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A small golden yellow Bougie bought last summer as a plug and is just starting to grow with flowers before the leaves.Vreisea offset coming into flower after only a year!Vriesea Mundo.

I visited a couple of garden centres this afternoon, just to check their stock . I couldn’t resist a good sized rosemary which I’ll keep in a pot near the back door to enjoy the aroma from the foliage while the bees enjoy the flowers.Those are good choices of grasses @Friendly and @CostasK .

I've just done a broadband speed test, i'm now getting 3.5mbs

I kinda admire the initiative, Young people today are frequently applying for several hundred jobs before they get one. There is often multiple interview stages (if they even get that far) over a number of weeks, lasting hrs in total, and having put all that effort in, many still get rejected...

Good afternoon everyone, sorry to hear about Cedric's daughter, and any others with health worries. Trying to make the most of the dry weather while it lasts. Lots to catch up on at home and on the Allotments. Although some bulbs have gone over now lots more coming through, some of our...

More Allotments, still trying to catch up with what should have been done during the Winter.

A nice enough day, only 8 degrees but dry, strong winds coming tomorrow which isn't ideal as we have a brickie rebuilding our chimney don't really want any delays as there's rain later this week and we have a hole in the roof at the moment(it has got a loose cover over it).

My Toms have germinated so now the challenge starts to protect them from going to sleep and to keep them from getting leggy.But... in a moment of nostalgia, I bought some Shirley F1 and Gardener's Delight seeds which Dad and I used to grow some 30 odd years ago. We used to have friendly...

My fritillaria.

My friend in London is so posh she thinks a creche isa road traffic accident in Knightsbridge.

I sometimes get told off by my laptop when I plug in the card reader, I get a message that says, it cannot identify what I have just plugged in and last time you did it it malfunctioned. I take it out and put it back in and it works, the laptop has a sloppy usb socket but it always blames me.

And there was me thinking I was well hidden

@Philippa yes an excellent programme with some stunning filming of the butterflies emerging from their pupae. The release of the caterpillars into areas that may not have what they need has been controversial for some years if not illegal (I think). Many years a company (don't know when) gave...