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  1. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    I think bracken is a fern.
    Is that any help? :D
     
  2. Waco

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    No - its not! Bracken may be a fern but not one I want in my garden. sorry just having a panic attack - do you think it is that bracken has those spore things underneath? I looked at the ferns (acceptable ferns)and they don't.
     
  3. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Oh yes they do.
    I hesitate, but I believe all ferns have those brown spores on the backs of the leaves (fronds).
    Its how they reproduce, its just that they are only there a certain times of the year.
     
  4. DAG

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    Yeap, I agree pete, all my ferns have brown spores on the backs but as you say, only at certain times
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    I think bracken grows from the base, and ferns don't - or is it the other way round?? :confused: :rolleyes:
     
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    Ok, back to sheds, now I have access to photos, photobucket, etc - here's how much mess a female can make of a shed - or rather, a garage! I need more space for my rubbish!!
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    and that's only downstairs...
     
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    which one's the living room? :D
     
  10. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    And I bet you know where everthing is. :cool:
     
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    strongy - upstairs!!
    Pete - of course I do, but I just can't get to it!!
    To be quite fair, lots of the stuff, (including the bed!!)is from my Aunt's house from selling it for her to be in a nursing home, and I haven't had time to sort it out into junk and charity shop stuff. So it'll probably stay like that for a bit longer!! The long-term aim is to be able to get one small car at least into it! Photos of tidy garage will happen one day, but I'd advise everyone against holding their breath! :rolleyes:
     
  12. Paladin

    Paladin Gardening...A work of Heart

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    :D And who was it who said.."Men..they're so untidy"...???.. :rolleyes:
     
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    Dendy where do you keep the double base?


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    Dendy on the left.....
     
  14. Paladin

    Paladin Gardening...A work of Heart

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    Next door?? :rolleyes: :D
     
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    In the minstrels' gallery, of course, where else? Shall I post a pic of it when I get back? I'm actually telling the complete truth, believe it or not, we really do have a minstrels' gallery (but not in the garage, of course!!)
     
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