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IN OUR GARDEN 2024

Eric Gibson said:
Neglected the top end of my back garden but it looks good with the roses and the nettles flowering up through them. Lots of small birds sparrows and a few blackbirds have taken up residence.
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A perfect bit of cover for the birds, Eric. :)





Steve.
 
Lovely pics again Steve. Your garden must look lovely with such a variety of plants and colours. We don't have any lawns front or back. Much prefer bushes etc that give us colour throughout the year
 
johnny082 said:
Lovely pics again Steve. Your garden must look lovely with such a variety of plants and colours. We don't have any lawns front or back. Much prefer bushes etc that give us colour throughout the year
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It's very sparse at present. I have not planted any bedding yet, due to the miserable weather. Lots of cold, northerly winds, for weeks, although forecast to improve from Wednesday.




Steve.
 
This is what a couple of weeks of cold wind can do.



In contrast, a wee bit of shelter from that wind.







The weather has started to improved, so we bought some bedding yesterday.




The prices are high up here. What you see in that picture, plus two 5 lt. bags of compost, cost £145. We would usually buy twice that amount, and could fill the garden for a little over £100.






Steve.
 
The project for today was to sand down our wee garden table, and oil it.

Five minutes in, and going well, I thought that the sanding would be done in an hour. Then, "BANG", and my sander stops working.

A wee delve into the innards, and the capacitor has decided to self destruct. :mad:



Such is life.:grinning:





Steve.
 
NOTSHARP said:
The project for today was to sand down our wee garden table, and oil it.

Five minutes in, and going well, I thought that the sanding would be done in an hour. Then, "BANG", and my sander stops working.

A wee delve into the innards, and the capacitor has decided to self destruct. :mad:



Such is life.:grinning:





Steve.
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bet the neighbours were happy:laughing:
 
Chrysops relictus, a horse-fly, has beautiful iridescent eyes, but looks can be deceiving. These flies are blood suckers and are very determined. They have a very painful bite. Only the females suck blood but they will be the ones you'll notice. The males feed on nectar and pollen.
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