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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2007 22:22:09 GMT
Just fancied a change MRH
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Post by Missredhead on Sept 21, 2007 22:22:46 GMT
preferred the other one.....sorry
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2007 22:24:02 GMT
Beer goggles?  |
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Post by Missredhead on Sept 21, 2007 22:25:28 GMT
eh?
Whats beer goggles?
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Post by Tig on Sept 21, 2007 22:38:19 GMT
Looking out his bottom mrh ;D (too much of the ale and hearty eh DG!!  ) I've been out pruning and clearing the deadwood again - you can be ruthless once you've got the secateurs in your hand!  |
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Post by Missredhead on Sept 21, 2007 22:39:22 GMT
never heard of it!!  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2007 22:40:36 GMT
Beer goggles on;  Beer goggles off;  |
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Post by Missredhead on Sept 21, 2007 22:42:09 GMT
the first ones buff...
the second one....yuk
I get it now. you see what you want to see...right?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2007 22:43:42 GMT
You got it. I always look like the former after a good night, the latter the next morning. That is the power of alcohol. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2007 19:24:58 GMT
evening all.
i had a very satisfying garden day today.
i sowed some perpetual spinach and other bits and bobs.
i planted lots more bulbs and dug over the veg patch.
i got all the bits of chicken wire out that i cover my veg patch with to stop the cats pooing in it.
its ugly but i'd rather that than cat poo.
i tidied up a lot and moved a few things.
i found an iris i had forgotton i had .
my hands were very dirt and my back aches.i love that feeling .
it was warm and had an air of late summer about it rather than autumn(or even winter)
i am a happy bunny.
i have more things to do tomorrow so i will be a happy bunny again then.
xxxx
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Sept 22, 2007 19:30:26 GMT
aw... ;D
This morning I rummaged around in the border planting me daffs.....
then I had 2 glasses of champagne and a cheese sandwich
this arvo I just pottered about weeding and cooing at me flowers.... ;D then planted some sweet williams and wallflowers...then I had another two glasses of champagne
then I had a sleep on the sofa...probably with my mouth open...dribbling no doubt ;D
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2007 19:37:34 GMT
sounds like a good birthday anniversary
the sleep and the dribble sound particularly good ;D ;D
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Post by Missredhead on Sept 22, 2007 19:39:58 GMT
I did absolutely nothing in the garden today...
unless you count hanging the washing out ;D
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Post by thecleaninglady on Sept 22, 2007 20:35:13 GMT
Didn't get much chance to do any gardening today as I took my son to Lancaster ready to start his final year at Uni there. Got back about 5.00pm, so had chance to pot up 50 cyclamen corms that arrived yesterday. (They are not all for me, by the way, but I got the job of potting them up)
If the weather is fine tomorrow, I hope to get some tidying up done.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2007 14:50:13 GMT
The weather was absolutely glorious yesterday - the kind of summer's day we missed during the summer ;D ...did another batch of weeding, pulled up a few annuals which had gone over, made three 2-litre bottles of nettle slurry ... potted on some cuttings ... moved more self-sown seedlings. Generally pottered ... cheers ...
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Post by Dr Bill on Sept 23, 2007 15:32:10 GMT
Just a bit of gentle weeding today to tidy up the beds and borders. Filled the bird feeders (but realised I have run out of sunflower seeds). Planted a couple of Meconopsis which I bought on holiday (with a Slug-out barrier around them - first time I've used it so it will be interesting to see if it is effective)
Yesterday planted onion sets and sowed spring cabbage. lettuce, perpetual spinach and oriental leaves. Dead heading and a bit of general chopping back and tidying up.
Lots to do before winter
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Post by Tig on Sept 23, 2007 18:54:45 GMT
I've pulled up all my carrots - they have been rubbish this year, too wet I guess. Tidied round the brassicas and leeks, scattered a bit of growmore around them. I took some more of the larger apples of the Bramley - otherwise the wind blows them off and they bruise  |
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Post by Shrubrose on Sept 24, 2007 6:15:23 GMT
picked an apple from the tree too Tig. That's as much as I've done this weekend. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2007 8:15:09 GMT
i reallly wanted to get in the garden again today but guess what  ?? its pouring down with rain. arrrggghhhhh plan B it is then. xxxxx |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2007 8:45:15 GMT
Back at work now so wont get to lottie properly until the weekend but on Saturday I sorted out my compost heaps. I have one just nicely waiting to put on the plot when its been cleared!! The other pile just smells of rotting stuff did some weeding too then pulled my first leeks and had them for dinner on sunday. Pulled lots of Corn on the Cob as its meant to be quite cold later this week and I was scared what it would do, so off they came and into the freezer they went! THEN I went fishing for the afternoon! Only caught a little flat fish (we fished the Tay on Riverside in Dundee) but I dont mind, its just being out in decent weather that makes it fun!  Julz |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2007 18:22:21 GMT
Cleared out an enormous patch of mint ... which I thought I'd done earlier this year ... dug it over, didscovered more roots, forked a bit ... more roots ... three hours later, and I'm pretty sure they're all gone. Planted Allium Moly and Ixia bulbs, as well as yellow Crocosmia in the former-mint-spot. Now feel tired but satisfied ;D ... cheers ... |
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Post by Dr Bill on Sept 29, 2007 18:36:55 GMT
Nowt. I've had a really idle day. Just couldn't pluck up the enthusiasm.
Does anyone else have days like that?
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Post by Jardack on Sept 29, 2007 18:50:43 GMT
nothing, which is a shame as I really need to start clearing some of the old stuff and preparing for winter/spring...
Am taking my nan shopping at the GC next week so will need to make some space as I know I'll end up with something ;D
Jardack
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Post by Spruance on Sept 29, 2007 22:32:28 GMT
I have 'harvested' the buddleia today. ;D
I say harvested, because as a result of reducing the bushes to around five feet high to prevent wind-rock over winter, I have acquired three bundles of eminently useable buddleia 'canes' which make very good plant supports. They also blend in better than bamboo canes, and are long lasting, and of course completely free.
I find that it is as well to dry the buddleia canes over winter otherwise they have a tendency to sprout if left in a damp environment.
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Post by Tig on Sept 29, 2007 22:41:54 GMT
Oh drat - I shredded all my buddleia prunings - thought they had a tendency to go a bit brittle.
I' ve removed dead leaves from parsnips and celeriac, raked over the soil in the main veg plot, and chopped off the flowering florence fennel - but I've left them in the ground as there are side shoots forming! Is this usual?
I really want to plant some bulbs. But I don't want to rip out my marigolds as they are still flowering well and the insects love them (bees, butterflies and hoverflies - as per my pics ;D) Tig
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2007 6:03:06 GMT
Watering, & dead heading yesterday & trying to work out where to plant the bulbs (pots or garden (decisions, decisions).
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Post by Shrubrose on Sept 30, 2007 7:35:07 GMT
Nowt. I've had a really idle day. Just couldn't pluck up the enthusiasm. Does anyone else have days like that? More than I dare to think about dr bill ;D But yest |
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Post by Shrubrose on Sept 30, 2007 7:36:36 GMT
Nowt. I've had a really idle day. Just couldn't pluck up the enthusiasm. Does anyone else have days like that? More than I dare to think about dr bill ;D But yesterday wasn't one of them - got some weeding done and had a walk round and a check on things. Planning to spread and dig some compost in today. |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Sept 30, 2007 14:39:33 GMT
Today I did a bit of weeding and dead heading in my Dad's garden....then this afternoon I've finished planting the anemone bulbs, the wallflowers, sweet williams and bellis....also took some cuttings from the 2 osteospermum and lantana...you never know....
Also watered in my last dose of nemaslug for the year.....
oh yes...I moved the foxglove and 2 types of delphinium seedlings in their little pots into the CF as well...I put sharp grit in the bottom the other day to deter slugs and snails...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2007 15:25:52 GMT
I have 'harvested' the buddleia today. ;D I find that it is as well to dry the buddleia canes over winter otherwise they have a tendency to sprout if left in a damp environment. Great idea OM ... my next garden task is to chop down the wall monster buddleia prior to covering the stumps with weed-suppressing membrane ... so will make sure to save and dry the branches ... cheers ... |
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