I'm counting on the rapid growth, and self seeding doesn't worry me too much because I'm already constantly pulling up small teasel, dock, hazel...
I planted cyclamen corms last year - a mixture of spring and autumn ones. Nothing came up in the spring so I wrote them off and forgot about...
Absolutely wild weather today. Thunder and monsoon style rain one minute, sunshine the next.
I've grown my biggest sunflowers ever this year. They are towering above me. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]Sedum and aster[ATTACH]Echinacea and aster...
I've lived most of my life in the south-west, a small part of my childhood in the midlands. There are plenty of places in the north that seem...
I did a lot of weeding Friday and yesterday, pulling out loads of dock, bramble, small teasel and wood avens that had all exploded into life with...
I pulled up the Defender courgettes in my raised bed yesterday as they don't look likely to produce anything else worthwhile this year, and I...
I can imagine that retirement must have come as a big shock then! I am currently winding down, I have just gone down to a 4 day week.
Well we worked in writing very complex, mission critical software. That's not good to attempt with a tired brain, when you create two new bugs for...
I always think running your own business is way overrated. Hospitality probably the worst - I know people involved in restaurants and it's really...
Yes, and the government website I linked to points that out with a list of exceptions:where working time is not measured and you’re in control,...
Yesterday was lovely, but today a massive thunderstorm has just started. The first clap of thunder made me jump, and it's now raining heavily. I...
When I first started work we had a terrific (paid) overtime culture. You were looked at with suspicion if you only did your straight hours and...
It will be a very good winter for Jays, who eat acorns. They will be stashing them all over the place and of course starting off a few little baby...
Yes, my chilli "Chenzo" goes to red from black. Though you can pick them black, and they are very attractive.
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I picked all the red fruit from my single Chenzo plant today. That makes about 3 dozen in the freezer now, which is probably as many as I eat in a...
My Outdoor Girl tomatoes succumbed to blight last year, but as they are an early variety I'd already had a good harvest from them. I'm currently...
The Greens have totally bought into gender insanity for years. It now seems to come above the environment in their priorities. The Liberal...
I'm definitely in an Orange mood. I've just been down to B&Q to see what they had, and came back with 2 Echinacea "Sunseekers Orange".Then on...
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