Maud is in the garden

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My husband is a diabetic so i dont have to share with him but my daughter is as bad as me. Best i dont buy it then its not there to eat. Cake is another matter though a whole sponge would be greedy.

Sowing Winter Onions

Luckily i have an allotment so have plenty of space. Im getting it all ready for the winter. I have a sort of crop rotation going on and im the only one that understands it. I do run out of space at home im forever digging up another bit of lawn as i get yet another plant. Well i dont like mowing the grass.

What's the weather like in your area?

Only just recovered from my day in Brighton last friday, must be getting old. Sunshine and wind today, few clouds around but no rain. Have sorted out compost heaps on allotment this morning a very grubby job and then i got caught up in neighbours brambles. One very scratched arm later the bramble is no more. Into town tomorrow so hoping it doesnt rain.

Weeds in my compost

Sorted out compost heap on allotment today and found a beautiful slow worm. I put him somewhere safe whilst turning it over. I have to put everything in the heap at allotment as there is no other way of getting rid. I cut brambles up small and bash any woody stems. We used to have bins to take away hard rubbish ( old bits of carpet, wood etc) but people were putting their weeds and household rubbish ih them so they got taken away. We are allowed to haeve a bonfire once a year but then storing the rubbish for a year is a problem. At the moment the powers that be are thinking of going on to self management as the council want to get rid of the responsibility. Watch this space..........

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Thankyou for all your replies, Have had no frogs or mice in this week. They never kill them, just like to let them go and chase them round the house. Not even a tin of tune will deter them, the 2 youngest cats Ellie and Lennie will still go to the place they last saw them even atfer i had rescued the creature hours before. Lennie did bring in an arguementative mouse, it stood up on its back legs and squealed at him. One very astonished cat.

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Wasnt Benny on Paul Ogradys show gorgeous, wish the show was longer than half an hour. Went to Brighton with my daughter on Friday and its taken me this long to recover. Can you get jet lag going to a neighbouring town?? Managed to clear out the greenhouse disturbing a lot of spiders at the same time. I think your chickens are wonderful if i had the space i would have some. I do have some living next door and one of my cats does enjoy winding them up. Have you ever heard anything so absurd as a sharing bag of chocolate?

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Men just dont have the stamina. The husband helped our neighbours put stuff through the shredder on Saturday still complaining of aching. Id offer him my back thats full of metal and arthritis but dont think i could cope with the moaning. There was a flower show on at Wisley so more oppurtunities to spend money.

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I have  a wildlife pond in my garden and have lots of lovely frogs. I also have 3 cats, 2 of which like to catch them, bring them indoors and then let them go. Im not sqeemish but my daughter has said that you shoudldnt touch the frog with bare hands as it hurts them. After chasing around a frog with an envelope does anyone know the rights and wrongs of it. Just off to catch a mouse that Ellie cat has brought in

identification

Definately a saxifrage called London Pride which reminds me i dont know what has happened to mine.

runner beans

I have a freezer full of beans and no room for anymore and i think if we eat anymore we will end up looking like one or turning into a very good runner!!!!!!!! Hadnt realised you could dry them so will give that a go. One of the lads at the allotment is trying to talk me into entering some of the competitions at next years show. I say lads they are well into their 80's.

pets and why they are called what they are called

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wyevales

Help with melons neede please

Chelsea flower show