Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

Nikkster

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Well - I'd try and look on it as at least you know now. You still had before you saw the dentist, you just didn't know about it yet.

Glad they seemed nice. Hope it all goes well.

ukmaggie45

Sorry been MIA for a while! Back in Bwlchtocyn, we were supposed to travel on Monday, but it took me 3 days to pack one small suitcase and 2 bags. :eek: So we travelled Wed and I've been recovering from the journey since.

lemonjelly wrote: »

maggie - I have 3 overgrown rosebushes in the garden. The flowers look lovely. I'm not 100% I want to keep them, but if I were, & wanted to prune them back, what is the best way, especially to encourage them to grow some more?

I wouldn't get rid for at least a couple of years. We had a lot of roses in back garden of new home, some looked a real mess. We pruned quite hard in Spring, but left enough growth to see what happened. I think normally you prune a bit in autumn so that if there's gales there isn't too much wind rock to loosen the plant roots. And then prune hard in spring. Seeing as we completed in December we didn't have the time scale right! :rotfl:

At this time of year instead of just dead heading the roses (this is good to do, as many roses will give you a second flush of flowers later in the summer, even through into autumn if they're dead headed) I'd be inclined to take each dead or over flower back about a foot or so, always cutting just above a leaf node, as that is where you will get a new shoot. Or if there are lots of shoots already, to just above a shoot. Does this make any sense?

Oh, and preferably to an outward pointing shoot, so the bush doesn't get too constricted in the middle.

This year (I think our third summer? - am loosing track of time! ) we did actually dig out a couple of roses that didn't seem to produce much bloom, and were also in the wrong place for us. Roses like all living things have a life span, and we judged they had prob been in from when garden first made back in 1955 I think. Seeded that space with wildflower seed, though prob too late really - we might see if anything is coming up when we go home.

I'm sure LiR can give you better advice about roses than me, I'm a novice when it comes to growing and pruning roses!

lostinrates wrote: »

The impact of fatigue can be horrific. I have said very recently to doctors, I can cope with pain its the not getting anything done etc that blights me more.

As a ME/CFS patient I so relate to this! Today we went to Tyddyn Sachau Nursery and OH wheeled me round in wheelchair, which was very hard work for him, as a lot of the site (the outdoor bits) have gravel, difficult for wheelchair, no way I could self propel. The glass houses were better, they have smooth floors. I spent too much on plants that poor OH will have to plant... We have 2 ginormous pots (£8 each or £12 for 2 :money: ) that he will have to fill with compost (3 for price of 2 :money: ) and mix in those water saving granules. And then plant the plants under my instructions! :rotfl: I love planting plants, but currently it's a bit beyond me, other than a few at a time, and I bought too many! :eek:

One of the big pots is for sweet peas that I started off at home. Whether they survive here or not remains to be seen, hence the water saving granules. We have a couple of friends staying here early July, followed by our DD2 plus GrandTwins and one of her friends plus kiddliwink, so hope they will pour on water if it's still hot and dry. Which I'm sure they'll be happy to do if the weather is as hot and dry as it is currently!

PasturesNew wrote: »

While this catches the eye .... I'd probably not wish to give it house room http://www.matalan.co.uk/homeware/living/cushions-and-throws/cushions/s2559105/seagull-jacquard-cushion--40cm-x-60cm

I rather like that - if our caravan was cool and modern looking rather than revoltingly chintzy and 80s retro (yuk!) I'd be tempted. Perhaps I'll get plain throws for all the seating and replace the curtains (seriously repulsive!) with something plain, then I could indulge in some fun cushions. Caravan furnishings not our choice - second hand, and the only one around at the time as there had been major flooding round the country, so second hand caravans in short supply! Might have to take some pics inside so the NPs can see how revolting the decor is! :rotfl:

OH just lit the barbie, it's ribs and sausages with salad for tea, followed by a bonfire in the pot belly barbie if I'm still awake and compos mentis by then!

tomterm8

Nikkster wrote: »

Well - I'd try and look on it as at least you know now. You still had before you saw the dentist, you just didn't know about it yet.

Glad they seemed nice. Hope it all goes well.

I thought it was on the cards anyway... these extractions actually represent less than I expected.

Nikkster

tomterm8 wrote: »

I thought it was on the cards anyway... these extractions actually represent less than I expected.

Even better then

PasturesNew

I was in Mr S and they had some YS.... (that's rare!) ... one pack of sausages in caramelised onion gravy with some mixed veg mash for 69p instead of £2.60, so I had that .... and a "posh mini cheesecake" down from £1.10 to 29p. Both were yummy

lostinrates

I'm not scared of dentists at all.

The bills on the other hand,......

I have some work needing doing, but not sure I can see it through health wise so putting off. This weeks news about something to see the end of fillings makes me thing worth hanging on longer.....

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

I was in Mr S and they had some YS.... (that's rare!) ... one pack of sausages in caramelised onion gravy with some mixed veg mash for 69p instead of £2.60, so I had that .... and a "posh mini cheesecake" down from £1.10 to 29p. Both were yummy

We're having cod with julienne carrots, coriander, ginger, orange.
RP liked it earlier, and its not RP's sort of meal, so that bodes well.


In ultimate avoidance rather than put stuff in crispers I mad it straight into gazpacho for the weekend and put it on a shelf in a jug instead.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

This weeks news about something to see the end of fillings makes me thing worth hanging on longer.....

It does sound marvellous ...
I wonder how much it'd cost -v- what we do now..... might be ridiculously overpriced.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

We're having cod with julienne carrots, coriander, ginger, orange.
RP liked it earlier, and its not RP's sort of meal, so that bodes well.

Needs chips

lostinrates wrote: »

In ultimate avoidance rather than put stuff in crispers I mad it straight into gazpacho for the weekend and put it on a shelf in a jug instead.

I've never had cold soup .... doesn't appeal

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Needs chips



I've never had cold soup .... doesn't appeal

I think it might need fennel salad.

Rather than cold soup i think of it as drinkable salad.