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@Love my chicken my ladybird looks like a harlequin. It has two white patches at the front. We have so many in the house at times and they are all sorts of colours and spots.

I wonder can that be classed as our native two spot ladybird? X

Thank you @JennyJB Dewi's is on a wooden stick and he enjoys chewing it, it's full of teeth marks along the whole of its length. He's got two actually - one upstairs and one down

My flowerbeds would all become compost heaps as we have so much. We also get leaves from the golf course, but I do return those. I have a pampas grass that is bashed to bits and needs a good chop. I would love to set fire to it as Shiney once suggested , but the fence and neighbour's hedge...

My latest chilli report. Mixed my usual chilli seed compost in a bucket. Poured it into my usual seed pods. Planted my 9 Karala chilli seeds and 12 seeds from the free packet in my gardening magazine and placed on my heat mats. 1 Karala seed has sprouted whilst a 100% germination from the free...

We had a road close dew to water leak, though water leak wasn't in the road but in the grass verge but it was a single track road, so for safety they closed it but were leting vehicles through when it was ok, then so big mouth started moaning so then it was close so no one could go passed and as...

I had a look at the Jurassic Plants website yesterday after reading Adam's post. (Rainy February days can be quite dangerous for the bank balance. ) I had never heard of almost every plant on there! Made me feel like a gardening newbie, back to the days when I would stroll round a garden...

Good morning all.@Ergates I used to have a couple of Jersey cows that I milked by hand in my 30s and 40s. My thumbs became painful and osteoarthritis was diagnosed. The doc said I must stop milking and I had cortisone injections. Now I'm in my mid 70's. They are a bit deformed but they only...

There is snow on the car and it's 4c. Last night there was a light sprinkling of snow on the roofs. Foggy now too. So a right mix.It's dry all day! But so damp on the ground you wouldn't know.Rain forever from tomorrow.

Germination is not as good as previous years, second sowing gone in.

I've simplified this year. Foremost, Charlotte and Sarpo Mira. Set to chit.

New addition to the sowings; an F1 cross of Bloody Butcher and Latah. Expecting regular leaves and smallish red fruit but the rest is yet to be seen.