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  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,375
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    8) Its a grin, honest!

    Now, where did I put that beer......... :mrgreen:[/quote]


    HOW much beer there Airwave??!!

    Hi Cat and Tilly and Rehab and everyone. Had a lovely day today. was going to change the blade on my mower (I turned mower into a plough last year going over a BOULDER!) till Mell said not to take the bolt off with pliers.....wait for husband to get home with spanners..... :sad: m0909.gif

    that involves patience!
  • tillytop
    tillytop Member Posts: 3,460
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hello Cath, Airwave and Toni

    Yippee, we now have soil in our new raised bed! :grin: OH, bless him, shovelled a TONNE :shock: of topsoil from the bottom of our very steep drive, all the way to the bottom of the garden, while I just wafted around with the rake, flattening it out. I bet he will hurt tomorrow in muscles he didn't know he had. I am sooo thrilled with it and am now planning what to plant. Bed is covered with plastic temporarily to try to keep the cats from digging etc, but any tips for longer term/prettier covering would be greatly appreciated.

    Cath, you have obviously had a really good time in your garden today - and better weather than we have had! Was so wet here this morning but sun appeared late afternoon. Glad you found the horticultural channel

    Airwave - good to have a "blokey" perspective on things! :grin:

    Toni - wot r u like? First running over a boulder with the mower then trying to dismantle it with pliers :roll: Good on you for trying to do it though.

    Looking forward to watching Gardeners' World tonight.

    Tilly xxx
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,375
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi All

    Watched Gardeners world last night - did anyone else? Going to be out there pruning anything which might produce fruit!! HAH!!!

    Tilly I am so happy for you that your bed is full of lovely soil - bless your husband for doing that for you!

    Up early waiting for husband to wake up and put me new blade on..... :roll:

    Foot gently tapping......m1305.gif
  • Airwave!
    Airwave! Member Posts: 2,479
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Airwave - good to have a "blokey" perspective on things!

    The Next Installment!

    Rule, No.1. Don't do anything until you feel like doing it.....and then not until you've checked the calendar/the horiscope/tide times/todays recipe/opened the first beer.

    8) Its a grin, honest!
  • suncatcher
    suncatcher Member Posts: 2,174
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    I have put solar lights in the garden.
    I have ordered a plant house.
    My son helped me put some daffs in a container with a well come sign trellis which is decorated with flowers i got from pound stretcher looks lovely by front door.
    Me and son are going to do a sun flower race who can grow the tallest.
    He has his own seeds and is very enthusiastic about the garden.
    ive been reading all the posts with interest everyone is very busy. :smile: x Joanne
    Joanne
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,375
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Airwave's off again....

    better show him where the compost heap is......

    Rehab sunflowers - haven't grown them since the kids lost interest (only Lucy still loves the garden :sad: ) nHope you and you too Joanne get some biguns :wink:

    Yesterday we established that the issue with my mower was more than the blade :sad: Has gone for an operation and beleive it or not (we have an oldfashioned mower repair shop)been fixed :grin: I love that man...well not his looks - her has no top teeth and calls me 'cocker'. A delightful colloquialism from here :lol:

    Joanne

    busy busy here too, but got to rest today - did a WAY too much yesterday :sad:

    Love and hugs

    Toni xx

    PS has anyone seen Tinkerbelle??
  • coco67
    coco67 Member Posts: 2,374
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    youngest daughter is still showing an interest in the garden so she is going to plant some bulbs in a couple of pots for me today. might risk cutting the grass today if im up to it in a bit,

    my oregano and basil seeds are starting to grow. going to get daughter to do some tommato one and start them off on the window sill also.

    hope everyone has a good day and dont over do it xx
  • RichC
    RichC Member Posts: 260
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Mornin, lets see if i can get this to work .. here is my work in progress indoor herb garden.. Basil on top is the straggly remains of last years crop of Basil:)..

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    Chilli's oregano, basil, and chives on the go in propogators:)
    RX
  • coco67
    coco67 Member Posts: 2,374
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    looking good Rc

    my daughter has planted some bulbs for me, ive cut the grass (there aint to much of it) and we made sure the garden looks clean and tidy. my sage is starting to apear so fingers crossed they survive.

    i want a couple of strong smelling plants for my garden or pots has anyone got any surgestions.
  • coco67
    coco67 Member Posts: 2,374
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    do i have to grow from seed or will i be able to pick some up that have already been started off

    i dont mind staking as i have a hgh wall/fence all round the garden

    thank you rehab
  • coco67
    coco67 Member Posts: 2,374
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    ive never heard of them so will go and have a look next week along with sweetpea.

    thanks dell
  • coco67
    coco67 Member Posts: 2,374
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    awsome, i will give that a go. i have several empty loo rolls in the recycle i can use. daughter may enjoy helping me also.
  • coco67
    coco67 Member Posts: 2,374
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    wont be doing anything out in the garden this morning as its raining. so may go looking for seeds and plants instead.
  • Airwave!
    Airwave! Member Posts: 2,479
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    warming the ground???? I'm going to attack the grass today, got some fertiliser and weed control mix, 2010 was the year of the plantain weed, they're everywhere, death to the plantain!! :mrgreen::mrgreen:

    I suppose that'll mean I have to mow 200+ feet of grass every 5 days......... Oh wo is me.

    Just spotted Mr. Deer down there eating all the green bits behind my shed, sorry 'workshop', thats awlfully nice of him, how did he know I never bother doing the grass round there, well only once or twice to show some defiance!

    8) Its a grin, honest!
  • Airwave!
    Airwave! Member Posts: 2,479
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    I would like to say that, today is the most lovely day of the year, so far, it's warmish, sun is fighting through the mist, the birdies is singing, the air is still and it FEELS good.

    Just sprinkled the anti weed/pro grass stuff around the nearest levels, I'll leave the rest to the occasional onslaught from the mower.

    Big job today is too carry out a strategic attack on the pampas grass, OH carried out a low-level sortie at w/e and removed 1 sq.ft(!), I used a flame thrower and still it grows, resistance is useless!!!!!!!!!!

    Right, more T, then garden.....

    8) Its a grin, honest!
  • tillytop
    tillytop Member Posts: 3,460
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Morning happy gardeners!

    How's the pampas grass battle going Airwave?

    I have now started planting up new raised bed :grin: first early new pots, spring onions, radishes and chives (so far!). BUT ants are starting to investigate it as a new home already :shock: we do have lots of ants in the garden so I am not really surprised. Anyone have any tips on how to stop them moving in?

    Tilly xxx
  • suncatcher
    suncatcher Member Posts: 2,174
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    It is a good way of encouraging kids into gardening and educating them also im glad you are enjoying your garden with your grand kids rehab. from joanne
    Joanne
  • suncatcher
    suncatcher Member Posts: 2,174
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    My plant house has arrived and i had hubby at home with tonsillitis so he was there for the delivery. :grin:
    He helped put it together in the garden. :grin:
    He has also he has an idea to put a hot bed he will make to put on the patio.
    He has got the wood and heating element and thermostat to make it.
    My seeds are coming up and my window sill is filling up.
    I managed to tidy my small front garden up and put in iris and freesia bulbs.
    I was in pain after but the results were well worth it.
    x Joanne
    Joanne
  • Airwave!
    Airwave! Member Posts: 2,479
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Forget the ants, its the pigeons that are the real pest, eating all the flowers...and the sparrows eating all my forsythia arch, shotguns, thats what's needed. Resistance is useless!


    8) Its a grin, honest!
  • caterina57
    caterina57 Member Posts: 1,424
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Morning everyone - It is absolutely glorious here this morning its more like summer than spring! I have been out and cut the front lawn...hurray! Just having a rest and then will do the sweeping and tidying up ....must a have used a few calories!!
    Cath
  • coco67
    coco67 Member Posts: 2,374
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    well done tink

    dug up the base for the rotary line as where the builders put it you cant use it, its to close to the shed :???: , re dug a hole and burried it again a bit further over, then reseeded the lawn and fingers crossed it takes this time, me and my son are going to build a gate tomorrow so we can keep the dog off the grass for a few days to give it a chance to take.

    rose bushes are starting to sprout new growth and a couple of bulbs are starting to poke through, noticed today in the garden centere, sweet pea plants for sale. so will pick some up soon and give them ago. i want some colour and nice smelly plants this year now i have a garden.
  • Airwave!
    Airwave! Member Posts: 2,479
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Gosh all this frantic activity, I haven't even replaced the glass in the greenhouse yet, you're showing me up! OH walked in with some new rhubarb plants and lots of greenery in plastic tubs from the market, no doubt she'll get over her enthusiasm and it'll all drop dead when she gets busier.

    I did go and sit in the pub garden and admire it this lunchtime (I took the old and grey out for lunch) rude not to have a pint while I was there, just to cool me down you understand!

    Off to garden centre tomorrow, need a new fuchsia or three, we've lost them all to frost.

    8) Its a grin, honest!
  • Airwave!
    Airwave! Member Posts: 2,479
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    I call them worse at times :-)) My parents are a model of their times, now in their 80's and slowing down, my mum can drink us all under the table and my dad never quite manages to buy a round but always asks where his whiskey is!

    Nevermind, they enjoyed a ride and a sit in the sun.

    Its a grin, honest!
  • suncatcher
    suncatcher Member Posts: 2,174
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    My Blue berries have arrived and we put em in the allotment all six of the look lovely. we got two earlies two mid and two late.
    The allotment is my hubbies pride and joy. I don't go up really but it looks like it could do with some work. :shock:
    I have decided to pop up, even if its half an hour. He don't get a lot of time everyone is retired really on there so up there all the time. We took our son up there he enjoyed planting and watering seeds and our blue berries. I'm gonna take him up more often it tired him out he loved it though. :grin:
    Joanne
  • caterina57
    caterina57 Member Posts: 1,424
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi there Gardeners
    Well today I have been on the hunt for a puissy willow tree, have been looking round for a week or so, saw them in F...s for £8.99 and have been looking round for competitive prices - my local nursery didn't have any....went to another Brand Garden centre - £12.99 then today went to a Nursery near my sister out in the country side of "summer wine" country -- Aghhh £ 22 and £32 for a Magnolia ----Back to F...S bought the **** willow @£8.99 and 2 Magnolia trees on offer @£20 for 2. My twister also bought some conifers to make hedging Buy one get 2 free for £8.99 so we have got ourselves some bargains today.......Mmmm now got to dig the holes to plant them!
    Hope that you all well and enjoying your gardens, patios, windowboxes, tubs or bathroom windowsills!
    Cath

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