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Bizarre location isn't it? I've not seen any recent reports of that roost still being used but then I'm not as active on the birding scene as I used to be.

Not here @simone_in_wiltshire, it behaves well in my dry, sandy soil and I like the fact that it is evergreen, grows in shade and flowers prolifically in spring. I have others elsewhere which help to bind the soil on my bank and keep weeds at bay. A very useful plant for the right soil and place.

We were just over 14c since noon with sun and cloud plus a sharp breeze. Currently 13,8c. We often hold the same temp all afternoon.

Good afternoon all. I visited the nursery again today as I discovered a voucher I had been given for my birthday and I just had to pick up a Daphne I spotted last Thursday! The quiz I take part in on Monday nights @Busy-Lizzie is rather more challenging than the average pub quiz because this is...

It makes me laugh when products are made healthier by reducing the amount you get. Walkers crisps, now 20% less fat, well yes because there's less in the bag.

Rhododendron.

It makes perfect sense. Bella is still there, and he feels it. Animals do this. They have sense we lost in our evolution. Only a few still have it and they make it to a business.We got our second cat in 2008 two weeks after my cat had died. She slept on the same place on the sofa where two...

Cultivated patch of veg plot and planted the onion sets. Dug over what was the leek strip, weeded the garlic, dug over the area where the runner beans had been and carted weeds to the compost heap.