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Reasons to be cheerful 2023

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    LG_ said:
    It looks quite like my 'wild' daffodils, Narcissus pseudonarcissus. They do naturalise.


    That does look very similar. My single one has never spread though. Maybe I'll leave it to set seed this year. The danger is that if/when any seedlings come up, they'll look like grass or weedy garlic. I'll need to do a smell test before pulling up, or may :) be collect the seed pod and sow it in a pot. Sounds like a plan :)
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    My orange witch hazel is just coming into bloom.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • We decided to invest some savings in PV panels, now that there's a feed-in tariff for excess power sold to the grid in Ireland.  We were told we'd have to wait until April, because there's high demand at the moment - but last week the engineer rang and asked if they could fit the system this week since they were in the area anyway.  So now we're watching TV courtesy of our new solar panels.   :)
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • Lizzie27 said:
    My orange witch hazel is just coming into bloom.

    I treated myself to a witch hazel bush last summer, and was so excited to see it bloom in spring.  The other day I was looking for it and to my horror, realized my plow man buried it under a three-foot mountain of rock hard snow and ice.  I guess I'll be cheerful when it melts and I can actually see it again! :D  I hope you post photos - I'd love to see yours!
    New England, USA
    Metacomet soil with hints of Woodbridge and Pillsbury
  • Not very limited, @pansyface - we have Freesat so can get a lot of the standard British TV.  Also - on the Irish equivalent of Freeview - some pretty strange local programmes...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    @Liriodendron I don't know if it will affect what you receive on Freesat but there was something in the press recently about broadcasting to Freesat being greatly reduced.  I didn't take much interest as it won't affect me.  Maybe worth trying to find out?
  • Thanks for that, @KT53.  I'll check.  It's true that channels do magically disappear from our list - channel 5 being the most recent one...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Will do @CrankyYankee, it's a bright orange one, 'Aphrodite'. 
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    I bought a bright orange one a couple of years ago @Crankie Yankee, called Orange Beauty and just been out to check it and it too is in flower  :)
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • Bee witchedBee witched Posts: 1,295
    Mine would have been in flower too ... I could see the buds forming a few weeks ago.
    However, the local deer have been "pruning" so just nibbled ends to be seen now  :#

    Bee x
    Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  

    A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
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