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under the weather.I think I'll just stay indoors and browse seed catalogues while waiting for things to thaw out.I'm surprised at the state of the curly kale, it's normally as tough as old boots and looks lush and perky regardless of the temperature

, the RSPB's annual garden bird survey. The survey is intended to provide a 'snapshot' of bird populations around the country, and helps to identify any species that appear to be in decline.I very much enjoyed sitting nice and warm indoors, cup of tea in hand

elsewhere in the garden. Even raise a new wood stack around them. Anything found indoors, disturbed by the central heating, can be let go into an unheated shed or outhouse where they will settle back down again until temperature and day length switch

) the pots won't need bringing indoors over winter. Over the years I've amassed quite a collection. So why is it that so many of them have broken?Admittedly we've had a colder winter than in recent years, but it wasn’t that cold, and I live in Hampshire

hoping to be put back indoors, and will resume steady growth.

from his garden...So, yes, it's a great mix of indoors and out, advice, chats, book signings, glorious gardens and of course the ‘RHS Floral Marquee’, which could all too easily empty my bank account. Lucky really that I'm being kept so busy!

It's been lovely to have some proper summer weather so early in the season. Everything seems to have started growing apace, both indoors and out. Weeds and wanted plants alike have been spurting upwards and outwards.It's a job to know where to start

zigzagging about in the gloom.A stream of small and medium-sized moths are attracted to the kitchen lights. A few come indoors to bat gently against the lights, but most seem to pass or settle on the nearby herbage. I wonder if my amphibious friend is taking

in the garden, although they could have been cut for indoor display.Another variety to consider is Zinnia marylandica 'Zahara Starlight Rose' (pictured left), a beautiful bicolour variety that has resistance to leaf spot and mildew disease, that can sometimes

they need to be brought indoors when the weather turns cold. The rest of the plants can remain outside in the pot.AdamPosition the pot in full sun, somewhere the plants will be brushed against so their leaves will release their aromatic oils.More information