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Thurston Garden wrote:Thats me.

Oooo TG what are the small black hens with the gold neck feathers?
I have a bantam just like those and she is an excellent broody, but have no idea what breed she is.

that is disgusting, both companies are now boycotted from my shopping!

As discussed in the 'sadly have to fell a beautiful tree' thread, a few people expressed an interest in planting a self-sufficientish tree. Here is the place to tell us all about your tree and post a picture too! Hope lots of you will/can join in and I will be adding my 'replacement tree' pics as so...

Stonehead wrote:The snow has arrived and is coming down hard, driven by a very strong wind. The joys of NE Scotland!

blimey, we have just started seeing the leaves browning and falling here!

how high up are you Stonehead?

fab!!! now, where is the best place to start the thread for everyone to post a pic? and a little bit of info on what species they are planting/whereabouts they live etc Also do you think we should have a plant a tree week/month/or 2006/07? I think if anyone's planting lots of trees anyway, they coul...

thanks for your replies, I've had a bit of a google and I think it is a 'Dawn Redwood' it is going brown now (that species is deciduous) and the leaves are the tell-tale 'opposite'....its not one of the very biggest redwoods, but still grows to about 100ft and so close to the house is just asking fo...

zombiecazz wrote:Yeo I'm still one too, but not for long

so how many posts before we get promoted?

thank you all....there are lots of Margots!

oh no I missed it! that'll teach me to yak on the phone for hours!

We have moved into new house with a 20 year old giant redwood planted 8-10 ft from the property it is approx 60ft tall ( I know before anyone says it 'what a place to plant it' :roll: ). Much as I would like to keep it, I am aware that it is a problem to the foundations of our house and also our nei...

trouble is my one and only wedding photo is sat on the fireplace and I look like Joan Collins in it, complete with large shoulder pads! so not much chance of forgetting

hi everyone, thanks for the lovely welcome. I have to say I need to post a bit to get past the 'Margot' stage, everytime I see the pic it reminds me of when I had a curly perm in the 80's!

my cat Ruby adores cheese!

Hi, we moved from NW lancs to Welsh/Shrops borders. We had 4 chickens back then in a relatively long garden (about 220 ft) and now have 21 at the last count and have expanded to 1 1/2 acres, so still room for more! :wink: I am a complete beginner re gardening as it was my husbands territory before b...

Hi all,
been reading a bit and found this place very interesting so far! Looks like there's lots more to read too! Just moved house and got lots of chickens, and planning some veggie patches. The place is a bit chaotic at the mo but hopefully it'll all come together eventually!

Rosie