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@waterbut If there was an opening from the apartment to the spiral steps and thence to the ground,they may well get away with it. Otherwise, it sounds like an enquiry to the local fire safety office would be worth it. Presume you have already raised any possible safety problems with the owners ?

We love our Lakeland airfryer - one big drawer with a removable divider. Bought silicon dishes which are dishwasher-proof to save on the mess.

So out with the old.in with the new.A bit of an extravagance, but it puts itself away with auto recoil, doesn’t get the tangle that stops watering and goes 180 degrees so I can do front and back without kinking the hose.Now I just need some volunteers in here to come round and water...

I have used those horrible yellow sticky paper things too, plus 12 fly papers, plus two UV insect killer mosquito fly pest traps that I mentioned, a pop-up mosquito net for the bed, a ceiling fan, two dehumidifiers, a fruit fly trap sticky insect ball, two knockdown plug-in mosquito killer -...

Good plan.

What do you experienced gardeners make of this video? Basically the guy just cuts all the leaves off his fern. Some people in the comments say that's a terrible idea, others say it works, and some say it depends which type of fern.I've been feeling like cutting 2 of my tattered three ferns...

Ha, love the detective work. Finding block paving under gravel under concrete is properly cursed layering. At least you know the previous owner was committed to never gardening. Pots are honestly the way to go for now, especially if you might rearrange things later. You can get a surprising...

Thank you everyone, it is covered in flower buds so I'll keep it potted near the back door for fragrance and then consider where to put it. We had a pretty cold winter for here and it would have been sat outside in the sales beds during that, so is probably a lot more hardy than I had considered.