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  1. JWK
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    What's buzzing flying near you 2026

    Redstarts usually start to arrive back in the hills around us during this time. The second visit this week to my known location produced a superb calling male which I eventually locked onto with...
    Redstarts usually start to arrive back in the hills around us during this time. The second visit this week to my known location produced a superb calling male which I eventually locked onto with the binoculars. Daft I know but whatever else is happening in the world this event always makes me...
    Redstarts usually start to arrive back in the hills around us during this time. The second visit this week to my known location produced a superb calling male which I eventually locked onto with the binoculars. Daft I know but whatever else is...
    Redstarts usually start to arrive back in the hills around us during this time. The second visit this week to my known location produced a superb calling male which I eventually locked onto with...
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  2. paulkane1

    Raised Bed Help needed?

    What soil is there already? ...and what do you have easy access to get? For example; local free well rotted manure, your own garden compost, spent mushroom compost, leafmold, rotted down wood chip...
    What soil is there already? ...and what do you have easy access to get? For example; local free well rotted manure, your own garden compost, spent mushroom compost, leafmold, rotted down wood chip...
    What soil is there already? ...and what do you have easy access to get? For example; local free well rotted manure, your own garden compost, spent mushroom compost, leafmold, rotted down wood chip...
    What soil is there already? ...and what do you have easy access to get? For example; local free well rotted manure, your own garden compost, spent mushroom compost, leafmold, rotted down wood chip...
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  3. JJTDH

    Bare root hedging

    250 whips is no small job, well done getting them all in. The watering advice above is spot on. I'd just add that a good thick mulch along the base once they're settled will save you a lot of...
    250 whips is no small job, well done getting them all in. The watering advice above is spot on. I'd just add that a good thick mulch along the base once they're settled will save you a lot of watering grief through summer, even just grass clippings if you've got them.
    250 whips is no small job, well done getting them all in. The watering advice above is spot on. I'd just add that a good thick mulch along the base once they're settled will save you a lot of watering grief through summer, even just grass...
    250 whips is no small job, well done getting them all in. The watering advice above is spot on. I'd just add that a good thick mulch along the base once they're settled will save you a lot of...
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  4. Loofah
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    Friendly x 4

    Yawn Yawn Wakey Wakey 2026

    Hello! Last evening with the family - assuming they manage to get to Dublin port tomorrow, through the monumental road blockages resulting from the farmers' and hauliers' protest at the cost of...
    Hello! Last evening with the family - assuming they manage to get to Dublin port tomorrow, through the monumental road blockages resulting from the farmers' and hauliers' protest at the cost of fuel. Tax on fuel in Ireland is the highest in Europe, so they do have a point, though antagonising...
    Hello! Last evening with the family - assuming they manage to get to Dublin port tomorrow, through the monumental road blockages resulting from the farmers' and hauliers' protest at the cost of fuel. Tax on fuel in Ireland is the highest in...
    Hello! Last evening with the family - assuming they manage to get to Dublin port tomorrow, through the monumental road blockages resulting from the farmers' and hauliers' protest at the cost of...
    ny-719.gif Thank you 2025 Welcome 2026.jpg True happiness.jpg Happy First Friday.jpg Happy Friday Evening.jpg Happy Saturday.jpg
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  5. JWK
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    Latest moan from you and me 2026

    Just watched the weather forecast. Apparently the warm weather of the last two days can be linked with climate change but not the fact that its expected to go much lower in the next few days, or...
    Just watched the weather forecast. Apparently the warm weather of the last two days can be linked with climate change but not the fact that its expected to go much lower in the next few days, or the fact we haven't broken a record set in 1949.
    Just watched the weather forecast. Apparently the warm weather of the last two days can be linked with climate change but not the fact that its expected to go much lower in the next few days, or the fact we haven't broken a record set in 1949.
    Just watched the weather forecast. Apparently the warm weather of the last two days can be linked with climate change but not the fact that its expected to go much lower in the next few days, or...
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  6. Erigeron

    Plants you don't grow

    Thank you for the explanation, we learn something everyday!
    Thank you for the explanation, we learn something everyday!
    Thank you for the explanation, we learn something everyday!
    Thank you for the explanation, we learn something everyday!
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  7. JWK
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    What's your weather like 2026

    19c when we left Bristol this morning and 21c back home this afternoon. Two warm days are better than 10 wet and cloudy ones.
    19c when we left Bristol this morning and 21c back home this afternoon. Two warm days are better than 10 wet and cloudy ones.
    19c when we left Bristol this morning and 21c back home this afternoon. Two warm days are better than 10 wet and cloudy ones.
    19c when we left Bristol this morning and 21c back home this afternoon. Two warm days are better than 10 wet and cloudy ones.
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  8. Tidemark
    Funny x 8

    I am often puzzled by modern life.

    The thing is we never actually have problems with gardening threads, so I can see where Admin is coming from. But during the winter months forums can almost die if they stick to the actual...
    The thing is we never actually have problems with gardening threads, so I can see where Admin is coming from. But during the winter months forums can almost die if they stick to the actual subject, I think it is the fact that we can post on other subjects and even go off topic from time to time...
    The thing is we never actually have problems with gardening threads, so I can see where Admin is coming from. But during the winter months forums can almost die if they stick to the actual subject, I think it is the fact that we can post on...
    The thing is we never actually have problems with gardening threads, so I can see where Admin is coming from. But during the winter months forums can almost die if they stick to the actual...
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  9. wiseowl
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    Whats Looking Good April 2026

    Lamium galeobdolon (Yellow Archangel)Narcissus 'Lieke' - a late-flowering fragrant varietyTulipsBerberis 'Neon' just starting to flower
    Lamium galeobdolon (Yellow Archangel)Narcissus 'Lieke' - a late-flowering fragrant varietyTulipsBerberis 'Neon' just starting to flower
    Lamium galeobdolon (Yellow Archangel)Narcissus 'Lieke' - a late-flowering fragrant varietyTulipsBerberis 'Neon' just starting to flower
    Lamium galeobdolon (Yellow Archangel)Narcissus 'Lieke' - a late-flowering fragrant varietyTulipsBerberis 'Neon' just starting to flower
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  10. Selleri

    ID a self seeded seedling please

    I was thinking it may be meconopsis. If so I am envious!
    I was thinking it may be meconopsis. If so I am envious!
    I was thinking it may be meconopsis. If so I am envious!
    I was thinking it may be meconopsis. If so I am envious!
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  11. JWK
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    Potato Growing 2026

    Just planted my potatoes in containers yesterday, Nicola, Kestrel and some Jazzy which I didn't really chit so they are intended to be later than the others. The Kestrel had some long shoots so...
    Just planted my potatoes in containers yesterday, Nicola, Kestrel and some Jazzy which I didn't really chit so they are intended to be later than the others. The Kestrel had some long shoots so when I put the seed out to chit I potted up four like sweet potato cuttings. By yesterday they had...
    Just planted my potatoes in containers yesterday, Nicola, Kestrel and some Jazzy which I didn't really chit so they are intended to be later than the others. The Kestrel had some long shoots so when I put the seed out to chit I potted up four...
    Just planted my potatoes in containers yesterday, Nicola, Kestrel and some Jazzy which I didn't really chit so they are intended to be later than the others. The Kestrel had some long shoots so...
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  12. simone_in_wiltshire
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    What are we doing in the garden 2026

    Spent this afternoon weeding again, found a casualty of last years drought followed by the wet winter unfortunately one of my favourite shrubs produced young catkins and then snuffed it, no leaves...
    Spent this afternoon weeding again, found a casualty of last years drought followed by the wet winter unfortunately one of my favourite shrubs produced young catkins and then snuffed it, no leaves or even swollen buds, also lost Buddleja salvifolia white. Sowed chitted sweetcorn seed in...
    Spent this afternoon weeding again, found a casualty of last years drought followed by the wet winter unfortunately one of my favourite shrubs produced young catkins and then snuffed it, no leaves or even swollen buds, also lost Buddleja...
    Spent this afternoon weeding again, found a casualty of last years drought followed by the wet winter unfortunately one of my favourite shrubs produced young catkins and then snuffed it, no leaves...
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  13. Logan
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  14. nightofjoy

    Complete re-hash of our first owned garden.

    One cat doesn't seem to chew anything, one does, randomly, so we'd rather not have the worry. They don't stray far, so it's only our little spaces we have to monitor.I really don't mind not...
    One cat doesn't seem to chew anything, one does, randomly, so we'd rather not have the worry. They don't stray far, so it's only our little spaces we have to monitor.I really don't mind not having the entire world of plants to choose from, we don't have tonnes of space, so I'm sure we can...
    One cat doesn't seem to chew anything, one does, randomly, so we'd rather not have the worry. They don't stray far, so it's only our little spaces we have to monitor.I really don't mind not having the entire world of plants to choose from, we...
    One cat doesn't seem to chew anything, one does, randomly, so we'd rather not have the worry. They don't stray far, so it's only our little spaces we have to monitor.I really don't mind not...
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  16. Jenny_Aster

    FBB Fertiliser - can't believe the price

    Some times amazon do cut price's but you have to watch them, they also can be more expenive as well, so do check other sites, camel camel camel is a price checker for amazonI wanted 2 external...
    Some times amazon do cut price's but you have to watch them, they also can be more expenive as well, so do check other sites, camel camel camel is a price checker for amazonI wanted 2 external hard drives the same at argos were £30 cheaper than amazon
    Some times amazon do cut price's but you have to watch them, they also can be more expenive as well, so do check other sites, camel camel camel is a price checker for amazonI wanted 2 external hard drives the same at argos were £30 cheaper than...
    Some times amazon do cut price's but you have to watch them, they also can be more expenive as well, so do check other sites, camel camel camel is a price checker for amazonI wanted 2 external...
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  17. KT53
    Funny x 3

    Great news - Petrol and Diesel prices drop a lot

    Some people can go off people very easy !!! :heehee::heehee::heehee::heehee::heehee::heehee:
    Some people can go off people very easy !!! :heehee::heehee::heehee::heehee::heehee::heehee:
    Some people can go off people very easy !!! :heehee::heehee::heehee::heehee::heehee::heehee:
    Some people can go off people very easy !!! :heehee::heehee::heehee::heehee::heehee::heehee:
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  18. JWK
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    Things that have made you happy today 2026

    Just put up the runner bean canes, Mrs Jiff says "your a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ wind up merchant" as a neighbour sometimes looks into the garden :biggrin::heehee::coffee:
    Just put up the runner bean canes, Mrs Jiff says "your a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ wind up merchant" as a neighbour sometimes looks into the garden :biggrin::heehee::coffee:
    Just put up the runner bean canes, Mrs Jiff says "your a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ wind up merchant" as a neighbour sometimes looks into the garden :biggrin::heehee::coffee:
    Just put up the runner bean canes, Mrs Jiff says "your a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ wind up merchant" as a neighbour sometimes looks into the garden :biggrin::heehee::coffee:
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  19. LizT
    Friendly x 3

    Never had a garden before!

    Looks lovely @LizT, did your gardener put the path in for you?
    Looks lovely @LizT, did your gardener put the path in for you?
    Looks lovely @LizT, did your gardener put the path in for you?
    Looks lovely @LizT, did your gardener put the path in for you?
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  20. KT53

    Gardeners World 2 for1 gardens app

    BBC probably, they were spouting centimetres on blue Peter when I was a kid and still only using inches.I thought it. Was illegal to use metres kilometers on signs in the UK anyway.
    BBC probably, they were spouting centimetres on blue Peter when I was a kid and still only using inches.I thought it. Was illegal to use metres kilometers on signs in the UK anyway.
    BBC probably, they were spouting centimetres on blue Peter when I was a kid and still only using inches.I thought it. Was illegal to use metres kilometers on signs in the UK anyway.
    BBC probably, they were spouting centimetres on blue Peter when I was a kid and still only using inches.I thought it. Was illegal to use metres kilometers on signs in the UK anyway.
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