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Good morning all. Sunny again but there might be some light rain later. Max 14c.

Loving the ladybirds @simone_in_wiltshire . Thanks for the tip about the camera.

That's another thing i will not do

We went to Lidl yesterday and bought 2 handsome Calatheas to go either side of the door in the entrance hall, plus some polyanthus to go in the navy pots outside. Photos to follow. The Calatheas are in rude health and, at £7.99 each, were a bargain. The door/window chap is coming this afternoon...

After we used the excavator to dig out some rubble from my new raspberry bed, I still had a couple of barrows of bricks and stone to extract. Then replace by a few barrows of rotted horse manure to alleviate the clay, and about 20 canes moved from the old bed. Today I hope to get rid of the...

A male Reed Bunting visited briefly and went for the fat balls, not a common garden bird to come to a garden on an housing estate, a male Chaffinch came later which we haven't seen for a long time. Taken through the conservatory window into the sun so not very sharp

A surprise early Hummingbird Hawkmoth this afternoon as well as Red Admirals and a Peacock.

Well. I've remembered to sow my squished tomatoes but unfortunately,I can't remember where I put them. I've probably thrown the bit of kitchen towel away. Not too late to resquish,I believe. I'll find something I like the taste of and sow them fresh. It won't take long to see if I was...

Tits and Tulips

That looks gorgeous @Victoria

Growing some purple bok choy and some "perrenial" kales I was gifted, one is supposed to become a giant bush eventually that you can keep alive by taking cuttings. interesting!