It is said you are never more than six feet away from a rat. Well this one was three feet away from my back door at 8am on Wednesday. We don’t own a cat, but sometimes one or two snuggle up on our bench on the veranda. Opportunity must have knocked on Tuesday night in the form of a hungry rodent after the bird seed. It’s been given a good ‘green’ send off – on the end of the coal shovel, lobbed over the wall into the field, as a warning to any ratty friends!
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We hung up filled bird feeders 2 days ago. The birds aren’t going to know what’s hit them!
I didn’t know that you could do pages in posts. What a good idea, all the better for a little bit of drama or discretion 😉
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I only found out about pages a couple of months ago – though that doesn’t mean they existed before then 😀
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One would have to wonder why you would ever wish to grow the bluebells. Yes, they are fabulously attractive in a wood but so very quickly become a weed in the garden!
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A shady border to fill beneath the clematis Montana
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Crikey, that was a grisly photo! The main thing I took away from reading this was that I’ve not sampled a Curly Wurly in decades and now fancy one. I’m also looking forward to seeing how the bluebell seeds do.
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Pack of 5 curly wurlies in B & M for under £2 😀 I am also looking forward to see how the bluebells grow. I count myself lucky if I manage more than one
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Curly wurlies are NOT as big as they used to be!!
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I feel prepared for the initial disappointment now!
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I had a heuchera that did nothing for ages, then when I dug it up I saw that almost all the roots had been nibbled away by something. Perhaps rummage under the soil to check all is well. Nice idea to give sempervivums as a present.
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I didn’t like to dig it up in case it was ‘just having a rest’ 🙂 but I think I will. If it still has roots, I can put it in a pot and nurture it in the greenhouse until the weather warms up or it’s grown more leaves.
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Would it already be crocuses in these pots !? What precocity! It’s good to feed the birds with these cold temperatures, I’ve started too.
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Crocus ‘Pickwick’, blue anemonies, grape hyacinths originally – hence Blue Pots, but I added white fritillery and some snowdrops this year, just to see what happens.
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