My gardening diary, ( amongst other things)

ani_26

Rainbow_Bridge wrote: »

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P.S. I see you more as my Jiminy Cricket (authentic conscience), than my demon .

I've a feeling this could be taken several ways, but my intial reaction was to roar with laughter, and that's the only laugh i've had all day. :rotfl:



So?


Dare i?


Post a picture of the image that immediately came into my mind?


Dare i?


Shall i?


Oh,


Go on


then?


Ps - It is meant in the nicest, ( hate that word,) possible, way,

Runs and hides :whistle:








Because i imagine you to be very elegant?



Which dwarf do you think i am? Grumpy? ( although i'm currently sleepy, and dopey, at the moment.)

ani_26

ani_26 wrote: »

i have a £2.50 ticket to your neck of the woods, in the not too distant future.

Oh, i forgot. The good news is, it's a return ticket, ( yes £2.50.)


Don't know if i'll ever use it, mind, but £2.50?

ani_26

Piquant wrote: »

The purple plant is probably sweet alyssum. It is covered in tiny flowers that smell of honey, the bees love it. It grows in little hummocks that are about six inches tall. Sometimes it self seeds but is normally grown as an annual plant from seed. It is lovely!

That is gorgeous. I grew some white alyssum. Unfortunately, the sc's liked it. It never stood a chance.

To be honest, there would be too many leaves if you tried to make leaf mold from them all. Just a bag or two will be enough. Otherwise you'd have a pile of black bin liners full of leaves taking over your garden!

If they're still outside, they need to come in now and be kept in a cool frost free place. They should be cut back once they come in. They will die back for the winter anyway, I think, and then grow again next spring. This year is the first year I've tried to over-winter mine, so I'm not entirely sure they will make it If I were rich I'd have a heated greenhouse....

Should have garaged everything yesterday, when it had dried out? So do you keep on watering or just leave to dry out? ( same goes for chocklit plants, although they are still growing and have more buds.)

The petunias are annuals, they won't make it I'm afraid You'll have to grow some more next year. Being me, I wouldn't throw them away whilst they're still growing, but be prepared for them either to die or to grow very spindly next year.

Yes, i know that, but i was hoping for miracles?

ani_26

Pre-war_babe_33 wrote: »

The name geranium is rather confusing. There are the perennial type that just keep going outside in all weathers for year after year, or there are the tender type, which I think you have Ani, which are strictly speaking pelargoniums (think that`s how it`s spelt but am feeling too lazy to go and look it up!) You have to bring them inside now and as Robin says they can then keep going for years.

I think i've been down this road before, and i think they are actually geraniums.


Flippin eck. The garage i wanted to store ani in, is going to become a greenhouse? At least it is dry in there. Every available window sill has a place for a specific plant, carefully chosen by me. :rotfl:and i am not moving my orchids off the kitchen window sill, for anything. They like it there................:rotfl: Location, location, location.

ani_26

*Robin* wrote: »

Hi Ani :hello:

My main reason for buying seed potatoes this year is time - it takes several weeks for ordinary spuds to grow shoots [chit? is that the right word, I don't know]. My winter crop should have gone in already and I'd like to harvest them before the Creator stops taking care of watering. I will do my own roosters - they crop pretty well and can be planted later - but there's no denying that the baking spuds grow better from proper seed potatoes (and I'm buying at Spanish prices, so not much more expensive than your marvellous 10p shop!).

I got into my garden in between rain storms yesterday and planted a dozen tiny onion sets - from the same shop as I've ordered the spuds - they only cost 30p and are much more reliable than growing from seed.
The broad bean seeds went into trays as their terrace is still waiting to be weeded and manured - hoping to have that done by the time they're ready to plant out, but the weather is not co-operating at the moment!

ps. The geraniums I've got at my UK place must have been going for nearly twenty years - they spend the winters on the kitchen windowsill very happily.

Thanks Robin :hello: I put most of them in huge tubs.


I was looking at the patio yesterday, thinking what a marvellous plant conservatory you could add to this place. It's perfect. It was one of those days when the sun has got his hat on, the plants were wearing sunglasses, enjoying their 99's. All was well with the plant world. Why do they look so happy when the sun shines? Still, at least they survived the frost. Those hardy fuschias are A M A Z I N G.

Rainbow_Bridge

ani_26 wrote: »

I've a feeling this could be taken several ways, but my intial reaction was to roar with laughter, and that's the only laugh i've had all day. :rotfl:



So?


Dare i?


Post a picture of the image that immediately came into my mind?


Dare i?


Shall i?


Oh,


Go on


then?


Ps - It is meant in the nicest, ( hate that word,) possible, way,

Runs and hides :whistle:








Because i imagine you to be very elegant?



Which dwarf do you think i am? Grumpy? ( although i'm currently sleepy, and dopey, at the moment.)

LOL, that is spot on, I am quite well spoken and would fall in love with, and mother, all those dwarfs. In truth I am blonde at the moment, though I may be dark underneath, or even grey, it has been years since I have seen my roots :rotfl:.

I used to be a screaming optimist, who would have convinced myself that the wicked queen really had a good heart, she just was working through childhood issues.

Now you are definately Doc, though much slimmer, because you seem to survive on a tomato a day.

You could never follow anybody, you would have to be the leader, and you would despair of Snow White's naivity, and her habit of wandering off into dark forests, because of her incurable curiosity.

Doc has got tired of the dwarfs because they are quite a disorderly bunch and will not comform to how he sees the world, but they can all appreciate that he is a wise soul, and like the fact that he has the courage to stand out from the pack. The dwarfs know that ultimately he will triumph.

P.S. I attended a sales conference a number of years ago, where we all had to go in fancy dress. Seven of the salesman asked me if I would be their snow white, so you guessed it, I went in that exact costume with my seven buddies, dressed in their costumes and we voted for what character each of them should play, it was a hoot.



This is so funny :rotfl:

ani_26

Rainbow_Bridge wrote: »

LOL, that is spot on, I am quite well spoken and would fall in love with, and mother, all those dwarfs. In truth I am blonde at the moment, though I may be dark underneath, or even grey, it has been years since I have seen my roots :rotfl:.

I used to be a screaming optimist, who would have convinced myself that the wicked queen really had a good heart, she just was working through childhood issues.

Now you are definately Doc, though much slimmer, because you seem to survive on a tomato a day.

You could never follow anybody, you would have to be the leader, and you would despair of Snow White's naivity, and her habit of wandering off into dark forests, because of her incurable curiosity.

Doc has got tired of the dwarfs because they are quite a disorderly bunch and will not comform to how he sees the world, but they can all appreciate that he is a wise soul, and like the fact that he has the courage to stand out from the pack. The dwarfs know that ultimately he will triumph.

P.S. I attended a sales conference a number of years ago, where we all had to go in fancy dress. Seven of the salesman asked me if I would be their snow white, so you guessed it, I went in that exact costume with my seven buddies, dressed in their costumes and we voted for what character each of them should play, it was a hoot.



This is so funny :rotfl:

I take a bow.






That is soooooooooo funny :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

ani_26

Rainbow_Bridge wrote: »

You could never follow anybody, you would have to be the leader, and you would despair of Snow White's naivity, and her habit of wandering off into dark forests, because of her incurable curiosity.

The only difference being, that i too, would wander off into dark forests because of my incurable curiousity. Apart from that, probably spot on, too. :rotfl:

Luckystepho

ani_26 wrote: »

Anyone know what the little purple flowers are?..................

Erm... little purple flowers?? A virtual garden is about all I can have at the mo... I have no private garden just a small square space outside the door with a couple of bushes.

Oh.. and a pot of mint!!

Rainbow_Bridge

ani_26 wrote: »

The only difference being, that i too, would wander off into dark forests because of my incurable curiousity. Apart from that, probably spot on, too. :rotfl:

Actually, I knew you were going to say that :rotfl:. In fact that is where we would meet. We would bump into each other in the dark, and wonder how two such different persons, from completely different backgrounds could end up in the same place.

TTFN xxxxxxx.