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  1. JWK
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    What's your weather like 2026

    It turned out better than expected. Long sunny intervals. But still a bit chilly. Nice to have the sun out at 4pm.
    It turned out better than expected. Long sunny intervals. But still a bit chilly. Nice to have the sun out at 4pm.
    It turned out better than expected. Long sunny intervals. But still a bit chilly. Nice to have the sun out at 4pm.
    It turned out better than expected. Long sunny intervals. But still a bit chilly. Nice to have the sun out at 4pm.
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  2. garden_shade

    New Gardener - help!

    Thanks so much @Selleri . I will post some updates soon - really looking forward to sharing this journey (thanks for the top about location, I will update my profile).
    Thanks so much @Selleri . I will post some updates soon - really looking forward to sharing this journey (thanks for the top about location, I will update my profile).
    Thanks so much @Selleri . I will post some updates soon - really looking forward to sharing this journey (thanks for the top about location, I will update my profile).
    Thanks so much @Selleri . I will post some updates soon - really looking forward to sharing this journey (thanks for the top about location, I will update my profile).
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  3. JWK
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    Crafters Corner 2026

    I'm sure any of that yarn wouldve been snapped up by the ladies in the knit and natter I belong to @CanadianLori, we are a group of 15 old dears all around 70s and 80s,but love the laughs and...
    I'm sure any of that yarn wouldve been snapped up by the ladies in the knit and natter I belong to @CanadianLori, we are a group of 15 old dears all around 70s and 80s,but love the laughs and company. Our weekly meetings are held in an old disused chapel on a Monday. Some crochet,some knit and...
    I'm sure any of that yarn wouldve been snapped up by the ladies in the knit and natter I belong to @CanadianLori, we are a group of 15 old dears all around 70s and 80s,but love the laughs and company. Our weekly meetings are held in an old...
    I'm sure any of that yarn wouldve been snapped up by the ladies in the knit and natter I belong to @CanadianLori, we are a group of 15 old dears all around 70s and 80s,but love the laughs and...
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  4. Fat Controller
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    Migration to NEW software & server

    No such thing as a daft question!We don't have a hard and fast rule, nor indeed would I personally advocate that we need one - I think it has to be considered on a case by case basis. Clearly...
    No such thing as a daft question!We don't have a hard and fast rule, nor indeed would I personally advocate that we need one - I think it has to be considered on a case by case basis. Clearly if a thread hasn't had a reply for 18 months to two years, it is entering the 'old' territory at that...
    No such thing as a daft question!We don't have a hard and fast rule, nor indeed would I personally advocate that we need one - I think it has to be considered on a case by case basis. Clearly if a thread hasn't had a reply for 18 months to two...
    No such thing as a daft question!We don't have a hard and fast rule, nor indeed would I personally advocate that we need one - I think it has to be considered on a case by case basis. Clearly...
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  5. Plantminded
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  6. GreenFingeredPete

    Help With Growing Seeds

    Go for it.
    Go for it.
    Go for it.
    Go for it.
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  7. BB3

    Variegated lavender pruning

    Living in Scotland makes trying to grow Lavender even worse. I personally hate the stuff, every year without fail I am asked dozens of times if I have lavender in the charity plant sale.Answer...
    Living in Scotland makes trying to grow Lavender even worse. I personally hate the stuff, every year without fail I am asked dozens of times if I have lavender in the charity plant sale.Answer NO! What did I spy in Lidl yesterday? Lavender for sale….in February having been under glass and heat...
    Living in Scotland makes trying to grow Lavender even worse. I personally hate the stuff, every year without fail I am asked dozens of times if I have lavender in the charity plant sale.Answer NO! What did I spy in Lidl yesterday? Lavender for...
    Living in Scotland makes trying to grow Lavender even worse. I personally hate the stuff, every year without fail I am asked dozens of times if I have lavender in the charity plant sale.Answer...
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  8. ArmyAirForce
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    Non-Gardener builds an Observatory, Garden Railway and even Dabbles with Plants!

    This morning, we had a family trip out to Green Lane nursery, as they have a really good café! While there, Lynne got her eye on some pre-made hanging baskets. We had one at the front and one at...
    This morning, we had a family trip out to Green Lane nursery, as they have a really good café! While there, Lynne got her eye on some pre-made hanging baskets. We had one at the front and one at the back last year, but the rear basket is starting to fall apart.So Lynne's plan was to buy a...
    This morning, we had a family trip out to Green Lane nursery, as they have a really good café! While there, Lynne got her eye on some pre-made hanging baskets. We had one at the front and one at the back last year, but the rear basket is starting...
    This morning, we had a family trip out to Green Lane nursery, as they have a really good café! While there, Lynne got her eye on some pre-made hanging baskets. We had one at the front and one at...
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  9. BB3

    WORDS

    The misuse of emigrate/ immigrate peeves me, too.
    The misuse of emigrate/ immigrate peeves me, too.
    The misuse of emigrate/ immigrate peeves me, too.
    The misuse of emigrate/ immigrate peeves me, too.
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  10. Selleri
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    Show us your gardening purchases 2026

    Plants were Zanthoxylum armatum, Z acanthopodium, z giraldi, Z piperitum and a Ginkoa biloba.
    Plants were Zanthoxylum armatum, Z acanthopodium, z giraldi, Z piperitum and a Ginkoa biloba.
    Plants were Zanthoxylum armatum, Z acanthopodium, z giraldi, Z piperitum and a Ginkoa biloba.
    Plants were Zanthoxylum armatum, Z acanthopodium, z giraldi, Z piperitum and a Ginkoa biloba.
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  11. Tidemark

    Whaaattt?

    That is the problem when you try to cater for things like that - the easy way is surely to state that if someone needs help, there will be staff on hand to help. Completely unknown to the...
    That is the problem when you try to cater for things like that - the easy way is surely to state that if someone needs help, there will be staff on hand to help. Completely unknown to the individual and therefore coercion not a possibility.
    That is the problem when you try to cater for things like that - the easy way is surely to state that if someone needs help, there will be staff on hand to help. Completely unknown to the individual and therefore coercion not a possibility.
    That is the problem when you try to cater for things like that - the easy way is surely to state that if someone needs help, there will be staff on hand to help. Completely unknown to the...
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  12. Loofah
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    Yawn Yawn Wakey Wakey 2026

    Hello all.Thanks for good wishes re daughter's car, @Ladybird4 . No news is probably not good news... but I'll find out later this evening.Lovely sun this morning, when we were at a...
    Hello all.Thanks for good wishes re daughter's car, @Ladybird4 . No news is probably not good news... but I'll find out later this evening.Lovely sun this morning, when we were at a rehearsal, but the rain started on the way home. Of course. :th scifD36:
    Hello all.Thanks for good wishes re daughter's car, @Ladybird4 . No news is probably not good news... but I'll find out later this evening.Lovely sun this morning, when we were at a rehearsal, but the rain started on the way home. Of course. :th scifD36:
    Hello all.Thanks for good wishes re daughter's car, @Ladybird4 . No news is probably not good news... but I'll find out later this evening.Lovely sun this morning, when we were at a...
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  13. JWK
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    What's buzzing flying near you 2026

    We had a Brimstone, a Red Admiral and a Peacock in the garden but the Peacock was the only one that settled.
    We had a Brimstone, a Red Admiral and a Peacock in the garden but the Peacock was the only one that settled.
    We had a Brimstone, a Red Admiral and a Peacock in the garden but the Peacock was the only one that settled.
    We had a Brimstone, a Red Admiral and a Peacock in the garden but the Peacock was the only one that settled.
    Grey Wag 1.jpg Gold 2.jpg Chiffchaffs.jpg Goosander 2.jpg Goose 30.jpg goose 1.jpg
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  14. JWK
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    Latest moan from you and me 2026

    Sorry @pete - I worded that bit about the white middle class badly - I think @Obelix-Vendée said it better; the reason they voted Reform is not that they were middle class & white per se, but that...
    Sorry @pete - I worded that bit about the white middle class badly - I think @Obelix-Vendée said it better; the reason they voted Reform is not that they were middle class & white per se, but that they felt the immigrants in Gorton were a threat. I'm white & middle class but definitely not a...
    Sorry @pete - I worded that bit about the white middle class badly - I think @Obelix-Vendée said it better; the reason they voted Reform is not that they were middle class & white per se, but that they felt the immigrants in Gorton were a threat....
    Sorry @pete - I worded that bit about the white middle class badly - I think @Obelix-Vendée said it better; the reason they voted Reform is not that they were middle class & white per se, but that...
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  15. simone_in_wiltshire
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  16. katecat58
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    Sarah Raven discount

    New discount SPRING30 for 30% off and free delivery if you spend £30. Sorry I dont know when it expires.
    New discount SPRING30 for 30% off and free delivery if you spend £30. Sorry I dont know when it expires.
    New discount SPRING30 for 30% off and free delivery if you spend £30. Sorry I dont know when it expires.
    New discount SPRING30 for 30% off and free delivery if you spend £30. Sorry I dont know when it expires.
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  17. Palustris

    He's boasting again!

    Latest book now out www.amazon.co.uk/Amazing-Adventure-Amanderella-Gottsnobbler/dp/B0GQ48VN93/
    Latest book now out www.amazon.co.uk/Amazing-Adventure-Amanderella-Gottsnobbler/dp/B0GQ48VN93/
    Latest book now out www.amazon.co.uk/Amazing-Adventure-Amanderella-Gottsnobbler/dp/B0GQ48VN93/
    Latest book now out www.amazon.co.uk/Amazing-Adventure-Amanderella-Gottsnobbler/dp/B0GQ48VN93/
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  18. Phil Clark

    Mature Thyme

    Our very old thyme has given up the ghost. Our fault because we didn't prune it back when we should have done. However some thyme (not sure which one) appeared in a different area of the garden in...
    Our very old thyme has given up the ghost. Our fault because we didn't prune it back when we should have done. However some thyme (not sure which one) appeared in a different area of the garden in a lavender bed more like a rock garden space, and this is a creeping one that the bees love.
    Our very old thyme has given up the ghost. Our fault because we didn't prune it back when we should have done. However some thyme (not sure which one) appeared in a different area of the garden in a lavender bed more like a rock garden space, and...
    Our very old thyme has given up the ghost. Our fault because we didn't prune it back when we should have done. However some thyme (not sure which one) appeared in a different area of the garden in...
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  19. Ditherer

    planting with wildlife in mind

    the main thing with nutrients is they get outcompeted by grass, trees, brambles, and in poor soil those take longer to colonise if at all. wild meadows were maintained like that with now extinct...
    the main thing with nutrients is they get outcompeted by grass, trees, brambles, and in poor soil those take longer to colonise if at all. wild meadows were maintained like that with now extinct ruminents, deer and cattle doing that job now to an extent.there are many perrenial native flowers...
    the main thing with nutrients is they get outcompeted by grass, trees, brambles, and in poor soil those take longer to colonise if at all. wild meadows were maintained like that with now extinct ruminents, deer and cattle doing that job now to an...
    the main thing with nutrients is they get outcompeted by grass, trees, brambles, and in poor soil those take longer to colonise if at all. wild meadows were maintained like that with now extinct...
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  20. latimer

    Olive trees in pots leaning

    Thanks everyone!I’ll give them a go with a repot and see how they get on this year. I don’t really have anywhere sheltered and sunny I can put them so I’ll leave them where they are for this...
    Thanks everyone!I’ll give them a go with a repot and see how they get on this year. I don’t really have anywhere sheltered and sunny I can put them so I’ll leave them where they are for this year and if it doesn’t improve they might need a new home. Let’s see.
    Thanks everyone!I’ll give them a go with a repot and see how they get on this year. I don’t really have anywhere sheltered and sunny I can put them so I’ll leave them where they are for this year and if it doesn’t improve they might need a new...
    Thanks everyone!I’ll give them a go with a repot and see how they get on this year. I don’t really have anywhere sheltered and sunny I can put them so I’ll leave them where they are for this...
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