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After the dry start and a promising brightening its been messing around trying to rain most of the morning.

Good afternoon all.I had a similar experience with floaters, @Busy-Lizzie . If I concentrate on them, I can see them - but they don't seem to affect my vision. I'm pretty sure the same will be true for you, @Ergates , but it's clearly a good idea to get them checked out.Glad you're...

Forgot to look for the fritillarias this morning but will do so later if it doesn't rain.I've been pruning the hydrangea heads off, another job I'd forgotten about - very fiddly but made easier with my Easyreach pruner which is brilliant to reach the top ones just out of reach. Took the...

Not here @simone_in_wiltshire, it behaves well in my dry, sandy soil and I like the fact that it is evergreen, grows in shade and flowers prolifically in spring. I have others elsewhere which help to bind the soil on my bank and keep weeds at bay. A very useful plant for the right soil and place.

It makes me laugh when products are made healthier by reducing the amount you get. Walkers crisps, now 20% less fat, well yes because there's less in the bag.

It makes perfect sense. Bella is still there, and he feels it. Animals do this. They have sense we lost in our evolution. Only a few still have it and they make it to a business.We got our second cat in 2008 two weeks after my cat had died. She slept on the same place on the sofa where two...

That sounds good @On the Levels. Hope the new hog settles in. We have 5 here as far as we know - 2 adults plus the 3 they produced last year. The back garden is walled all round with the only access ( in or out ) being the small gap under the wooden side gate. The small front garden is also...

Just got to sowing mine and it's going to be a mystery year! When I ordered these I stupidly assumed they would come as labelled packets but it's just a mix of seed and not even a list of names included. I'm trying to think of it as living loose and free but a large part of my brain is very...

I've grown lemon drop for a few years now. They are very prolific once they get going and I save some seed each year. I tend to use them whole, after rpicking witha darning needle, in bottles of olive oil for cooking or salad dressings and I remove the pith and seeds of others before chopping...