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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 ...

We've been out for petrol for the generator and were surprised by really dense fog. Even denser, were the drivers who had no lights on, cyclists with no high viz or lights and kamikaze pedestrians walking in the roads. Town was packed - supermarket carparks were rammed and it was like Christmas...

@hailbopp, new employees on the production line were also told to eat as much of the products as they liked! By the end of the first couple of shifts, they had had enough!

Yes I can see it now, 3d would really have helped.

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...

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

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

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.