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Mike Rogers
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I'm Flighty - allotmenteer, armchair gardener, blogger and sofa flying book buff in Harrow, London.

My blog is Flighty's plot - https://flightplot.wordpress.com
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booktrust.org.uk
This is the difference you could make on #GivingTuesday.

By donating today, you could give joy, magic and stories that open up the world to a child.

See more postcards from children who have received a festive book parcel here 👇

https://bit.ly/4rz5e6L
A postcard from a child receiving a Christmas book parcel - it reads: "When I got it I felt excited because these are my favourite packages. Merry Christmas. Best package ever". The child has also drawn love hearts, candy canes and a Christmas tree
December 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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bearsgetcrafty.bsky.social
Made a few more upcycled Christmas decs involving plastic. It's bugging me, I don't want to say this is a good thing to do. Put your plastics in the recycling. If you let your kids use them for craft they end up in landfill.
December 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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eggsypony.bsky.social
Today is Christmas Book Day so we're sharing 2 of our favs here
eggsyponyandfriends.blogspot.com/2025/12/2-ch...
2 Christmas Book Day Recommendations for Horse Lovers
Magdalen Nabb's The Enchanted Horse really is an enchanting story. A quick read originally published as a children's book in 1992, it was ...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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bearsgetcrafty.bsky.social
Ordered Christmas cake ingredients. Now, where can I get 2 really small cake tins before next weeK?
December 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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bearsgetcrafty.bsky.social
Mini models make great gifts and are easy to post! Garden shed, Greenhouse, or Beehive from www.bearsgetcrafty.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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saveourwildcats.bsky.social
Wildcats are on the brink of extinction in Scotland. This Christmas, your support could help save our Highland Tiger 🧡

Donate today via the @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge to restore this elusive species to Scotland’s landscapes for generations to come ➡ bit.ly/SavingWildcats2025BigGive
December 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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lucycorrander.bsky.social
Does anyone have a useful link to info. about the problems for organic growers in using horse manure as a fertiliser?
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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minisanctuary.bsky.social
We saved little Diesel, our rescue miniature horse, from being shot - he didn’t have the right ‘look’ for a show pony 😱

We want to become a registered charity to help him & others like him 🙏🏻

Please read our vision via our fundraiser: gofund.me/8bdcb0cdc

Thank you for your help 🐴

#animalsanctuary
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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oldpostcards4sale.bsky.social
Looking for a unique and special Christmas gift that doesn't break the bank? How about a vintage postcard of a special place? Buy early in the month, avoid the postal delays!
www.ebay.co.uk/str/oldpostc...
Unique Christmas gifts, vintage postcards of a special place
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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jemimasgarden.bsky.social
Make your Christmas cards even more special by slipping a packet of seeds inside 😊
Our packets of seeds are just the right size and will also make the wildlife happy🐝🦋🌱🦇🐛
Most are only £2 each, available from www.jemimasgarden.co.uk
#MHHSBD
A picture of Gypsophila 'Covent Garden'. This is a very dainty plant, (also known as Baby's Breath), with very pretty five-petalled white flowers. In reality, although it's an annual plant, it is fairly tough and easy to grow. There is a white butterfly in the picture, feeding from the flowers.
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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craftygreenpoet.bsky.social
Some nice ideas here from Scottish Wildlife Trust (@scotwildlife.bsky.social) on having an eco-conscious festive season scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/2025/11/how-...
How to be eco-conscious this Christmas
With Christmas fast approaching, our Engagement Officer, Rachel Faichnie, has put together some tips for being more eco-friendly this festive period.   Christmas is a time of year I always look …
scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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lizlash.bsky.social
OH's 93 year old dad is still in A&E on a trolley, over 24 hours now, waiting for a bed.
November 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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booktrust.org.uk
Why do elephants have trunks? Why does my tummy rumble? Why...?

For #NonFictionNovember, author Christopher LLoyd explores how we can harness children's natural curiosity and spark a love of reading in the age of screens 👇

https://bit.ly/4onEbbU
Welcome to the age of non-fiction: getting kids reading
Author Christopher Lloyd argues that facts are best
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November 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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raggamog.bsky.social
The blog nearly didn't make it, but the Witch is waiting with freshly brewed tea and chronic back pain. Join her for some folklore, poetry, and the homely scent of 'Deep Heat'...
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#WritingCommunity #Poetry #Folklore #NorseMythology #WitchSky #MHHSBD
Quiet Introspection
The Witch and the Chihuahua published a post on Ko-fi
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November 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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suebeesley.bsky.social
Stuck for gift ideas for the gardener in your life? How about a kit to encourage them to save seeds, with a 'how-to' booklet? Or help them start growing with our very own annual meadow mix. Both beautifully presented in attractive, re-usable tins and created at our nursery in Cheshire. x
bluebellcottage.bsky.social Bluebell Cottage Gardens @bluebellcottage.bsky.social · 2d
Two unique Christmas gift ideas..
-Seed Saving Kit - save your own seeds, with a 'how to' booklet written by Sue :-)
-9,000 annual wildflower seeds in a pretty little gift tin - the perfect stocking filler.
www.bluebellcottage.co.uk/search?q=ann...
www.bluebellcottage.co.uk/search?q=see...
Annual wildflower seed collection in a gift tin as a Christmas present. Our unique seed saving kit - the ideal Christmas present for a keen gardener.
November 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
sofaflyer.bsky.social
Today's Flighty's plot blog post is A good autumn - flightplot.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/a...

🌱 #UKGardening
A good autumn
During the week I cleared all the foliage from the flower patches but now need to dig out quite a few pot marigold tap roots which stayed put when I pulled the plants up. The only plant still of in…
flightplot.wordpress.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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jemimasgarden.bsky.social
If you need a gift for someone into gardening or wildlife, check out our seed collections.
They come in tins, (easy to wrap 😊), and contain packets of seeds for flowers that are beneficial to wildlife 🐝🦋🦇🐛🌱
www.jemimasgarden.co.uk
#MHHSBD
#Christmasgifts
#EcoFriendly
A compilation picture of our 3 different seed collections, Annual Fowers, Biennial Flowers and Perennial Flowers. They are contained in labelled rectangular silver tins. The photo of the Perennial seeds shows the opened tin and the seed packets that are contained within. A compilation photo showing the flowers that can be grown from the packets of seeds contained in our Annual Seed Collection. These are: Borage, blue, star-like flowers, (this one has bee feeding from it) Californinan Poppy, orange flowers Cornflower Polka Dot Mixed, a mix of blue, pink, deep purple/pink and white flowers Corn Marigold, yellow daisy-like flowers Cornflower, intense blue flowers, this one has a bee on it Corn Chamomile, white with yellow centre, daisy-like flowers Cosmos, Large, simple flowers in shades of pink and white Limnanthes, (Poached Egg Plant), not surprisingly, yellow flowers with a white edge Nasturtium Alaska, vivid tubular flowers in shades from yellow to deep red and green/cream variegated leaves. Nigella, (Love in a Mist), Persian Jewels Mixed, pretty flowers in colours of white, pink and blue. Pot Marigold, orange daisy-like flowers in vivid orange with orange centres. Red Field Poppy, traditional red Poppy.
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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cazzabee.bsky.social
Last of this seasons tomatoes. Picked green and ripened slowly on a south facing windowsill. Chuffed to have our own tomatoes from July until December. 🌱
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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sallynex.bsky.social
Surely the government will choose to move at last on its long standing promise to #endpeatsales... we are expecting an indication on Monday. In the meantime if you want to give them a nudge - please add your name to the petition actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal... 🙏 thank you 💚
peatfree.bsky.social Peat-free Partnership @peatfree.bsky.social · 4d
We're anticipating news from Government on their environmental plans before Christmas.

Stay in the loop with any updates on peat by signing up to our newsletter:

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A mountain of extracted peat in the Somerset levels.
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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sallynex.bsky.social
The Heritage Seed Library is 50 years old 💚 and raises all its rare & unusual veg #peatfree 😊 sign the petition actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal... to back other #sustainable growers & #gardeners doing the same with minimal fuss - just getting on with it without any need for peat 😍
peatfree.bsky.social Peat-free Partnership @peatfree.bsky.social · 5d
Meet the people keeping heirloom veg alive in UK gardens… and doing it all peat-free.

@gardenorganicuk.bsky.social distributes more than 30,000 packets of heritage seed to 'everyday' growers each year - see their Hort Short for more 👇🌱

#EndPeatSales
#PeatFree #Gardening #HeirloomVeg
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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sophiejayhudson.bsky.social
A great opportunity
#nhs #estates
nhsforest.bsky.social NHS Forest @nhsforest.bsky.social · 6d
What better time to order fully funded NHS Forest trees than National Tree Week? We have lots of choice & can supply healthcare sites in England, Wales & Scotland. Our tree bundles come with tree guards & mulch mats – completely free of charge. https://nhsforest.org/green-your-site/tree-planting/
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
sofaflyer.bsky.social
Today's Flighty's plot blog post is One of my... - flightplot.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/o...

🌱 #UKgardening
One of my…
favourite flowers is cosmos bipinnatus, especially the white plain-petalled ones. I grow plenty on the plot, mostly shorter varieties up to about 24 in /60 cm, and I agree with what the Chiltern Se…
flightplot.wordpress.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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jemimasgarden.bsky.social
Make your Christmas cards even more special by slipping a packet of seeds inside 😊
Our packets of seeds are just the right size and will also make the wildlife happy🐝🦋🌱🦇🐛
Most are only £2 each, available from
www.jemimasgarden.co.uk
#MHHSBD
A purple Foxglove flower. The flowers are attached to an upright stem with mid-green leaves also appearing from the stem. The flowers have very pretty markings of dark reddish blobs inside a white ring inside each flower which are bell shaped. This is to help guide Bees to the top of the flower where the pollen is. The background is green consisting of grass and shrubs, trees and various plants.
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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jemimasgarden.bsky.social
If you place an order for £25 (or over), between now and 18th December, I'll send you a voucher for £5 to be spent on any future order over £25.00.
The voucher can be used any time in the next year so perfect for using next spring 🐝 🦋 🌱
#MHHSBD
jemimasgarden.co.uk
A paper voucher entitling someone to £5 off their next order for £25 or over with Jemima's Garden. The voucher is a sample. The voucher is placed over a photograph of 6 different plants, all biennials. These are Clary Sage, Teasel, Foxglove, Hollyhock, Viper's Bugloss and Honesty.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM