Botanical blunderings on a budget - good life starts here.

Pippilongstocking

Morning all

Oh, K I wonder how it went! My two are like your two, DD can't buy her anything, the other chap on the other hand, will have everything I've ever owned spent before I've earned it!

Cuppa, catch up, banks and then ready to work (volunteering at the recycling place today)

Pippilongstocking

greenval wrote: »

Hi all
Still raining here but when i ventured down the garden to put some food out for the birds I noticed something I've kept meaning to ask Pippi about.
I have a 'creeping Phlox'. It's beautiful when in flower but this year it's gone a bit mad to say the least. It was near the edge of a border and was suposed to 'tumble gently over the rock edging to soften the lines'. It hasn't. It's run amok but instead of going over the edge it's heading for the middle of a very wide border where I want to have taller things.
I picked up a bit at the farthest edge and it isn't rooted down. What I wondered was, how easy is it for me to take bits of the outer edge and try to take cuttings. What would be the best way to do this? Do you want some?
Help?!

OK, not done that one before but

http://www.growingthehomegarden.com/2008/04/propagating-phlox.html

Might be helpful -

Personally I'd go for doing semi ripe cuttings, hormone powder, a sharp compost mix with sand and see how you go.

ALTHOUGH - other things I've read speak about the best results from division in the spring.

And, of course you could try the old layering it bit, cover the edges of it with a mixture of sand and compost at the edges almost burying it and see if you encourage it to root insitu and you'll have rooted cuttings later in the spring, but I'd be more inclined to do that in late spring/summer


NO help at all am I?:rotfl:Too much info!

Pippilongstocking

Now, given the forecast I was thinking it was perfect walking weather!

cheery will vouch for my crazy weather walking tendancies, I think the strongest wind we've gone out for an adventure in is 72mph - quite fun!

But, I promise I'll be sensible and I'll clear the garden etc up today later - its already got up a fair bit.

OK, Reduced Veg Box extraordinaire, all items of reduced delight unless otherwise stated
Bananas
Pineapple
Apples
Passion fruit
Cauliflower (Bogoff)
Mushrooms
Crunchy salad
Asparagus/brocolli spears (who knows which region that came from, certainly not in season, but 10p)
spring onions
carrots
Runner beans
Brocolli
Cucumber

supplemented with home grown (HG)
Courgettes
Tomatoes
Onions
Rocket
Herbs

And two full price peppers for fajhitas one night - tut tut, didn't stick to the box thing did I? whole lot came to £12 with a bit of cheese and some squash for DD

And, we've some stuff left over from last week

Meal planning worked for the other two days (went out with OH on Thursday for a bit of romance and grub ) and we had a naughty takeaway last night, family friday night junk food extravagenaza both his treats - thank you Mr F.

Today store cupboard challenge - day 10
Bacon/egg rolls for brekkie
Lunch - left over grub in fridge
Tea - we've left over spag bog - which I feel needs to be chilli'fied

Karmacat

Morning Pippi - food sounds good, volunteering sounds happy - but boulders in the pockets please, yes. What about MrF, is he going to be there?

Pippilongstocking

Hey up kc - me think tethering also required its not nice today (30mph wind and sideways battering the house rain) but I think the worst of it will arrive on Monday.

Mr F will indeed be here - I'm very stupidly worried about his posh car - thinking where is good to park it to avoid anything colliding with it - must do a proper thorough tidy up out there later today, even if its full waterproof clobber on , tethered ankles and like you say boulders in the pockets.

Given that we've had stuff just fly away here - I think I'll make sure outside stuff is tucked inside the sheds where I can.

I'll have to tie the chickens together like they do up mount everest - now thats a thought, we've climbing rope somewhere..............................

have a great day - I'm thinking in this the recycling place won't be very busy.

Cheery_Daff

Oh dear to things colliding with posh car - although I'd say let him worry about that

Yay to reduced bargains! :T :T Have cheery time at volunteering place! :T :T Did I sent you a (very bad!) photo of our bunting?!

Karmacat

Definitely get everything inside where you can - Mr F's car too, probably, isn't it? After all, if something bashes into it from the farm down the road - its mashed!

Hopefully you won't get overrun at the recycling place tho. Hope its a good one for *you*

Pippilongstocking

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Oh dear to things colliding with posh car - although I'd say let him worry about that

Yay to reduced bargains! :T :T Have cheery time at volunteering place! :T :T Did I sent you a (very bad!) photo of our bunting?!

Hey up lass - nope - no photo

Car can't fit in byre - needs to stay out :eek:

Have a great day - got to wriggle into my womble suit now:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

sings

Remember you're a womble

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWQMMPFt!!!

vl2588

Bubble wrap the car! Seriously though, sorry I missed the windy news in my haste last night. I do hope you're all alright, are the chickens wearing trousers so they can have rocks too?! Good luck!

Thanks LT, Dragon and Pippi, I'm over the moon (and very scared)!

lucielle

Hope the wind blows itself out quickly. Somebody suggested stapling chooks to the roof on another thread (she was joking!!!). Calm here for the moment but looking very black.
L