Karmacat: To Infinity And Beyond!

gilligansyle

Evening KC

hope you've had a productive day. My sister has some of that clumpy stuff in her garden, the birds like it, which keeps the cat entertained, but its not exactly photogenic.

In today's world where everyone is so mobile, it seems strange to be so rooted in one place. I should have moved when I was younger and had the chance, one of the disadvantages of not going to University, you find work where you live.

Karmacat

fayjmck wrote: »

I like it too Trog - but I was being wierdly supportive about it and the value of it in a garden needing rennovated - but I only really like it cos it grows here and the birds love it if I were doon sooth - I'd maybe be more fussy!! (V shoddy excuse of mine for liking and non-liking of plants, I'm a plant tart what can I say)

Infact KC - if I covered the postage/money contribution to digging when you dug it out - I wonder if you'd send it up north? Or would that be a nightmare for you?

Never mind the postage, Fay, of course I'll send it to you. Or maybe I'll give you a clump when I meet up with you on the way to London :rotfl:

Thank you for being weirdly supportive, by the way :rotfl:thats three people that like it tho! Why don't I? If I saw wildlife in it, I'd leave it, I seriously would - I'm leaving the tiny little nettle patch thats come from next door for that reason. Its a sheltered garden, doesn't need any extra shelter from "hedging" plants like yours does, Fay, and its a much smaller garden than my last place - and I have three big plants of this, which don't feel like they contribute anything to me or the wildlife ....

I want strong happy buddleias, I want to plant my scabious that butterflies love, I want my transplanted lavender to grow big and beautiful, my lambs tongues to shoot up and out, my sedum to grow and cover all sorts, even my grape hyacinth to go forth and multiply .... and I want food plants and herbs in there too.

I'm going to shut up now :cool:

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

and I want food plants and herbs in there too.

Food plants like what?

And I hope those won't be "herb" plants...

Karmacat

gilligansyle wrote: »

Evening KC

hope you've had a productive day. My sister has some of that clumpy stuff in her garden, the birds like it, which keeps the cat entertained, but its not exactly photogenic.

In today's world where everyone is so mobile, it seems strange to be so rooted in one place. I should have moved when I was younger and had the chance, one of the disadvantages of not going to University, you find work where you live.

Evening! I wish I could see the moggies playing with this! One clump is in view of the kitchen window, and I do work from home, I haven't seen anything touch it, wild or not .... maybe its a subspecies that isn't so attractive? Not a clue.

As for being rooted in one place, gill - I think there are still many more people that are rooted in one place than move around. There are some areas/countries where an awful lot of the population is mobile - so wherever you go, its normal to meet Scousers and Scots and Irish... but there's still an awful lot of us back at home, and there needs to be, for it still to *be* home.

Karmacat

ZTD wrote: »

Food plants like what?

And I hope those won't be "herb" plants...

"Herbs" - no, not in the garden, Z, they're in the underground greenhouse with artificial daylight bulbs Oh did I say I had "herbs"? I meant herbs

MrsMoo2U

Evening all, nice to hear all the talk about Liverpool. KK depending on when you are going there are great pantomimes usually at the empire. But they often have good kids productions on. Also I will give a little plug for my home town Widnes, The Chemical Museum is great for kids with lots of experiments and interactive stuff for them to do. You can get the train to Runcorn in about 15 minutes and then a 2 minute bus ride across the bridge (which can be really exciting for kids). I have to promote it, my SIL manages it and she is amazing with kids so has lots of great ideas to get them involved.
If you are only there for the weekend its a bit difficult to recommend too much but Southport is a nice trip out too. I would definitly second the red squirrel sanctuary as well.

Sounds like that garden is going to be fantastic KC

Karmacat

The Empire! The pantos at the Empire are fantastic! We went as a family for maybe six years running, when I was in my 20s.... and the Empire was the venue for the first pop concert I ever went to

The Chemical Museum sounds great Cherison - we have 2 or 3 chemists in the family, grownups, but no one's ever too old to play with test tubes KK's littley would love it, I bet.

Southport - there's that cute little train that runs the whole length of the pier, and over the boating lakes too. Mind you, for any child thats familiar with Brighton pier, the one at Southport would be an incredible letdown - just miles and miles of sea, a cafe, a telescope, some flyspecked exhibition posters, and in the far distance an oil rig. I loved it, tho, and it *is* the Irish Sea, after all.

Karmacat

Morning all! Fair amount of sleep last night, and for some weird reason I've been decluttering old client files, no clue why now in particular :question::rotfl: Anyway, it creates a bit more space, and gets rid of a little bit of paper and cardboard, so its good.

Today, its a paint-the-edges-of-the-white-paint-in-the-kitchen day, plus a trip to Sainsbo and some more tidying things up in the garden. The dishwasher has been filled, the washing machine is on, more paper (only little bits) is constantly being decluttered, life is good.

I definitely want to be finished with all these bits by Christmas, and even before then, there's a schedule:


October: the accounts! And I don't keep up to date like Taxi does :eek:
November: Christmas cards and other preparations. I'm determined to actually *have* a Christmas this year, as opposed to two days where I tried like crazy to stay upright for longer than an hour at a time :eek:

And of course, there's MG's challenges to do - even though my main challenge is to get this place to be pretty much exactly the way I want it, I like doing the little challenges - the respecting incoming money, for instance, was really valuable, and many of them fit in with making this house the way I want it.

Onwards and upwards

Pippilongstocking

Morning - have fun today - glad you got rid more paper

a garden which doesn't need shelter *bliss* sounds like things are going to be wonderful out there - a real haven! Funny what we do and don't like isn't it - I absolutely hate rhodos - they are pretty - but I think a legacy of years living on the west coast of Scotland and every other plant being a rhodo makes me hate them now! Each to their own eh?

Do love scabious - lots on the track here, some still flowering - devils or sheep (scabious) - I can never remember and I always forget to look it up!

Enjoy today - suns out here.

Pippilongstocking

Btw - wasn't arguing for keeping sedge - just interesting hearing about it and reading comments! Small garden, big grasses (sorry sedge, not grass) doesn't really work (only IMHO and depends on the garden and what you like/don't like) when there are so many pretty and edible (non underground greenhouse herbs included ) plants which will work better for you

I'll shut up now