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It was dry for my walk and has rained on and off all afternoon. Feels chilly particularly if you do anything outside which involves getting your hands wet. Warming back up now with a Welsh Cake and cuppa.

I put some of those in about three weeks ago, getting their true leaves now, I do find they need a longer growing season than the smaller types, and ripening can be slow, but worth the effort.

Sounds as if many of you have been very busy! I’ve done a bit of housework and laundry today, but couldn’t bring myself to head out into the garden. It’s been very windy, and I didn’t want to disturb the baby bunny on the lawn. We’ve just finished a late lunch, and now I’m going to relax with a...

Sowed today!Favourites: 3 x Gardener's Delight 2005 - red cherry 2 x Auntie Madge's - red mini plum 2 x Mango Lasso - red cherry 2 x Garnet - dark cherry 2 x Michael Pollan - green/yellow striped pear 2 x Green Zebra - green/yellow striped mediumNew to me: 1 x Hayley's Purple Comet - purple...

I thought plates came in 3 sizes...Tea plates being the smallest ( a slice of toast or a scone ), Breakfast plates - egg on toast maybe ? and then Dinner plates - a full meal. Given the size of portions nowadays, you would probable need what would usually be referred to as a Platter. Not sure...

Most uncharacteristically, I have been making order. Moved the surplus gravel bags from front to back into a convenient corner, the path is likely going to need topping up over the years and some of it will go into the pond beach.At 20kg/ bag moving the stuff around is leaning towards just...

Is that a beech tree? I saw one in the park that had come down in the wind a few days ago, massive tree and the whole thing had shattered when it hit the ground, the wood was totally infested with fungus. Beech seems to go that way.