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Thank you @Michael Hewett

I've grown lemon drop for a few years now. They are very prolific once they get going and I save some seed each year. I tend to use them whole, after rpicking witha darning needle, in bottles of olive oil for cooking or salad dressings and I remove the pith and seeds of others before chopping...

This sums up the weather here Eric the pheasant looking disgruntled and wet.

Decided this morning we would go for a short walk along the nature trail near us to try & find some craft items for my recycled garden projects.l want a few hollow logs that is to go on my pond to use as a water wall. l also saw a craft to make tiny pebble mushrooms for my reading nook. Last Wed...

Tomatoes don't seem to be fussy about compost in my experience. I shall be starting mine off too.

Happy birthday @Ergates And thanks to our birthday monitor, @Ladybird4 We're collecting the g'kids after school, so a vat of chilli will be simmering in the s.c. later.

Thank you @LunarSea, that's really interesting.

Been to B&Q today went for some bitumen paint but come away with some cyclamen coum, I've been after some white ones for years just never wanted to pay the rather expensive price they are for a single plant. Looks to be a 2 or 3 plants per cell hopefully, I'll divide them up and plant them half...

I've just brought the last 1/4 sack of last years Sarpo Mira crop home. They have kept well in the Allotment shed. I do have some Anya as well but they have long shoots and are going soft so I don't think they are usable.

Not a garden as such but this morning we visited the South West Orchid Society Show. As usual some superb plants and many are SO big the growers must have HUGE areas to grow them in. Some lovely scents and the different colours and structures of the flowers were amazing. A really friendly group...

A nice example of a jelly ear fungus from this morning's walk

That sounds good @On the Levels. Hope the new hog settles in. We have 5 here as far as we know - 2 adults plus the 3 they produced last year. The back garden is walled all round with the only access ( in or out ) being the small gap under the wooden side gate. The small front garden is also...

It makes me laugh when products are made healthier by reducing the amount you get. Walkers crisps, now 20% less fat, well yes because there's less in the bag.