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

One survey someone gave me a link to listed slugs being only a small portion of Hedgehog diet. I will add here that since my Hhogs moved in and bred ( 3 young reared last year ), they have completely obliterated my breeding Slow Worm colony. Can't choose one of another unless you have enough...

The Sedum to Hylotelephium one still catches me out every time. I'll be at the garden centre looking for sedums and they're nowhere to be found until I spot them hiding under a name that looks like someone fell asleep on the keyboard. At least with Lavatera becoming Malva you can still pronounce...

Thank you @hard_stone_84 That is very tempting and flattering. I work full time and I'm trying to maintain a decent work/life balance so I don't think I could do part time work on top of that - at least not at the moment. However, if there's something that you would like an opinion on, I would...

Thanks for posting that Really made me smile .

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...

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.

@pete it’s 10pm on Friday 22 MayAnd right now a normal ticket (for non RHS members) for 22 May is £137

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

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 .