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Yes its lovely, had to look it up on the internet though as not heard of it before.

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It's what to do with all that fruit, there is only so much marmalade you can cope with, it can be candied, made into liquer, my neighbour tried that but said it was horrible. There really don't seem to be many recipes for using kumquats.

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I've still got a decent display of snowdrops but have noticed that some are starting to go over now I've got quite a few daffs out and lots more still in bud and that's it for the moment. The shrubs are in bud and one or two have leaves appearing. I did have a crocus in the garden but something took care of it as the petals got pulled off.... hmm wonder if it had anything to do with the mole hill next to it

How's your gardens coming along

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Hi Marian Not liking my garden at the moment. We wondered why the previous owners didn't have much in the way of plants - we now know why. It slopes slightly to one side and holds a lot of water with heavy rainfall.

The grass (if you can call it that) looks as if it belongs in a paddock. So, we're seriously thinking of uprooting the grass area and laying down stones.

Other than that, we have some daffs in the garden and dwarf ones too, which cheer it up a little.

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Our garden is starting to come alive again. We have dwarf daffodils, wild primroses, the snowdrops (of course) and it won't be more than a week before the magnolia is in blossom. Everything is sprutting and the best of all we have a lovely mature camelia in full bloom, although if we have any frost it will be ruined (it's to early, I think). I love it when garden plants start up again. It makes me happy and at the moment it is so mild that there is something new to see every time I go down the garden.

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Oh that's a shame Carmen, have you tried aerating the wet area? I wouldn't worry too much about your grass looking as if it belongs in a paddock, you want to see mine!! If you did decide to lay down stones instead your Alfie might have to thing or two to say about it

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Ooh you are so lucky to have a mature Camelia in full bloom, I really like them so fingers crossed you don't get a frost! Magnolias are lovely as well. I also love watching plants starting to come alive, I go around the garden every day now looking to see how things are coming along well it gives me something to do

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I go artificial all the way, due to my lousy green thumb. lol

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Everything shooting up now isn't it? Loads of crocus, daffs and primroses. The very best thing in our garden right now is the 5ft weeping willow over Murphy's place (our old dog) it is a Kilmarnock and the branches reach right down to the grass and are covered in little furry buds. Two more trees, an acer and a witch hazel over two other dogs. Sounds a bit morbid like that but all so very pretty.
Does anyone here know when I need to start sewing some Sunflower seeds I saved from that gigantic one my grandaughter grew for the brownies last summer?

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Here the snowdrops are on their way out, primroses and daffodils in bloom. We're lucky, previous owners designed the garden and planted many different types of daffs. I've had 3 casualties of the recent well below zero temperatures, a spiky grass, a flowering jasmin and a ferny type plant, all of which had survived the deep snow last year. A house around the corner has a lovely display of yellow and purple crocus on the front lawn. I'm really looking forward to the bluebells coming up.