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All these people that get flowers named after them I wonder who they are. Obviously King Alfred daffs, gran said they were the best and King Edwards spuds. Aaron's rod from the bible we have that or we will have. Joseph and Mary Adam and Eve just going over. But Esther Reed. Ena Harkness. and...

I reminisce a lot, always have. I have been thinking about peoples' gardens that I know. How beautiful they are. And different. Which one it the best etc. And then I thought about when I was growing up, a neighbour said we had the worst garden in the street, which was like water off a duck's...

I actually propogated a rose I broke by accident. It is better than it's parent. I have done honeysuckle successfully and clematis, but only 3 out of 12 survived, then only one. My gran had green fingers, well half fingers, she lost several. She would just rip something out snap something off...

Others have mentioned similar. A good storm maybe. It doesn't go right to the end so I can battle the holly and peep round. Whilst doing this the end panel came away so I have shoved it back. We thought he had finished he has stained or treated his side. One gap underneath is so dee I can see...

I was going to stain Barmy's fence our side, but then I thought, what's the point of staining rotten wood. Against my partner's wishes and my common sense, I should have listened, I went to Wilko dodge the mrons store today, I have only been out food shopping so far. They had a medium can of...

I thought if I can get something to flower before the oak leaves come it might have a chance in the dappled light. I am looking to see where the sunlight falls.He has been building, I say building loosely, the fence since the start of the Covid, and he has done 2 and a half panels, I also say...

Apart from uncle's, the only ones I had was out of a tin, at a B&B .Mum had them in Holland served withdiced smoked bacon, and warm beetroot with onions. I will have to try it.

I don't like salsify or Jerusalem architokes, sweet potatoes or squashes.Shudder. Or mangetouts. Nan said it was for the chickens as was broccoli and now they are marketed to be special. I like broccoli though. Also hate white cabbage she called cow cabbage.

Well I always hated them till I had some my uncle grew and they were sweet. As are his leeks.

A very expensive plant that is

When Barmy has finished his tatty fence between us we are contemplating what we can put to hide it. It is a very shady spot a vee shape (corner) when the oak comes in to leaf but it gets dappled sunlight like now, mid to late afternoon. That spot normally has bluebells, black horehound, london...

Is it burning bush like in the bible?

Our friend made a waterfall with terracotta coping stones inverted.Very affective.

Well they don't bother us. We had a nest on top of the patio door to the kitchen one year and they didn't come in.They got under between the facia board and the flat roof. The roof is allegedly sealed so they wouldn't have much room. We have had bees and hornets too. They got in under the eaves...

I would say a wasp or hornet gall do they call them? I con't remember where I read that. We have some in the loft they look like inverted mushrooms. between one and 3 inches long. We had a wasps nest 2 years ago up there. It looked like a modern lampshade as big as a beach ball. There was one...