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oldherbaceous wrote:Morning PJ, nice and bright here too, but my hands are just getting a bit of feeling back in them after some serious Brussel Sprout picking.

Hope you have the best of times while staying with your Son in Uganda.

Do you know i can't place where Uganda is, is it just up from Skegness. :? :)



Morning OH,

It's very much like Skegness.
Around 70-80 degrees all year. Very tropical climate with bananas and jack fruit growing outside the back door :lol:
Cheers PJ.

I'm just off down the greenhouse. I won't be long...........
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Morning PJ, just enjoy it while you're there, and come back with some lovely memories, and stories for us of course. :)
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Now, that has reminded me.....Skegness Natureland use to have a greenhouse in which there was a Banana growing that often used to get a mention in the local news once in a while when it just about made it to fruit. I don't know if said Banana is still there....I was a very little lad when I last visited...and I suspect the centre was brand new then.....

I also remember being just a little frightened in the crocodile section....it used to have a light show with it then going night and I think a thunderstorm being represented.?..again a long while ago.........

Just had a look at the website....seems it remains much the same. :)
http://www.skegnessnatureland.co.uk/tropical.htm

Perhaps I should have a ride out to see the crocodiles.. :?

I perhaps would if the model railway layout was still up the other end of town......

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Go for it Clive, you just can't beat a trip down memory lane, and there would be fish and chips. :)
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Some very good news, there has just been a rare sighting of our stripey friend on the forum, now that's made my afternoon.

Relaxes back into the armchair with pleasant thoughts abound. :)
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I see we have some Snowdrops out at work.....

I'm told they were out last week...'cept I only noticed them today.. :oops:

I tend to notice things like borders needing digging....and Bindweed........

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Evening Clive, good gardeners always notice the jobs that need doing. :)

I noticed some Snowdrops popping through today, and of course some jobs that needed doing as well. :wink:
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..these Snowdrops are in full flower and in fact starting to go over...good job that I spotted them today... :wink:

Leaf raking this morning on the Cherry walk.....and then trim out of Loch Ness Blackberry....and this afternoon the ground was just about fit to progress a bit more border cutting down and forking over....but now very much on the wet side..and potential for it being wetter tomorrow..

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Indeed Clive, i think we all need to battern down the hatches.
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I wish they'd stop farming wind - there's more than enough of it.
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Now there's a thought Geoff. :)
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The rain is lashing against our west facing windows and the roof slates are rattling - it's going to be a disturbed night.

I closed all the flaps in the greenhouse, hopefully it will still be there tomorrow morning.
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Still very windy here, but at least it's dry this morning :)
Cheers PJ.

I'm just off down the greenhouse. I won't be long...........
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Same here P.J, now will the leaves be, on or off of the drive today? :)
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Pound to a penny they're on the drive OH :)
Cheers PJ.

I'm just off down the greenhouse. I won't be long...........
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