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This has me concerned as in one case you get molten chocolate everywhere and in the other you get a visit from the RSPCA.

no problem. I just thought I would mention it.

To finalise this story, after closing the both important entrances, there is only one fox that has jumped over the fence since 21 February, once a week. No further damage in the garden. What a relief. The foxes seem to have changed completely their route in our area and no longer pass through...

Queen of the Night seems to be the consensus here. I've got a few red ones that keep coming back year after year but honestly couldn't tell you what variety they are anymore, the labels vanished ages ago. The red ones always seem the most stubborn about returning which suits me fine.

I thought about it but husband really wanted a native mix and I struggled to find bare root evergreen plants cheaply..x

Well done all worth it in the end no time to rest its spring well occasionally

I tried eating field beet i found in a fallow field in wales, was tough and somewhat flavourless. looks impressive though.

I grow it in the frozen east of Scotland. Well currently it is baltic and we had snow today, didn’t lie thou. I grow it in a relatively sheltered spot. Had it for over 20 years, no bother. Survived-18oC in 2010 and still going strong.

@Philippa There have been court cases here in France where city folk move to the country and then complain about church bells, cocks crowing, cows mooing and all sorts of smells. Recent verdicts have all been on the side of country life, the cockerels, bells and smells.@KT53 I see that...

Thank you.A couple of tomatoes would be nice, ha ha.I remember growing them for fun when I was just a child ‘about 12 years old!’,…. I think they were called ‘Money Maker’.In my keenness to get started with plants I recently bought what I thought would look nice, but really I don’t have a...