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Post by Amo on May 12, 2008 11:57:57 GMT
Go on WeeT, tell her!!! ;D  ;D ;D |
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Post by Missredhead on May 12, 2008 12:50:04 GMT
OH YES IT IS  Not in my garden it isn't......it's very cool cos there are huge trees at the bottom that keep it in the shade for the afternoon so I can busy myself out there without getting burnt. Now the front of the house is a different matter.  My Whinge...... While sweeping up the garden this morning I knocked over a chimney type flower pot and it smashed all over the place...fingers crossed that the lupin that was growing in it doesn't now die from shock. |
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Post by Weeterrier on May 12, 2008 13:51:35 GMT
I'm the same Amo. I met a friend for lunch today in our local GC and I had to have a look round before we went our separate ways. It cost me £27.64 to look round!!??  ;D Wee, if you have to get a ruler out for your veggie rows you will know you have horticultural OCD!!  I did, I took out the meter stick I used to use for sewing.  |
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Post by Plocket on May 12, 2008 15:44:04 GMT
Oh that's dreadful. Can't you sneek into her greenhouse and pinch them? Or at least sneek in and water them!
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Post by Weeterrier on May 12, 2008 17:11:01 GMT
One way or another, I'm doing something about the sweetpeas tomorrow Sorry to hear about your pot Missy, bet you were cursing. But I'm sure your Lupin will be fine. |
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Post by Missredhead on May 12, 2008 17:42:06 GMT
The air was blue Wee.... I hope so. I put it in a pot cos the ones that I planted into the ground last year all got eaten...  |
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Post by Shrubrose on May 12, 2008 17:45:55 GMT
Bad luck Missy! Hope it recovers  |
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Post by Missredhead on May 12, 2008 17:47:07 GMT
me too...it doesn't look as happy as it did before it got knocked over.
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Post by prodigal gardener on May 12, 2008 18:06:16 GMT
It will be fine Missy. Mine survived a move across the garden a couple of weeks back, and they sulked a few days then got over it.... Cannot believe folk are moaning that its too hot!!!!! NO SUCH THING. Its lovely ;D I love it. Karl aint so keen tho....Mardy bum.
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Post by Jasmine on May 18, 2008 9:50:22 GMT
Something's eating my irises.  I thought it was slugs at first but I've a feeling its rabbits now as it's only the flower stalks that are being eaten and the flower heads are left on the ground. That would have to be a slug with a very big appetite. Although the bottom of the garden can be over run with them in the morning I didn't think they were brave enough to come so close to the house. |
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Post by Weeterrier on May 18, 2008 20:37:28 GMT
Mmmmmm, if there were juicy fat Iris buds on the menu................... |
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Post by farmersboy on May 21, 2008 17:13:47 GMT
Ive been growing veg for about 50 yrs,and today i saw something i had never witnessed before,a Starling was pulling up my carrots,they are about 4 ins high,and taking them to a birdbox,where i believe they are nesting,i wonder why they need carrots. I know they need thinning,but i am quite capable ;D
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Post by Shrubrose on May 21, 2008 18:00:42 GMT
Cheeky little blighter Fb! ;D He'll be back for more |
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Post by Weeterrier on May 21, 2008 22:12:19 GMT
Mmmmmmm, even birds are going for the healthy option now. |
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Post by Barbara on May 22, 2008 7:17:23 GMT
two sparrows were trying to rip my alliums apart yesterday  they usually wait till they have gone to seed, these are in full flower |
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Post by Weeterrier on May 22, 2008 8:11:56 GMT
Bet they'll be cheering when you drive off on holiday Barbara. |
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Post by Missredhead on May 22, 2008 8:50:56 GMT
;D
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Post by Rosefriend on May 22, 2008 13:17:25 GMT
My neighbour again - the one on the left - this is what his lawn looks like. The fence is 90 cms high and the grass is a fair bit higher!!  and then his horse trailer is now a permanent fixture.  My OH asked him to mow his "lawn" - the answer was that he hasn't the time. Mmmh well I suppose not when he watches TV from 7.30 am until after Midnight every day. The neighbour on the right hand side is also coming back today after 2 weeks working away and will water the garden again, and again and again and again......my poor plants. I really could scream!! RF |
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Post by Weeterrier on May 22, 2008 14:46:06 GMT
That's heartbreaking RF, and I know how you feel, because up until a couple of years ago, I had exactly the same next door. It was an old man, but he was well off enough to hire a gardener, and he had a fit family, but he said it was like that "for a nature garden" Utter baloney. Then you have the waterer Come live beside me.  |
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Post by Missredhead on May 22, 2008 18:08:50 GMT
I have one like that too RF.. when my cameras working again I'll take a pic. His garden is full of nettles and his front garden is no better.
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Post by Tig on May 22, 2008 18:40:27 GMT
Has he got a horse to go in the trailer RF? If he has could you not suggest he scythe and dry the long grass for free hay  |
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Post by Amo on May 22, 2008 18:44:35 GMT
OH RF!!
Perhaps we should have a community of gardeners. Down here we have Charlie's Poundbury built spcifically for those who like to name drop, have no taste and who have more money than sense. I'm sure we could come up with something much better. Half acre each do for a start??
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Post by Weeterrier on May 22, 2008 21:47:03 GMT
I'm going to need more than half an acre to have room for all the b&**£% veg I have been growing. |
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Post by Shrubrose on May 23, 2008 5:49:13 GMT
;D ;D ;D
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Post by Rosefriend on May 23, 2008 6:28:28 GMT
That's heartbreaking RF, and I know how you feel, because up until a couple of years ago, I had exactly the same next door. It was an old man, but he was well off enough to hire a gardener, and he had a fit family, but he said it was like that "for a nature garden" Utter baloney. Then you have the waterer Come live beside me. Love to Wee - we had one years ago down the road that said she had bought the seeds especially to have a lovely "natural garden" - she was a bit disconcerted when we all laughed. Has he got a horse to go in the trailer RF? If he has could you not suggest he scythe and dry the long grass for free hay Yep he has a horse - threw him the other day, hehehe - but he is far too lazy to do anything like that. When hard work was invented he was way down the list, I am afraid. I have one like that too RF.. when my cameras working again I'll take a pic. His garden is full of nettles and his front garden is no better. Good idea Missy - we can compare pics. OH RF!! Perhaps we should have a community of gardeners. Down here we have Charlie's Poundbury built spcifically for those who like to name drop, have no taste and who have more money than sense. I'm sure we could come up with something much better. Half acre each do for a start?? Half an acre would be fine and then another half for Wee and I to share just for our veggies. What do you reckon Wee? You also get another half an acre to plant a lovely garden. RF |
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Post by Weeterrier on May 23, 2008 8:23:52 GMT
Sounds good to me. |
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Post by Amo on May 23, 2008 17:56:15 GMT
Our village could always have allotments.
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Post by thecleaninglady on May 23, 2008 18:20:03 GMT
That sounds good Amo
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Post by Rosefriend on May 30, 2008 12:43:43 GMT
Two days ago I went in to the neighbours garden - well whatever it is and measured some of the grass that was growing - 1m 30cms and the fence is 90cms. To say that I am sick of the weeds is really being rather polite.
Anyway yesterday morning after once again not having any sun because of his damn trees that he won't cut down, my OH and I decided to have a last try in getting him to do something. I saw him tense when my OH asked if we could have a word with him. Anyway my OH asked very politely again if he could cut his grass - lawn would really be a bit of a silly thing to say. He started with ... he didn't have the time, didn't feel fit enough, had to work, just couldn't.
My OH said ...."oh yes and just to let you know we are cutting off all the overhanging branches unless you want to do it after mowing your meadow". Must admit that I was starting to feel sorry for him at this point as for every excuse he made one of us came up with the answer for him.
Well something must have clicked in his brain because he went outside at 5pm and mowed - the mower was sort of lifted up and down where the grass was exceptionally high - he even went inside for a drink and a towel - he was sweating so much ......hehehehe!!!
I don't suppose for one minute that it will last and had he done it a few days ago it could have saved my Sunflowers from being eaten but at least he has done it.
As soon as the temperatures go down we will lop some of the overhanging branches off. He won't like that at all as he says that he doesn't want any sun going into the house.
The horse box stays in the middle of the garden as well as his car.
The watering neighbour on the other side has accepted the fact that I don't want my toms watered - another small victory. That won't last long either, I don't think.
However it is a little better at the moment for us.
RF
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Post by Auricula on May 31, 2008 0:45:38 GMT
Bless RF !! Neighbours can be such a trial, we have fields on 2 sides of our garden and a non gardening neighbour backing on to part of our land - no escape from weeds!!! Our neighbour is not friendly and has insisted on putting up very URBAN fences around his very RURAL plot.We have had to plant hedges along our side of his fences to hide them from view!!! Good luck with the tomatoes |
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