My tumble in the garden has finally caught up with me. I must have twisted as I fell, my left side is so painful, feels like a bruised rib....
All of my dogs have thought, when the word 'walkies' was said, that meant a ride in the car. Mainly because I would drive to an open dog walking...
Thank you, Busy Lizzie, Obelix -Vendee and Ladybird4,for your reassurances. The GP said it would be about 4 weeks before I heard anything so...
I planted some kale earlier in the year, Cavalero de Nero. Just as it was big enough to start cropping, it was decimated by caterpillars. I left...
Looking at your pic. my feeling is the plants are larkspur. The foliage seems too dissected for them to be delphiniums. If they are larkspur you...
My Callicarpa bush is thick with bright purple berries. Lovely. Until the birds find them, then they are gone, in a day. As there are so many...
I think it is great to continue to be surprised, learn something new and wonder at Mother Nature, no matter how 'senior' we may be. My...
Thanks for your kind support everyone. My visit with the GP ended with him referring me on to the Ear, Nose and Throat Dept. where they will put a...
I think I enjoy the seed pods as much as the flowers. A tiny flat area develops with holes around it, like a poppy seed pod, when the pod is ripe...
You are very lucky to have a garden big enough to grow a magnolia Blue Arbor. They grow into huge trees down here in Cornwall. They hate being...
Very much a non day. I had a surprise letter with an appointment to see someone in the Cardiac Care team in early Oct. I assume as a result of...
I only grow hardy cyclamen in the garden but the routine is the same. To keep the corm flowering for as long as possible, remove any dead flowers...
The scheme on the I of W is working well as they exterminated the greys before starting to introduce the reds. I haven't been back to Tresillian...
I put my ripe chillies in a jar under white vinegar and use as required. You end up with a hot, hot. hot chillie vinegar for salad dressing.
I would agree, and the number of seeds per packet has been substantially reduced. A lot of tomato seeds have started being sold in packets of 5 seeds.
Oh my! So many trips, falls and tumbles. I hope everyone is OK now and recovering. I am stiff and sore all over, which makes doing anything very...
Yes.
My niece lives on the Isle of Wight where they have introduced the red squirrel, ropes across roads for them to use as highways etc. She is lucky...
I was shown my daughter's greenhouse yesterday, my tomatoes are just about finished, hers have just come into their own, large healthy plants,...
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