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Hi @potted I'm afraid those pictures are totally false. The hostas are going to be green (or glaucous) with maybe white variegation. A lot of online sellers do this. As for the other plants you've bought, wisteria is a big climbing plant that develops a trunk eventually. It's not suitable for a...

Good plan.

Interestingly enough Buckingham Palace has been updated fairly recently. Certainly it is in better nick and better maintained than the Houses of Parliament.

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.

Yes - we've always been nervous of pressure cookers. It's been a real gamechanger that the airfryer takes the fear out of pressure cooking - it manages the temperature, pressure and timing automatically, and is much better insulated so uses less energy.

@pete have you tried those companies who sell bulk bags? I saw one of those cubic metre bags outside a house near here, and the compost looked good. Got to be cheaper than buying 60l a time.

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...