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The day has gone very quickly after chatting on the phone to the offspring, and replying to emails from friends. Enjoyed our lunch at the Donkey sanctuary, and excited to find that they have started stocking up their plant sale section. There was a Cornus variety with the lime green stems...

Snowflakes and daffodils

@lizzie27 I was surprised to see them this morning as when I last looked they didn't appear to be that far on. However I've had a virtually frost free winter only three mornings when the car window would have needed scraping and all the other spring bulbs have been equally early.

It was cold out there this afternoon. The heavy cloud just won't go. Spent five minutes outside and gave up. It was better in the morning.Best day is Wednesday.5c tonight.

My Sungold are all up as well but only one of the three Maskotka have germinated so I've sown another couple today for insurance.

I've grown lemon drop for a few years now. They are very prolific once they get going and I save some seed each year. I tend to use them whole, after rpicking witha darning needle, in bottles of olive oil for cooking or salad dressings and I remove the pith and seeds of others before chopping...

Bizarre location isn't it? I've not seen any recent reports of that roost still being used but then I'm not as active on the birding scene as I used to be.

Been to B&Q today went for some bitumen paint but come away with some cyclamen coum, I've been after some white ones for years just never wanted to pay the rather expensive price they are for a single plant. Looks to be a 2 or 3 plants per cell hopefully, I'll divide them up and plant them half...

RE Aya,place with shoots flat & cover gemtly,they will grow up !

Not a garden as such but this morning we visited the South West Orchid Society Show. As usual some superb plants and many are SO big the growers must have HUGE areas to grow them in. Some lovely scents and the different colours and structures of the flowers were amazing. A really friendly group...

A nice example of a jelly ear fungus from this morning's walk

That sounds good @On the Levels. Hope the new hog settles in. We have 5 here as far as we know - 2 adults plus the 3 they produced last year. The back garden is walled all round with the only access ( in or out ) being the small gap under the wooden side gate. The small front garden is also...