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Good morning all,a bitterly cold wind cloudy with a high of 9c staying in day for sure.

Morning @Busy-Lizzie that is such good, positive news about Alexa. Sorry you had such a horrid journey home but I think lots of fairly straightforward journeys are nightmarish these days with what to me seems lots more traffic and then having to deal with the appalling state of some of our...

That is frustrating and disturbing I've only come across competent, friendly nurses here but those at the local nurses' practice who do post op care once patients come home - eg anti coagulant jabs, dressing changes and stitch removal - or jabs, BP and blood tests in their surgery all...

My grandmother thought collecting and eating the leaves of weeds was 'common', She also thought going out to the lane was 'common' ... She was a lovely lady, my gran, and one of the kindest people on the earth, but she could be a bit snobbish

This young buck is a magnificent creature, I hope he gets to pass on those great genes.

Last year, Bluejayway gave me a link for Heleniums Red on J.Parker. I went to their website 3 weeks ago and ordered a set of 5 plugs just to see what the quality is. They arrived the day before yesterday in not the best condition. I potted them immediately and soaked them in water. Yesterday,...

Love listening to something whilst travelling or Gardening.Listen to anything from Broadway, West End or Hollywood (massive fan of Elaine Paige on Sunday on Radio 2.)I love the News Agents Podcast (Emily Maitlis, Lewis Goodall and Jon Soper) or the Rest is Politics Podcast (Alistair Campbell...

Yesterday there was a lot of loud "honk honk" noise going on on top of the house. It went on for some time. Eventually the culprits flew off - two Canada geese. Never had them land on the roof before. And another neighbour had our local heron on top of their roof eyeing up the ponds.

8pm tonight." With blossom popping and new green shoots emerging across the garden, Monty is busy with spring and planning ahead for summer. He’s doing a seed-sowing masterclass, cutting back Cornus and dividing ferns to put in the new Woodland Garden.Frances Tophill is exploring the tiny...

As some of you know, we got a bargain box of unidentified bulbs. We wouldn't normally buy Orange but thought this looks good.I knew these would be daffodils from the shape of the bulbs, nice miniature ones.

When it comes to a cappuccino I am very progressive as I don’t mind a cardboard cup with a lid, actually I prefer it, but when it comes to tea I am traditional and prefer a cup, don’t mind a mug even. Don’t like Hever and Penshurst where they dump a teabag in a cardboard cup. The bean counters...