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Well done Colin

My Kentia palm is producing new leaves and I could do with removing a large one as it's in front of the TV. It's got a wall light above it so it has some extra light in the evenings.I am feeding all my house plants and water them as needed all year round. And mist some too.I have a...

I see it often too. I don't see it when the new season maincrop spuds hit the shelves around September and there's no sign of black areas inside the spuds until around mid-December when I start to notice them. It's also this period (Sept-Dec) when spuds roast their best.Many years ago I met a...

I am less than sure... why would you build a product for a market (North American in this case), to accept the appropriate plug and then not ensure BMS compatibility? Fully accept that voltages and frequencies vary across the world, but those voltages have already been dealt with by the time it...

@Philippa I don't log out when that happens. I just wait for all the buttons to show in blue and then click again. I may have to do that 2 or 3 times before it's finally accepted. I must make it clear, I'm not blaming those running this group for the problems. It's happened before and was a...

Well done @AnniD

Yes, Project Gutenberg is a wonderful resource for all kinds of books. I remember reading this particular one some years ago. Even in those days I don’t think I could have wielded a fork of that size. And as for the cap, it would have been turned into a bird bath after five minutes.

That's interesting to know @Busy-Lizzie I've just bought blush noisette bare root , it don't know where I am putting it yet so I'll see how it grows in a pot first . Were thinking of - lilac bouquet - instead of Blush Noisette so another one to look for @SelleriI do have Generous gardener...

Agree, even the best PAS100 compost still contains plastic, which will take far longer to break down than the polymer on slow release fertiliser.Then you have farmers that are widely using PAS100, those microplastics don't even break down in the digestive systems of cattle let alone in the...

Consider threatening them with barbed wire - they'll soon perk up

For those of you wondering what to do with those empty plastic chocolate/biscuits tubs, if you live near to a Greene King pub they can be taken there. The money raised goes to Macmillan .Tub2Pub | Greene King for Good

I was thinking mine could make a good fence treatment, or preservative for any timber that is going into the ground, it has a very similar colour to creosote. I'm glad I didn't actually swallow any of it.My tongue still feels burnt, I'm having to drink lots of cold beer to sooth it.

Thank you; I feel you are right and this is what my gut tells me too. I don't know why we have to breed plants to become so 'over-showy'. Some doubles are so complicated looking, the lovely original flower is lost. I also read somewhere that double flowers are harder for bees to navigate,...