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Our pair woke me up at 6:30 wanting breakfast @Ladybird4 but it was otherwise a quiet night.Sunny today but very fresh and rain expected later. i'm planning to dig up 3 cornered leeks that have planted themselves in places I don't want and move them to the nex bed next to the hen house as it...

Very bright and sunny here, Dry, Jenny namaste

Yes unless you want wormy mac worm face on your bank note. Experts draw up long list for public vote to select 5 or 6 critters for the Governor of the Bank to select the final 4. Personally I'd be happy with weasel, otter, pine marten and badger.

Love those markers, @Ladybird4!

I think it’s waste of time hygienists telling you what to do. Best practice is for them to get you to demonstrate your own cleaning technique, see how it could be improved and assist you in practising a better method. Everyone’s mouth is different, and needs a different approach. Just explaining...

He downsized originally due to stress (found this) ‘I had a massive garden and the moment I downsized I felt safe’ - How Adam Frost beat burnout | Gardens IllustratedI did wonder if he was finding the new one was getting a bit too small and felt well enough to take on a new challenge.

It was unexpectedly dry yesterday morning, so I went out to collect all the weeds and other removals from the flower beds to take to the compost heap. Then it rained a little. Not a problem, carry on. It dried up - hooray! More weeds moved. And then the hailstones arrived. I admitted defeat and...

Coltsfoot, Tussilago, along the little road behind my garden. The flowers look as if they are going over, I didn't see them when open. The leaves appear in the summer time.

Must admit I do cover mine, but only slightly, the birds used to pull them out, or maybe as the roots formed they pushed themselves out, but I plant with a trowel in a shallow hole these days, then just cover.Tried more walla walla seed a while back and still no show.

Sown today and onto the heat matMerrygold f1 and nagina F1 for outside both blight resistant, Sungold f1, suncherry f1, sunlemon f1, sunchocola f1, banan krasnyi (torpedo shaped salad/plum), burlesque F1 (beefsteak), Cherokee tiger purple striped (dwarf)Most number of f1s I've ever...

You’re right, after an office party .

Not exactly pretty at this time of year, but really atmospheric. The ancient Gopa woodland is a five minute walk from our home and, although we didn't quite make it to the top this time, it's a good workout for the legs too.