Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

alfie_1

well iv shifted half the pots and i feel like ive lost half a stone !! :eek: phew..... iv chopped back some bushes ,mainly cos it was a squeeze getting through the side gate !:o there is still lots of heavy stone pots to shift but i need to cool down.... dogs dont know what to do with themselves... im looking after big dog for last week till next wednesday but hes no trouble

COOLTRIKERCHICK

alfie_1 wrote: »

THE HOGMOBIL :D friday would love a spin on that... me finks a whicker basket on the front would do the trick :rotfl::rotfl:

HAHAHA I think Friday is a tad big to put into a basket now...lol..


Big dog, is that LIR's big dog???

I_have_spoken

Weird weather today, def. feel like there's thunder about but just the odd spot of rain so far. I watered the grass anyway and the most recently planted stuff in case nothing comes of it.


New borders are now looking good with shaggy dahlia(*), salvia, bellflower, white form of valerian, eryngium, shasta diasy and holyhock in bud with allium seed heads



(*) deeply non-yew, of course

lostinrates

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

HAHAHA I think Friday is a tad big to put into a basket now...lol..


Big dog, is that LIR's big dog???

No, its a nother one!


I have spoken, I think your border looks beautiful. Really, really gorgeous.


We' had a list of inside jobs today but the weather is so gorgeous we spent the mad dog hour feeding and dead heading the long border.

We HAVE to crack on inside, but we might do some white border later.

A bit grumpy my olive tree hasn't arrived. They get really shorty when I call and say its because they are so busy doing the shows, but its been a ruddy long time. I don't really mind if it doesn't come till autumn, but I'd like a date, that had said a couple of weeks ago and it just didn't come.

Davesnave

The threatened rain didn't arrive, but we've had some mizzle, which is no use to man nor beast.

The garage is tidied-up: 40 blocks are inside, ready for Mr Builder on Monday and all the rubbish has been burned, but with rain forecast we didn't cut any grass.

Instead, DW finished planting a new area of border while I planted out leeks, lettuce and other stuff. I then went down to the copse area and stuck in a few surplus perennials that might loosely fit with the concept of a wildflower area.

Up in the 'attic' of the garage, I can currently look out over the valley at the fantastic view we'll never quite have. It would be madness to put in an oriel window or a velux though, as the height is only about 4' and it'll be unbearably hot up there.

IHS, we have that valerian. We've always had it, and its stablemate the pinky one with bronzed leaves in spring. Here, both forms are available FOC in the hedgerows down in the valley, but perhaps not up here.

That's some dahlia! :eek:

Lir, I grew my olives from seed. They don't seem to be the same variety as the ones normally sold in the UK, though. The leaves are smaller.

Figs are ready.:) I think I said last year that Chulmleigh seems to be the fig capital of Devon. I put it down to all the old walled gardens and cob houses, which create many sunny, sheltered corners.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Hi All,


Its be 'mizzling' here from about 2 o'clock and still mizzling.. it is VERY close too, feels as though we need a storm to clear the air..

I_have_spoken

Another present to myself for when there's no actual gardening to be done...

alfie_1

i am sat here watching tv [paulo nutini :A ] with the patio doors wide open as it is still hot !!! i have not known it be this warm this late..... was going to sell at booty tomorow but cant be arrrrsed lie in till 9 me finks then go look instead i will not buy carp, i will not buy carp....;):rotfl:

alfie_1

p.s. beautifull garden IHS.... dahlia is a stunner

choille

Lucielle hope Hubby's scan goes well.

Beautiful flowers IHS - Love the dahlia too.

We are inundated with sparras as well Dave. The shrubbery is like a sparra tenement, it moves with them. They dust in the sand on the track & make quite large round indentations. The noise they make is amazing, I think the collective noun should be a squabble of sparras.

Well Spider, ole cat just passed away incredibly peacably in his sleep. What a splendid fellow he was.
No hens & now no cats. It's gonna seem pretty dash quiet here.