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Good evening all. By the sounds of it @Liriodendron you will have had a lovely celebration of your birthday. I try to make note of everyone's birthday when it is mentioned in a post so please anyone who gets 'missed' I am not ignoring you, I just may not have had chance to make a note of your...

Thank you. I thought that might be the case!

Hi everyone, I'm hoping to start my tomatoes off this week I'm curious to know what seed compost you guys are using for your tomatoes/veggies this year? I think my usual favourite (Westland seed and cutting) might not be available this year. I have an unopened bag of it from last year which I'm...

Been to B&Q today went for some bitumen paint but come away with some cyclamen coum, I've been after some white ones for years just never wanted to pay the rather expensive price they are for a single plant. Looks to be a 2 or 3 plants per cell hopefully, I'll divide them up and plant them half...

A dull day here - only reached about 8-9 degrees and feels colder. Uninspiring forecast for next week.

A very pleasant afternoon finally tackling "The Left Side". Now that the kennel and the mountain of subclay we dug from the pond site are gone I'm moving forwards bit by bit, mixing in endless amounts of manure, compost and sand and planting as I go.I had to dig out old photos to compare:...

This is an excerpt from 'Birds in Cheshire & Wirral' (a survey completed in 2007 by Cheshire & Wirral Ornithological Society):"This species is renowned for its urban winter roosts, birds gathering either on the flat roofs of large buildings, which presumably are warmer than the surrounding...

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I've just brought the last 1/4 sack of last years Sarpo Mira crop home. They have kept well in the Allotment shed. I do have some Anya as well but they have long shoots and are going soft so I don't think they are usable.

Not a garden as such but this morning we visited the South West Orchid Society Show. As usual some superb plants and many are SO big the growers must have HUGE areas to grow them in. Some lovely scents and the different colours and structures of the flowers were amazing. A really friendly group...

A nice example of a jelly ear fungus from this morning's walk

We have to constantly rearrange the tunnel entrance to our Hhog feeding station due to 2 cats which come in overnight. They are a real nuisance and I wish their owners would ensure their cats would remain in their own gardens.

Like anything else it depends on the usage but I'd say we have used more over the last few months than previously. Our tank holds 1000 litres and we bought 600 litres to top it up in January. Nearest estimate is probably 400 litres used since then which is higher than normal. Boiler does both...