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Ah, poo...

So, are you going to tell me whats been happening in your garden, or shall i assume it's full of poo?

Assume it's full of poo - I'm off on camp until the weekend

Happy New Year Rich I hope it proves to be a good one for you and yours

Venus.

Wow, good time to revive this thread

I hope you have a fantastic New Year, and I hope I'll be up your way sometime soon. I have a kitty for courses, and I'd love to go back to Flatford Mill

This thread has been idle for far too long

It would be great if you can get up this way again, you're always welcome to come visit

I'd love to - I'm in the old course-planning phases again and have a little kitty of cash to spend, so I'll have to see if there's anything up your way

There are courses at Flatford Mill again, but it depends whether they are the sort of courses you're looking for.
I bottled out of doing a course last year, the thought of being on my own with a lot of strangers
Did you ever plant that Dahlia, Little Robert? Mine was huge not at all like the name suggested

Well, I definitely need to do the John Muir Leader's course, a trailer driving license and some kind of woodlore course. They're all short, so I'll do them locally, apart from the John Muir which I have to go to the Lake District for. That probably leaves me enough time and money to do one other course elsewhere, though I'm not really sure what yet. I would love to back to FM for something, though - it's a wonderful place and I really enjoyed my short time there. Is there anything you have your eye on?

I did plant the Little Robert; none of them took off hugely, but they've all settled in. I can't wait for spring now

I've looked through the brochure several times and saw at least 5 that interest me. I'd need a mortgage to do all of those
I meant to be saving as i'm planning a holiday in Canada in 2009 Having said that, i still have some money from an account i had forgotten about.

I'm curious, i thought i only snet one tuber for the Dahlia. Did you divide it into several seperate plants? That would explain why they did'nt grow huge, they will do much better this year
I had to dig mine up, they would'nt have survived the winter outside here. I will plant them again in April and may even divide a couple of them.
I can't wait for Spring and the first daffodils to appear. I'm restless and want to be out in the garden, planning an extension to an existing flower bed.

Oh, no, I meant none of the plants thrived, but they all did ok Sorry, that wasn't very clear!

It was pobably me being a bit dim, my brain has gone on holiday without me.

If you do manage to get this way, i'll be able to show you the two new Bee Orchids that have sprouted, they won't flower this year, but it does mean that they are multiplying

You.....you....CACTUS MURDERER!!

Nice story, if a little sad at the demise of a cactus. You can be forgiven as you were only little at the time.

Well, that's a relief I've carried that guilt for enough years as it is!

I meant to ask before, did the frog spawn hatch?
The newts are back in my pond and laying eggs I hope they have better success than last year. That invasion of leeches really was a disaster as far as the newts and snails were concerned. The new snails have laid loads of eggs, so hopefully there will be plenty of baby snails soon.

Yes, it was already hatched when I brought it home. The froglet I saw today was one of them