Come into the garden with Maud - all obsessive and wannabe gardeners welcome

[ComeIntoTheGardenMaud]

Whether you've got rolling acres or a tiny courtyard, whether you're a novice or a gardening die-hard, whether you're aiming for a garden of Sissinghurst loveliness or self-sufficiency à la Felicity Kendal in The Good Life, this is the place to be. Take a seat on the tastefully-painted Lutyens bench and chat with fellow enthusiasts. There may even be a bottle of gin in the potting shed.

Lexi, I think you should shed your inhibitions and start the next thread...

Yeah, Lexi. Shed that reticence and start a barn-storming thread.

grrr

You know I'm only jealous, Lexi, of your extensive sheddage.

Come on over then you mucky, muddy, soggy old trouts!!! (apart from Bertha who wears gloves) :)

(chickens also welcome.) (and Humph's piggies)

But to answer the question, no I haven't yet looked at (but neither did I chuck) the tool catalogue. I will probably be going for the 'reader offer' of a free tayberry plant, as one of the four canes I bought at a garden centre has not grown.

I still haven't got through GW mag yet either. Happy hours yet to come on that one.

The good news - the hurdle man turned up.

The bad news - bastard slugs have eaten everything that was growing in my little greenhouse. I am going out there later, there will be trouble

Can we revive this plant for a late summer sow

and a winge about the slugs....