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Hello all from a very frosty north west this morning. I forgot to say yesterday that the council gutter cleaner was out in my Crescent before I went out for lunch and I couldn't resist taking a picture:He did a good job too!

Still pretty cloudy with a wind Still blowing. The rain seems to have stopped, good job too as it's only 1c.

There were lots of yellow and brown patches in the snow when I went up the road. No loo paper though.

Interesting. Thanks for the tip We all need a cheering up. I can’t wait to get the chilli seeds into the soil. Another two weeks to wait.

Heh, no. They're (supposedly) single use/biodegradable non woven seedling bags. I just keep washing and re-using them.

They will probably still be there but rotting by spring, perhaps. They only survive overwinter in the ground here if they are deep enough not to freeze.

I've still got a few to pick tooAlso got lots of kallettes to pick as well, hopefully this cold spell has made them tastierI did a bit of pruning over Xmas, mainly the grapes and redcurrants. Hoping this year I'll get a small harvest of grapes it's their third year now.

Just normal room temperature, good light but no strong hot sunshine. Always flowers around the Christmas period.

If a long tailed tit loses its tail, is it now just a tit? It's not moulting season so I think this fellow must have been in the wars.Female blackcap was eating pyracantha berries today.Earlier in the week she was hogging the apple on the feeder, so the male had to make do with a...