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Reasons to be cheerful - 2020

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  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Tomorrow hubby and I are going for a socially-distanced picnic with our 2 granddaughters and their mum & dad.  It'll be the first time we've seen them (other than on Zoom) since early March.   :)  <3
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
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    Saw this on a facebook page with the caption " Running out of Rheum" 
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    😂 @Hostafan1
    ... and that rheum has hardly got started yet 😉 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I've had one for years and it's nowhere near that size. I feel so inadequate . :'(
    Devon.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Not sure is this really falls under RTBC, but it made me laugh.  We went to a rather up-market Garden Company yesterday (note: nothing so common as a Garden Centre), where they have copper garden tools with one of their selling points being that copper deters slugs and snails.  I've never personally had a problem with slugs and snails eating my garden tools, although a pair of secateurs is missing so maybe slugs have eaten them. 
    Not exactly cheap either.  Half moon edger £135, spade £170!  More money than sense was the thought which sprang to mind for some reason.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Isn't copper quite malleable? If so, the tools should take on a unique shape with use so well worth the 'considered purchase'.😉
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    KT53 said:
    Not sure is this really falls under RTBC, but it made me laugh.  We went to a rather up-market Garden Company yesterday (note: nothing so common as a Garden Centre), where they have copper garden tools with one of their selling points being that copper deters slugs and snails.  I've never personally had a problem with slugs and snails eating my garden tools, although a pair of secateurs is missing so maybe slugs have eaten them. 
    Not exactly cheap either.  Half moon edger £135, spade £170!  More money than sense was the thought which sprang to mind for some reason.
    maybe it's to stop that common problem of slugs ganging up and attacking us poor gardeners as we work? It's ALWAYS happening to me. 
    Devon.
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    I got up early this morning to look for Comet NEOWISE and I saw it! The first bright comet for many years. I needed binoculars as the twilight was rather strong. Also got a photo. It should look good later in the month when it becomes visible in the evening in a darker sky.




  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Oh! Wow! 🤩 keep reminding us when (and in which direction) to look @Alan Clark2 in Liverpool
    👍 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Dovefromabove said:
    Oh! Wow! 🤩 keep reminding us when (and in which direction) to look @Alan Clark2 in Liverpool
    👍 
    Ditto. I've never seen one. 
    Devon.
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