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Bright and dry but a very windy 7 degrees with a frost forecast with snow on the hills, getting like we could do with overnight temperatures lifting now.

Afternoon all, woke at 6.30 ish this morning for a loo trip, went back to bed and overslept till 9 am! Oops, I was very foggy minded and found it difficult to get my brain and limbs in order so OH got the breakfast - probably out of fear I'd drop the teacups. Anyway eventually got washed and...

Thanks Simply stunning photography. That bark spider is ridiculous!

Have noticed 2 out of 3 potted agapanthus are showing no signs of life, which is very peculiar. They have been under the porch overhang all winter, so kept dry as they prefer. They are tough plants, not prone to failure. I have had them over 25 yrs though, last divided in 2021, so maybe old...

Yes that was him @CarolineL . He was very knowledgeable but he didn't mention Dendelions.Very interesting @NigelJ ...@On the Levels My mother said she used to make sandwiches of Dendelion leaves when she was little, much to the disgust of my grandmother !

Here she is @SherwoodArrow !

I tell you what, @Ergates, we can join forces and start up a secondhand castor cup business on ebay. I currently have in my possession 8 wood-effect plastic ones, 8 white ones, 16 brass ones, and sundry felt attachments (circles, oblongs). I also have 8 spare castor wheels and 8 circular...

Not flowered for me yet but surprised by its hardiness, Euphorbia stygiana ssp santa maria. Supposedly treelike eventually.I've had this three years and three times dug up by foxes, not in a great position as it was put there to fill a gap in the fence line, flowering this year, might get some...

G'day, cobbers. What's a hindu?Lays iggs, dunnit, sport.

White mustard will die at about -5c so it's quite good as a green manure as it'll fairly reliably be killed by winter frosts, saving having to chop and drop later. I've sown it at the same time as the garlic on the same beds and it grows a few inches then is usually dead by xmasAll my...