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A very good morning one and all. That is very interesting I have battled with equisetum in my garden, on my drive etc. for over 40 years so finding something useful to do with the 'stuff' is helpful. My paternal Granddad - also a North East miner - told me once that they used to find its roots...

Good question, it's an American bred hybrid from Nuncio's nursery and I picked it up at small nursery in Cornwall. Flower stems can be a bit weak for the flower head.

Clever magpies! I find lots of nest size twigs dropped on the lawn. They love acer tree twigs as they are bendy. Before mowing I have to clear them off the lawn.

9c cloudy but dry

For milk dispensers in canteens and rest areas the milk still comes in a bag in a box, 10 L at a time if I remember right. The bag has a "spout" that after fitting in the dispenser you snip the end off.

I didn't realise the GC server was on Voyager.

Thank you @ViewAhead and

I like the white and yellow varieties. They are less earthy than red ones and the white don't stain anything. I think avalanche is a white, boldor for yellow .I have found that they are less frost resistant than the red ones for whatever reason, so id harvest the yellow ones in particular...

Cyclamen coum. Silver leaved variant.

I posted a picture of my Amaryllis today. A bit of a 'cheat' as it is an indoor Spring plant but its history is interesting. I got this Amaryllis over 2 years ago and it did nothing but produce 3 weedy leaves. I kept it in my dining room - watering it when I remembered and all of a sudden - and...