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Hello all! :wave: I have only been over to Newmarket once - I live between BSE and Thetford. As for the leek-digging in the snow - it was either that or try to drive to a shop in the snow to buy some, and digging seemed easier at the time! More sun today - will the dayglo white legs get another airi...

There aren't usually many people wanting to know about trees! Not unless they are fruiting ones. It's probably best if I wait for a question to pop up.

Or make a pleached hedge! I would love to do that. (Plashed, laid, whatever it's called in your locality) I was walking around an old piece of woodland with my sister, near thetford forest somewhere, and the owner in the 1800s had built himself a mausoleum in his favourite woodlands. The new owners,...

Thank you, susiegee!

I'm just having a break from all the hot sun - I'm actually in shorts today! Although I think my legs are brighter than the sun..

My sister has a walnut tree, and they taste unlike anything you can get in the shops, lovely and fresh and without that slight bitterness. Getting the outer casing off is vile, though - get some of those thin plastic gloves. As for the suitability of the land for a forest garden - maybe they are jus...

Thanks milims! I'm admin on another board, so it's rather nice not to feel responsible!

I use a washing-up bowl with a brick at either end. They poo in it, but then they managed to do that even in their expensive waterers.

A ping-pong or tennis ball in the water helps to stop the ice forming.

Hi! My user name is my real one, (usually known as JRo) I live in north-west Suffolk, having moved all over the UK, pretty much. We came here nearly four years ago. I used to be a gardener/plant/tree propagator and once had a little herb nursery, but my OH's wanderlust kept on putting a stop to all ...

Hello Jo!

I have just joined, and also live in Suffolk, between Bury St. Edmunds and Thetford. I suppose I had better do my own intro. now!