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Thank you CarolineLI have not done very well, I was so keen to get into this that I bought items before I asked for advice, I was not aware that sellers would mislead to sell their stock, as a previous post mentioned. It looks like I will have to put everything to one side and start again with...

Good plan.

You are probably correct, @pete, he could have been thinking of Greenland, which he kept calling Iceland, although it is Denmark that he said wouldn’t hand it over to him. Or maybe he meant the Chagos islands, but I don’t think anyone was offering to give them to him? Who knows what is going on...

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

It survives around here is all I can say, dont have it myself but have seen it in gardens.

Don't forget to water them in and they will need watering over the summer.

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

Wow, you must have very different air fryers than we. Ours are really just little convection ovens. Heat and blow the air at high speed. (My older one can stir too to keep chips flipping etc)The electric version of a presser cooker over is is sometimes called a Rapid cooker or Instant pot. And...

Over many years I've bought from CPA Horticulture - mushroom compost & horse manure every year and I've had bulk composted bark chippings and 25T top soil. All of it has been of very good quality. Even substantial amounts of manure or compost are available in 75 litre bags which makes life...

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...