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Radio Sheffield It is not the time to dance there at the moment currently it is the time to talk with our wonderful eminent comics but Miss Neal Grant here to answer any question you have say PAP's you have been given a lady plants a the Christmas period for Christmas as Christmas presents and you think I haven't the foggiest what to do with him or maybe Tamera for reflection end of the year you're thinking I'm going to make 29000 the year when I finally sort out the skeleton but how do I even begin what do I need to today we've got a particular idea any mind or something that you need to get cracking on but you need a bit of advice I 100 travel 14949 is a number you need to ask Neil a question you can text and that is fine 813 double 3 Make sure you start your text the word Sheffield However if they're all following questions it does become a bit tricky said calling is the best but we'll take a text Let's go straight to Eric in Swan nest Derek what's your question the name but you probably know who the person started in so. Yeah before Christmas. But no centimeter Yes. I want to remember. Something like that but a lie. Quite well to our. Start is through shoes out with clothes under no no the normal thing Riyad and if. You plant them in this room you know the plants will be of course in the spring. Do the same out with this your situation or your sleeve. So you've got these in a heated environment smock a greenhouse and. When right because this above items are actually. Normally So they're actually surprisingly hardy you can grow them as a what they call an Alpine plant. In our pine House now those are usually really cool but they're actually dry but as long as it was can run through there normally they're fine now it may pay on a warm day like today to try and get the others outside just check they are definitely hardy varieties but I would be thinking about trying to call them they're. Having said that you can take take these other side shooters cuttings if you do leave them inside yeah. Ready that's fine. Yeah think of them in their natural environment it would be growing amounts rocks in the Alps and places like that on the sides of mountains where there's very little soil they might even be growing in a crack between 2 pieces a rock in this the soil in there is going to be very depleted and low in nutrient so they don't mind being tight in the point that if you were to pot them on now particularly keep them indoors you probably have will to them in the drought in the winter so very little water in the winter and never go by it's 2 weeks since I last did it I always go by how dry the compost is and start ready. Yeah a little bit in the world because they're indoors but given the best of them a soak in let them go much drier before re watering. Well the only. Plant. You know. What come for story. Are you going to grow them outside in the future Yeah yeah I would actually use John and his seed compost. But this is Johnny C. Composite that's not a make it's a mix you get it lots of different brands do it and what it is it's one that's got a lot of extra grit in so that it'll mean they drain very easily but there's enough material in there to absorb water and hold enough water for them. No pleasure thank you very much if you're cold Derek and swallow asked with a question about Semper very M.V. Even the sense of Bible by them there. Is a type of frosty little alpine the mostly grow for the foliage be to get sparks of flowers and crank crusty little show it really like that. You're listening to B.B.C. Reading the garden Phailin with Neil grant your chance to ask him some question about a garden you have few 800 trouble 14949 is the end of the year I think this is this is a good year the time of year is let's start thinking about having a brilliant garden the next year it's absolutely brilliant because one of the things you need to do is make a list and the 1st thing you put on is what you want to do with my garden because it comes about you not about the plants and then you can design and come up with ideas based around your needs rather than just putting stuff in because it looks nice so you've got a family it's got to be family garden so it needs to be safe need a play area things that are tough thorns on Probably those sorts of ideas of the sort things you need to list 1st and then you might look at the things you quite like the look and yeah exactly I found myself just going to garden center going a lot that are pretty much garden and then it doesn't really go with anything else and it's not really suitable for my garden and then it dies and you and thousands like you because they look beautiful probably propping up the Gulf and sincere you . Well there is there's a there's a train of thought and some research has come out that the millennial age group actually worried so their plan to load stuff one year ago looks amazing I want to do something different next year so they might have a few basic plans but then the colorful ones whether it's perennials or on yours they might say we're going to dig those up and change them for next year because actually the cost of them is compared to other things like owning a car and buying clothes and stuff it's not that expensive No So there's that's another train of thought that's come through without suggesting it's what people are doing it is we just sort of not that we don't really want to play the longer we want instant gratification you know that's right that sounds. Exactly up on there and we've had a text friends from all bless you think in Chesterfield says I'm not calling because I called so many times in 28 it's fine if we need a bunch of radio and he ringing every single week just makes us feel wanted and loved so you never ever feel that you have been on the show too many times never but you texted and that's like so they could want to ask is a bit of a North thought to call problem going on in question and our small terraced house we've got a small garden only a few stories long wide half of its grass the other portion is used for growing vegetables and the part 1st away from the house is concrete with our shed on it in the borders of the grass is a pear tree in the park where we grow where we grow vegetables we've got an apple tree and a plum tree it recently that dawned on me that in any season of the year we get very few or absolutely no birds could Neil suggest any reasons why a little garden does not please Well it's probably because there's not a base of birds around because no one's feeding birds particularly so birds will come to places where they can get fed now you are they going to feed them yourself or they're going to find bugs and caterpillars and stuff like that so if you're in your name. As a quiet on the pesticide side be less bugs around but you've got the perfect trees in the garden to actually not do that. Insect wise because anything that's pretty native has a lot more bugs than things have been imported because they're part of our ecosystem so apples and pears have lots of green fly the thing is that if the birds don't know that you've got those then they'll go somewhere else or cesium and actually. Feeding birds in your garden 12 months of the year we seed meal worms actually get some used to the fact that there's going to be some food there all year round because from now on they're going to struggle to find food more than they were 3 weeks ago 4 weeks ago because there was lot of berries around they work their way through those and then you start to find that running out of food now particularly if we get really bad weather where they're going to get food from so actually is now quite good time if you want to start feeding birds now's the time to do it because they will be hungry that looking out there and starting Yeah it would have been better to start in the autumn and while there was plenty of food around in the start to bob around me to give you got buried plants in the garden that's another thing to do is time things like power counters and blackbirds love those. But if you haven't started start now and it's dead easy to feed the birds and you can get these really good mixes of food that attract lots of different birds and then you can start to refine them down to get special feeders for special birds if you want to if you see if you see finches get Finch for you doing the finch seed and that will encourage more of them now if it so. Well the House is a terrorist Oh yeah and I'm thinking I live in a terrace house you know I have 2 of these and it's basically a paradise for said animals cats Yeah but you can get these things called feeding station so it's like a. Thin pole that you put together and it's got like hoops on the top like a ring not rings but like a arching pieces of metal and a bit like having a basket bucket and you can hang the the feeders on those and because if you can put that in the middle of your lawn than a cat can't jump from anything they can't climb up it OK often from people squirrels are more of a problem because I have been really worried I'd really like to try to Mike I don't want to basically be affecting to be creating a platter for my cats feeding platter that's not what I want so tables help tails a roof help because cats can easily jump onto them that way because they can't get to the birds you can get feeders or support small birds and not the big birds because things like magpies are a nuisance in our garden. Squirrels are a nuisance they can't squirrel proof faders so there's lots of inventions and my eyes are now keeping cats on the bigger predatory birds out as well so I put off by that look at the feeding stations you can buy them from about 10 or. Up to about 40 quid depending on how many extra bits and bobs are hanging off it sticking them in the lawn or you can even get ones that stick on your window so you can side which attracts small birds and great fun if you've got small children very good also you listen to B.B.C. Radio he's full of good ideas Neil grounds all gone expect under trouble 14949 if you want to ask him a question about your god and great time to start the 2019 and he better to ask about what today that nailed him so. A 1000000 Dreams. I believe is from the album still sing songs from The Greatest Show human which is the surprise cinematic hit 2018 Dench you know you this is B.B.C. 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Vera right all right I'm sorry Alan very sorry I thought you had a question about I want to tell me I've been very interested in that because I live in a reg for it right where you are well. Yeah well well well yes I. Know I wouldn't leave them dry as you can not bone dry but dry fairly dry until about April and then report and then give him a good soaking in March let him start to think this spring which it will be and then put them in you know because if you do it now they'll more likely to overwater the rot Yeah well I don't while I'm on the road. Yeah I believe that might be too much in new compost because what happens is when until the roots fill up the part the new compost that you've put in there holds the extra moisture so it stays cold as well so it's not I don't unless you've got incredibly high temperatures and you pray you sort of warm a compost up properly. For most of us I would say don't do it now do it after the winter and it's frustrating if you think well I can do a lot in the garden so I'll do my house plants but they'll be better off being done in the spring. Well there is little of. The above yet. To do the name. So that is the one coming up from below them that. Might be OK But the thing is with which avenue composter going to use a need to count the characters composite which might be a bit tricky to find at this time either because he's not he shouldn't use it at this time ie. Make sure you're not using it straight off the shelf of the cold garden central nursery you need to have in the house possibly in the new parts for a day or 2 to warm it up but not yet so most of it will go on I'll just say my general advice is don't do it till after the winter. Was exhausted but not always why why stood still while you were. Yes Or when the cactus compresses pre-mixed already become makes your own. No I was the world. All right OK yeah. Well I know you are. You know well. Yeah but that's the idea that I need a lot more. So we just got. It's a succulent So it's a real it's sort of similar to our characters so it doesn't want to be bone dry in the winter but they cut they need to be much drier than than a normal house plant hopefully that helps you out and thank you have a smarts for you call it all in Acol fail just quickly before we break for the travel and Karen Whitley says in reply says she's got garlic started in 3 Can she put them in the allotment now which depends on how sticky your soil is your good free drained soil then you probably could get away with it if not you may have to wait till later on but I guess the probably stand to shoot as well if you're not careful but could be but if you wet sticky heavy clay I can listen to B.B.C. Radio Sheffield with Neil Graham he is doing the garden fighting fee today over 800 travel 14949 is the number you need to call him we'll hear from Jack after this. 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For you indeed it is let's find out whether all that is a good time to be getting out in the garden Jill Brown I want you reckon weather wise for gardeners of the next few days here's morning well it is not too bad it's going to be mostly dry so I think that probably is the main thing we have to get out in the garden it's been a bit dull and grey maybe a little bit of drizzle around small day but actually it's going to bring 3 some sunny intervals and be a little bit clearer be cloudy really a mild as we get through the rest of say an overnight height of around 1011 degrees Celsius or death they definitely got the weather get out there get jobs and get and thing out also to bust you still can tomorrow there's going to be some sell China around as well so if you fancy a New Year's Eve gardening then why not see the old spot drizzle so if it looks dry and you think you might want to go outside go that but we will have a bit more wind down tomorrow be breezy so if you don't like being outside in the way. We want to show shelters in the most delicate parts I would say they can mild about 10 degrees Celsius to more ice is not such a good nail Yeah that's fantastic yeah it's dry and a little bit warm saying in the New Year Yeah yeah midnight. If you want to be gardening at midnight love to hear from you have a chill thank you very very much for the gardening forecast that you get in touch with B.B.C. Radio. 14940. Text. Feel . Free in Texas your standard message rate for previously noticed them to B.B.C. . Radio Priss. Was. Indeed that is the number he needs to get in touch and get involved in the garden phone with Mr Grant a 100 travel 14949 Let's go straight to Jack and he has been hanging on patiently Jack what's your question for nail Good morning. Yeah. That's colonial. Small plywood on the need to leave plywood on. The find I mean that shows our model is a moment of the still flowering so no 25 years ago would have said this is not a plan for this area but now it grows and I've got to chop it up the garden because it got too big. And they will flower into the winter now if it stays fairly mild and I would have a chilly but would not have the heights of winter here but I do so. Because it. Went off and if I were to look a bit. Sheltered. Wanted to shelter them out so yeah use more plywood on it soon as it goes cold enough they'll stop flower. Sometimes in a really bad winter you know like The Beast from the east we hadn't some of the papers the same we do for one again so. They sometimes get scorched because they got quite rubbery shiny leaves particular if they can get a cold easterly wind against them but the thing to do is to leave them alone until we get right into spring and the new growth started grow then you can prune off any damage with it being Evergrey but there's some good varieties out there and they're definitely worth having in the garden particularly new A small of varieties you know I think it's more. Good value you know you have a period. You know not quite what. Oh yeah. Yeah they need to look well they may not be seed heads or maybe the new flowers and some of the flowers flower before you get the bright red foliage all the other colossal ego and they so you get these amazing big almost Heather like flowers before the red new growth sort of March ish time so I leave them alone just in case they're not seed heads because you can enjoy those flowers I doubt if the seed has to be honest. Right does that help. Thing going about here to go to sex. Rusty tough lovely woman. Really. Sorry. Go go we're going through this. You give me that was it clear clear them or. This is what we like to hear you deliver the advice and it's worked thank you so much Nicole Jack that's you know I think for you thank you it is the garden phone and you are hundreds travel 14949 We will they take text if you so desire to take in this is a really nice message actually from Richard A like this which says I've got a 10 year old son and although I've not done much gardening to present I'm wanting to get into it and I want to show him and with him grow plants from seeds What's the best time of year and to do it and it's a good time later in the year for calling growth I would wait until we get well into spring some sort of April May time the quickest germinating plants are probably marigolds and Mr shims so and the big thing about Mr Schmidt small children pick them up because the seeds are probably about 6 centimeters across sorry millimeters not sense to me that I think he has only token. So they can pick them up and they can push them in with their fingers and then within days they'll be through so that's a good place to start and it the other thing is not just seed sowing it will be to have ready made plans because kids need things to be QUICK Yeah so do the seed sown with marigolds and Mr she has a lot stays you can do those earlier but what you know do with them afterwards because they've got to be got to be inside because they're not hardy in the winter but you could be buying pansies and things ready in the 6 pack type plants or the 12 packs and putting some what with them together and they can just they're just exploded growth from about March on board Nice them to have their own pots which is their own part of getting used to watering kids love watering the other the biggest selling and most popular told for children is a broom now but always go for the broom 1st this is what this is sounding good yes it is very good you have to watch they don't use it like a croquet I like but. It's funny they go straight to that probably because they've seen the been used in the house the normal to spade it but if you're going to start with tall start with a broom somewhat but you have the wrong part let's get you a little watering can get them working yeah so what we want to. Have a part of a flower pot and a fruit pot so tomato plants still the easiest thing for children to grow become do that on May but you could do salad leaves and encourage them to take their own leaves off and so on that we do on the windowsill quite into little kids around and press the classic year let's go to Keith in Chesterfield Keith what's the question for Neil going to you. Now morning I don't know I want to know you are you know it's kind of got a little bit of God Why do you just. Stress me out there lovely The mystery is given out to state. The wrong thing. Greenlee's And it's you know about a priest but yeah yeah not quite sure I mean plunge it yes. It says under destruction to blow or to down the flower yeah don't let the compacts die out yes what we've done is because after all rules no particular walk never gets the sun on it with Bridget bathroom window lovely we have to go here in A Yeah we've got to get out because it's now I could see it all right. Terrifying that. So what I'm saying is you know seriousness the bus tomorrow is going to be a warmer place yet we're about to need to shower cubicle and up Sunday takes 99 percent of the steam out right this done so for by too much moisture in the atmosphere in this room is facing when we when we do get to sort out which shines on this wind. From you know a good show to present to the day. Well when it's right out so much over the answer without you knowing you're an expert over millions wow because they love high humidity Do they really absolutely love it and if you look on the very end of the leaf you'll find that there's a little more color drip point. Down to a very good size Yes And the idea when the plants got close on it means it's growing for an environment where it gets a lot of rain and it gets high humidity so we can actually shed some of the water it doesn't need and the reason the water in the middle into the where the flowers come from is that actually that's what would happen and it's got to environment really have a lot of root they would be growing in the cleft of branches on trees and they would just grab what they can from the rain so the whole you know in the middle of it now yeah without my glasses actually there's like a sort of a that's. What we need yeah yeah yeah that's right yeah it could be another flower so what you find is the do you get the Rosetta the leaves then you get the flower coming out the middle that will gradually fade and the tips of that will go brown and when it starts to go. Brown You can cut the whole of that stem off back into that little light water Well there's a good chance. We can only bring us back when it does that doing it only I'm certain we have. Only the Right now yes but about some of them no one's going to round here one still green is I mean it's still before but yeah green on the end so that's all right that's fine absolutely fine yeah so keep it moist keep it in the bathroom it well I don't mind the lower light levels because that's what happens on the trees. Put it in the perfect place case you you're an expert and you didn't know it. Yet just fail thank you very much every 100 trouble 14949 is the number you need to give Mr Cole ask him whatever you would like as long as it's vaguely planned garden related field by the way said she's pampas grass for many many it's very healthy but it's never firewood. That well it may be that it's being fed with the wrong food OK so what it needs now is a hypothesis food to give it a kick up the backside so in the March middle of June both both of those food if it's in the ground which I suspect will be scatter some of that around it make sure gets watered well and is probably in the lawn so you may have to just make sure it's washed off the grass. If it's in the sole final to work its way in there that should trigger it to flower this year and don't use other sorts of fertilizer because it's probably just encouraging green growth OK very specific high potash Yeah OK Dave it in Hillsboro Hi David you have a question for me I am something about compost Yeah you're more. I wasn't wrong last year me oh yeah. I got some good results are requirements we are. Cabbages and stuff like that are what you are I was just the raised block of a shaped drug Yeah yeah yeah yeah. I caught. It take shape by just come off yes I just wondered if our Got to change it again for next season obvious you know I can live anywhere you watch you know or sit in there yeah you can do that it'll compress and it'll gradually oxidize the some of the organic matter in there so you need to add more in if there's nothing in it at that point completely to get over loosen it up get all that any roots that you can see out you can get you can sprinkle some fish blood and bone on it before you plant anything I'll give you some good base nutrients I would avoid putting cabbages back in because there's a chance you need to think of more like a rotation now you could use it every year for things like solids but cabbages may sometimes get a single club root and then you get that in the soil and you'll just infect the new plants so in a vegetable plot you have different areas each change every year and move you know you do a rotational system so just bear that in mind and probably because it's quite a small intense area things like that you're replacing a lot you could might put some special rose a short carrots in beetroot Possibly but radish certainly the solid the type crops will probably give you more production than the slower things like cabbages. Right . You. Know because. I think some of it will wash out so I would be looking at March some around then. But. Is that helpful David. David take from help but there was question about compass the great thing about these things that David described and it looks like a few magine a typical manger in 7 years I've seen them in your garden centers Yeah the great because the high up so you have to bend them but they're also good if you know where to check if you get really close to them so they're very very practiced because gardening can be quite bad on the old back. Door to go about back there's no point making it was absolutely useless because he ready Sheffield he's full of sage advice Mr Neil gran's our garden. But you know I like to travel on 4949 if you want to get involved in the garden fight and not long laughs I get. I don't want to sit on B.B.C. Radio show for them if they want to miss your chance to take Paul in the garden fine and with Mr Neil grant you need to get donning a 100 treble 14949 is the number you need let's go straight to a mole great moderates in stocks but you believe you want to ask about but feeding him but feeding birds basically what's question for Nayo Well baby birds the year that our culture have dry Hello due at 7 or 8 bed table I mean you know you have an enjoyment yeah I'll watch the video but guess what we go. R.A.T.'s Right yeah I want to do with it I mean you know he would you act. Like write rap you know so I would just out got rid of the subway with a fade in my me on the ground or the going all the bad tables. We're going on the CD with the birds you know we've got the droppings from the grass yes OK I'll show you everything you know. Your Day Well some of the birds fade the cheaper ones I mean cheaper in the sense of the materials in them they are a little cheaper in cost as well have a lot of weight in them and the birds don't eat the weight and if you sit and look when they want to bird fate actually pull away town Chucky on the floor so if you fade with one color no mess. Fade seeds fade they don't have that cheap element in the birds will eat everything in there so I'll give you less waste on the floor but why do you give her all the manufacturers make you know mess. Yeah it's a little bit more expensive because the weeks used to fill it out a little bit some of the birds will eat it but the small birds won't they just chuck it out. Quite funny to watch them selecting their own seeds a lot and it's a once right they realize just the ground yes they do yeah so and then rather than wooden bird tables look at these metal ones I was talking to cats about earlier because they're you can attach this thing called a square or baffle and it's like a plastic dome Yeah so they can't it's like a plastic umbrella really. Can't get up and around it so that actually goes on the stamp and it would be the same for the rats they wouldn't be able to get beyond it or you just you don't use bird tables you bird feeders and there's quite a few now where if a squirrel or a rock or even the Magpies get on it it closes that the feeding holds up so they see a much better way to much of the small birds will keep them open because I weigh virtually nothing but the bigger birds and the rats and cats will knock out your mind yeah I just yeah I'm going to put it that is the course we're all proofreaders but I would also work with rats and so on but yeah if you just change the way you do it go back to hanging bird feeders in trees and stuff lie about. You know you get less to. If you can hang them on the the thin end but the feeding stations which a lot metal chew bring should overcome so you're looking out where you want your garden and where you are enjoying the birds and then suddenly you see these these rats Oh yeah and I was a few days later so I wanted to death here yeah laid out huge you know well they reckon we're all 50 feet away from from rats and so there they are there but they're away so just I want to see them do we market that's the key and we certainly don't want big dead ones underneath the bird feeder so this sounds like you've got some some solutions that might allow you to feed the birds without feeling yeah after home they might be the supermarkets don't know mess food I don't know they may do but because it's easier places I've got a good range of products and then you can also as I was saying earlier stop picking the individual seeds for certain things like finches which make life much more interesting I usually go to Home Bargains you know got what he thought smelly and they still run a large crowds to yeah just look at that just look at the product in the bag and you'll be looking out for a term which is used by lots of manufacturers no mess yeah OK I'll do that likely thank you very much for eco MARGARET And let's go to Barry Barry what's your question for nail. Me and I want to. Appear weeks ago when I was talking to my brother in law regarding Christmas just like a long kid who write quite considerable sizable Yeah and I mean we've already got like 6 scary 5. Yeah yeah which I do it's lovely looking. By. No Yes. No but I think because it's been mild recently I think you could probably put it on. Well has it got a muscular in it or is it straight or. OK Well I think yeah it will get up to use it now. Normally the ideal time is that. The reason is that there's some food in there and they don't want you to have grass growing rapidly this time of year because it's not ideal Alternatively he can hang onto it and use it strangely around about March time he's got a muscular in there now the difference between the normal muscular leaves then and the autumn one is just more nitrogen in the spring one than there is in the autumn on yeah but there's enough to get the plant the lawn starting to get going again and it will kill the moss again in you know March that's not weather dependent. Probably with a little bit of thinking through what I've been talking. Leave it until March and use it at that stage. You know right well it'll make the difference that it's generally warmer the Brahms grove if you marry because that's it catches the warm weather coming out of the 7 TRENT 7 S tree which is why such a big hole to cultural area so the grass may still be growing so I wouldn't want to encourage much of that now really. If I may ask a question you may carry. Oh right. To stop. Here. Most of their agricultural community will use rabbit fencing you have to dig it down into the ground says chickens are basically all some you can I think you can if you can muster a bit of hunting and looking on the packets there are electronics rabbit scarers. And they send out a signal which could take them away having cats around often keep some way as well there are something else in the back my mind and I'll try to remember what it is the might work but a Come thing what it is for the moment. Rabbits rather than I think you going to say moles but. Yeah. It's great that they keep the lawn sure but what they do is also digging up. Graves all over the place yes. Well hopefully you're helping What a nice is your brother your brother in law Absolute your son in law all right so you know what I thought you saw actually the investment in a spreader will save him a lot of effort in the future Yeah yeah I know it's a good investment. Thank you very much Barry lovely we commence the end of the garden thing here B.B.C. Radio Sheffield Denis I always it's an Ace I think is Dennis. I do apologize if you are today sir and got it wrong says I have no mental quints that produces like I hate every. Would you just last a lot in the winter is the free easel we've been told not. Going to jelly with it yet and that's really nice so maybe not to just state that you need to do something that very hard and very sharp I mean the cup completely safe they're not going to cause you any problem they rock hard they ripening is quite an interesting process just the time it would take in that sense but you can make quince jelly out of it and that's really good with meat. Yes I mean I. Love playing so I do that we can do that now because they'll still be usable the amount of rotted You know I wouldn't think Waste not want not yet so plan but the ornamental coins because you've got flowers from about February through to May. Cut a little bit thorny So that could be quite useful in some go and then you get the fruit later on so excellent in general it's a well it's actually not that miserable you mentioned earlier that we could be heading towards base from a smart. Well I'd call it winter now seems to me after Christmas does. Anything that we should be doing pets. Ahead of this impending doom well wrap up the tender plants really have. The roles of place of putting around things. If it's going to get really windy like it did yesterday get any pots that might have blown around took them up against each other get them against the house the car blow around as those sort of things don't have things flying around the garden if you've got a greenhouse because the greenhouse might be quite stable but things hitting it won't be going to class those sort of things we live on a road with a lot of lime trees which is absolutely fantastic but in a gale they shed lots of dead branches so keep breaking those up because they don't they don't move very easily some parts of what we also call table of the 1st on my garden table on bricks you know which ones been telling Stiefel is it wooden and it's wood and covering it I mean it's well today that we've done it basically just bits and bits and bobs like that are seeing the 1st snow drops in flower bulbs are coming through a source some beautiful little shoots of daffodils popping through so spring is on its way and the days are now getting longer Well yeah let me tell you long enough I do it but let's look on the bright side missile Graeme thank you very much and we'll be back for our 1st garden phone in the 29 times a little with bells on. 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