Damp, drizzly with not a breath of wind. Garden too wet to do anything in. Yesterday afternoon there must have been a bonfire somewhere nearby;...
Last year all the kids were obsessed with a soft drink called Prime; I saw a video on YouTube of a young boy unwrapping a giftwrapped bottle of...
That's amazing - I wouldn't expect to find fresh coriander in anything other than a large supermarket or asian grocery, and to be sure of getting...
That was me yesterday, had so much mud on the soles of my shoes I could hardly walk. Decided against doing anything involving digging today as it...
I stopped celebrating Christmas years ago, but I have a couple of special Christmas rituals: Christmas Eve, I sit on Twitter (I refuse to call it...
Much milder today and drizzly. I have just dug a hole in the front lawn and planted my new hamamelis. I plan to then make a small circular bed...
I get large patches of them of them, they are near my silver birches but my neighbour used to have ash trees a short distance away that were...
It was a work day for me today, but I was working from home so able to do a bit in my lunch break. The garden was completely covered in birch...
Schlumbergera, buds are pure white but inner petals are streaked with pink. The buds have only just opened on this one. I also have a bright pink...
I use a white noise machine at night, so tend to be able to sleep through most things. I started using it because my neighbour likes to put on her...
That refrozen snow is just the condition that the YakTrax (other brands are available) deal with perfectly. I remember either that year or 2010...
Doesn't seem to have been as bad as feared so far. Haven't had much wind, and the buckets left out have collected about an inch of rain so far....
I really wish people wouldn't clear it, the snow tends to be replaced by black ice which is much more lethal. On the rare occasions we get snow...
Good tips; also have a little wander around your neighbourhood and see what's growing well in other peoples' gardens.
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Unbelievably bad. Getting deservedly ripped to pieces on social media.
I first suffered acid reflux when I was a student; I went to the doctor about the constant lump in my throat and he said it he couldn't see...
This morning I finished removing the dead box hedge in the garden. I didn't try digging out the roots as they are right on the fence line, but...
Don't think I can take any credit, apart from sheltering it over the coldest months it's been completely neglected.
I have a single chilli plant, I bought it from B&Q for a quid in 2023. On the way home I managed to break the stem. It survived and forked into 2...
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