Sally Oates

Sustainable organic horticulture, wild and garden plants, supporting native wildlife. Grower of fruit, vegetables and cut flowers. Seed saver, & compost maker.

[Sally Oates @DillycotGarden]

Perimeter planting of purple loosestrife and meadow vetch has attracted a pair of common blue #butterflies #wildlife #Gloucestershire

[Sally Oates @DillycotGarden]

All action from flying ants earlier this afternoon #wildlife

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

2 photos of the arctic both taken in the summer more than 70 years apart show the dramatic change in the continent ice cover.

There is no time to waste. No planet B. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables #GreenNewDeal pic via @ChristianAslund

[Hestercombe Gardens @HestercombeGdns]

A rather unusual event recently took place overnight at Hestercombe 🦇

A small colony of lesser horseshoe bats decided to take roost in our ticket office toilets.

The toilets will be closed until our little friends find their way back to the cosy lofts of our Visitor Centre.

[Brown Envelope Seeds @MadsMcKeever]

Come and visit us on Sunday afternoon, from 2-4. We are celebrating peak tomato season with a display of tomato varieties and and a cup of tea in the barn. If you would like to bring some of your tomatoes to add to the display we would be delighted. P81 HP71

[Sally Oates @DillycotGarden]

@DirtyGardenH0E Sadly it happens 😞

[Sally Oates @DillycotGarden]

#brightonhippodrome

[Sally Oates @DillycotGarden]

#brightonhippodrome

[Sally Oates @DillycotGarden]

#brightonhippodrone

[Sally Oates @DillycotGarden]

#brightonhippodrone

[Sally Oates @DillycotGarden]

What a project! Saving Brighton Hippodrome from decay; amazing visit to see the work so far, lots of restoration and remedial work

[Sally Oates @DillycotGarden]

@BarbaraSutton15 If this Baroness speaks in the House of Lords does it follow that this will also be unreported?

[Sally Oates @DillycotGarden]

@urbanponds101

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Swimming in contaminated water can lead to gastroenteritis, hepatitis, giardiasis, skin rashes, amoebic dysentery, nose, ear, and throat problems, pink eye, and other respiratory illnesses."

Just as the school holidays approach.

https://t.co/RdtcNOzS5z

[Sally Oates @DillycotGarden]

@cleanupbritain @NationalHways @BBCJustinR There seem to be a small minority who are ultra messy

[Adam Alexander @vegoutwithadam]

Most tomato flowers have inserted stigma but others like this heritage Ukrainian Heart have excerted stigma and bees can easily pollinate them. When saving seed varieties like this one should be bagged or grown in isolation from other tommies with similar flowers

[Sally Oates @DillycotGarden]

@vegoutwithadam @HeritageSeedsUK @VerticalVeg One of my favourite peas

[Sally Oates @DillycotGarden]

@AnnMariePowell @SJRAfloat Munstead Wood

[Dan Walker @mrdanwalker]

Very odd to see people still naming BBC presenters who they think are involved in the latest scandal.

If you casually throw out the name on here then it could cost you 1000s of pounds
#Defamation

[Phil @PhilSipocz]

*Warning* Check yourself for Ticks! My wife has been in A&E today & is now on a severe course of Antibiotics. Took one off her over a week ago & this weekend Bullseye Rash appeared. This is now an oval shape & increasing in size. Rare, but tick's been picked up in #LakeDistrict

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

Just got a scam automated call from 'HMRC' on my mobile. Electronic voice with US accent telling me I hadn't replied to a letter and legal action was being started... "press 1 to urgently speak to an agent".

Decided to play along and see what happened. Pressed 1, man answered saying HMRC, I said "Hello can you tell me which HMRC office you are part of please."

That was enough. He rang off. No fun at all!