Is that emoji talk ;) OK, I hot them too, and especially heart Chilterns. When we moved house it was Chilterns I contacted first to update my...
The heavy rain apparently got delayed on its way here so I was able to spend the morning digging.Now that the kennel is gone, the area will...
Oh no...the Man Flu! :yikes: We'll make a rota to relieve Mrs Shiney daily to give her some free time whilst we rustle up some beef tea and Sky...
@lizzie27 , is yours perhaps Viburnum tinus? That's an evergreen, often rounded shrub so very different. Viburnum tinus - WikipediaMany thanks...
Which one would you recommend, Charles Lamont or Dawn?I stole one of them 18 years back from a rented house, and it was of beautiful shape....
It's lush @Songbird , heavy clay but improved over the years. These houses were built between the wars so no builders' rubble but signs of...
We met a dog on our walk this morning. It was happily walking with some people who have horses there, but they said it's not theirs and the dog...
I have been digging over and up what is under the ex kennel removed yesterday.So far I have unearthed ten paving slabs, rubble, bricks and...
Now you see it...[ATTACH]Now you dont![ATTACH]OK, my part of the task was to instruct the guys and pay- The Child salvaged all good...
Which company was it @pete ?Agree with @Michael Hewett , definitely complain. Serious companies are quick to send a replacement for free, so if...
Many generations of childrn have been brought up like that. They turned out quite all right too. :)
@CarolineL , the plants are in local Woodland Trust managed area sadly just next to a footpath. Apparently the head gardener (or whatever they are...
Mistletoe. We knew it was somewhere there but it wasn't until the host apple tree dropped its leaves that we found it. :)[ATTACH]
More autumnal jobs. It's the anti-bingo wings weather with constant jacket on- jacket off- repeat exercise :biggrin:Pelargoniums got ripped out...
Frozen is frozen. I doubt there is much difference in ground temperature regardless if the air is -10C, -20C or further down. Finnish climate is...
Patched up the patchwork greenhouse to be ready for the winter.Last year when we had just moved in I hastily covered the biggest holes with...
Discount bulb shopping is on!I'm rather fond of botanical tulips so am trying a few things amongst the Festuca I planted on heavily sanded...
Perhaps it's just me. OK, I'm a nit picker. :biggrin: And I put my hand straight up and confess my prepositions are all over the place and I...
Same here. Incidentally, I just did my "claim renewal" yesterday- much less fun than the visits years ago.The inspectors were usually youngish...
I was just about to defend opera via my beloved Mozart who certainly was the Freddie Mercury of his day but then realised that actually, he...
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