Daydream thread continues.....

p.s. i got a brill little plaque today BEWARE OF THE BEES :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
hung it on my gate.... keep the JW's away....;)

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i plant so many "rescued" plants ,i have no idea what ive got !!!

alfie_1 wrote: »

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i plant so many "rescued" plants ,i have no idea what ive got !!!

That's Arbutus unedo the Strawberry Tree. The soil wasn't right for that at my old place, but I could probably have one here. I'm beginning to learn that one can't have everything, though!:o

Interesting Chelsea photos, Maggie. We used to do the shows, and indeed DW has been on a stand at Chelsea, but I realise now that it was very much a business thing, as our desire to attend shows has definitely waned. We still have a RHS membership, as we get our money's worth, being so close to Rosemoor.

Jekka McVicar used to be a real battleaxe over her stall. Wouldn't let anyone touch stuff. When she told me off at one show for fondling one of her herbs, I replied that she was still welcome to come round & fondle mine! :rotfl:Tactile, innit?

I won the mower. Let's hope it does the biz. If it does the orchards, then it'll be £315 well spent and an easier life for my brushcutter. That now has a strange problem: the studs holding the silencer on have lost their thread at the engine end, so the silencer is dropping off with no way of tightening it. As the studs are just screwed into the engine and don't move, I can only presume that vibrations have somehow wrecked the threads. Hope new studs will still thread in OK, or it will be very noisy around here. I found this with Honda when I had a bike; lovely engines and dodgy peripherals.

I'm up early today, as we are going to help erect a marquee at 07.30. Apparently it took 4 hours last time.....

Viper's bugloss? Hmm, not the sort of thing I'd let loose on this soil. Back at the other place, we'd grow all kinds of things that were not a lot of bother through self-seeding, but on this light stuff they are a total nightmare. Evening primrose, borage, St Mary's thistle, comfrey, verbena and Scotch thistle are just a few of the culprits.....and we didnt bring any of them with us! The worst thing is a mustard, used by organic gardeners as a green manure. It seems to have a life cycle of about 10 minutes and seeds all over the place, given the chance. :mad:

Edit: Putting my farmer's hat on, I should add that this rain is just what the fields need right now, even if it's not what the majority of the population want.