous @Ante1 . He loves it, he looks so content.
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  16. Allex50

    PUFAs and GC bought compost.

    @Allex50 , I forgot to say earlier, from your description of your Allotment soil it sounds like clay based. Highly probable as many plots are. Although it has its challenges one advantage of clay...
    @Allex50 , I forgot to say earlier, from your description of your Allotment soil it sounds like clay based. Highly probable as many plots are. Although it has its challenges one advantage of clay is that it's naturally fertile so may not require so many inputs as other soils. That said...
    @Allex50 , I forgot to say earlier, from your description of your Allotment soil it sounds like clay based. Highly probable as many plots are. Although it has its challenges one advantage of clay is that it's naturally fertile so may not require...
    @Allex50 , I forgot to say earlier, from your description of your Allotment soil it sounds like clay based. Highly probable as many plots are. Although it has its challenges one advantage of clay...
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  17. JWK
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    Vegetable Growing 2025

    Got to the Allotments today, for the first time in several weeks. I spent most of the time going through the stored spuds and fruit. Only two "bad" spuds had to be chucked out. Unfortunately I...
    Got to the Allotments today, for the first time in several weeks. I spent most of the time going through the stored spuds and fruit. Only two "bad" spuds had to be chucked out. Unfortunately I can't say the same about the pears and Apples. After that I cut some cabbage, small secondary...
    Got to the Allotments today, for the first time in several weeks. I spent most of the time going through the stored spuds and fruit. Only two "bad" spuds had to be chucked out. Unfortunately I can't say the same about the pears and Apples. ...
    Got to the Allotments today, for the first time in several weeks. I spent most of the time going through the stored spuds and fruit. Only two "bad" spuds had to be chucked out. Unfortunately I...
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  18. Peaceful Gardener

    What are you making with your Edible Harvests ?

    Remembered the last pumpkin that we had stored in the porch. Good thing that I did as some of it was starting to go. So baked some in the oven last night and now in the freezer. Then this morning...
    Remembered the last pumpkin that we had stored in the porch. Good thing that I did as some of it was starting to go. So baked some in the oven last night and now in the freezer. Then this morning continued peeling etc and made (even though I say it myself) a fabulous soup that we have just had...
    Remembered the last pumpkin that we had stored in the porch. Good thing that I did as some of it was starting to go. So baked some in the oven last night and now in the freezer. Then this morning continued peeling etc and made (even though I say...
    Remembered the last pumpkin that we had stored in the porch. Good thing that I did as some of it was starting to go. So baked some in the oven last night and now in the freezer. Then this morning...
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  19. CatDouch
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    Like x 9

    Dahlias 2025

    Dahlia merkii and D coccinea died back in September/October, my hybrid dahlias died back in November. However in the garden D excelsa, D campanulata are still in good green leaf although flowers...
    Dahlia merkii and D coccinea died back in September/October, my hybrid dahlias died back in November. However in the garden D excelsa, D campanulata are still in good green leaf although flowers finished, but D imperialis is defoliated and partially blackened. In the cold greenhouse D...
    Dahlia merkii and D coccinea died back in September/October, my hybrid dahlias died back in November. However in the garden D excelsa, D campanulata are still in good green leaf although flowers finished, but D imperialis is defoliated and...
    Dahlia merkii and D coccinea died back in September/October, my hybrid dahlias died back in November. However in the garden D excelsa, D campanulata are still in good green leaf although flowers...
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  20. Tidemark
    Funny x 8

    I am often puzzled by modern life.

    The ditch that run's near here is a brown colour when it rains, may be they would like to come here a do some enforcing :)
    The ditch that run's near here is a brown colour when it rains, may be they would like to come here a do some enforcing :)
    The ditch that run's near here is a brown colour when it rains, may be they would like to come here a do some enforcing :)
    The ditch that run's near here is a brown colour when it rains, may be they would like to come here a do some enforcing :)
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