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Sunny and bright but rain is expected soon. 9c max later.

A very good morning one and all. Very breezy start to the day but at least its dry, although forecast for here says a 66% chance of rain. I might be tempted to put a wash load on to take advantage but I'll play that one off the cuff. Definitely a gardening day though.

8pm tonight." With blossom popping and new green shoots emerging across the garden, Monty is busy with spring and planning ahead for summer. He’s doing a seed-sowing masterclass, cutting back Cornus and dividing ferns to put in the new Woodland Garden.Frances Tophill is exploring the tiny...

I think there is a lot of this going on, standrard have dropped and lots of people cutting corners

My grandmother thought collecting and eating the leaves of weeds was 'common', She also thought going out to the lane was 'common' ... She was a lovely lady, my gran, and one of the kindest people on the earth, but she could be a bit snobbish

This young buck is a magnificent creature, I hope he gets to pass on those great genes.

Last year, Bluejayway gave me a link for Heleniums Red on J.Parker. I went to their website 3 weeks ago and ordered a set of 5 plugs just to see what the quality is. They arrived the day before yesterday in not the best condition. I potted them immediately and soaked them in water. Yesterday,...

Love listening to something whilst travelling or Gardening.Listen to anything from Broadway, West End or Hollywood (massive fan of Elaine Paige on Sunday on Radio 2.)I love the News Agents Podcast (Emily Maitlis, Lewis Goodall and Jon Soper) or the Rest is Politics Podcast (Alistair Campbell...

We had not seen a goldfinch in years, so we put out a Niger seed feeder. Now, we have a flock of them and have gone through 20 pounds of Niger seed, and it costs about $2.50 per pound, still it is worth it to have these colorful little critters flitting about. This is a young non-breeding male.

Here we go all three species; Azara microphylla flowers first, small leaves and scented flowers tend to be on the underside of stems.Azara lanceolata small flowers leaves like a lance head no scent I can smell.Azara serrata last to flower, larger flowers, serrated leaves and no scent I can...

When it comes to a cappuccino I am very progressive as I don’t mind a cardboard cup with a lid, actually I prefer it, but when it comes to tea I am traditional and prefer a cup, don’t mind a mug even. Don’t like Hever and Penshurst where they dump a teabag in a cardboard cup. The bean counters...