Meet little Billy No Mates. This litle chap spends hours every day sitting on the ground in front of a mirror in a narrow border in the garden....
Taken a couple of years ago. [img]
I'll shortly be planting a Victoria plum on Pixie rootstock. Has anyone any idea of the likely spread when mature? I intend planting it near our...
Went for a walk down to the river yesterday and came across this heap of grass/hay in a small hawthorn. It had about half a dozen what looked...
Having ordered a load of veg seed and a plum tree from Mr Fothergills, after ten days wait it dawned on me that I wouldn't get the seeds until...
I've had a Sheen flame gun for several years, but when I got it there was no wick or instruction book. Up to now I've achieved ignition by using a...
Now this is a seriously big greenhouse. It will provide 15% of the UK's salad produce.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7844285.stm
For months now I've been intending to try some new indoor photo techniques. I've had lots of bright ideas, but most required equipment I don't...
We've got 4 male and 2 female blackbirds who are daily visitors, but I was chuffed to bits a couple of days ago to see this one making a return...
Was greatly entertained today by the starlings enjoying a communal bath.[img][img][img][img][img][img]
Stilton, Celery & Apple Soup (a great cold weather warmer)25g â?? butter 1 onion â?? chopped 3 celery sticks â?? chopped 1 tbs â?? plain...
Seems like there may be problems with IE. I've not done any further Googling on this one but here's the article on the BBC site this morning....
We had our best ever olive crop this year from the two trees that are now growing from cuttings I took in Greece in 2003. Last winter I left the...
Re-creation of Robert Howlett's photographs of IK Brunel and his engineeering masterpieces. Stunning photography!...
The strange wings of this caught my attention - I've never seen wings this shape before. Lousy pic I'm afraid as it was in a difficult position to...
A lovely clear evening -[img]
I was really hoping to carch our resident robin, but the blighter seems to have deserted us for the time being:mad: The tits were reasonably...
I bought a packet of datura seeds in Lanzarote in February this year. This sprouted among the daturas. Does anyone one have an idea as to what it...
I don't like killing wasps and never do it earlier in the year when they are meat eaters helping me by scoffing pests. But these last couple of...
A gap had developed between the soil and the board around the base of the polytunnel. I got a bag of sand and was about to pour some in to fill...
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