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  1. Loofah
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    Yawn Yawn Wakey Wakey 2026

    Well done @Liriodendron in getting your chair finished. I hope it gives you many more years of pleasure. I am signing out early today - need to do some baking. Hope everyone has restful sleep.
    Well done @Liriodendron in getting your chair finished. I hope it gives you many more years of pleasure. I am signing out early today - need to do some baking. Hope everyone has restful sleep.
    Well done @Liriodendron in getting your chair finished. I hope it gives you many more years of pleasure. I am signing out early today - need to do some baking. Hope everyone has restful sleep.
    Well done @Liriodendron in getting your chair finished. I hope it gives you many more years of pleasure. I am signing out early today - need to do some baking. Hope everyone has restful sleep.
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  2. simone_in_wiltshire

    Rare Plant Fair 2026

    I very much doubt it, slow growing, difficult to propagate plants will always be expensive, even in Garden Centres. A lot of unusual, rare plants don't appeal to the typical GC user, who wants...
    I very much doubt it, slow growing, difficult to propagate plants will always be expensive, even in Garden Centres. A lot of unusual, rare plants don't appeal to the typical GC user, who wants something reliable and easy to grow. Many of the things I grow are too spiney for most, or Google...
    I very much doubt it, slow growing, difficult to propagate plants will always be expensive, even in Garden Centres. A lot of unusual, rare plants don't appeal to the typical GC user, who wants something reliable and easy to grow. Many of the...
    I very much doubt it, slow growing, difficult to propagate plants will always be expensive, even in Garden Centres. A lot of unusual, rare plants don't appeal to the typical GC user, who wants...
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  3. Tidemark
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    I am often puzzled by modern life.

    I'd consider that as a blessing :biggrin:Regarding smartphones, and other tech too, I can warmly recommend Amazon refurbished ones. The prices are very reasonable and the guarantees for the device and...
    I'd consider that as a blessing :biggrin:Regarding smartphones, and other tech too, I can warmly recommend Amazon refurbished ones. The prices are very reasonable and the guarantees for the device and especially the common weakest link, the battery, are very good indeed.With smartphones the catch...
    I'd consider that as a blessing :biggrin:Regarding smartphones, and other tech too, I can warmly recommend Amazon refurbished ones. The prices are very reasonable and the guarantees for the device and especially the common weakest link, the battery,...
    I'd consider that as a blessing :biggrin:Regarding smartphones, and other tech too, I can warmly recommend Amazon refurbished ones. The prices are very reasonable and the guarantees for the device and...
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  4. ricky101

    Begonias - Cascade type

    Go for whichever is available in the colours/varieties you want at a price that suits you. If you buy plug plants they should develop tubers that you can keep for subsequent years.
    Go for whichever is available in the colours/varieties you want at a price that suits you. If you buy plug plants they should develop tubers that you can keep for subsequent years.
    Go for whichever is available in the colours/varieties you want at a price that suits you. If you buy plug plants they should develop tubers that you can keep for subsequent years.
    Go for whichever is available in the colours/varieties you want at a price that suits you. If you buy plug plants they should develop tubers that you can keep for subsequent years.
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  5. kristie davies

    Improving drainage help

    Agree with this but if it supersaturated worms will be absent (dead!) We need more details but OP is missing; hope not stuck in mud !
    Agree with this but if it supersaturated worms will be absent (dead!) We need more details but OP is missing; hope not stuck in mud !
    Agree with this but if it supersaturated worms will be absent (dead!) We need more details but OP is missing; hope not stuck in mud !
    Agree with this but if it supersaturated worms will be absent (dead!) We need more details but OP is missing; hope not stuck in mud !
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  6. JWK
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    What's your weather like 2026

    I know. Dry January is so hard. :grphg: :ccheers:
    I know. Dry January is so hard. :grphg: :ccheers:
    I know. Dry January is so hard. :grphg: :ccheers:
    I know. Dry January is so hard. :grphg: :ccheers:
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  7. Andrew Funnell

    Planting Advice for Newly Landscaped Garden (Horley, UK)

    Hisounds exciting already, around the pool low growing thyme.
    Hisounds exciting already, around the pool low growing thyme.
    Hisounds exciting already, around the pool low growing thyme.
    Hisounds exciting already, around the pool low growing thyme.
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  8. Joanna Bramley

    Help needed with Buxus Plants!

    I don't like the smell of both.
    I don't like the smell of both.
    I don't like the smell of both.
    I don't like the smell of both.
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  9. JWK
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    Latest moan from you and me 2026

    Suppose the plants have to just surrender to Mother Nature. (I’ve corrected the incorrect autocorrect on my original post btw)
    Suppose the plants have to just surrender to Mother Nature. (I’ve corrected the incorrect autocorrect on my original post btw)
    Suppose the plants have to just surrender to Mother Nature. (I’ve corrected the incorrect autocorrect on my original post btw)
    Suppose the plants have to just surrender to Mother Nature. (I’ve corrected the incorrect autocorrect on my original post btw)
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  10. Selleri
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    Show us your gardening purchases 2026

    Thank you @Michael Hewett, your garden sounds very much like my previous garden. I think the best gardens develop over time and with the gardener, without a strict plan :).
    Thank you @Michael Hewett, your garden sounds very much like my previous garden. I think the best gardens develop over time and with the gardener, without a strict plan :).
    Thank you @Michael Hewett, your garden sounds very much like my previous garden. I think the best gardens develop over time and with the gardener, without a strict plan :).
    Thank you @Michael Hewett, your garden sounds very much like my previous garden. I think the best gardens develop over time and with the gardener, without a strict plan :).
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  11. JWK
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  12. simone_in_wiltshire
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    What are we doing in the garden 2026

    Took advantage of the drying windy weather and pruned the roses and the gooseberry bush. I hate pruning roses :mad: I've been savaged by the pair of Harlow Cars!
    Took advantage of the drying windy weather and pruned the roses and the gooseberry bush. I hate pruning roses :mad: I've been savaged by the pair of Harlow Cars!
    Took advantage of the drying windy weather and pruned the roses and the gooseberry bush. I hate pruning roses :mad: I've been savaged by the pair of Harlow Cars!
    Took advantage of the drying windy weather and pruned the roses and the gooseberry bush. I hate pruning roses :mad: I've been savaged by the pair of Harlow Cars!
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  13. Michael Hewett
    Agree x 5

    Slow pages

    A quick thumb through War and Peace???
    A quick thumb through War and Peace???
    A quick thumb through War and Peace???
    A quick thumb through War and Peace???
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  14. shiney
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    PHOTO COMP DISCUSSION THREAD

    @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.
    @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.
    @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.
    @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.
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  15. shiney
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    FEBRUARY PHOTO COMPETITION 2026

    I wonder can that be classed as our native two spot ladybird? X
    I wonder can that be classed as our native two spot ladybird? X
    I wonder can that be classed as our native two spot ladybird? X
    I wonder can that be classed as our native two spot ladybird? X
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  16. JWK
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    Show Off Your Pets 2026

    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 :biggrin:
    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 :biggrin:
    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 :biggrin:
    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 :biggrin:
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  17. CanadianLori
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    Chillies 2026

    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...
    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...
    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...
    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...
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  18. Neil Clements
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    Evening all, new here

    I can't think of anything better than sharing an experience with a small group of friends in a remote area. Whether it's the highlands of Scotland or the vast forests of Canada, or maybe just...
    I can't think of anything better than sharing an experience with a small group of friends in a remote area. Whether it's the highlands of Scotland or the vast forests of Canada, or maybe just knocking weeds off of the vegetable garden with a hoe on a warm summer day. I'm not sure I'd enjoy it as...
    I can't think of anything better than sharing an experience with a small group of friends in a remote area. Whether it's the highlands of Scotland or the vast forests of Canada, or maybe just knocking weeds off of the vegetable garden with a hoe...
    I can't think of anything better than sharing an experience with a small group of friends in a remote area. Whether it's the highlands of Scotland or the vast forests of Canada, or maybe just...
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  19. burnie
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    Onion growing 2026

    Germination is not as good as previous years, second sowing gone in.
    Germination is not as good as previous years, second sowing gone in.
    Germination is not as good as previous years, second sowing gone in.
    Germination is not as good as previous years, second sowing gone in.
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  20. JWK
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    Potato Growing 2026

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