MSE works extremely well and is as good as the best of them out there. I like the fact that it isn't a resource hog and that it works quietly and...
As far as image browsers go, I have tried them all over the years and eventually settled on Faststone Viewer because it is very fast at...
Nice to see an authentic recipe for Soda bread. My mother's generation were all expert at making soda bread - out of necessity - as there were no...
Thanks everyone for your kind comments.I agree. I recall attending an exhibition in my youth where I saw a print of Ansel Adams' 'Clearing...
Looks very like 'La Belle Distinguee' which is a small once flowering old shrub rose.
Thank you for your kind comments. Within yards is one of my favourite trout streams .... where it rains a lot.[img]Canon 5D, Sigma 24-60...
The Black Valley, Co Kerry, Ireland[img]Canon 10D, Sigma 20mm/f1.8 @ f8
Suckers can be recognised by the fact that they shoot from the briar rootstock below the graft point - and not from the rose stem itself. They...
I have 6 or so Collared Doves that are resident close to the house. One of them is extremely bold and, when I appear in the morning, he will leave...
[img] 'Crown Princess Margareta' David Austin 1999
Well, if you are going to succumb to to temptation....Gertrude Jeckyll is as good any. Probably my favourite Austin. Wonderful rich pink when it...
Thank you ClareI must own up to being a bit of a fan when it comes to old roses and David Austin's varieties are a clever combining of the...
Hi VictoriaSunseeker seems to be a real flower factory. Pity the flowering time is so short. I assume this has to do with the local climate...
[img] 'Gloire De Dijon' (Old Climber) Jacotot 1853
Looks perfectly normal and healthy to me. Sending up new canes rapidly from the base is what a lot of roses do when they are growing strongly....
Rose Clear Ultra replaces Rose Clear 3. The crowd in Brussels banned Rose Clear 3 - as no doubt they will ban Ultra after a year or two....
I read an article some time back which stated that a good way of increasing cordon tomato yield - in areas where the growing season is short - is...
Thanks bambooruthI think that I originally thought 'I must get a 'couple' of roses'..... and with thousands to choose from, where can it...
[img] 'William Shakespeare 2000' David Austin 2000[img] 'Sharifa Asma' David Austin 1989[img] 'Sweet Juliet' David Austin 1989
I have been minding three young blackbirds for the past week or so. This morning all three were in one of my strawberry planters surrounded by...
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