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Plenty of sunny intervals but chilly in the shade. Did do an hour of gardening jobs and a cuppa n the sunshine was quite welcome.Tomorrow afternoon/evening looking grim.

Dry today but the ground is still too wet for me to do much, needs a week of dry weather with a wind to dry things out before much can happen around here.Got onion sets to plant at some point.

Shopping was done OK thanks 30 assorted perennials in 10cm pots plus a toy for the pussies - rainbow coloured snake with feathers at teh end on a ribbon on a stick. beneath Minstrel's dignity so far but Cosmos loves it even if he plays mostly lying down to favour the dodgy knee. I can...

Most pot holes are filled with rubble or what ever. I lived in Ayr and there was a road with a lot of pot holes. The road was dug up by a few feet and hard core replaced then tarred over several times for a perfect finish. I asked a friend who lived in the street how they had such a perfect...

They look lovely. I have a bench but hardly ever get to sit on it.

Well you never know! Even if it's a mix of well known varieties you'll get something edible and it is expensive buying several packets especially of F1 varieties.I added saved seed of a supermarket variety to the ones I sowed this year. It was very tasty bit may be an F1 so it's a bit of a...

Yes the report suggests something like 85 for hedgehog compared to 20 something for humans.

Prunu s Kojo No Mai

Only a few karminka germinated, next to the lidl seeds. I'll take these down to the allotment greenhouse at the weekend. I've started more karminka seeds and some old walla walla ones in my boiler room, will see if any come up ok with the added warmth. I assume it's still not too late for them....