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Cut both front and back lawn, mower set to penultimate highest height.Looking forward to 3 or 4 days of promised sunshine to go round all the beds.Watermelon seeds have germinated and popped up (6).Pleased to see a bunch of primula flowering, they were seedlings last year.

Morning gardeners! My word, it's a lovely one, too. Taking hub for his blood tests then the world is our sausage, as they say! We were planning to stay at the van over the weekend, but, though it's been waxed and polished, there's still a fair amount of cleaning to do inside, so we may just make...

Eric Idle and I like Chinese, come to mind.

I thought my driving licence expired this year, turns out it's next year I have to have another eye test to keep the licence for a further three years.

Some hyacinths

Thank you for the replies the “wrinkles” is a great indicator I never thought off.

After my first seed failure in over a decade, I have today planted some Sturon sets along with some shallots.

A gorgeous start to the day as it's sunny, dry and slightly breezy. 16c later and continuous sunshine.

The Quisqualis indica Rangoon creeper | Chinese honeysuckle arrived safely today ...Since I ordered the price has gone up 30%.

I've never seen horsetail so widespread over a field like that. Normally they seem to take over gardens!

I vaguely remember buying San Marzano tomato seeds about 20yrs ago, I think they were very poor, at the time I put it down to being an Italian variety not likely to do well in our climate. Never bothered with them since.I grew crimson plum outside last year and they did really well, got new...