So poor I can't even pay attention

Piquant_2

What does today have on offer? It's not raining yet, that's good as it's a gardening morning

I really need to move the spring bulbs that have flowered in pots to the garden. I need the pots for summer flowers and vegetables. Perhaps later this afternoon. All but one of the geraniums I was sent last summer by a kind mse person are huge and healthy. They over-wintered well in the spare bedroom. They will need large pots this year.

Yesterday was nice and uneventful at the coffee shop. I was chatting to the manager of a well know three lettered American clothing chain and she is going to give me a jeans fitting session plus 50% discount :j:j[wonder if I'll be able to :j in them] She has promised they will be flattering and she won't let me out in anything that doesn't look good. All because I gave her coffee on the house and possibly because I chat to people....The others are filled with envy

The stray cat doesn't seem to be around this morning, maybe it wasn't a stray and has gone home.

Time for a shower....

carolbee

Eager_Elephant wrote: »

I have a cat trap if you want to borrow it - cost £24.

By co-incidence I am reading the Derek Longden books now - I used to sell on Amazon and when I collected a load from a charity shop loads of his books were in there - I am going to try Amazon for the missing ones.

I have to say that it does sound suspiciously like Colin - maybe has read the books!!

His books make me laugh out loud, even the one about his wife, did you see the tv adaptations of the books about his wife and mum?

Baldybear

Morning, glad the coffee shop job is ok, assume the lunch break scenario situation is fixed. And fab re the gardening

May be coming to you soon as really want a cat, never had one before so will be plaguing you for advice

debtfreewannabe321

Morning PIQ I hope the rain holds off, looks threatening here!

I received some evening primrose seeds this morning (freebie board) I thought I would ask you (as mse's resident gardener) if you think they would be better in pots or in the ground. Also does anyone know if dogs are safe with them. Duke seems to like to have a nibble of everything that grows outside! The seeds seem so tiny should I throw them all in together (i've given it away now haven't I - I buy plants usually already half grown ) xx

Skint_but_Optimistic

Hi Piq. The bee pots are amazing, I love bees and I am planting loads of bee related things at the moment as well as putting a little bee house up.

I had another pot and plant idea. how about the zodiac pot with the birth flower? Obviously with June it would need to be a minature rose not a standard but it might be a nice little selling point and provide some orders into winter.


How about also butterfly pots with minature buddelia in, and some dill or fennel which looks pretty in the summer and ladybirds can shelter in the stems in winter (cue ladybird pot) ... have had my thinking cap on as I love gardens and flowers too!

January Birth Flower - the Carnation or Snowdrop
February Birth Flower - the Violet or Primrose
March Birth Flower - the Jonquil (aka Daffodil or Narcissus)
April Birth Flower - the Sweet pea or Daisy
May Birth Flower - the Lily of the Valley
June Birth Flower - the Rose
July Birth Flower - the Larkspur or Water Lily
August Birth Flower - the Gladiolus or Poppy
September Birth Flower - the Aster or Morning Glory
October Birth Flower - the Calendula (Marigold)
November Birth Flower - the Chrysanthemum
December Birth Flower - the Narcissus

Verbatim

What an excellent idea Skint. I can see that being a really good seller. Once Piq had the designs off, (assuming she draws them on the pots I mean) she could do them on larger pots which would accommodate the roses and buddleias!

grannyx2

not to leave you out of my bad jokes night, here is one for you:

So there were these two muffins in an oven sitting next to each other. And one muffin said to the other, "Boy it's getting hot in here." And the other muffin said, "HOLY CARP, A TALKING MUFFIN!!!!!!!"

Glad to hear you sounding so upbeat

Granny x

the_cake

Hi Piq
Just thought I would chip in with this:
http://www.brighthub.com/environment/green-living/articles/59995.aspx
it's about which plants benefit from the addition of used coffee grounds to their soil. I sprinkled a bit on the geranium on our kitchen windowsill, and it has gone ballistic: much bigger leaves and loads of flower buds in a matter of about 10 days. I will be adding a bit to some other plants and seeing what happens! It does make the soil more acidic ... thought it might be helpful as you can, presumably, get plenty of coffee grounds from work?
It's so great to hear about all your new gardening clients and pot ideas. Three cheers for you! Oh, and Jeeves waves a paw to Colin ....

chevalier

Hi Piq
wow so much is happening at the moment. I have been back in Europe for 3 weeks and now back here.

Congrats on the gardening doing so well. Can I be a little bit of doom sayer and remind you about self employment and being set up for tax? Though if you are doing mystery shopping you would already have this in hand.

I love your pots. They are full of personality. I was wondering though, would they look better if they were varnished.....I had a shiny finish on them?

Lovely to hear of your Captain story, so very touching how he gave you a horsey hug (breathing on you)

Ref coffee grounds, they are commonly used over here to drive rats away too. Apparently to a rat it smells like dead rat or something, so they keep away from it.
chev

fannyadams

the_cake wrote: »

Hi Piq
Just thought I would chip in with this:
http://www.brighthub.com/environment/green-living/articles/59995.aspx
it's about which plants benefit from the addition of used coffee grounds to their soil.

Coffee grounds also make the worms in my wormery like eachother a lot enough to make more worms IYKWIM