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Hello all. I typed a big post then whoosh it was gone so here is round 2. Due to some temporary traffic lights around road works the traffic was appalling this morning and at one stage I thought I wasn't going to get to Bestie's. Shades of @Allotment Boy's journey the other day. Did eventually...

Ask you local knitters and crafters @CanadianLori One of them will surely know.

I had a walk and it was dry but breezy, then came back and changed into gardening clobber and it started raining.

Last year in Beechgrove, a gardener (formerly something with Royal Garden..) said it’s recognised that trees don’t go down but in width. The hole needs only to be as deep as the pot is, but the width should be double the pot’s diameter.

I find that many books which are sold on the likes of Kindle appear to have never been near an editor or even a proof reader before being offered for sale.

Too true. I think she came to us in 2005 ...and went in the ground in 2008 ,,,

Any recommendations for a good quality compost for growing vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers? Last year was a disaster and the compost I purchased was infested with fungus gnats.

@Baalmaiden Koralik fits the bill

You can always block out their faces to make them sort of 'anonymous' , but if they're in the distance and nobody can make out who they are it should not matter.