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Just watched Attenborough’s Wild London on iPlayer. Amazing.

For some reason I always think of Switzerland as one of those places where standards would be higher than in perhaps other countries, and also strictly abided by.

Nope just heat Matt on window seal

I used to change the page and then go and make a cup of tea, usually it would have just about loaded by the time I got back.I thought it was amazing.

I think you should give Arbutus unedo a chance, @CostasK . I have mine currently in a pot on the patio and it's a lovely plant, the foliage is glossy and dark green and it's currently full of graceful nodding flower stalks. My Compacta fruited already but dropped the fruit. I bought them a year...

The winter jasmine is in full flower here and the sweet box in bud, but there's no sign of my snowdrops yet. Although we've had a few frosty nights I still have quite a few hangers-on - the usual suspects mostly (salvias, pelargoniums, fuchsia microphylla, feverfew). More surprising is this...

If I was growing a single stemmed tree I'd wait three to five years before attempting to raise the canopy, depending on the tree, for the reasons described by Amelanchiers are more shrub like and your multi stemmed plant should be fine if you just remove the branches nearest to the ground...

If the conditions are suitable for fungi, there are probably several varieties involved. To stop that happening and get rid of those already there it just needs less moisture in their environment, so more ventilation and a less moist compost will achieve that.Most years I get some fungi...

@JoaoThere’s plenty of advice, ideas and chat on here.