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Lets say working in hospitals and nursing homes ect for 55 years has given me a different probability than you have regarding out come of end of life.

Talking about traditional English words:-Banish the use of the four-letter words! Whose meanings are never obscure. The Angles, the Saxons, those hardy old birds, Were vulgar, obscene and impure. But cherish the use of the weaselling phrase That never quite says what you mean. You’d better...

Agree, but here it is a gooseberry being pruned.

I bought LUMIFY usb solar fairy lights for my large holly bush in the front garden. It obviously works on solar power but also on a rechargeable battery. Comes with a usb charging port and charging cable plus an indicator light. Mode button for changing light cycle. 3 power switches - on, off,...

I might be having daffodils on the table for New Year Lunch the way they are growing.

Now this is interesting.

I think there might be some buried helebores out the front. I'll give the fallen leaves a jiggle to check.

I am not sure regarding greenhouse / conservatory (and the shed sounds like a definite no). I have a Kentia Palm in the corner next to the conservatory door (but within the main house) and it is surviving. Based on a quick look, yours should be a bit more cold tolerant than that, but still it's...

One of mine is just a mass of roots but no flowers, maybe it needs a bit of attention.

Thank you @Spruce I shall do that ...

I am glad people understand the above articles. I do not understand a word of them but it was an interesting read.

Thank you @AuntyRach - not sure what's happened there. But I was doing it on the bus so not fully concentrating as my stop was coming up!

Stepovers might be better in that situationI planted two cordon apples on our east facing wall more than ten years and although they blossom, it's only this year that we had a very small crop. However I have very rarely watered them so that might be why, plants have to sink or swim in this...