Had a bit of wander online looking at things, nothing in mind to buy just trawling through. It turned out quite interesting for a change. Firstly I found Queen Carlin Peas, never heard of them before & actually found them in a food mag article. They are the UK alternative to chick peas as actual...

I'm re-applying Sluggo pellets regularly & can see the decrease in numbers I'm finding, along with adding them to the bucket & tossing them over into the hedge row. I don't like seeing them when dead & even worse stepping on them, the crunch & guts is repelling, but has it advantages...

Beautiful currently with a nice warm sun shining, unfortunately the rest of the day was drizzle continuously so I abandoned play on the plot today. Still a bit of a chance of drizzle tomorrow but not all day. I'm going to do some sows of proper summer crops like the beans & squash & pumpkin ...

Cheers Geoff, didn't spot them when looking but will have another search.

Interesting under 'Monitor the Wound', it states for Pus??? Is there a specific tree pus? Strange terminology? Anyway I was wondering about Heal & Seal, I use it to cover the cut off bits when I cut out the canker on the Apple Trees branches & trunk.

Can anyone recommend a decent hose? Expandable isn't much good as the water pressure changes dependent on how many hoses on the taps & if through is also being used for filling cans. Having a non expandable will be fine as it has a designated spot but the last few I bought were rubbish & bar...

Probably just habitual Stravaig, probably doesn't even realise.

It's driving me batty trying to figure out what it is, maybe something was disturbed on the railway embankment & blew my way? When I have caught up with the chores I shall get on with painting the older ones. I note they are also on the neighbours side as well & outside his fence line....pro...

Re-enforces that they could be field maple then. Thanks for taking the time to look retropants!

I don't think I will be enjoying any red fleshed plums this year. Doing my inspection rounds today I noted all the teeny fruit were withered & black along the stem. Not the cold as it always blooms really early, even in January & baby fruit survives frost. I'm wondering if just one storm too...

I can add that whatever they are they are good at spreading. My neighbour strimmed my front for me so I thought I might as well tackle these flower beds so they look nice. More time spent trying to remove an accumulation of these all around one of the roses than general weeding. These leaves were bi...

Surprised to find the temp in the tunnel was just 4.1C this morning. It didn't feel anywhere near that cold going down to the plot even though a warm fleece was needed. When I left it was near 30C in there. Just reading that low temp made me feel colder so stayed in there for a bit & fortunately...

Someone looked it up on their phone & felt the little plant & catkin & seeds are not related & the plant is likely to be Field Maple, but like Bramble neither have the rose tinge to the leaves like these, even though leaf shape is similar. I might add others I asked came up with comp...

My plot is full of these at the back, last year they blew toward the front & I had little plants everywhere. Easy to pull straight up when tiny, but last year they were hidden under the Rhubarb & difficult to remove when the Rhubarb died down as put out horizontal roots which were hard to tr...

I finished all the re-sows & even weeded the back strawberries & Autumn raspberries. No wonder some first sows were no shows, their beds were really compacted, even though dug over & racked at the time. I suspect the rain/sun weather dynamics over the last few weeks has capped it as the ...