Chopper, re your post #10, I already volunteer at a place that is very much how you describe. It's a Visitor Centre run by the Kent Wildlife...
I had a look too - very interesting.
Thank you for the list of spells, Kristen, I've added it to My Favourites for future use - I like the sound of "Tarantallegra"! Wish I'd learnt...
That sounds very "Harry Potter", Kristen :hehe: Good luck, Ziggy :thmb:
The Thirty-Minute Meals were a subject on a recent Watchdog programme when people wrote in to say they couldn't make the meals in that amount of...
That's really interesting and useful, Dave. I use garden compost mixed with a bit of Levingtons to give it a bit of oomph. It works for me for...
I'm trying to get the last of my tulips planted. I've been planting them in dribs & drabs over the past couple of weeks because it has either...
I am just finishing a waistcoat made with Noro sock yarn in blues & greens. I just have to do the neckband, armbands and button bands down the...
I do leave some nettles at the end of my garden but I'm not sure there are enough to count. However, I have noticed the bees particularly like...
Hi Peter I had a look at the gallery for strange & wonderful things - and they are!! I have seen some of these plants either at RHS Wisley (in...
Daisy type flowers like echinacea or rudbeckia, spikes like lythrum or campanulas, penstemons, achillea. All of these (except echinacea for some...
Frost here too this morning, so lucky that I'd got all the "tenders" in. My dahlias were blackened and droopy, so I'll need to lift most of them....
My mother was superstitious, but not as bad as your mum, Fidgetsmum. She wouldn't allow peacock feathers in the house, threw a pinch of salt over...
I was referring to my tender, basket fuschias. The hardy fuschias are left in the ground over winter and are able to withstand frost, snow and...
Great to see the photos - looks like it's going to be quite a project!!!
My passion flower (which was already here when we moved to this house) is as tough as old boots. I cut it back every winter and put a bit of...
My mum told me the "never a lender of a borrower be" too and I have found it excellent advice. I have passed this gem on to my son and hope he...
Thanks, folks, I will give them a soak and then plant them straight away.
I've been out to dig up my tender salvia patens and pot them up. They're recovering in the shed at the mo. Frost not expected until Weds here,...
Hi Andrew I hope your visits are long ones as there will be a lot of work, as I'm sure you already know. Can you explain what you mean by a...
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