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I don't normally use bird feeders as there are usually enough seeds, berries, insects and worms here to feed the birds that visit. However, over winter I put out a seed feeder and fat block which have been untouched apart from only recently by a very aggressive robin who has claimed exclusivity ...

I did wonder whether you had misread the depth @ViewAhead, I had to read the post a couple of times myself .

I've grown both skirret and salsify, I got enough to for a meal or two, but didn't really bother again. Purple sprouting broccoli, hardy, can make a large plant and produces edible shoots at this time of year, these can be eaten raw in salad or briefly cooked.

It's a lot dryer and grainy than I was expecting tbh.

I've never bought a rose just from looking at the pictures on one website. I find a quick Google shows how inconsistent a lot of the colouration or flower form can be between photographs or individual plants/conditions.I've also not bought a rose online, I use the websites to find what I might...

Oh the battery one could take a finger without stopping, which is why my left hand is in my pocket or elsewhere when using it! For example I had to do a brutal cut back of a privet hedge that had been badly maintained. The reciprocating saw did a lot, but there were places it couldn't, and the...

Its looking very tranquil Sienna

I agree.

That’s one of the many benefits of gardening @CostasK, learning from your mistakes, we all do it. There used to be a thread called something like gallery of shame on the old GW forum, not just amusing but helpful. I could certainly contribute to that .

I know I just noticed after I posted, still learning - just joined today.

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