This is an IKEA shoerack. There are 7 "shelves" and it all come apart easily. I already have an 8th shelf.

My question to you all is:-
How many uses can you think of for this rack? I have some ideas but you will probably think of others that will be better.

I'll start you off:-

1. A shoerack.

Part 1.  Found a dead Mouse (I think) in the chicken run this morning. It was a big mouse, don't think it was a rat.
I ushered the chicken out and left the mouse until the dogs were back in the house out of the way. When I went back, a couple of hours later, the mouse had disappeared. It seems that it was "Playing dead" and scarpered when all was quiet. I'm glad I didn't try to pick it up!!

Part 2. Ted just appeared at the kitchen door with a dead rat in his mouth! Fortunately he dropped it and was happy to leave it outside. It was hoooge. I know they're getting into the garage and have a tunnel under GH 2 and we have rat poison down in locked boxes that the dogs can't get into. Just hope that the dogs don't try to eat the rats. 

The hazel trees in the garden and growing wild, are laden with nuts this year. The best year I can remember.
Does anyone grow Nut trees - Walnut, Chestnut, Hazel, Cob, Almond?
Nuts are a good source of protein, maybe we should be growing more of them. I'd be grateful for your experiences please.

As I am not really a flower grower I just thought I’d show off some very tall lilies I planted 2 years ago, they flowered last year and again this year, the perfume off them is fantastic not like that horrible smell you get from those lilies that appear in every bouquet of flowers.

           

Just discovered this spider in a punnet of Lidl plums from Spain. 
I think it’s a noble false widow spider!

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Has anyone grown this? In my search for herbs for cut flowers I've stumbled on this one.... but I can't find seed for it? 
On writing this ... I haven't looked in Jekkas herbs. So off to look!

I've been thinking about Corners recently - the Corners at the bottom of the garden. How a corner can be something special or untidy and a dumping ground.
Some people put compost bins or sheds in their corners, or maybe a sitting area?
What do you do with yours? Do you have any special Corners?
I admit that I haven't seen my Corners for a few years - they're overgrown and deep in brambles. Just wishful thinking on my part - maybe one day I'll see them again.

Morning Folks

Has anyone grown these, was wondering if you pinch out the growing tip?
   

I've been offered the large part of a 100l bag of landscaping bark but told its very heavy.
Now some people's version of "very heavy" varies so, can anyone tell me in pounds or even kilos, what to expect  when I go to pick it up tomorrow please.

On the Flowers beginning with H thread, that SC started today, all I could think of was Halitosis!!

Halitosis flowerbuds are a pretty pink and white when closed.  When the buds open, it reveals its yellow and black spotted interior with a slightly furry stamen.  Its one to observe from a distance as the stench of the Halitosis flower is attractive only to blowflies and dung beetles. 
Don't like your neighbours? Plant this next to their fence and they won't bother you for long. 

Seeds are on sale from your usual ripoff supplier.