I have three trees, Plum, Damson and Greengage. They are in desperate need of pruning to open them up and the Victoria especially is spreading too wide. According to my book, they should not be prunes over winter for fear of infection but should be pruned in the Spring/Summer when they are growing vigorously. The trouble is, if I do them then (now), I risk losing any of the few fruit they might have set. Is this just a bullet I'm going to have to bite?

Hello all,

I've made it! I have changed my username as my old one doesn't really fit with my gardening aspirations. I don't want to be cryptic though, so I'll make it clear who I am in my signature for the next few weeks at least 

.....as its getting a bit confusing hopping from one forum to tuther?

I sowed some cosmos seeds 2 days ago, put them on the windowsill, and they are coming up already!

   

Posting pics is a bit laborious isn't it? 

I’m try a chive flower & cider vinegar. 
Apparently it’s fantastic on your chips and it tastes like the vinegar from your pickled onions. No harm in giving it a try.
And it looks pretty.

   

Christmas / Easter cactus (don’t know which)

   

   

I managed to finally get registered and logged in on Chrome - turns out that my AVG plugin didn't like this site and thinks it's dangerous lol

No points for guessing who I am lol

Is it for letting others know about yellow sticker-ed stuff? Or for recommendations for goods etc?

Or is it for flogging unwanted items?

Just asking.

On our P2P the emojis worked, Can we have them back again please 

i found this guy on my rosemary in the poly tunnel