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Surely hotel rooms have to pass certain standards of all kinds, fire being one. Although I wouldn't take that too seriously as the residents of places like Grenfell seemed to have been told to shut themselves in and not evacuate.

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...

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.

Just my thoughts but in that situation I would have gone for more formal type of evergreen hedging, something like yew. I realise you have already made your choice.

That plant looks like Euryops pectinatus. A common sub shrub that's used in a lot of public planting schemes.

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

Good plan.

I used to top dress my clay soil with loads of it, and it was a family challenge with the kids to get to the mushrooms first. Although I know they add chalk, it didn't seem to affect the plants, but I never tried making compost purely with it.

23rd March 2026On the evening of the 23rd into the 24th, Cherry the hedgehog was out, trying to get rid of fleas! The hog was shaking so much, it lost its balance and fell over! Nearby, Bandit the cat has been spotted a few times, sitting by the Thorny olive tree, watching the nearby mouse...

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...