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Before the yet again down pour we moved the compost from our bins into the polytunnel in readiness for the next harvest (hopefully). Removed the cloche from the broad bean plants and they do look good. Again hopefully the pigeons will leave them alone. Harvested some of the beetroot. Some for us...

Hello all.Back from the granddaughters - their car has died, hopefully not permanently, but it meant we did a lot of walking - particularly our daughter, who had to walk to the village, taking an enormous trolley full of equipment for the class she was taking yesterday morning, teaching adults...

I find that sitting a pot /bucket etc ( anything with a hole in the bottom) onto some folded up pieces of kitchen roll draws out excess/water pretty quickly. Keep replacing the kitchen towels with fresh as they become sodden and eventually a lot of the water will come out. I’ve done this many...

I'm beginning to feel like a Wildebeest.

Plants were Zanthoxylum armatum, Z acanthopodium, z giraldi, Z piperitum and a Ginkoa biloba.

That's a massive rise.

The Wild Gardener was indeed broadcast in 2021 the first time as 4x30 minutes episodes. I have been waiting for series 2, because it looks all nice in series 1, but we all know that keeping it alive over the years is the challenge.Thanks @AnniD for reminding us that the GW winter episode part...

The waffle spouted by politicians is well known, you can always tell the professionals, they ignore the question and just come out with the party line. I'd like to see more interviewers ask the question two or three times if they avoid it.

Is it Spring yet?

@Michael Hewett glad that he's settled in and exploring.

I'm sure any of that yarn wouldve been snapped up by the ladies in the knit and natter I belong to @CanadianLori, we are a group of 15 old dears all around 70s and 80s,but love the laughs and company. Our weekly meetings are held in an old disused chapel on a Monday. Some crochet,some knit and...

Another round red is Bulls Blood, tend not to get so huge and woody if left too long (unlike Boltardy) Another one , if you don't mind paying extra for an F1 is Moneta, it's a monogerm so you don't get those clusters of seedlings, that sometimes need thinning out. I agree they all taste much...

Got all the way to Sainsbury's and back without getting soaked! A rare event in the last two months!