We're lucky. We get postal votes for the GB election (mine's already completed and returned), but nobody knocks on the door or shoves a leaflet...
That looks like walnut leaf gall mite damage... Walnut Leaf Gall Mite | NatureSpot
Presumably the less invasive hybrid (x cryptica) would be more expensive to buy (illegally on line) since it produces few seeds. My bet would be...
Re migration from Hong Kong: the same applied - or should have applied - to those Afghans who'd supported the British military as translators...
Wet wool generates heat, @katecat58 , so is great for people who work outside (think Guernsey sweaters for fishermen...). Perhaps we gardeners...
My cousin lived in a road called Slack Top, in Heptonstall, west Yorks. His dad lived half a mile away, in Slack Bottom. :biggrin:
Hope you feel better soon, @Selleri.Did you notice, at the bottom of the Wikipedia article on "Pity Me", a reference to a nearby village called...
Lots of the willowherb tribe are annuals and pull up quite easily, but annoyingly, some of them look exactly like the annuals, but are perennial...
[ATTACH]River Shannon, Limerick
At least Angela Rayner is unlikely to say that the worst deprivation of her childhood was not having Sky TV.
My computer put a space after @Ben Cotto in my post above, @shiney , before the full stop. And now it's put one after your name, before the...
It's a good thing we're all different, @Ben Cotto . I find David Crystal's books fascinating...
Hesperis matronalis (sweet rocket) is the predominant scent in my front garden at the moment.
So sorry to hear your sad news, @Obelix-Vendée .I don't know if this is of any interest to any Brits living abroad (@Busy-Lizzie , perhaps) but...
My maternal grandmother was born in the East End of London but brought up in Thaxted, Essex. She had a lovely soft Essex accent, very unlike the...
Apologies for banging on about our delinquent magpies, but they are driving me bonkers...I join bamboos together (for supporting netting) using...
I love this "wild" area, including pale aquilegias and Gladiolus byzantinus mingling with the native plants.[ATTACH]There's lots to explore....
That's a rather obscene Eucalyptus. (Sorry!)There are some lovely flowers. These two are cheating because I took their photos this time last...
Ooh, sorry! Don't know how those posted twice...Lots of interesting trees in the Arboretum and elsewhere, including this cork oak (Quercus...
Last Wednesday I went to the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin. I'd recommend a visit to anyone who's in Dublin with a spare afternoon. Apart...
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