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Gave my buddleia a good prune

Not here @simone_in_wiltshire, it behaves well in my dry, sandy soil and I like the fact that it is evergreen, grows in shade and flowers prolifically in spring. I have others elsewhere which help to bind the soil on my bank and keep weeds at bay. A very useful plant for the right soil and place.

It makes me laugh when products are made healthier by reducing the amount you get. Walkers crisps, now 20% less fat, well yes because there's less in the bag.

Good afternoon all. I visited the nursery again today as I discovered a voucher I had been given for my birthday and I just had to pick up a Daphne I spotted last Thursday! The quiz I take part in on Monday nights @Busy-Lizzie is rather more challenging than the average pub quiz because this is...

It makes perfect sense. Bella is still there, and he feels it. Animals do this. They have sense we lost in our evolution. Only a few still have it and they make it to a business.We got our second cat in 2008 two weeks after my cat had died. She slept on the same place on the sofa where two...

At 2.30 it brightened up and now matches the forecast I saw this morning. sunshine but the wind has got up. 13c.

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...

I dont think that packet of seed is designed for "proper" gardeners. I'd not hold out much hope for the outcome.

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...