Daydream thread continues.....

alfie_1

HI ALL....

ive had an interesting 24hrs....:D

i set off yesterday T time to the barbee, on THE bicycle. got half way only to find bimble doing his SAS manouvres following me in the long grass on the verges.. was NOT going back again so he came too, had great time, few bevvies and nosh..:)
bimble played with another terrier non stop in the garden/field.
i set off before dark on bike, only to be met by a bank of fog ...:o
worried i would lose sight of a kernacked bimble i hoiked him up onto my lap and then cycled into the fog...it was like a psycho movie...:rotfl::rotfl: bimble thought it was great fun and had his front feet on the handle bars ... swear he was a mountain goat in a pre life...:rotfl:
went to boot sale this morning, car show this afternoon which was the most amazing hot rod,pimped cars.....
sank in my chair and collapsed now !
why are weekends thought of as relaxing when i cant wait for monday when i can do less !!.............

Davesnave

Lir, we have that Phygelius in your last picture, growing near the end of our bungalow. I've taken a few Irishman's cuttings, just in case, but it seems to survive everything. It's a good value, evergreenish thing.

My pure comfrey barrel has produced its first crop of not-too-bad smelling, dark brown liquid. This is the one to which I've not added any water, so we keep it under cover. The one outside, which is a water/comfrey mix, really pongs, but it was quicker to set up.

Today, we managed to put the pure comfrey barrel on a pedestal, and then I drilled a hole near the bottom and caught several litres of the brown stuff. When it stopped, I topped it up with fresh leaves, put the weights on again and more steady dripping continued, so it looks like I shall have an automatic replenishment system going now.

Did I say that I think the Dr Carolyn tomatoes aren't all they're cracked-up to be? Well, they're not, anyway. The Ukraine Purple aren't purple either, but they're good to cook. Still waiting for the first red pepper, though we could have green ones now.

Assuming we only have one hen from our three babies, we're looking for a couple of 7 week old hens to keep her company. It's like trying to find...err...chicken's teeth! Plenty of POLs but none around the same age as ours. However, might have tracked down a chicken nutter with a few interesting ones on the Cornish border ....;)

lostinrates

Dave, it gets huge doesn't it?

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Dave, it gets huge doesn't it?

Yes!;)

(we are talking about the Phygelius, I presume? )

I wouldn't mind a hedge of it somewhere, but I think it might succumb to a winter like 09/10 in the open.

alfie_1

lostinrates wrote: »

Dave, it gets huge doesn't it?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: as if hes gonna disagree ...:rotfl::rotfl:

lostinrates

Its been a day of double entendres here for some reason. I just keep spilling them out.

More drama here as i think i have got a side effect thats going to get me hauled off my new marvellous medecine. . Will play it by ear to ight and tomorrow, see what happens.

alfie_1

lostinrates wrote: »

Its been a day of double entendres here for some reason. I just keep spilling them out.

More drama here as i think i have got a side effect thats going to get me hauled off my new marvellous medecine. . Will play it by ear to ight and tomorrow, see what happens.[/QUOTE]


:( but maybe :)

rhiwfield

Lir, I don't pretend to know the ins and outs of your illness, just that you have my very best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.

Rummer

Take care LIR

Lotus-eater

Davesnave wrote: »

Did I say that I think the Dr Carolyn tomatoes aren't all they're cracked-up to be? Well, they're not, anyway. The Ukraine Purple aren't purple either, but they're good to cook.

None of my Dr Carolyn are ready to eat, but it hasn't grown well. I'm not so sure about the Toms early either, only ready about a week ahead of my GD and looks on the edge of death all the time.
The Ukraine Purple, as you've found out by the sound of it, you have to pick before they go purple, a sort of off colour green. I found them so difficult to get the picking time right, I stopped growing them.