The Compers Inn part 41

AlfieBlue

Have a fab time katie!! :j:j

aaaw ff, you is lucky - just had another look round and can't see any, got loadsa plants in me garden to support little critters but no ladybirds.

Sylv, the bees are doing well here too, I have various plants for them including 4 yucca plants that produce huge flowering things, beaut perfume and the bees absolutely love them. They strip the pollen bare - glad to be of help to them .

Am fairly scared of wasps tho!!! :eek: Guessing they will make an appearance soon? I tend to keep my distance due to various stings over the years

xxxxxxx

fire**fly

awww :sad: hope you get some l/birds visiting yours soon alfie x
we've the bees as well sylv/alfie :j
they go mad for the chives & borage
which are now flowering :j
have to keep wafting them away when i'm picking :eek:
must be admitting to not liking wasps much as well alfie,
wouldn't hurt one but steer clear of them if poss :j

I_luv_cats

I get stung by the lotto! :eek: (who needs wasps!) :rotfl:


no post :eek: unless late!


Thanks for the GL messages.






AB does puddy go into deep sleep mode? MY meow goes so deep that a brass band wouldn't awaken him!

AlfieBlue

2sparkle wrote: »

Hi lomaxsylvia thank you for the welcome. I have room but its all used up at the moment i just want more room ive started putting things in weird places now (i have a cabbage growing in a basket in the apple tree).

Hi! And welcome Love your use of space ..... I currently have sweet peas growing inbetween my runner beans, fairly spaced out but am making use of the bamboo erections I have put in (home grown bamboo). Love sweet peas, so pretty and perfume is wonderful. xxxxx

I_luv_cats

AlfieBlue wrote: »

Hi! And welcome Love your use of space ..... I currently have sweet peas growing inbetween my runner beans, fairly spaced out but am making use of the bamboo erections I have put in (home grown bamboo). Love sweet peas, so pretty and perfume is wonderful. xxxxx

Sweet Peas are my fav. Need loads of canes or trellis as they grow like mad!

AlfieBlue

I_luv_cats wrote: »

I get stung by the lotto! :eek: (who needs wasps!) :rotfl:


no post :eek: unless late!


Thanks for the GL messages.






AB does puddy go into deep sleep mode? MY meow goes so deep that a brass band wouldn't awaken him!

Lol - yep agree with the sting re lotto etc!!! I may review the situation cos I believe prices are going up soon!? Bah! Humbug!!

Yep, the sweet peas are lovely, pleased I have my home grown bamboo and a lot of garden twine to support them.

Is it hot with you? Sweltering here!!

Yep, me puddy at the mo is residing in the cool bidet, sending up the zzzzzz's and out for the count!!! Comfy as you like!!! Didn't even wake for the post (which was rubbish), as usually she likes to wait for the postie, suss out the stuff coming through the letterbox etc :rotfl::rotfl: xxxxx

I_luv_cats

AlfieBlue wrote: »

Lol - yep agree with the sting re lotto etc!!! I may review the situation cos I believe prices are going up soon!? Bah! Humbug!!

Yep, the sweet peas are lovely, pleased I have my home grown bamboo and a lot of garden twine to support them.

Is it hot with you? Sweltering here!!

Yep, me puddy at the mo is residing in the cool bidet, sending up the zzzzzz's and out for the count!!! Comfy as you like!!! Didn't even wake for the post (which was rubbish), as usually she likes to wait for the postie, suss out the stuff coming through the letterbox etc :rotfl::rotfl: xxxxx

Meow is ZZZZ as making up for the night on the tiles!

79f out:eek:, 74f inside.:eek: Humidity does it for me! :eek::eek::eek:

The Lotto should allow you to buy a stake 50p. (or £1 when it goes up) At least with the bookies you can do that.


bless yr puddy :beer:

lomaxsylvia

I love sweet peas as well iluvcats but forgot to put them in this year.

I didn't know bees loved the yucca Alfie. My DD2 got me one a couple of years ago, first winter I wrapped it round with straw and then put a garden blanket thingie on it and it surgived not too bad. Last winter I did the same and when I uncovered it all the leaves were brown so my DD1 cut them all off leaving it bare. It has started to produce more shoots at the bottom but don't quite know what to do with the 2 foot of bare stalk above it. Would it be OK to cut it off??

Just having a break as have a wardrobe to put up but had to empty old one first and take it down which is taker rather longer than I thought it would. Would get done quicker if I didn't spend so much time in the Inn :rotfl::rotfl: also DH has just informed me that he has put tonic and coke in fridge so he can have a rum/coke and I can have a vodie/tonic :rotfl::rotfl:maybe it will get finished tomorrow!

paadzer

Just back from the garage sales and they were brilliant. It took just over 4 hours to look around as there were over 50 homes taking part (we even ignored some towards the end as we were too hot and exhausted) I'll post a picture of all my purchases tomorrow as there were too many to remember. We're going to a park in Cambridge later for some free music event.

Right, time for a very late lunch and to put my feet up for a few hours.

AlfieBlue

lomaxsylvia wrote: »

I love sweet peas as well iluvcats but forgot to put them in this year.

I didn't know bees loved the yucca Alfie. My DD2 got me one a couple of years ago, first winter I wrapped it round with straw and then put a garden blanket thingie on it and it surgived not too bad. Last winter I did the same and when I uncovered it all the leaves were brown so my DD1 cut them all off leaving it bare. It has started to produce more shoots at the bottom but don't quite know what to do with the 2 foot of bare stalk above it. Would it be OK to cut it off??

Just having a break as have a wardrobe to put up but had to empty old one first and take it down which is taker rather longer than I thought it would. Would get done quicker if I didn't spend so much time in the Inn :rotfl::rotfl: also DH has just informed me that he has put tonic and coke in fridge so he can have a rum/coke and I can have a vodie/tonic :rotfl::rotfl:maybe it will get finished tomorrow!

Sylv - just been having a google for you. My yucca plants are now 15 years more old and have never covered them, afraid they have to take their chance tho all of them are over 11ft + high now. Not sure what height yours will grow to?

I do strip off lower brown leaves (some peeps say do, some don't) and also, once bees have stripped the pollen, I clip out the flowering things. They grow again each year. Got a feeling I had a similar prob years ago in previous house with smaller yucca?

Seems you may be able to cut stem down a wee bit to encourage new growth from the bottom. It takes a while, but they get there in the end. If you have new shoots then the critter is surviving

Have to admit, I have other 'tropical'/meant to be hardy plants in the garden and although some didn't do well after inclement conditions, they all perked up and showed new shoots at the base. I cut them down slightly to give shoots a chance and they are doing very well now.

I would go for it, gives the new shoots a chance. You have nothing to lose. xxxxxxx