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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Gardening Year to one and all!

Here in the North everyone is dear, darling or love by default. The Child, who is a rather sweet looking young person gets the full array, "flower" is quite common and "petal" made me giggle.

Fireside Lights

I've got polyanthus in flower but haven't done any pictures yet, it's usually raining when i have the time.

I use grass cuttings @waterbut with very good results, never had problems with slugs. I've done it for several years running

They are easy to overlook with all the glamorous males around.

You would be looking at me for a long time before the word “royalist” came to mind, but this news story cheered me up. Nice to see the younger generations interacting with real people and taking an interest in real life in a genuine way.George joins Prince William in preparing meal for homeless

So sorry to hear that @Thevictorian just keep her on water for a while until it settles down, make sure that she has water. Were they playing in the park? She could have caught it there.

Morning from a dark, cold Wales; however from tomorrow, the sun rises a minute earlier and sets a minute later each day. By the end of January, it's noticeable. A juggling act for me tomorrow. Shopping arrives between 3 and 4, goose out of freezer and into fridge, shopping into freezer and...

It’s quite dull today and a drizzly rain is set on and off. It should dry up over the next 48 hours but it will be colder. It’s looking like we might have one of those sunny but crispy cold Christmas Days here.When is the winter solstice? The shortest day

OH who is over 75 got offered his Covid jab in September, and I booked him in for the first days availability at our local vaccination centre. I won’t be 75 till next year so could put have one. They did offer flu jabs at the same appointment, and I was able to book mine for the same time. Our...

I've collected my annual rainfall for over 10 yrs now, I just like to keep a record, you have to keep the climate change geeks under scrutiny. I wish I had started longer ago.

A crocheted bag in cheerful yarn.

The plan:The reality:But here it is, the ex-kennel site finally dug deep, bags of sand and compost mixed in, Echinops moved from their temporary site and Iceberg shrub rose plopped in.Alliums that I think look like flu victims with their leaky noses (nectaroscordum, properly, I...