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  1. wiseowl
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    Whats Your Weather Like 2025

    Repeat of yesterday - damp, dull, dreary. Max 9c. Xmas Day looks promising!
    Repeat of yesterday - damp, dull, dreary. Max 9c. Xmas Day looks promising!
    Repeat of yesterday - damp, dull, dreary. Max 9c. Xmas Day looks promising!
    Repeat of yesterday - damp, dull, dreary. Max 9c. Xmas Day looks promising!
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  2. wiseowl
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    Show Off Your Pets 2025

    Oliver has lovely blue eyes.
    Oliver has lovely blue eyes.
    Oliver has lovely blue eyes.
    Oliver has lovely blue eyes.
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  3. Tidemark

    Whaaattt?

    Why class envy? The pro hunting lobby has spent years emphasising that many of the hunt supporters are ordinary people like working farmers. What? Arent these the very people we trust to raise the...
    Why class envy? The pro hunting lobby has spent years emphasising that many of the hunt supporters are ordinary people like working farmers. What? Arent these the very people we trust to raise the livestock for our food in as humane a way as possible? How do they reconcile this with culling an...
    Why class envy? The pro hunting lobby has spent years emphasising that many of the hunt supporters are ordinary people like working farmers. What? Arent these the very people we trust to raise the livestock for our food in as humane a way as...
    Why class envy? The pro hunting lobby has spent years emphasising that many of the hunt supporters are ordinary people like working farmers. What? Arent these the very people we trust to raise the...
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  4. JWK
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    A Joke Or Two 2025

    Heard about the joke of the Trump fleet? The biggus dickus fleet in the whole world? It has to be a joke?
    Heard about the joke of the Trump fleet? The biggus dickus fleet in the whole world? It has to be a joke?
    Heard about the joke of the Trump fleet? The biggus dickus fleet in the whole world? It has to be a joke?
    Heard about the joke of the Trump fleet? The biggus dickus fleet in the whole world? It has to be a joke?
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  5. wiseowl
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    Friendly x 5

    Yawn Yawn Wakey Wakey 2025

    Our first dishwasher (50 years ago) was an indesit, very cheap but faultless, it could clean anything you threw at it. Our current one is an IKEA own brand, but made in Germany, can’t remember...
    Our first dishwasher (50 years ago) was an indesit, very cheap but faultless, it could clean anything you threw at it. Our current one is an IKEA own brand, but made in Germany, can’t remember which of the big brands we managed to work out had made it, but it is possibly Siemens. We have Bosch...
    Our first dishwasher (50 years ago) was an indesit, very cheap but faultless, it could clean anything you threw at it. Our current one is an IKEA own brand, but made in Germany, can’t remember which of the big brands we managed to work out had...
    Our first dishwasher (50 years ago) was an indesit, very cheap but faultless, it could clean anything you threw at it. Our current one is an IKEA own brand, but made in Germany, can’t remember...
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  6. Loofah
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    What are we doing in the garden 2025

    We got some planting of bulbs done in the area where we had a tree come down with the Clematis montana on it. Mrs Shiney did the planting whilst I did the digging. I think she planted 160...
    We got some planting of bulbs done in the area where we had a tree come down with the Clematis montana on it. Mrs Shiney did the planting whilst I did the digging. I think she planted 160 bulbs.We continued clearing willow leaves from some of the pots of plants on the patio and in the...
    We got some planting of bulbs done in the area where we had a tree come down with the Clematis montana on it. Mrs Shiney did the planting whilst I did the digging. I think she planted 160 bulbs.We continued clearing willow leaves from some...
    We got some planting of bulbs done in the area where we had a tree come down with the Clematis montana on it. Mrs Shiney did the planting whilst I did the digging. I think she planted 160...
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    190,733
  7. Cornsquashandy

    Squash/gourd id help please!

    Courgettes and some pumpkins are all cucumis Pepo, and the ornamental ones tend to also be Pepos, so they cross easily.
    Courgettes and some pumpkins are all cucumis Pepo, and the ornamental ones tend to also be Pepos, so they cross easily.
    Courgettes and some pumpkins are all cucumis Pepo, and the ornamental ones tend to also be Pepos, so they cross easily.
    Courgettes and some pumpkins are all cucumis Pepo, and the ornamental ones tend to also be Pepos, so they cross easily.
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  8. Michael Hewett
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    Slow pages

    I'm getting faster as well with page's, Thank you FC and team for the work you do :)
    I'm getting faster as well with page's, Thank you FC and team for the work you do :)
    I'm getting faster as well with page's, Thank you FC and team for the work you do :)
    I'm getting faster as well with page's, Thank you FC and team for the work you do :)
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  9. Retired
    Like x 4

    Latest hobby.

    Hmm, Fabworks quote their prices per half metre which seems a bit sneaky!I buy all my new fabrics online although I do find and hoard fabrics from charity shops and car boot sales too. Some of...
    Hmm, Fabworks quote their prices per half metre which seems a bit sneaky!I buy all my new fabrics online although I do find and hoard fabrics from charity shops and car boot sales too. Some of my hoard is now gradually being donated to a friend's daughter who is learning to sew.I use Pound...
    Hmm, Fabworks quote their prices per half metre which seems a bit sneaky!I buy all my new fabrics online although I do find and hoard fabrics from charity shops and car boot sales too. Some of my hoard is now gradually being donated to a...
    Hmm, Fabworks quote their prices per half metre which seems a bit sneaky!I buy all my new fabrics online although I do find and hoard fabrics from charity shops and car boot sales too. Some of...
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  10. JWK
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  11. Logan
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  12. pete
    Funny x 5

    Electric cars.

    There’s also a mild hybrid or MHEV, just to simplify matters :rolleyespink:.What is a mild hybrid car (MHEV)? | Carwow
    There’s also a mild hybrid or MHEV, just to simplify matters :rolleyespink:.What is a mild hybrid car (MHEV)? | Carwow
    There’s also a mild hybrid or MHEV, just to simplify matters :rolleyespink:.What is a mild hybrid car (MHEV)? | Carwow
    There’s also a mild hybrid or MHEV, just to simplify matters :rolleyespink:.What is a mild hybrid car (MHEV)? | Carwow
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    188,251
  13. Meomye

    Rose Gauntlet

    Thank you for your suggestions, very helpful.
    Thank you for your suggestions, very helpful.
    Thank you for your suggestions, very helpful.
    Thank you for your suggestions, very helpful.
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  14. adamadamant

    what to put on lawn now in December

    Thanks - all excellent advice. Builders' tramp slightly difficult to control however! I'll take the rough with the smooth and wait till spring then for its beauty treatment!
    Thanks - all excellent advice. Builders' tramp slightly difficult to control however! I'll take the rough with the smooth and wait till spring then for its beauty treatment!
    Thanks - all excellent advice. Builders' tramp slightly difficult to control however! I'll take the rough with the smooth and wait till spring then for its beauty treatment!
    Thanks - all excellent advice. Builders' tramp slightly difficult to control however! I'll take the rough with the smooth and wait till spring then for its beauty treatment!
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  15. wiseowl
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    Latest Moan From You and Me 2025

    I made my last visit to a supermarket yesterday, just stocking up on the essentials so that I don't have to go near one again until all the silliness is over. I found my biggest obstacle was the...
    I made my last visit to a supermarket yesterday, just stocking up on the essentials so that I don't have to go near one again until all the silliness is over. I found my biggest obstacle was the huge restocking cages all over the place.I've done well this year; I remembered how awful the music...
    I made my last visit to a supermarket yesterday, just stocking up on the essentials so that I don't have to go near one again until all the silliness is over. I found my biggest obstacle was the huge restocking cages all over the place.I've...
    I made my last visit to a supermarket yesterday, just stocking up on the essentials so that I don't have to go near one again until all the silliness is over. I found my biggest obstacle was the...
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  16. burnie
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    Onion growing 2026

    I've got some walla walla seeds this year, has anyone tried them in the past?
    I've got some walla walla seeds this year, has anyone tried them in the past?
    I've got some walla walla seeds this year, has anyone tried them in the past?
    I've got some walla walla seeds this year, has anyone tried them in the past?
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  17. JWK
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    What's buzzing or flying near you 2025 ?

    A green woodpecker out in the orchard again today. This is the first time we have one/two staying for so long. Beautiful bird.
    A green woodpecker out in the orchard again today. This is the first time we have one/two staying for so long. Beautiful bird.
    A green woodpecker out in the orchard again today. This is the first time we have one/two staying for so long. Beautiful bird.
    A green woodpecker out in the orchard again today. This is the first time we have one/two staying for so long. Beautiful bird.
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  18. shiney
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    What's Looking Good December 2025

    Yes just a couple of plants so far. But these usually get eaten by the molluscs.
    Yes just a couple of plants so far. But these usually get eaten by the molluscs.
    Yes just a couple of plants so far. But these usually get eaten by the molluscs.
    Yes just a couple of plants so far. But these usually get eaten by the molluscs.
    PXL_20251201_091612357.jpg Tecomaria 1 Dec 25.jpg Brugmansia 1 Dec 25.jpg andorea Jasminoides 1 Dec 25.jpg Impatiens tinctoria 4.JPG Fuchsia microphylla 3.JPG
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  19. Dorset-Tim

    New Tree for the Garden

    I love the idea of fruit trees too, though I would say ornamental value is a bigger factor for me usually.I have an apple tree and while I do enjoy it, it is quite susceptible to apple scab. It...
    I love the idea of fruit trees too, though I would say ornamental value is a bigger factor for me usually.I have an apple tree and while I do enjoy it, it is quite susceptible to apple scab. It was an impulse purchase at a garden centre so I hadn't done my homework. I know that there are...
    I love the idea of fruit trees too, though I would say ornamental value is a bigger factor for me usually.I have an apple tree and while I do enjoy it, it is quite susceptible to apple scab. It was an impulse purchase at a garden centre so I...
    I love the idea of fruit trees too, though I would say ornamental value is a bigger factor for me usually.I have an apple tree and while I do enjoy it, it is quite susceptible to apple scab. It...
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    537
  20. JWK
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    Your day (apart from gardening) what took place ? 2025

    Haven't heard that one @Escarpment but I like it. Might try that one out on grandson. :)
    Haven't heard that one @Escarpment but I like it. Might try that one out on grandson. :)
    Haven't heard that one @Escarpment but I like it. Might try that one out on grandson. :)
    Haven't heard that one @Escarpment but I like it. Might try that one out on grandson. :)
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    170
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    19,484
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