A somewhat crunchy walk around the garden early this morning. We had a heavy hail shower yesterday evening, then the hail froze overnight and...
Just had one heck of a hail shower here.[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]We even had a rainbow thrown in for good measure. Or should that be a...
Hi Andie. It's the flower of a plant called Butterbur. :blue thumb:
Had some freshly picked sprouting broccoli from the garden with our evening meal. Very nice it was too.Mrs Trunky had a bit of a shock though,...
Hi amymac and welcome to GC. :blue thumb:Looks like some kind of willowherb, definitely a weed. You're right about it blowing in from outside as...
If you want something a bit different for a small tree have a look at Golden Elm (ulmus wredei).Another good crab apple is Malus 'Red Sentinel'...
So here are my fairly undramatic photos taken in the garden during this morning's eclipse.I simply took the first photo at the start of the...
11.05am. Eclipse finished here at 10.44. Sure enough the cloud has now started to thin out and I just caught my first glimpse of the sun....
Great pictures Scrungee. :dbgrtmb:
10:05 am. Much lighter now. Birds all singing again and temperature rising. Interesting to note that the temperature didn't start to rise again...
9:42am. Just past maximum here. My tomato and pepper seedlings have folded up their leaves for the night.
9:20am. Temperature is falling now. It's noticeably gloomier. Very still and quiet ouitside.
8:50am. Cloudy here, so not seeing much at the moment.Not to be defeated though, I'm doing a bit of simple science.I'm recording the outside...
Friend and Foe there FC.Agree with longk, they look like Forget me Nots, but the other plant, to the bottom right of the photo is Ragwort. Best...
Just a minor whinge.We had a nice letter from our bank today. Four pages of information for our perusal.Apparently it was an 'annual summary...
Current forecast for Friday morning here is cloudy all morning ... until just after the eclipse finishes.Then of course, a bright sunny...
Picked the first sprouting broccoli of the season yesterday (Early White). Very tasty it was too. :)
Taking the day off on Friday, so I can watch it at leisure from my garden.Forecast for Friday here is currently saying light cloud, wind is...
I'm with you on the wasps Zigs. Damn things give me the heebee jeebies. And they hurt. :yikes:
On a dull, overcast day with a nagging, cold northeasterly wind I needed a job that would keep me warm, so I tackled the job of changing the soil...
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