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@Jenny_Aster, gosh your OH has had a mountain to climb there. Fingers crossed that the immunotherapy gives him some respite. Enjoy your day whatever you decide to do.

I got that one from a poster on the previous forum @shiney , who lived about half an hour away from me. She died a few years ago, so it's a nice reminder when they flower. I have some at the back fence which I can see from the kitchen, and a pot of them which will get planted somewhere -...

When we lived a bit farther west for a while, there were resident pheasants who nested in the property across from us. The females often visited and stood on the windowsills, tapping the windows.'Do you mind? I'm having a bath...'I can't get a pic of the magpies because of the angle, but...

4c frosty with lovely sunshine

When I first started growing tomatoes in France they didn't even sell seed compost. Still expensive and not always easy to find. Same for vermiculite. I just used multi purpose peat based compost which worked fine.Nowadays I just buy plants. I no longer have a GH and since I met 2nd OH, who...

Ahh, how well I know this feeling! Go out for something to fill a dry, shady spot. Come home with something completely unsuitable ... but somehow irresistible.

I potted the only Cosmo plant that I got from my seeds. I had ordered a non-white/pink variety but only 1 germinated and survived. As long as I get 1 out, I don't mind, but I have the impression that the non-standard versions of many flower plants are much harder to germinate respectively to grow.

Let them know when you order your not happy with it.

Makes one wonder who reads a book about the ramblings from a former British PM who lasted about a month before being kicked out due to being so unpopular?I understand why some people might want to read the memoirs or autobiographies from political leaders, however much we may disagree with...