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When I used to volunteer at the botanic garden, plants from abroad just got put into the appropriate greenhouse - cool, intermediate or warm. Those black tent structures are, I'm sure, structured to avoid people seeing what is being grown under very intensive conditions

I think one's view may depend on where one is. There may be people round the world who think Starmer is doing a good job, having seen him at various meetings abroad. Here at home, though, his shortcomings show up clearly. Carney has always talked a good talk on the world stage, but if you are...

But surely you would be out in the garden every day regardless of anything to do; just to enjoy it, regardless of size. To smell the flowers, watch the insects, pick things to eat or to enjoy inside.

So do badgers. Although badgers really have a thing about peanut butter.

Thanks for the donations - message from Webmaster. The tech guy shall be in discussion with Admin over what needs doing, what can be done and what may not be possible if the updates for some things are no longer available. I won't be involved in the tech side as I know nothing about...

@Allex50 concerned about PUFAs: this might be worth a listen. BBC Radio 4 - Toxic!, A Recipe for Disaster?

Thanks all for your replies. I’ll wait & see what happens in the spring.

I had a look in the perspex shelters by my old garage yesterday. I was thinking of taking some plants that have been overwintering in the house, back to the shelters but there's no room at the moment, there's a lot of tidying to do first. I was happy to see my Anisodontea and Pandorea have...

@Pete8 thanks for that. Yes, I had checked the MSF website and saw that there have been maintenance work on February 3 to 5. Last time I changed the battery immediately. This time, I waited and it went back to normal an hour later. I wonder if it has to do with the summertime change in March,...

Another Iris reticulata.