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As I'm a dinosaur I don't use any of those.

But you have raised my earlier point, there seems to be this assumption that the doc says you have 6 months to live and you do it tomorrow, it shouldn't be like that, I think most that are against it seem to think that's how it would work. I also dont get the disabled people arguing against it,...

Now this is interesting.

I have tulips through the compost in the greenhouse and the garden. Spring bulbs start to grow earlier than many realise; snowdrops and crocuses start to develop roots and shoots in late summer and daffodils soon after.

Generally I tidy up anything that's gone black and mushy, but leave those things holding their shape. Might be a change this year, being so mild, and I'll take down the Acanthus senni, Dahlia imperialis and the Impatiens tinctoria after Christmas to give some of the spring growers a chance.

Just be carful and put the light on , don’t want you getting confused lolSpruce

Light pollution is a growing problem; it upsets nocturnal creatures and makes terrestrial astronomy difficult especially from back gardens.

One of mine is just a mass of roots but no flowers, maybe it needs a bit of attention.

Thank you @Spruce I shall do that ...

Well done Colin

Thank you @AuntyRach - not sure what's happened there. But I was doing it on the bus so not fully concentrating as my stop was coming up!

Stepovers might be better in that situationI planted two cordon apples on our east facing wall more than ten years and although they blossom, it's only this year that we had a very small crop. However I have very rarely watered them so that might be why, plants have to sink or swim in this...