@ViewAhead it is a Stihl pruning saw and came with 2 batteries. As the trunk was being cut the batteries did have to work so much harder and then...
Our young oak tree (about 30 years old and 20 feet high) for some reason gave up the ghost some years ago. We had left it in situ and have had a...
Agree @NigelJ they grow with their "feet" in the cold and their "heads" out in the sun and that is why we planted out some outside which have done...
No we don't do it anymore as too much personal information seems to be required on line.
We planted out some cobra lilies in 2010 into a bog garden. They survived the -10 degrees that winter. They have continued to extend and now have...
No idea as to the kale we have growing in our tunnel (from a seed packet with BBC Gardeners World mag) but we have been harvesting it since April...
Coppiced one of the hazels. We have 5 and each is coppiced in the 5 year rotation. One year we did manage to harvest some hazel nuts but the...
Our tree ferns haven't been fleeced as we usually do but they have had leaves put into their crowns and more added. Hope that will suffice this year.
@Fof I have always found the people on iSpot to be so reliable and so quick. I though never have had the confidence to ID anything others have...
Sorry no but if nobody can help then try iSpot. You do have to register but the response is nearly always immediate. Your beetle could also be one...
When we pollard our willows we cut them right back to the "knuckle". The new growth in the spring than comes from here and we leave them for about...
@Michael Hewett interesting about the Aeoniums. We have 2 in our unheated garden room in flower. The flower spikes though (maybe top heavy!) have...
For the first time in years we had a male bullfinch flitting around our honeysuckle bushes. Wonderful to see and it was around for some time and...
How amazing you people are. I would have no idea at reg the ID of seeds from a photo but again AMAZING.
Clematis armandii
We continued with the "box". So many stories from family and friends over so many decades. So glad that we refound the box. But I did get some...
We don't order seeds online but do buy them in situ especially when they reduce the prices and the sow before date is still at least 1 year if not...
in paper envelopes that come with junk mail and then kept in the hessian bag which is hanging in the walk in lardy. Always works.
On a blustery windy day no chance of even going out to the tunnel to pick some salad leaves. So we "found" a box that we thought had shells etc...
However @lizzie27 0ur 2 huge clumps have been in flower now for months. Many thanks to the lovely lady who gave us a small amount many many years...
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