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IN OUR GARDEN 2024

look out again tonight folks...may see the northern lights...my son is biking around the north of scotland for a week and at the min he could be in a good place to see them..hes in dornoch...fingers crossed

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Exact time you could spot Northern Lights TONIGHT - and best places to see them

THIS is the exact time you could see the Northern Lights tonight – after the Met Office issued a “90% chance” alert. The Northern Lights might be visible across parts of the …
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We were so lucky to see them on the 10th May, these are some pics my children kids took on their mobiles.

Astoness said:
look out again tonight folks...may see the northern lights...my son is biking around the north of scotland for a week and at the min he could be in a good place to see them..hes in dornoch...fingers crossed

lyn


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Exact time you could spot Northern Lights TONIGHT - and best places to see them

THIS is the exact time you could see the Northern Lights tonight – after the Met Office issued a “90% chance” alert. The Northern Lights might be visible across parts of the …
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Blackbird numbers have increased by about 16 per cent in the last ten years and there are currently about four million breeding pairs in the country.

i think most of them are in my garden singing away happily the Dawn corus is lovely here:D
 
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This is a self seed but I have left it and been rewarded with a lovely splash of colour and a visitor this morning. Bzzz. Went from flower to flower before flying off.
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We have had a group of foxgloves on waste land to the rear of our house. I have not seen them there before in the 7 years we have been here. Maybe they prefer the wetter weather we have had Janice. Tinpot
 
we had lovely wild flowers floxgloves etc along the grass verge alongside my garden and the council contactor mowed them down friday WHY wait till spring when all is in bloom grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
 
i just mowed the long grass and come across a squirrel it just played dead and i had to mow around it:grinning:

The Survival tactics of Squirrels

Squirrels, known for their agile features, have some intriguing survival techniques up their sleeves. One such behavior is their remarkable ability to play dead when faced with a threat. Although it may seem like a peculiar act, it serves as a defense mechanism against potential killers. By faking to be lifeless, squirrels hope to prove to their assailants that they are no longer a viable meal.
 
Love fox gloves: here's a pic of some in our garden, and I took this pic of a regular visitor earlier this year, foxy steals the pears I leave out for the blackbirds.
 

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Hi everyone, great pics and stories of your gardens etc. Lovely to look through.

I'm really pleased with my garden, I've got to move some pots this weekend, hopefully the weather will be nice.

My perennials in pots I rotate as they come in and out of flower, I don't move them far away from their regular spots, if they are happy, I leave them where they are.

Hopefully we will have some nice weather this weekend.
 
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Hi everyone, great pics and stories of your gardens etc. Lovely to look through.

I'm really pleased with my garden, I've got to move some pots this weekend, hopefully the weather will be nice.

My perennials in pots I rotate as they come in and out of flower, I don't move them far away from their regular spots, if they are happy, I leave them where they are.

Hopefully we will have some nice weather this weekend.
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& that is the most important thing, that you are pleased with your garden!
 
A lot of chatter on internet that we shouldn't allow buddleia in our gardens as it is as bad as Japanese Knot Weed for being invasive and a risk to buildings, never had any problems. Any comments?
 

Buddleja

Learn all about Buddleja - choose the best ones to grow, where to buy, where to plant and care advice from RHS experts
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Buddleia | The Wildlife Trusts

Buddleia is a familiar shrub, well-known for its attractiveness to butterflies. It is actually an introduced species, however, that has become naturalised on waste ground, railway cuttings and in towns.
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Is Buddleia as bad as Knotweed? - Environment Controls

There are some similarities between Buddleia and Japanese knotweed but can they both cause equal levels of damage? Read the blog to find out.
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