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Hello all, thank goodness it's not so cold today - wet instead but thankfully I got back from the shop just before it rained hard. I've been round the garden moving things out of the wind as best I can and have tried to tie down my 'Egg' hanging chair as it has blown over twice recently. I think...

Just come back from the park and it's lethal on any surface other than grass, the ground is still rock solid and the rain last night can't get away, so it's black ice under puddles on the dirt paths and just totally glazed on any tarmac. Even the rough rubble carpark was impossible to stand up...

Just went out to check on my Hibiscus as it is sunny and 12c but coulfn't sit on my chair as Munchkin has occupied it ...The Hibiscus are fine and some have buds ...But the Jacaranda is thinning out ...

Brings back memories. When at school in Somerset more years ago than I care to remember, we had a school trip to Fry’s factory. When we arrived we were told we could eat as much of the reject bits that were in bins at the end of each production line as we liked. Of course we all got well and...

A Geordie lass went to the hairdresser and asked for a perm......The hairdresser replied..... “I wandered lernly as a clood…..”

I've just found a bar of dark chocolate in the freezer.

I used the snow to see what had been where in the garden. I could see plenty of cat prints but not much else. I then went down the allotment and saw what I think are rat trails and more importantly I could trace where the muntjac were getting in. We have a completely open allotment site (I'm...

If my chillies get a bit leggy I just plant them deeper when they are potted on. They root readily from any buried leaf nodes and I don't remember ever losing one from this method. I don't use grow lights or a heat pad so I won't be starting them till next month.