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clever boy henry, well done, they are very intelligent dogs barbara, loved the walk and the pics, but love to see dear henry best of all :o)))

Great blog Spritz and Henry is clever, as all dogs are really, but he was waiting for you to open the gate just to make you feel good, I bet he can open it truth be known :o)))))))))

Lovely blog Spritz

I have a secret longing for a lab, but I dont think Phoebe the cat agrees, nor unfortunately does hubby..............

Gorgeous pots! :~))

I guess you both learn from eachother.He's a great companion.

Wonderful to watch them grow both in size and intelligence :~))
There'll be no stopping him once he has mastered gates. Believe me I know because my oldest girl is an ace with gates and latches and has taught the youngest, her granddaughter LoL

very pretty spritz.

Bit fiddly to do with a large specimen, but it looks fine when it grows.

Bamboo that sounds like a good idea might do that to ours.

No idea, never done it on one this size, only on very large ones, and I don't take half the stems down either, I tend to take a quarter to the ground, a quarter about a foot up, a quarter 2 feet up and the rest down to whatever height I think (usually about 3/4 feet from the ground) so you just get graduated growth, really.

If you want both, cut half the stems down to the ground in the spring, interspersed through the shrub, and just shorten the rest.

I scoured the page when I read that first bit;-) I love the foliage on this one as much as the stems, specially when you get the odd all white leaved branch.

Good photo - really does the flower justice. This has to be one of my favourite 'scents' ('smells' is probably a better word) in the garden at any time of year. Very earthy, if you know what I mean.

Is this one Elegantissima, Spritz?

I had this one as a tender young plant and went by with the mower, Somehow I bumped into it..but thought it was ok...well I apparently bumped it harder than I realized as it died and I found on investigation that I had actually managed to cut it somehow and it died at the roots...I do love the way they look in the winter and of course had my dreams..I will have to try again when I am ready to settle again somewhere.

There are belts available, never tried them. Now if they made something that went from top to bottom of your spine, I'd be first in the queue! Before my Dad died, he had his leg ulcer treated with dressings containing magnets (on the NHS) - apparently, they draw blood into the area to aid healing. I remember him saying it improved, but he didn't live long enough to find out if they cured it.

Couldn't the manufacturers make magnetic 'belts' or something....sort of attach the individual magnets to a strip of some stretchy fabric, so people could just pull them over a back, a knee, an elbow, an ankle, like they do with elastic support bandages and sports supports? Surely that would make applying them a whole lot easier - though it'd make them more expensive...

Two of my favourite things.........

Apple watch? Spritz must say its got me guessing? Do let us know.

Thank you Spritz. I will try.

I have never grown it I have not read what has been said just want to give you the results of my research. family hemerocallidaceae coman name tasman flax-lily, flower july to september, takes a year or two to become established after being moved, hardy zone 0 not frost tender, hope this helps

One bag is not full so how about - its just a place to lean them till they finish the job?

Desperation, Spritz - I had a bad lower back (again, old back injury) about 10 years ago,taking much longer to get better than it used to do, and tried all kinds of things - found the magnets in Boots, thought it was worth a try and blow me down, they worked, killed the pain, able to move around normally. Used them ever since.

I wonder if the bagged apples will be taken away?

Have these people not heard of cider?!!

I have had Dianella tasmanica "Tas Red" growing happily in a sheltered spot in my garden (which usually only goes down to about -5 degrees max) for the last two years. Well drained soil is necessary.

Bamboo - you're a sneak :-)

No, I have a vertical trellis screen supporting things like abutilon megapotanicum but there is about 12 inches between the soil and the bottom of the trellis panel. Take a look at my blog on the Open Garden in August - third picture

I've racked my brains for ways to do it other than using sticky tape, Madperth, but the magnets are tiny, about the size of a small ladybird, and do need to be replaced over time as they lose their magnetic charge. As the years go by, I'm using more and more - I might have to pay someone to make me a magnetic body suit eventually...;-))

Ooh....this looks lovely Spritz....such a lot of variety and textures....I love the grasses and they really make a show during winter.....beautiful colours too....:o)