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  1. Loofah
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    Yawn Yawn Wakey Wakey 2026

    Good evening all!We're back from the music festival, tired but happy. Our small group of women won both the categories we entered (female voice and sacred music), not difficult in the first...
    Good evening all!We're back from the music festival, tired but happy. Our small group of women won both the categories we entered (female voice and sacred music), not difficult in the first category because the opposition had to pull out because of illness - though our performance was...
    Good evening all!We're back from the music festival, tired but happy. Our small group of women won both the categories we entered (female voice and sacred music), not difficult in the first category because the opposition had to pull out...
    Good evening all!We're back from the music festival, tired but happy. Our small group of women won both the categories we entered (female voice and sacred music), not difficult in the first...
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  2. simone_in_wiltshire
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    What are we doing in the garden 2026

    Backfilling the gravel path skeleton with rubbish sub clay dug up from the pond site, and levelling it so that now the skeleton is about 10cm deep.Chose the best offer from the various...
    Backfilling the gravel path skeleton with rubbish sub clay dug up from the pond site, and levelling it so that now the skeleton is about 10cm deep.Chose the best offer from the various aggregate firms I contacted, and asked for a final quote and cheekily, if they "sell" samples of their flat...
    Backfilling the gravel path skeleton with rubbish sub clay dug up from the pond site, and levelling it so that now the skeleton is about 10cm deep.Chose the best offer from the various aggregate firms I contacted, and asked for a final quote...
    Backfilling the gravel path skeleton with rubbish sub clay dug up from the pond site, and levelling it so that now the skeleton is about 10cm deep.Chose the best offer from the various...
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  3. Jblakes

    Evening all, Conifer hedge help needed.

    Easily done.
    Easily done.
    Easily done.
    Easily done.
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  4. JWK
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    Things that have made you happy today 2026

    We used to call fridays 'Poets' day........P*** Off Early Tomorrow's Saturday.
    We used to call fridays 'Poets' day........P*** Off Early Tomorrow's Saturday.
    We used to call fridays 'Poets' day........P*** Off Early Tomorrow's Saturday.
    We used to call fridays 'Poets' day........P*** Off Early Tomorrow's Saturday.
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  5. JWK
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    What's your weather like 2026

    What a dreich day, non stop light rain and very dull and misty, bad crash on the main road just outside the village earlier, folk don't slow down when poor visibility these days. 4 degrees all day...
    What a dreich day, non stop light rain and very dull and misty, bad crash on the main road just outside the village earlier, folk don't slow down when poor visibility these days. 4 degrees all day with a breeze from the east.
    What a dreich day, non stop light rain and very dull and misty, bad crash on the main road just outside the village earlier, folk don't slow down when poor visibility these days. 4 degrees all day with a breeze from the east.
    What a dreich day, non stop light rain and very dull and misty, bad crash on the main road just outside the village earlier, folk don't slow down when poor visibility these days. 4 degrees all day...
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  6. wiseowl
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    Land /Water Wildlife

    This Squirrel had just dug beech mast from a cache it must have buried in the Autumn.
    This Squirrel had just dug beech mast from a cache it must have buried in the Autumn.
    This Squirrel had just dug beech mast from a cache it must have buried in the Autumn.
    This Squirrel had just dug beech mast from a cache it must have buried in the Autumn.
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  7. JWK
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    What's buzzing flying near you 2026

    Right, I didn't realise that, thanks, not seen it today.
    Right, I didn't realise that, thanks, not seen it today.
    Right, I didn't realise that, thanks, not seen it today.
    Right, I didn't realise that, thanks, not seen it today.
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  8. Marley Farley
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    WILDFLOWERS YOU HAVE SEEN WHILE OUT WALKING

    @strongylodon thank you but no dry days here, just flood warnings. Keep you photos coming.
    @strongylodon thank you but no dry days here, just flood warnings. Keep you photos coming.
    @strongylodon thank you but no dry days here, just flood warnings. Keep you photos coming.
    @strongylodon thank you but no dry days here, just flood warnings. Keep you photos coming.
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  9. BB3

    Planting a tree where an apple tree used to be.

    @infradig . It was old age( Houses built on an old commercial orchard) and drought. Foxes mean bone meal is a definite no. I think I need to go for something unrelated to an apple tree. I'm not...
    @infradig . It was old age( Houses built on an old commercial orchard) and drought. Foxes mean bone meal is a definite no. I think I need to go for something unrelated to an apple tree. I'm not concerned about getting fruit but I would've liked a crab apple. I don't really want to fight nature...
    @infradig . It was old age( Houses built on an old commercial orchard) and drought. Foxes mean bone meal is a definite no. I think I need to go for something unrelated to an apple tree. I'm not concerned about getting fruit but I would've liked...
    @infradig . It was old age( Houses built on an old commercial orchard) and drought. Foxes mean bone meal is a definite no. I think I need to go for something unrelated to an apple tree. I'm not...
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  10. JWK
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    Latest moan from you and me 2026

    The only time I've ever bought anything for Valentines was when one day my cousin and I wanted a meal and couldn't be bothered to cook so we went to M&S and bought a Valentines meal deal. Starter,...
    The only time I've ever bought anything for Valentines was when one day my cousin and I wanted a meal and couldn't be bothered to cook so we went to M&S and bought a Valentines meal deal. Starter, Main, Desert and a bottle of wine plus change for £20.00.
    The only time I've ever bought anything for Valentines was when one day my cousin and I wanted a meal and couldn't be bothered to cook so we went to M&S and bought a Valentines meal deal. Starter, Main, Desert and a bottle of wine plus change for...
    The only time I've ever bought anything for Valentines was when one day my cousin and I wanted a meal and couldn't be bothered to cook so we went to M&S and bought a Valentines meal deal. Starter,...
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  11. shiney
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    JANUARY PHOTO COMPETITION 2026

    Barbie anyone?
    Barbie anyone?
    Barbie anyone?
    Barbie anyone?
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  12. shiney
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    PHOTO COMP DISCUSSION THREAD

    Could do but the Admin never know what they are doing anyway! :nonofinger: :roflol:
    Could do but the Admin never know what they are doing anyway! :nonofinger: :roflol:
    Could do but the Admin never know what they are doing anyway! :nonofinger: :roflol:
    Could do but the Admin never know what they are doing anyway! :nonofinger: :roflol:
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  13. nightofjoy

    Complete re-hash of our first owned garden.

    We're an east facing house...
    We're an east facing house...
    We're an east facing house...
    We're an east facing house...
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  14. Selleri

    Starting seeds on moist paper instead of compost- share your method

    Think it has to be said that one needs to be punctilious in checking them at least twice daily and to be equpped and available to plant on to the next stage without delay.Seedlings once green do...
    Think it has to be said that one needs to be punctilious in checking them at least twice daily and to be equpped and available to plant on to the next stage without delay.Seedlings once green do not do well if then buried. Overdamp is equal to underdamp in terms of damage; moulds act quickly to...
    Think it has to be said that one needs to be punctilious in checking them at least twice daily and to be equpped and available to plant on to the next stage without delay.Seedlings once green do not do well if then buried. Overdamp is equal to...
    Think it has to be said that one needs to be punctilious in checking them at least twice daily and to be equpped and available to plant on to the next stage without delay.Seedlings once green do...
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  15. shiney
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    Greenhouse - Goodbye Old Friend, Hello New

    I'm think of doing that but making the low step all the way across the front of the greenhouse Where we should be able to walk across it from either end or from the front. Simon will be here on...
    I'm think of doing that but making the low step all the way across the front of the greenhouse Where we should be able to walk across it from either end or from the front. Simon will be here on Monday and all of us can discuss it.It also depends on whether the remaining ballast, sand and...
    I'm think of doing that but making the low step all the way across the front of the greenhouse Where we should be able to walk across it from either end or from the front. Simon will be here on Monday and all of us can discuss it.It also...
    I'm think of doing that but making the low step all the way across the front of the greenhouse Where we should be able to walk across it from either end or from the front. Simon will be here on...
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  16. Alisa

    Daphne - which variety to choose

    Thank you, it's extremely helpful, the only thing I can't decide - to plant in a shadier spot or a full sun... I got it today.
    Thank you, it's extremely helpful, the only thing I can't decide - to plant in a shadier spot or a full sun... I got it today.
    Thank you, it's extremely helpful, the only thing I can't decide - to plant in a shadier spot or a full sun... I got it today.
    Thank you, it's extremely helpful, the only thing I can't decide - to plant in a shadier spot or a full sun... I got it today.
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  17. Adam I

    Mass grafting some apples

    They have restaurants in the town, I wonder.:scratch:
    They have restaurants in the town, I wonder.:scratch:
    They have restaurants in the town, I wonder.:scratch:
    They have restaurants in the town, I wonder.:scratch:
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  18. pete
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    Electric cars.

    Given Charlies concern for the environment I though he would travel in a horse drawn carriage, or isn't horse poop considered to be environmentally friendly? Surely one of his flunkies could run...
    Given Charlies concern for the environment I though he would travel in a horse drawn carriage, or isn't horse poop considered to be environmentally friendly? Surely one of his flunkies could run behind with a bucket then pass the content to one of the gardeners to spread around the roses (after...
    Given Charlies concern for the environment I though he would travel in a horse drawn carriage, or isn't horse poop considered to be environmentally friendly? Surely one of his flunkies could run behind with a bucket then pass the content to one...
    Given Charlies concern for the environment I though he would travel in a horse drawn carriage, or isn't horse poop considered to be environmentally friendly? Surely one of his flunkies could run...
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  19. Michael Hewett
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    Slow pages

    It's in fits and starts here, sometimes ok but other times v e r y ... s l o w :frown:
    It's in fits and starts here, sometimes ok but other times v e r y ... s l o w :frown:
    It's in fits and starts here, sometimes ok but other times v e r y ... s l o w :frown:
    It's in fits and starts here, sometimes ok but other times v e r y ... s l o w :frown:
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  20. Tidemark

    Whaaattt?

    It could be the nail we are looking for in The House of Lords coffin, bunch of unelected cronies, mostly, that think they are above everyone else.
    It could be the nail we are looking for in The House of Lords coffin, bunch of unelected cronies, mostly, that think they are above everyone else.
    It could be the nail we are looking for in The House of Lords coffin, bunch of unelected cronies, mostly, that think they are above everyone else.
    It could be the nail we are looking for in The House of Lords coffin, bunch of unelected cronies, mostly, that think they are above everyone else.
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