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Got some Jumbo Colocasia Esculenta this year. They are the size of bowling balls

Saw brimstones again. Watched a very pale peacock feeding on a blue hyacinth and then basking on a stone slab. Quick glimpse of a comma near the pond. A few years ago we had sparrows pulling at the primrose flowers. Haven't done it this year but now they are having a go at the forsythia flower buds.

Sika Deer, Canada Goose and two incoming Greylag Geese. Poole HarbourFirst Adder of the year.

Hoping all is well with your relative in Dubai Worrying times for many. p.s. decided to risk putting a wash on but that low frequency drone from the demolition site is very off putting. I think I have some spare ear plugs somewhere.

Thanks, but I think I'll give it a miss. We need to go to the shops for other things anyway.

The usual way is to prepare the soil well before planting - clearing all weeds, adding garden compost or well-rotted manure and any fertiliser. After planting, keep the onions/garlic/shallots weed free as they are shallow rooted and don't do well with compeition.If you think they need it,...

It bothers me as I still haven't got windscreen wipers for my glasses.

9c sunny

I have begun Operation Groundcover Taming. Far and away not the most urgent task, but I could do it largely standing up. I really need to move a geranium, but before I can do that I need to move a campanula, and before I can do that, I need to uproot some grasses, and before I can do that...

There's not much here to see at the moment, some slug-munched Snowdrops, and some slug-munched Hellebores ... These were not too bad :-Scilla :-Pulmonaria just starting :-

Ah ha! Often gold refers to yellow leaves, but I could see that one has lovely greenery. (I am not a fan of yellow foliage in general.) The name referring to the stamens makes more sense than the fruit, as you get the gold and crimson together!