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With the old Feed In Tariff that was the original incentive from the government you would have been OK but the financial return would have been longer. They paid you for every kWh your panels produced whether you used it or whether it went back into the grid. They additionally paid a small sum...

Don't think it was sharp sand but can't remember as it is at least 40 years old. The sand and gravel mix has the heating cable running through it to retain the heat in the propagator. It is waiting in buckets to be used again

Have a look at Cecile Brunner, which has tiny exquisite buds and clusters of small pink flowers and The Albrighton Rambler with lots of very double small pale pink flowers. They both repeat flower and are charmingly cottagy and old fashioned looking. They are both vigorous and will cover a wall.

Probably Bert Chippendale, his brother.

Golden retriever having a grooming session

Agree, even the best PAS100 compost still contains plastic, which will take far longer to break down than the polymer on slow release fertiliser.Then you have farmers that are widely using PAS100, those microplastics don't even break down in the digestive systems of cattle let alone in the...

Well done @AnniD

Consider threatening them with barbed wire - they'll soon perk up

For those of you wondering what to do with those empty plastic chocolate/biscuits tubs, if you live near to a Greene King pub they can be taken there. The money raised goes to Macmillan .Tub2Pub | Greene King for Good

Hi,I went out shopping early this morning so I'd be back home ready to accept the new Yamaha leyboard when it arrived. Back home the keyboard had been delivered but not to inside the porch but left propped up on the front decking; good job it wasn't raining.Assembly was easy and I'm...

Just let the women play best of 5 then the argument of equal pay would not come into it.Of course some men's matches may only go 3 sets but the potential is 5 at places like Wimbledon, (only tennis I tend to watch), so to use the old saying, let's have a level playing field.

I was thinking mine could make a good fence treatment, or preservative for any timber that is going into the ground, it has a very similar colour to creosote. I'm glad I didn't actually swallow any of it.My tongue still feels burnt, I'm having to drink lots of cold beer to sooth it.

Has anyone else noticed a dearth of Toadstools etc. in their garden this Autumn. Just a couple for me which is unusual. Weather related ?