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Greying_Pilgrim

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

Are you hunting real bluebells or pesky hybrids.

ALL BONNIE!

But I think the 'real ones' are supposed to smell better according to plant life and are getting squeezed by the hybrid....

We were hunting the REAL deal Pippi, and I am pretty sure that we found it. Apparently, it is the colour of the pollen which is the give away........ However, I am glad that you mentioned the scent, as DP and I definitely stood sniffing in the delicious fragrance of wild bluebells at a certain location - only to be sneered at by a gardener/self-styled personage of the countryside who said bluebells had no scent! Entirely rubbish, as they do and it's lovely - it's just not *smack ya round the chops* as all the artificial scents that we are exposed to on a daily basis I was in a conifer forest t'other day, and stopped my bicycle to actually take in the pine fragrance. Again, nowhere near as *aggressive* as the pine smell that we know from our household cleaning products, just a lovely fresh, uplifting scent - it really did stop me in my tracks as to how lovely it was

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

We now sleep around 14 which is crazy for a household of two.

....Greying and DP shuffle into 13th and 14th spot respectively, clutching their *housetrained* certificates and their bags of valoo pasta shapes............

Greying x

Pippilongstocking

Catching up lovlies.

Whole day of working in the bag!

Greying_Pilgrim

Ay up Pipster!

Was so minded of you today and your talk of Aquilegias. Thinking on how the plant is also called Columbine (as rtandon mentioned ) which is latin for *dove* - wonder how that came to mind, eh?



Also, oh Guru of the Garden, could you identify the following plant for me? DP wanted to know what it was - I'm thinking a member of the lily family, as it minded me of the foxtail lilies, (but was considerably shorter.....), but other than that, I was stumped......



Hope you're having a good wind-down after work.....

Greying x

Pippilongstocking

Camassia?

We have it out up here too.

The large one is called Camassia leichtlinii

??

Greying_Pilgrim

YUP! That's the one. Interesting that it is in the hyacinth family - as are bluebells - and the top looks like unopened bluebells. But I have also learnt that asparagus is part of the hyacinth family, and yup, it looks like the top of an asparagus spear!

Thanks Pippi - Greying dashes off to tell DP.........

Greying x

Pippilongstocking

And bootiful photos by the way love the grannies bunnet. which is what we call them up here.

Pippilongstocking

Greying how funny I got a photo like that today at the garden and we got some plants for the lady saying, I don't suppose you know what this is.



tips hat and smiles at that expensive and normally wasted 'heducation' of mine

I did lern somefink

Greying_Pilgrim

Thanks love! You would have adored where we were today

And I've read on a bit and apparently, the camassia was once part of the liliaceae family until it was split - so I wasn't too far of the mark with my luddite guess :rotfl:Edit: Nope, nope - don't write in. Eremurus and Liliaceae are totally different Learnt lots of things today!

Oh - with you on the 'granny's bonnet', but glad that I know the other names too - didn't feel out of me depth today when all around were 'pontificating' to show how much they knew..........

We ate chocolate buns, wif chocolate bunnies atop 'em, in a garden....... Mr McGregor wasne in sight.......... :rotfl:#we'resooooocommon



Greying x

Pippilongstocking

at Greying and her chocolate bunnies on buns.



Yesterday was pretty full on a whole grafting day then a meeting to sort out the final throws of a funding bid for other job. Sometimes they overlap and I have to say I was X-HAUSTED.

Did a bit of a life list yesterday whilst slurping cuppa.

There's a job come up in 'toffice of local big organisation looking at climate change/energy/recycling type thingmies (you know technical like) been suggested by a chum I apply for it as they're also keen to have some planty-researchy-skills in the dept (long story).

Trying to fathom if I want to trade office/paid holidays/pension for ootside, not so much working brain but with the flowers.

Talking to himself who just says be happy. In or Oot.

Prob is the office/use the brain bit, is tempting not sure what scope I have, or actually want at current work. Even if having no responsibility feels a bit odd and frustrating sometimes, coming home and switching off is just lovely.

So that's todays thoughts. I like where I am, the people are nice but it does have its challenges and I'm currently uncontracted just turn up and work. So if I want that to change I best have an idea what I do want to say to them.

Ponder ponder. I've asked for an application form anyway. Bit of a longer drive but not much and flexi working. Much to think about.

In other news - shopping on Saturday - himself treated to nice fish and I got the reduced/stores/milk bits £12 and toiletries £5.87

I put £20 toward sofa bed and £28 petrol in car on Fri.

Whispers spent some budget on plants which I can propagate honest guv
Geranium 'Johnstones blue'
Nepeta grandiflora
Geranium pheum

Dressed/Banks/Work.



Have a good one folks.

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, exciting prospect whether you go for it or not! Is it full time? Does it *have* to be full time, or could you do a bit of planty goodness on the side?