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Post by Tig on Jul 16, 2008 10:07:48 GMT
Don't think it was a fox PJ, I would have expected to see footprints if they were about - I have a blackbird that digs holes to get at the ants, but these were too deep and the soil was neatly scattered behind the cavity, so definitely something with paws I would have thought?
x Tig
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Post by purplejulia on Jul 16, 2008 10:14:15 GMT
You will have to set up a watch. I have found burrowing in my raised bed before and I wasn't sure what it was either, but the holes were deep passages. I never found out what it was - I just filled the holes in and it never happened again.
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Post by nightowl on Jul 24, 2008 8:05:55 GMT
They seem to have completely lost the plot MM  I wonder how big my missing clem would have been by now if I'd got it last Sept  I did suggest, in one of my ignored emails to them, that when (IF!!) they eventually send it to me, they should substitute one a year older (and bigger!!) I finally got my Clematis Flammula from T&M  . I have to admit it's nice and healthy looking, but hardly worth a 10-month wait for!  |
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Post by andy on Jul 24, 2008 8:10:13 GMT
Don't think it was a fox PJ, I would have expected to see footprints if they were about - I have a blackbird that digs holes to get at the ants, but these were too deep and the soil was neatly scattered behind the cavity, so definitely something with paws I would have thought? x Tig Squirrel ? |
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Post by Tig on Jul 24, 2008 10:45:03 GMT
Now that is a possible Andy! Although I didn't find any nuts buried when I dug that bed, and there were none in the holes? Maybe it was just practising for Autumn  NO that is pants compared to what I got from Crocus in just a few days!! That is two suppliers I won't be bothering ordering from! x Tig |
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Post by Biggles on Jul 25, 2008 21:10:13 GMT
They seem to have completely lost the plot MM I wonder how big my missing clem would have been by now if I'd got it last Sept I did suggest, in one of my ignored emails to them, that when (IF!!) they eventually send it to me, they should substitute one a year older (and bigger!!) I finally got my Clematis Flammula from T&M . I have to admit it's nice and healthy looking, but hardly worth a 10-month wait for! Are those Ciggys to show us the size of the plant N.O.? I am no expert on Clematis but it just looks like a Cutting that has just 'struck' or 1 year old--shame on them! I wonder what Plocket makes of that one-- |
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Post by Shrubrose on Jul 26, 2008 7:54:55 GMT
Was cutting the grass and got bitten by, I think, a horsefly. My arm has swelled up and hurts like stink!  And it's bloomin' itchy too |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 26, 2008 9:33:38 GMT
I hate horsefly bites - they really hurt and draw blood...
I am laughing now but I was damned annoyed earlier. Basically it is my own fault because I forgot to pinch my runner beans off and they got too high. As my OH is away at the moment, I am having to get the beans myself, which isn't easy as the step ladder on the gravel isn't very stable and they are just too high..being a short a#se myself, of course.
Anyway I started today with a brilliant idea - get the tree lopper thingy and cut the beans off and just let them fall - hah - yep, you cut the stems as well....back to the step ladder. Right I get up three steps wobbling away and just remembered not to cling to the obelisk before I fell off - twice. Anyway I finally managed to get all the beans off when I noticed that a neighbour from across the road was watching my antics......I can't say what I thought in that minute as it is against our C & C!!
This man is a 6 footer and around 40 or so I guess - he just could have helped me, couldn't he. Anyway I started having a broggle in a spud tub and got some lovely ones out when I heard a voice saying how nice the spuds were and it looked as though I had problems getting my beans. He didn't like beans he said. Oh - I thought - bet you like spuds though...
So I made a trade - he can have some spuds if he helps me get my beans next time. He also says that he likes tomatoes as well...oh dear!!
RF
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Post by Missredhead on Jul 26, 2008 10:58:53 GMT
Tell him how easy it is to grow them and offer to show him....mean bu**er...fancy standing and watching you struggle and not offering to help  |
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Post by nightowl on Jul 26, 2008 12:13:43 GMT
That happened to me last year RF (the beans growing too tall, not falling off a stepladder!). The most annoying thing was, instead of growing towards the light and dangling down the front of the wigwams, they took off backwards over the fence to the neighbours! |
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Post by Tig on Jul 26, 2008 12:21:32 GMT
Oh Shrub Horsefly bites are really nasty, nearly always become infected  You may need to go to A & E if it continues to swell, they can cause blood poisoning!! I think that bloke across the road took a fancy to you RF, and was watching you in an 'admiring that woman balancing (well almost) on a ladder' type way I'd be careful it isn't just the spuds and toms he's after (IYKWIM  ) x Tig |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 26, 2008 14:52:22 GMT
Tell him how easy it is to grow them and offer to show him....mean bu**er...fancy standing and watching you struggle and not offering to help I must admit that it annoyed me very much - I can't abide people that don't help if someone is struggling with something. That happened to me last year RF (the beans growing too tall, not falling off a stepladder!). The most annoying thing was, instead of growing towards the light and dangling down the front of the wigwams, they took off backwards over the fence to the neighbours! Mine are doing that to a degree as the sun goes around. However the neighbour doesn't mind me going into his garden but he has a border just where I need to put the ladder - doesn't help me at all. I think that bloke across the road took a fancy to you RF, and was watching you in an 'admiring that woman balancing (well almost) on a ladder' type way I'd be careful it isn't just the spuds and toms he's after (IYKWIM ) x Tig Well he can fancy all he likes Tig - far too wet behind the ears for me - prefer older men, and he is 35 - or so I was told about an hour later. Nah - no thanks - will stick with what I have.... Also my neighbour is coming back from work soon and he will do it for me for nothing....might give him some toms if he would mow the lawn for me though. RF |
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Post by Tig on Aug 1, 2008 9:07:37 GMT
One of the zips has broken today on the front cover of my mini-growhouse - I've only had it a few months Will have to use duck tape - can't think of any other solution! |
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Post by Barbara on Aug 1, 2008 11:38:46 GMT
i can, take it back.
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Post by Tig on Aug 1, 2008 11:43:05 GMT
Now that is a very sensible suggestion, but it would be a tad difficult Barbara - because it is full to bursting with toms, gherkins and cucumbers which are all tied into the frame! x Tig |
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Post by Shrubrose on Aug 1, 2008 18:21:02 GMT
I think it's a common problem Tig. Same thing happened to one I had many moons ago, and one that my sister had. We resorted to 'sticking plasters' too |
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Post by Tig on Aug 1, 2008 18:30:14 GMT
Having spent an age getting the other side of the zip re-attached, then only to find the clasp disintegrate in my fingers  It is now beautifully repaired with duck tape - and with careful management and renewal as required should last me quite a while longer ;D x Tig |
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 1, 2008 18:31:32 GMT
It is a bugger isn't it - one of mine has ripped along the zip although the zip is still in tact.
My OH stuck it with tape and stapled it together - it is still OK after 6 months.
RF
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Post by Tig on Aug 1, 2008 18:38:55 GMT
I found some self-adhesive velcro I had left from a presentation ages ago - but didn't think it would be strong enough to hold it together - I will look for replacements covers, I think mrh bought one at a reasonable price earlier in the year, although I have yet to see any! The online costs when you add p & p is nearly the same as being another complete unit  |
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Post by Missredhead on Aug 1, 2008 19:55:47 GMT
Try Wilkinsons Tig, saw some the other day.
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Post by Tig on Aug 1, 2008 23:02:32 GMT
I've been mrh - mine didn't have them Oh dear |
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Post by Missredhead on Aug 2, 2008 9:57:31 GMT
What size is it Tig?
I mean how many shelves?
I could look for you next week when I go near one.
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Post by Tig on Aug 2, 2008 14:59:15 GMT
It is four tier missy - height to the apex is 63", front width 28", side depth 20" |
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Post by Missredhead on Aug 2, 2008 15:03:55 GMT
Will look for you...have you looked on their website?
You can order them and have them delivered to the store, that way there is no P&P to pay.
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Post by Tig on Aug 2, 2008 15:33:41 GMT
I have looked missy - I can't find them there???
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Post by Missredhead on Aug 2, 2008 15:34:52 GMT
I will look when I go there then.
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Post by Tig on Aug 9, 2008 14:09:20 GMT
Just been and planted in my Fond Memories Clem I had for my birthday - somehow I managed to snap the new growth off the top my way down the garden  Anyway I have come to read up on Plockets advice on propagation - I'm determined to grow some cuttings from what has snapped off to make myself feel better ... Off to do the deed - back later! x Tig
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Post by Missredhead on Aug 9, 2008 14:10:15 GMT
Good luck Tig
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Post by Chuckles on Aug 9, 2008 14:47:31 GMT
Just been and planted in my Fond Memories Clem I had for my birthday - somehow I managed to snap the new growth off the top my way down the garden Anyway I have come to read up on Plockets advice on propagation - I'm determined to grow some cuttings from what has snapped off to make myself feel better ... Off to do the deed - back later! x Tig Bad luck Tig but good luck with the cuttings I broke a bit off one of mine the other week, slung the broken bit in a bucket of water to do cuttings from later and forgot about them |
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Post by Tig on Aug 9, 2008 19:11:49 GMT
 The deed is done, all I can do is wait and see if they strike, but at least I feel better for trying to rescue the situation Managed to knock a piece off the Multiblue as well, so I have stuck that in as a cutting too. I have succeeded in getting a piece of Ville de Lyon growing, so who knows they may do OK x Tig
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I did suggest, in one of my ignored emails to them, that when (IF!!) they eventually send it to me, they should substitute one a year older (and bigger!!) 
. I have to admit it's nice and healthy looking, but hardly worth a 10-month wait for! 
And it's bloomin' itchy too 
You may need to go to A & E if it continues to swell, they can cause blood poisoning!!
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