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If they are early summer flowering does that mean they flower on new wood? Growth produced in the current year? If you zoom in the flowers seem to be on new fleshy growth but I am not certain. I think the top one is lonicera japonica (yellow flowers) and the bottom is Lonicera periclymenum (pink...

The only useful purpose I ever knew local MPs to have was helping constituents who were being mucked about by DWP. I worked for DWP for a few years and the standard advice we gave people who were having problems with claims was to get their MP to phone DWP. It was amazing just how quickly...

@Tidemark, when I last did mine, I didn't need an appt, but had to go in within certain hrs as only one member of staff was trained to do it, and she worked part time.Honestly, it should be simpler. It is such a basic thing and there are millions of over 70s required to do regular updates.

i use bait boxes with a rod going through them and use the blue poison blocks fed onto the rod. They come through the box, nibble on the blocks and then run off back to their nests to die. Its safe so my dogs cant get at the poison and i dont have dead vermin around the garden.

Thank you @Philippa, I’ll have a look.

Don't watch a lot of cooking channels but I like this guy. No, not just 'cause he has a cool accent.

If you are thinking of buying Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill' then I can show you some photos of that, and advise on how it grows. If I was to buy only one Daphne, then this would be my choice but some things you might like to know. It looks better on neutral to acid conditions. Mine are...

I suddenly had one of those messages the other day Michael, after years of using FB, I assume it's just procedure when they make changes.

Oh you are absolutely right! A friend of mine has one and I used it to, with huge difficulty, get rid of some hellish bamboo a couple of years ago. If only I had remembered it would have saved me huge amounts of time and a sore shoulder!