very nice photos Geoff, my mother sent me a similar pic of their valley in the Vale of Marshwood, beautiful golds and oranges.

HA! that made me laugh, because we did ours in April, and used the same technique! My husband dragged the stuff out, mainly without the rake, but my inspection of each bundle was done at rake's length! Lots of rat damage and waste as well as Boris and his friends.

I bought my first 4 shop tomatoes today, feeling guilty!

Looks g eat Elmigo! Mine have been decimated by snails.

I've got a growing collection of succulents on the top shelf, which I add to regularly, either cuttings from my mum, or ones I've pinched from work, or little plantlets from jumble sales etc. I removed the dead cucumber plant yesterday, and tomato will follow soon. I have some garlic to plant up in ...

Ooh, I have, we had goldfinches this spring, picking up the moss that I had scraped out! Wonderful, and they picked the dandelion flowers too! Very posh.

Monika, I think I'll plant my garlic in cells this year too, as I am now growing at home, and I don't have the veg patch available yet, they will be going in a tin bath in the spring. I have a cold greenhouse, so they should be ok in there.

that can't be right??

I'm adraid that my beautiful silver birch died of old age this year, so that's one less :( I am hoping to plant a new one next to it, once we have removed what we can. It was a monster, and cretaed a beautiful dappled shade on hot days. I'm very sad, because all the birds are still using it, and whe...

Wowzers! What a couple of beauties!

I said to my DH this morining....'we've had a week of autumn, it appears to be winter now' ........

this is fascinationg reading giaur500. Where are you on the planet? Maybe you could update your profile with your location?

Wow, everything looks really great! The roosters are very clean, and a good size too.

How many mouths are you feeding??

beautiful feathers! I've never seen them either.

marvellous!