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Ipheion Jessie (I think) This cyclamen has been flowering for ages. Lost label, but I think it's xmirabile Tile barn Greville. So I keep it in cold greenhouse over winter as mirabile is not entirely hardy.

I finally got our 2nd dumpy bag emptied, although it took me just over three hours to do it as the bag was too large and heavy for us to lift down to the green bins. I had to transfer it bit by bit into a large trug, take that down the garden to where we store the green bins then trudge back up...

I didn't do any gardening today, although the sun eventually made an appearance. My bad knee has been aching from kneeling on my kneeler, weeding. I cleaned the sitting room instead and did the ironing pile.The boiler man came and serviced the boiler. I'd forgotten he was coming. We have...

Must admit I never do anything like that on a tiny phone screen, phones are phones.

It was a drizzly and windy day with a high of 15.5c, 14.1c now and still drizzly and windy.

I have two 6x8 greenhouses, a few too many sown as always, but better too many than too few

There are over 40 infectious diseases that affect potatoes and tomatoes, most are viruses spread by aphids. Late blight is also rapidly evolving and keeps overcoming genetic resistances and anti fungals Just a few others off my head: potato virus x, y, a, leaf roll virus, early blight.because...

That's interesting to know @CanadianLori, thank you. I wouldn't say that they are uncomfortable on flat ground though. I grew up in Barbados and they were popular in the hotels there, often around the pool but also on the beach, which can slope. They resemble what are known there as Planter's...

Wood anenomes out in the spring sunshine

Reminds me of a cartoon I saw years ago-a Roman soldier on a half built wall near Newcastle is reading a message from Rome."It's Hadrian, he's asking why it's taking so long to build a well?"

good idea to make ice cubes!