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Thanks for that link and info on benefits Have to confess I haven't trusted the Telegraph since moving to Belgium in 1991 and understanding more about how the EU really works. There's a lot...
Thanks for that link and info on benefits Have to confess I haven't trusted the Telegraph since moving to Belgium in 1991 and understanding more about how the EU really works. There's a lot more to it than their headlines about UK sausage and chocolate not being real and cucumbers and...
Thanks for that link and info on benefits Have to confess I haven't trusted the Telegraph since moving to Belgium in 1991 and understanding more about how the EU really works. There's a lot more to it than their headlines about UK sausage...
Thanks for that link and info on benefits Have to confess I haven't trusted the Telegraph since moving to Belgium in 1991 and understanding more about how the EU really works. There's a lot...
Tidemark, Aug 17, 2024, Off-Topic Discussion ... 350 351 352
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Obelix-Vendée
Feb 22, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Advice or ideas on narrow garden landscaping, partitioning and dealing with a raised patio
I can understand why you need a path now @Dan1981, clay based lawns are a challenge. I'd try to locate the path on the shady side of your garden, if there is one, allowing the lawn and plants in...
I can understand why you need a path now @Dan1981, clay based lawns are a challenge. I'd try to locate the path on the shady side of your garden, if there is one, allowing the lawn and plants in the borders to get as much sun as possible.
I can understand why you need a path now @Dan1981, clay based lawns are a challenge. I'd try to locate the path on the shady side of your garden, if there is one, allowing the lawn and plants in the borders to get as much sun as possible.
I can understand why you need a path now @Dan1981, clay based lawns are a challenge. I'd try to locate the path on the shady side of your garden, if there is one, allowing the lawn and plants in...
Dan1981, Oct 29, 2025, Gardening Discussions ... 9 10 11
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Plantminded
Feb 22, 2026 at 10:58 AM
How do you feel if this happens?
Thanks everyone This was on the advice of my garden designer. The reasoning was that buying things smaller, in threes you can get a more dramatic effect quicker than spending more on larger...
Thanks everyone This was on the advice of my garden designer. The reasoning was that buying things smaller, in threes you can get a more dramatic effect quicker than spending more on larger shrubs that may not survive.That being said, I have realised I am an impatient gardener, and...
Thanks everyone This was on the advice of my garden designer. The reasoning was that buying things smaller, in threes you can get a more dramatic effect quicker than spending more on larger shrubs that may not survive.That being said, I have...
Thanks everyone This was on the advice of my garden designer. The reasoning was that buying things smaller, in threes you can get a more dramatic effect quicker than spending more on larger...
Erigeron, Feb 21, 2026 at 5:23 PM, General Gardening Discussion
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Erigeron
Feb 22, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Help With Growing Seeds
Personally I prick all seedlings out into those cell trays, the ones I don't are things like onions which I sow three or four seeds to each cell and plant out the whole cell when it comes to that...
Personally I prick all seedlings out into those cell trays, the ones I don't are things like onions which I sow three or four seeds to each cell and plant out the whole cell when it comes to that time.I don't think you will find any hard and fast rules how you do things, people often find...
Personally I prick all seedlings out into those cell trays, the ones I don't are things like onions which I sow three or four seeds to each cell and plant out the whole cell when it comes to that time.I don't think you will find any hard and...
Personally I prick all seedlings out into those cell trays, the ones I don't are things like onions which I sow three or four seeds to each cell and plant out the whole cell when it comes to that...
GreenFingeredPete, Feb 7, 2025, NEW Gardeners ! ... 13 14 15
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pete
Feb 22, 2026 at 7:05 AM
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Yawn Yawn Wakey Wakey 2026
Good morning. Woke up to bright sunshine but it was all too brief and we've gone all grey again. have decided to leave henshed cleaning till Tuesday when things should have dried out a bit. ...
Good morning. Woke up to bright sunshine but it was all too brief and we've gone all grey again. have decided to leave henshed cleaning till Tuesday when things should have dried out a bit. I've just checked my seed potatoes an dthere's lots of chitting going on so with any luck OH can weed...
Good morning. Woke up to bright sunshine but it was all too brief and we've gone all grey again. have decided to leave henshed cleaning till Tuesday when things should have dried out a bit. I've just checked my seed potatoes an dthere's lots...
Good morning. Woke up to bright sunshine but it was all too brief and we've gone all grey again. have decided to leave henshed cleaning till Tuesday when things should have dried out a bit. ...

Loofah, Jan 1, 2026, The Muppet Show ... 53 54 55
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Obelix-Vendée
Feb 22, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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What's your weather like 2026
It's still raining - splashing the SW facing patio window... Jenny namaste
It's still raining - splashing the SW facing patio window... Jenny namaste
It's still raining - splashing the SW facing patio window... Jenny namaste
It's still raining - splashing the SW facing patio window... Jenny namaste
JWK, Jan 1, 2026, Off-Topic Discussion ... 84 85 86
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Jenny namaste
Feb 22, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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Latest moan from you and me 2026
@shiney Youth clubs, if reinstated, would work on the same basis - volunteers running them after suitable security checks and with, it is to be hoped, council support.Here, any such organisation...
@shiney Youth clubs, if reinstated, would work on the same basis - volunteers running them after suitable security checks and with, it is to be hoped, council support.Here, any such organisation for any age is governed by EU laws on running not for profit organisation and have to have...
@shiney Youth clubs, if reinstated, would work on the same basis - volunteers running them after suitable security checks and with, it is to be hoped, council support.Here, any such organisation for any age is governed by EU laws on running not...
@shiney Youth clubs, if reinstated, would work on the same basis - volunteers running them after suitable security checks and with, it is to be hoped, council support.Here, any such organisation...
JWK, Jan 1, 2026, Off-Topic Discussion ... 54 55 56
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Obelix-Vendée
Feb 22, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Root trainer/barrier in bought plant - ok to plant?
Do they serve any real purpose? Plastic has its place for sure but I think its terrible how much waste gardening generates that seems unnecessary.
Do they serve any real purpose? Plastic has its place for sure but I think its terrible how much waste gardening generates that seems unnecessary.
Do they serve any real purpose? Plastic has its place for sure but I think its terrible how much waste gardening generates that seems unnecessary.
Do they serve any real purpose? Plastic has its place for sure but I think its terrible how much waste gardening generates that seems unnecessary.
Erigeron, Feb 21, 2026 at 4:59 PM, Gardening Discussions
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Erigeron
Feb 22, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Dying Privet Hedge
The variegated Pittosporum Elizabeth could work well - one of my neighbours has a very attractive hedge of this. I liked @Plantminded's suggestion of a flowering climber for the arch itself, too.
The variegated Pittosporum Elizabeth could work well - one of my neighbours has a very attractive hedge of this. I liked @Plantminded's suggestion of a flowering climber for the arch itself, too.
The variegated Pittosporum Elizabeth could work well - one of my neighbours has a very attractive hedge of this. I liked @Plantminded's suggestion of a flowering climber for the arch itself, too.
The variegated Pittosporum Elizabeth could work well - one of my neighbours has a very attractive hedge of this. I liked @Plantminded's suggestion of a flowering climber for the arch itself, too.
James Quested, Feb 21, 2026 at 11:25 AM, General Gardening Discussion
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Clare G
Feb 22, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Plants for memorial area
That one’s a good vibrant blue @Clare G, now on my list .
That one’s a good vibrant blue @Clare G, now on my list .
That one’s a good vibrant blue @Clare G, now on my list .
That one’s a good vibrant blue @Clare G, now on my list .
BezzaDougal, Feb 17, 2026 at 2:46 PM, Other Plants ... 2
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Plantminded
Feb 21, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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What's Looking Good February 2026
Thank you @On the Levels, those small irises really do have one of the best blues in the garden, shame they don’t last long .
Thank you @On the Levels, those small irises really do have one of the best blues in the garden, shame they don’t last long .
Thank you @On the Levels, those small irises really do have one of the best blues in the garden, shame they don’t last long .
Thank you @On the Levels, those small irises really do have one of the best blues in the garden, shame they don’t last long .
NigelJ, Feb 1, 2026, General Gardening Discussion ... 2 3 4
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Plantminded
Feb 21, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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What are we doing in the garden 2026
I pulled out some spanish bluebells, some went out with bulbs, some - just leaves. I have loads muscari everywhere too, but I quite like those. Bought primulas in lidl and put in the greenhouse,...
I pulled out some spanish bluebells, some went out with bulbs, some - just leaves. I have loads muscari everywhere too, but I quite like those. Bought primulas in lidl and put in the greenhouse, will pot up tomorrow. They looked just delivered - fresh in buds.
I pulled out some spanish bluebells, some went out with bulbs, some - just leaves. I have loads muscari everywhere too, but I quite like those. Bought primulas in lidl and put in the greenhouse, will pot up tomorrow. They looked just delivered -...
I pulled out some spanish bluebells, some went out with bulbs, some - just leaves. I have loads muscari everywhere too, but I quite like those. Bought primulas in lidl and put in the greenhouse,...
simone_in_wiltshire, Jan 1, 2026, General Gardening Discussion ... 16 17 18
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Alisa
Feb 21, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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New Here…
Done. Thank you.
Done. Thank you.
Done. Thank you.
Done. Thank you.
Gairdner, Feb 19, 2026 at 11:54 PM, New Members Introduction
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Gairdner
Feb 22, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
First bloom of 2026, Hibiscus Red Pagoda ...There s a Standrad Red and an April Yellow to open soon.
First bloom of 2026, Hibiscus Red Pagoda ...There s a Standrad Red and an April Yellow to open soon.
First bloom of 2026, Hibiscus Red Pagoda ...There s a Standrad Red and an April Yellow to open soon.
First bloom of 2026, Hibiscus Red Pagoda ...There s a Standrad Red and an April Yellow to open soon.

Victoria, Jun 1, 2021, Tropical Gardening ... 13 14 15
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Victoria
Feb 21, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Cross runner beans
Landrace Gardening by Joseph Lofthouse is an interesting book about this kind of thing.
Landrace Gardening by Joseph Lofthouse is an interesting book about this kind of thing.
Landrace Gardening by Joseph Lofthouse is an interesting book about this kind of thing.
Landrace Gardening by Joseph Lofthouse is an interesting book about this kind of thing.
Bear, Feb 18, 2026 at 10:33 PM, Edible Gardening
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Baalmaiden
Feb 21, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Scabious seeds, cover or not?
I think I poked them vertically into the compost. If I remember rightly they're quite big and easy to handle individually. If you have lots of seed you could try different ways and see what works...
I think I poked them vertically into the compost. If I remember rightly they're quite big and easy to handle individually. If you have lots of seed you could try different ways and see what works for you.
I think I poked them vertically into the compost. If I remember rightly they're quite big and easy to handle individually. If you have lots of seed you could try different ways and see what works for you.
I think I poked them vertically into the compost. If I remember rightly they're quite big and easy to handle individually. If you have lots of seed you could try different ways and see what works...
The Bird Lady, Feb 20, 2026 at 11:34 AM, Greenhouse Growing
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JennyJB
Feb 21, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Doable do you think?
One thing I would do if I was planning my garden anew is to put a paved path all around the outside, wide enough to stand a stepladder on or push a wheelbarrow. It provides safe access to the back...
One thing I would do if I was planning my garden anew is to put a paved path all around the outside, wide enough to stand a stepladder on or push a wheelbarrow. It provides safe access to the back of the borders for weeding and to hedges and fences for trimming. You think it is going to take up...
One thing I would do if I was planning my garden anew is to put a paved path all around the outside, wide enough to stand a stepladder on or push a wheelbarrow. It provides safe access to the back of the borders for weeding and to hedges and...
One thing I would do if I was planning my garden anew is to put a paved path all around the outside, wide enough to stand a stepladder on or push a wheelbarrow. It provides safe access to the back...
Beatts, Feb 19, 2026 at 8:36 PM, Garden Projects and DIY ... 2
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Baalmaiden
Feb 21, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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A Joke or Two 2026

JWK, Jan 1, 2026, The Muppet Show ... 18 19 20
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Ladybird4
Feb 22, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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Currently Listening To 2026
JWK, Jan 1, 2026, The Muppet Show ... 2 3
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NigelJ
Feb 22, 2026 at 9:32 AM
YouTube mega thread
Logan, Oct 27, 2024, Off-Topic Discussion ... 28 29 30
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Logan
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