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It is up to 17f -8c and has been snowing through the night. The accumulation is only really starting to impress at this point so the night time snow must have been very fine. Shoveling is in the forecast.

It's really wet & cold and it's a work day (it's a slow day actually but leaving my computer completely to go outside and do gardening would feel wrong).So no actual gardening for me, but before work I had an idea for a small garden tweak that would enable me to keep a rose I was...

Food is currently being taken from the feeding station and a hoggy must have had a quick nap in the sleeping box but decided not to stay!

There's no such thing as too much rain, it's just inconveniently timed . Not much use in winter when most of the plants aren't actively growing (beyond the point of keeping the reservoirs and ground water topped up). All this rain not being stored and then a drought and hosepipe ban later in the...

Good morning all.Surprise, not forecast, we have sunshine at the moment!The SM had the biggest cooked prawns I've ever seen on special offer yesterday. Just under 10€ a kilo. I bought half a kilo for dinner last night which we had with salad, Marie Rose sauce and lemon juice. They were...

The lady who comes to cut my hair has been telling me to join what she called the 'Growers Group' on the first Thursday every month in the near-by town, and I thought it was to do with gardening, so I went along today. However it isn't a gardening group, although its correct name is 'Growing...

Thank you @Michael Hewett, your garden sounds very much like my previous garden. I think the best gardens develop over time and with the gardener, without a strict plan .