It's a first time I have seen it so am very curious. It's the size of a Blackbird, but much slimmer shape and the beak is quite long. Is it a some...
The alleged "heatwave" up here means I didn't freeze when doing my Big Pond Makeover. Neither was I at risk of sunburn. :noidea:Anyways, my...
Watering the garden is becoming an obviously wasteful act. What are your thoughts, and have your watering habits changed over the years?I don't...
The council replaced the main gas pipes in our street some 10 years ago. When the workers reached our house they apologised that they will have to...
My tuppence worth, Lupins had a very straightforward treatment in my Nana's plot. Once they look tatty, cut them down with a scythe.The more...
After some careful planning on re-shaping my small pond I discovered that whilst I do have copious amounts of chicken wire, cutters and underlay,...
Cut the grass, tied Toms up (they had a rough start of life with us being away the first half of May- they survived but started to perform just...
This is the most entertaining thread I have been following for a while :biggrin:With all my empathy to @LawnAndOrder and the actual struggle...
Great photo! Did you travel in Italy? The parasol shaped tree in the background looks very Med, and the obelisk would also hint towards a country...
I believe they are grown as half hardy annuals in the UK. Never tried them so, but the Livingstone Daisy is a nice looking plant. :)Forever the...
It's all @pete 's fault, I was reading an old thread where he had posted a link to World Wonders Gardens - Seed Specialist :mad: :heehee:[ATTACH]
Mainly sitting on the bench soaking up the feeble rays of warmth from the hazyish yellowish thingy occasionally visiting these parts of the...
I'll have to get a proper Geordie to answer that :biggrin:Very off topic, a dear colleague has a real Geordie accent that for some reason...
Nearly. I got stumped with infinity and the mathematical operations around it. I clearly remember scribbling on the back of my book "is infinity +...
Hi Jules, the plant looks rather miserable I'm afraid. But you are doing all the right things with watering and misting, nothing to suggest there...
That's just your accent Pete, up here we are a bit more creative with our vowels :biggrin:
At one point of my nowadays distant youth I was misguided to study some Higher Mathematics. You know, the kind with no numbers or even letters in...
Thank you Nick, spot on! Corncockle (or "illegitimate child Nigella" :th scifD36: ) it is. :)Agrostemma githago | corncockle Annual Biennial/RHS Gardening...
The seeds are my favourite kind, "Free Seeds With Every Issue" and were scattered to a pot housing some bulbs last November-ish.The stems and...
Sticky day yesterday.Tall sticks went in for the ornamental gourds I have never grown before- we'll see what they decide to do. At least I sort...
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