Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

Rummer

:j:j:j Yay for piglets :j:j:j

More rain here today the ground is too wet to do anything with atm and I am getting impatient as we have so much to do this year and time is ticking!

Davesnave

Congratulations, CTC, you'll soon be hearing the patter of little boglet trotters! :j:beer:

The rain held off here, and although it didn't feel that warm in the afternoon, it looks like it hit 15c. Anyway, we were lucky enough to get the rest of the fresh tree consignment planted, so that only leaves the big shrubs now.

Rummer, it's no good looking at me for advice on successional sowing. I have gaps and I forget what I've planted. Only sheer quantity and a freezer gets me through.

I_have_spoken

the ground is too wet to do anything

That's probably true for me too, but I don't want to be doing groundworks over Easter hols! So came in covered with mud, but at least 50% is done and the biggest perennials divided/moved, made 5 plants of the Centaurea Montana (perennial coneflower). Am really hating the solid clay in this garden.

Am now finding which plants can cope with saturated clay ground and which don't want to know - the Cotinus (smoke bush) is certainly sulking

pink_poppy

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Ok , THE News is we are expecting.... this one was not planned... the boglins' must have been having some parties, and not having protection lol...

Was it only me that thought it was YOU personally that was expecting?! :rotfl:

Rummer

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Am now finding which plants can cope with saturated clay ground and which don't want to know - the Cotinus (smoke bush) is certainly sulking

We have this in our front garden and we have found grasses, aquilegia, some heathers and roses have survived with many of the grasses flourishing. However many things have quietly drowned

COOLTRIKERCHICK

pink_poppy wrote: »

Was it only me that thought it was YOU personally that was expecting?! :rotfl:

hahahaha.... you are not the only one... I thought I was, but it was the change kicking in....lol


hubby and I are on tender hooks.... I am on maternity duty, while he is doing his biker duty and has gone to a local biker club party, just to say hello and then will be back..


It has been a hell of a week


last sunday.. an ambulance and police car came down the lane to the ranch... some drunk person ha fallen further down past our house on the footpath,


Then on Thursday... hubby was on his way home from picking the roofing sheets up, and just in front of him, a car took a corner too quick and ended up on its roof, so he had to help, direct traffic and stay on the scene until the police and ambulance turned up ( at least half hour before the police turned up, ambulance still hadn't turned up when he left)


and now we are waiting for the boglets arrival... just hope everything goes ok,


will take loads of pics...

lucielle

Have to confess though it might've been one of the kids.......apologies CTC
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COOLTRIKERCHICK

morning all,


well weather total pants last night and this morning... think its in for the day..


don't think boglin is far off giving birth to her boglets..


at the moment I have been watching her belly move with the boglets moving lol... love it...


its so exciting when you have livestock, and you go through the different milestones... getting your animals for the first time, your first bit of food form them.. eggs, meat, milk etc... your first litter, egg hatching... sooooooo exciting...


cant wait to see what colours they are ( she's all white) to see if can tell who the daddy is lol..


bought the old marigold gloves ready hahaha

Rummer

Oh it is so exciting :j like Rumlet watch only I don't have to go through any pain :rotfl:

Raining heavily again last night so the world is soaking getting really bored of the rain now I just want to get the beds sorted and then it can rain again for a little while

Ah dear, rumlet calling so I had better go.....

ukmaggie45

I just shared some photos of our back garden on another thread (LiR will have seen them already), so am going to link as can't be bothered to re-copy and paste stuff and so on.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=65183458&postcount=1911

We moved the daturas out into the front garden today. The big one was hitting the roof of the porch, and the smaller one was just in the way. Plus both had piles of fungus gnat in their compost... I'm hoping the sudden shock of being outside and colder will see them off! But suspect not.

Thinking of just planting the bigger one into the ground out the front. Basically it's kill or cure - it's too big for inside the house now. Plus it's so poisonous I don't want it inside when the GrandKids visit. We'll see how much the smaller one grows this summer - it might manage another winter in the porch if it doesn't grow too tall!