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Ebay has this thing now where it shows you some of your purchases from a couple of yrs ago and asks you if you are ready to resell yet.I bought some underpants and these appear on their list of suggestions.

A few patches of colour here and there. The Pelargoniums, situated close to the house, have been in continuous flower since last July. The Virginian stocks are self-seeded. The Honesty and the Amelanchier buds are looking promising.

A good example of the need for good punctuation when writing. Although not necessary when speaking.

Cyclame coum. Silver leaved variant.

We hit 20c for a short spell, no sunny and 19,6c. We are due dirty rain starting tomorrow.

We brought a load of cutlery and crockery home to put through the dishwasher, sterilised the water supply, checked lights, electrics, replaced batteries, put more money in the meter and did a stocktake of things we'd left, like tea bags and coffee. Surprisingly, there was only 1 other person...

I posted a picture of my Amaryllis today. A bit of a 'cheat' as it is an indoor Spring plant but its history is interesting. I got this Amaryllis over 2 years ago and it did nothing but produce 3 weedy leaves. I kept it in my dining room - watering it when I remembered and all of a sudden - and...

Thank you @ViewAhead and

Bit late cutting back our Clematis viticella 'Minuet' but I always forget it's there in the bushes between us and next door. It has very thin stems so I'm guessing it's not really thriving where it is so this time I've brought the stems forward and down low to try and get it to grow through a...