Oh dear @Busy-Lizzie, that is indeed horribly hot and I feel for you - and your garden.Our weather forecaster showed 37.2c at 5pm today but that...
My gardening lady charges £16 per hour but that is mainly for cutting hedges. Last time she was here, she dug up some unwanted perennials, dug in...
@Butterfly6, mix the paint together and come up with a new colour?It's going to be far too hot to do much outside today, although our poor...
@ViewAhead, I would hazard a guess that's cotoneaster horizontalis. We used to have it in s previous garden hanging over a dwarf wall. Covered in...
Afternoon all, shame about the cafitiere @Penny_Forthem , it's a good job you were not scalded though. I always take Immodium away with us after...
I think the violent video games also have a lot to do with it as well. Hours and hours of watching such stuff (which was not available when we...
Evening all, it's positively cooler here, only made 31c by midday! I joke of course, it has been far too hot to do anything in the garden so I've...
Many thanks @LunarSea and @Escarpment, first time I've seen a moth like that.
I attacked the Euronymus hedge, it had grown too wide again which didn't give the roses in front of it much room. I cut it right back to the...
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Can anybody identify this butterfly/moth please. It's not illustrated in any of my books. Found on a clematis leaf near the bathroom window.Thanks
Morning all, I know that feeling @Goldenlily26, haven't decided yet what to do first with the many garden tasks on my list. It's good to know that...
Morning all, glad the shower and loo problems seem to be resolved, what a palavver though. It's good your insurance company stepped up to the mark...
I emptied out an old wooden trough, sitting on an equally old table, which had previously held strawberries. Unfortunately I didn't take into...
So sorry Obelix. I also echo what the others have said above, you did all you could to help him.
@Onthelevels, Some of them might if you keep them well watered and perhaps fed Here's hoping!
Morning all, grey and drizzly here so probably an indoors day catching up on the ironing.Pleased the fish all went to good homes @Goldenlily26,...
Today I cut down the broad bean canes to a few centimetres, following AT's suggestion in his Kitchen Gardeners book. It gives some hope for...
Goodness me @Goldenlily26, what a disaster! Hope all the fish get rehomed. As you say it will make life so much easier for your daughter now your...
Hello everyone, I'd forgotten @Liriodendron was going to her Scottish cottage so hope she has a good journey.No news from Obelix yet? That's a...
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