Weekly Flylady Thread 7th May 2012

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Currently drowning billions of little leopard slugs. i have never seen so many in my whole life.

Figured, as they are attracted to beer, that a sprinkle of yeast granules in some warm water with the crusty bits from the sugar jar would be a cheaper way of luring the little gits in to their doom.

bossymoo

Yaay Dot!

My two are in bed after a reading of "the gruffalo child" which I think we all know the words to now... Big moussaka made and portioned, and huge gammon enough to fill the street for a week cooked.

Tipped the sand out of the sand tray, it was sodden, spread on a bin bag and left in this sun all day, so is now dry. Tipped back into play tray and new cover added as clearly the old one leaked...

Hoovered living room as it is snowing dandelion fluff outside and had doors open all day, will do rest of downstairs tomorrow.

Then I will take up the bedroom carpet. After we have been to church.

Hope you are all having a pleasant weekend x

hex2

JoJo - I would go for both. I have two lovely winter honeysuckles, winters beauty and frangratisima. They are evergreen, fast covering, white flowered and smell wonderful in the depth of winter. Pair it with a long seasoned scented climbing rose then you get the best of both worlds. Zepherine Drouhin is thornless, pink and scented - mine flowers April to December if I dead head it. If you want thorns to put off annoying visitors then Gertrude Jekyll is lovely, as is Rambling Rector which has smaller white flowers, and painful thorns but smells wonderful. The climbing roses and the honeysuckles only need pruning if they get overgrown so quite practical.

Spent this morning in the left front garden trying to rescue some plants from the couch grass invasion. I have found yet another plant to be allergic too, my arms looks like something out of day of the triffids and I am chugging anti-histermines.

greenbee, not had ground elder so I don't know. The couch is so bad in the front here that I am having to strip everything but I have rescued lots of self seeded columbines and jacobs ladder from the slate paths.

ajmoney, before I suggest anything how big is the garden, how much time do you want to spend on it, and what is the overall impression you want?

The house is a mess but I have washed bedding and done the DW twice :cool:

greenbee

I can send you ground elder if you like hex

If anyone wants aquilegias, drop in and you can have as many as you like. Same goes for green hellebores.

I have started coughing, so I in order to give my vocal cords some chance of healing I need to knock myself out and have an early night with a hot water bottle or two...

Bed has been stripped and bedding washed. Towels and dressing gown washed and in TD. Must mow tomorrow, and clear up enough for the cleaner to clean on Tuesday...

hex2

greenbee wrote: »

I can send you ground elder if you like hex

Only if I can swap you for a nice mixed box of couch grass?

I do love hellebores (especially the dark reds and the doubles), but not that fussed about green ones or the delightful stinking ones. I love watching the babies to see what we get, same with the cyclamen. Imported lots of babies from my Dad a few years ago and now we have our own collection. You do get some amazing colours.

greenbee

I have some dark red hellebores, and some White as well. I'm hoping that eventually they'll be as prolific.

Kettle boiling for HWBs... Then I'm off to bed with a trashy novel, antacids (I keep forgetting to take them ), cough sweets and knockout drops...

Ironing is all bagged up to be collected. MUST take dry cleaning in tomorrow or it won't be ready in time to pack next weekend. Although I'm not sure Athens is somewhere I really want to go at the moment

LameWolf

*Sigh* all this talk of gardens makes me so cross that I can't do gardening anymore. And unfortunately, Mr LW barely knows a nettle from a nasturtium, and dislikes gardening with an intensity usually reserved for loo-scrubbing.:( He has cut the grass today, though.;):A

Jojo nice to "see" you; I'd been wondering what had become of you, but didn't quite have the courage to ask.:o

ajmoney

hex2 wrote: »

ajmoney, before I suggest anything how big is the garden, how much time do you want to spend on it, and what is the overall impression you want?

Medium sized I guess, the top section (right hand side) is flat and then it slopes around the side of the conservatory down to the left. A neighbour has quite bad clay/soil which is holding loads of water so I guess we probably have the same. I know the lower part of our garden and the edge of the grass going into theirs gets completely sodden so we are expecting to put in plants that like water! I want to be able to do things in the garden when it is done but not so it takes too much time up, although obviously I would rather decide to spend more time on it rather than design a high maintenance garden and then ruin it through lack of interest. I work quite long hours sometimes so I would like something that s easy to maintain I guess. I am relatively new to proper gardening but am good at reading and following instructions (I am a woman after all) so can learn!

kazmeister

Evening, been bimbling about all day.

had washing on and off th eline today which is a bit unusual for me but thought I better make the most of the sunshine. Did my returns and picked up another order to sneak into the house Have run the sweeper through the house to get rid of any dust bunnies and fluff balls. And have spent a while in the bedroom sorting stuff. Found 4 brand new pairs of DH workboots in the cupboard, like he'll get through them now with hopefully only 6m til retirement. Several boxes decluttered from the bedroom into the attic cupboards of our room and all the clothes sorted and rephotographed for my app which I am about to upload. Only a few bits left on the list which I will do tomorrow before work.
Love all the gardening talk but unfortunately I have a car park out the back now and only a very small patch out the front which is down to the weeds at the mo but I have been putting food out for the birds nesting in our hedge. Mrs blackbird was quite funny sunning herself on top of our bin after feeding on the bread I'd put out for her and the baby birds.
Bossymoo - that must have been hard to go out and join the group especially as they all know something about you get there, if that makes sense. Really pleased that it went well for you.
Jo sorry to hear about the problems with DD but hope that before long she understands what you have done for her and comes home with 'her tail between her legs' IYSWIM

Sorry have to say

Ashleigh and Pudsey - well deserved winners

Right I still have some washing on the line I better get in.

See you tomorrow

bossymoo

Ooh hex, are you green fingered?

I am trying to choose a suitable tree, to plant in memory of my husband. It needs to be small, no more than 8-10ft tall, preferably a single stem, with some interest. I had thought a hazel, as he liked nuts, but I think they are multi stemmed? Wasn't bothered for more fruit, we have an apple tree that is prolific and tbh it's a bit too much fruit lol.

We did want to "decorate" so good sturdy branches, that could stand up to children hanging twirls and windsocks from it.

It's a sunny spot and I have a hebe there that is the only thing that's survived these last two winters, so not too bad soil...

Any suggestions would be welcome!