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Yawn Yawn Wakey Wakey 2025
Chocolate and/or smoked salmon for me @AuntyRach - but not at the same time! It has been heaving down all day but seems to have eased off now which is just as well as I like my walk to my friends'...
Chocolate and/or smoked salmon for me @AuntyRach - but not at the same time! It has been heaving down all day but seems to have eased off now which is just as well as I like my walk to my friends' house for my lift to the quiz. Last quiz of the year tonight and we are playing our A team so it is...
Chocolate and/or smoked salmon for me @AuntyRach - but not at the same time! It has been heaving down all day but seems to have eased off now which is just as well as I like my walk to my friends' house for my lift to the quiz. Last quiz of the...
Chocolate and/or smoked salmon for me @AuntyRach - but not at the same time! It has been heaving down all day but seems to have eased off now which is just as well as I like my walk to my friends'...

wiseowl, Jan 1, 2025, The Muppet Show ... 396 397 398
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Ladybird4
Dec 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Is there anything I can do now?
I am not sure regarding greenhouse / conservatory (and the shed sounds like a definite no). I have a Kentia Palm in the corner next to the conservatory door (but within the main house) and it is...
I am not sure regarding greenhouse / conservatory (and the shed sounds like a definite no). I have a Kentia Palm in the corner next to the conservatory door (but within the main house) and it is surviving. Based on a quick look, yours should be a bit more cold tolerant than that, but still it's...
I am not sure regarding greenhouse / conservatory (and the shed sounds like a definite no). I have a Kentia Palm in the corner next to the conservatory door (but within the main house) and it is surviving. Based on a quick look, yours should be a...
I am not sure regarding greenhouse / conservatory (and the shed sounds like a definite no). I have a Kentia Palm in the corner next to the conservatory door (but within the main house) and it is...
MrHappyDays, Dec 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM, General Gardening Discussion
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CostasK
Dec 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Which branches should I chop off ?
Agree, but here it is a gooseberry being pruned.
Agree, but here it is a gooseberry being pruned.
Agree, but here it is a gooseberry being pruned.
Agree, but here it is a gooseberry being pruned.
hi2u_uk, Dec 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM, Edible Gardening
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NigelJ
Dec 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Recommendations for lights to wrap around an outdoor plant
I bought LUMIFY usb solar fairy lights for my large holly bush in the front garden. It obviously works on solar power but also on a rechargeable battery. Comes with a usb charging port and...
I bought LUMIFY usb solar fairy lights for my large holly bush in the front garden. It obviously works on solar power but also on a rechargeable battery. Comes with a usb charging port and charging cable plus an indicator light. Mode button for changing light cycle. 3 power switches - on, off,...
I bought LUMIFY usb solar fairy lights for my large holly bush in the front garden. It obviously works on solar power but also on a rechargeable battery. Comes with a usb charging port and charging cable plus an indicator light. Mode button for...
I bought LUMIFY usb solar fairy lights for my large holly bush in the front garden. It obviously works on solar power but also on a rechargeable battery. Comes with a usb charging port and...
hi2u_uk, Dec 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM, Garden Projects and DIY ... 2
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waterbut
Dec 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Whats Your Weather Like 2025
Its been dry but very gloomy, bit of a wind blowing making it feel colder than it is, 10c.
Its been dry but very gloomy, bit of a wind blowing making it feel colder than it is, 10c.
Its been dry but very gloomy, bit of a wind blowing making it feel colder than it is, 10c.
Its been dry but very gloomy, bit of a wind blowing making it feel colder than it is, 10c.
wiseowl, Jan 1, 2025, Off-Topic Discussion ... 526 527 528
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pete
Dec 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Currently Listening To 2025
Woke up Friday and listened to Nick Caves Murder Ballads whilst in the bath. Went for a coffee in Notting Hill in the afternoon with a friend and guess who walked past not a metre away - only Nick...
Woke up Friday and listened to Nick Caves Murder Ballads whilst in the bath. Went for a coffee in Notting Hill in the afternoon with a friend and guess who walked past not a metre away - only Nick Cave! Total fanboy moment for me
Woke up Friday and listened to Nick Caves Murder Ballads whilst in the bath. Went for a coffee in Notting Hill in the afternoon with a friend and guess who walked past not a metre away - only Nick Cave! Total fanboy moment for me
Woke up Friday and listened to Nick Caves Murder Ballads whilst in the bath. Went for a coffee in Notting Hill in the afternoon with a friend and guess who walked past not a metre away - only Nick...
JWK, Jan 1, 2025, The Muppet Show ... 4 5 6
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longk
Dec 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Whaaattt?
I get it, it is messy - and I really can see where the idea of assisted suicide has come from. .. I just have absolutely zero faith in those who are wanting to implement it. Let's be honest, the...
I get it, it is messy - and I really can see where the idea of assisted suicide has come from. .. I just have absolutely zero faith in those who are wanting to implement it. Let's be honest, the current crop already see anyone over the age of 55 as a nuisance and over the age of 65 as a burden...
I get it, it is messy - and I really can see where the idea of assisted suicide has come from. .. I just have absolutely zero faith in those who are wanting to implement it. Let's be honest, the current crop already see anyone over the age of...
I get it, it is messy - and I really can see where the idea of assisted suicide has come from. .. I just have absolutely zero faith in those who are wanting to implement it. Let's be honest, the...
Tidemark, Aug 17, 2024, Off-Topic Discussion ... 276 277 278
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Fat Controller
Dec 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Latest Moan From You and Me 2025
I have similar problems with some of the applications I have to use for work. I end up typing in another application e.g. Notepad and then copying/pasting it.
I have similar problems with some of the applications I have to use for work. I end up typing in another application e.g. Notepad and then copying/pasting it.
I have similar problems with some of the applications I have to use for work. I end up typing in another application e.g. Notepad and then copying/pasting it.
I have similar problems with some of the applications I have to use for work. I end up typing in another application e.g. Notepad and then copying/pasting it.
wiseowl, Jan 1, 2025, Off-Topic Discussion ... 401 402 403
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Escarpment
Dec 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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A Joke Or Two 2025
Love the three Kings funny @Star gaze Lily
Love the three Kings funny @Star gaze Lily
Love the three Kings funny @Star gaze Lily
Love the three Kings funny @Star gaze Lily
JWK, Jan 1, 2025, The Muppet Show ... 105 106 107
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Ladybird4
Dec 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Your day (apart from gardening) what took place ? 2025
Maybe mine too but I was only saying about my day so far I don't look at the moan thread, it gets too political and boring.I don't know what 2GB etc means ...
Maybe mine too but I was only saying about my day so far I don't look at the moan thread, it gets too political and boring.I don't know what 2GB etc means ...
Maybe mine too but I was only saying about my day so far I don't look at the moan thread, it gets too political and boring.I don't know what 2GB etc means ...
Maybe mine too but I was only saying about my day so far I don't look at the moan thread, it gets too political and boring.I don't know what 2GB etc means ...
JWK, Jan 1, 2025, Off-Topic Discussion ... 9 10 11
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Michael Hewett
Dec 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Poems
Finally from G K Chesterton The Rolling English Road (1913)Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode, The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road. A reeling road, a...
Finally from G K Chesterton The Rolling English Road (1913)Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode, The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road. A reeling road, a rolling road, that rambles round the shire, And after him the parson ran, the sexton and the squire; A...
Finally from G K Chesterton The Rolling English Road (1913)Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode, The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road. A reeling road, a rolling road, that rambles round the shire, And after...
Finally from G K Chesterton The Rolling English Road (1913)Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode, The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road. A reeling road, a...
shiney, Sep 16, 2024, Off-Topic Discussion ... 2 3
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NigelJ
Dec 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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What's buzzing or flying near you 2025 ?
Female Hooded Merganser, she looks like she waddled out of a duck beauty salon. They certainly are beautiful creatures.
Female Hooded Merganser, she looks like she waddled out of a duck beauty salon. They certainly are beautiful creatures.
Female Hooded Merganser, she looks like she waddled out of a duck beauty salon. They certainly are beautiful creatures.
Female Hooded Merganser, she looks like she waddled out of a duck beauty salon. They certainly are beautiful creatures.

JWK, Jan 1, 2025, Wildlife Corner ... 47 48 49
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hydrogardener
Dec 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
WORDS
Talking about traditional English words:-Banish the use of the four-letter words! Whose meanings are never obscure. The Angles, the Saxons, those hardy old birds, Were vulgar, obscene and...
Talking about traditional English words:-Banish the use of the four-letter words! Whose meanings are never obscure. The Angles, the Saxons, those hardy old birds, Were vulgar, obscene and impure. But cherish the use of the weaselling phrase That never quite says what you mean. You’d better...
Talking about traditional English words:-Banish the use of the four-letter words! Whose meanings are never obscure. The Angles, the Saxons, those hardy old birds, Were vulgar, obscene and impure. But cherish the use of the weaselling phrase ...
Talking about traditional English words:-Banish the use of the four-letter words! Whose meanings are never obscure. The Angles, the Saxons, those hardy old birds, Were vulgar, obscene and...
BB3, Mar 15, 2024, Off-Topic Discussion ... 5 6 7
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shiney
Dec 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Is it worth or even beneficial to tidy up the garden?
I think there might be some buried helebores out the front. I'll give the fallen leaves a jiggle to check.
I think there might be some buried helebores out the front. I'll give the fallen leaves a jiggle to check.
I think there might be some buried helebores out the front. I'll give the fallen leaves a jiggle to check.
I think there might be some buried helebores out the front. I'll give the fallen leaves a jiggle to check.
BB3, Dec 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM, General Gardening Discussion ... 2 3
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BB3
Dec 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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What are we doing in the garden 2025
I must be mad. During a brief lull in the drizzle I dashed outside, got down on my hands and knees and handpicked up loads of tiny wet birch leaves off a narrow bed of purple slate chippings...
I must be mad. During a brief lull in the drizzle I dashed outside, got down on my hands and knees and handpicked up loads of tiny wet birch leaves off a narrow bed of purple slate chippings opposite my kitchen window. Been annoying me for weeks. Obviously it was the wrong decision to cover the...
I must be mad. During a brief lull in the drizzle I dashed outside, got down on my hands and knees and handpicked up loads of tiny wet birch leaves off a narrow bed of purple slate chippings opposite my kitchen window. Been annoying me for weeks....
I must be mad. During a brief lull in the drizzle I dashed outside, got down on my hands and knees and handpicked up loads of tiny wet birch leaves off a narrow bed of purple slate chippings...
Loofah, Jan 2, 2025, General Gardening Discussion ... 266 267 268
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lizzie27
Dec 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Spring Bulbs coming up early
I might be having daffodils on the table for New Year Lunch the way they are growing.
I might be having daffodils on the table for New Year Lunch the way they are growing.
I might be having daffodils on the table for New Year Lunch the way they are growing.
I might be having daffodils on the table for New Year Lunch the way they are growing.
ben01, Nov 9, 2011, General Gardening Discussion ... 2
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waterbut
Dec 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
YouTube mega thread
Now this is interesting.
Now this is interesting.
Now this is interesting.
Now this is interesting.
Logan, Oct 27, 2024, Off-Topic Discussion ... 21 22 23
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NigelJ
Dec 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Dendrobium kingianum
One of mine is just a mass of roots but no flowers, maybe it needs a bit of attention.
One of mine is just a mass of roots but no flowers, maybe it needs a bit of attention.
One of mine is just a mass of roots but no flowers, maybe it needs a bit of attention.
One of mine is just a mass of roots but no flowers, maybe it needs a bit of attention.

Fof, Feb 6, 2024, Tropical Gardening ... 2 3
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pete
Dec 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Eucomis question
Thank you @Spruce I shall do that ...
Thank you @Spruce I shall do that ...
Thank you @Spruce I shall do that ...
Thank you @Spruce I shall do that ...
Michael Hewett, Dec 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM, Other Plants
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Michael Hewett
Dec 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Land /Water Wildlife
Looking at the image, you can see she blends perfectly into the background colours.
Looking at the image, you can see she blends perfectly into the background colours.
Looking at the image, you can see she blends perfectly into the background colours.
Looking at the image, you can see she blends perfectly into the background colours.
wiseowl, Apr 3, 2024, Wildlife Corner ... 21 22 23
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hydrogardener
Dec 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM

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