Daydream fund challenge part 4

Rummer

Alfie, all of your horses and ponies are gorgeous! I so miss having horses. In fact I have promised myself some riding lessons if I lose a bit of weight. I am light enough to ride (something sturdy ) just thought a goal would be motivating

I took a elk in the garden today as it was dry for once and there are a ridiculous amount of weeds to clear The shaded bed looks great this year and only needs a couple of small gaps filled. However the sunny bed is looking grim and I will have to think of what to do to improve it.

choille

Hi all,

Lovely horses Alfie.

It's been really cold & wet here. Local woman's funeral today & very beautiful with her buried on their croft & the coffin carried from the barn where the celebration of her life was held. A piper piped the coffin down & there was beautiful Gaelic singer. Really very moving. It's traditional for drams of whiskey to be drunk on the journey & so they were.

Still awaiting a lamb or two & also a plumber.......................

ukmaggie45

Rummer wrote: »

However the sunny bed is looking grim and I will have to think of what to do to improve it.

Higgledy is selling off annual seeds half price at the mo, just try sow before end of May. Just a suggestion? You can plant direct in ground now, no need to go to the faff of into pots etc unless you're worried about slugs/snails.

Fay

Alfie the horses are gorgeous. I just love Ruby's colouring.

I've been busy in the garden after Malvern, terribly inspiring but I don't think my garden will ever look quite how I want it. But it's getting better.

But I've got a problem. I planted a new bleeding heart 3 weeks ago and it's been doing really well then suddenly the last day or so it's started drooping. It looks very sorry for itself. Watered it and hasn't helped and now a sedum close by is doing the same. I can see fine spider webs in the centre and I'm wondering if it could be spider mite? If so, any tips? Or anything else it could be? I'm now worried it's going to spread through the whole border...half the plants in there are newly planted :wall:

Davesnave

I don't think it's spider mite at this point in the year Fay, as severe damage from that is fairly uncommon out of doors, even in hot weather. I don't think spider mite wouldn't like sedum either.

It's far more likely to be a reaction to cold nights after being mollycoddled in a greenhouse somewhere. The other possibility is a soil-borne fungus.

I_have_spoken

> Or anything else it could be?<

vine weevil grubs brought in with the bleeding heart ?

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Morning all, wow we got a very low mist this morning, can't see out the window. Hope it clears up soon..

So pleased with my mega reduced plants, got a load of hanging baskets that I got given to me a few years back, so going to plant some up, and sell them in the small farm auction...along with some other plants I bought/ grown....

Since watching Chelsea I can't stop thinking about the beautiful pinks , so think I am going to get some again..

Right cuppa time and early to work, to make up for sneaking off yesterday lol

Davesnave

It actually feels like a summer morning today. The cold north wester isn't blowing a hooley, or even just trickling past behind, making us shiver. Still had the wood burner on last night, though!

Mr Rod turned up and agreed to do our work, but pointed out that Bedroom 1's ceiling was beyond his powers to fix, due to inadequate bracing to the joists. We knew that, having braced others, but we waited for confirmation. Unfortunately, when it's not an old house, wavy ceilings can't be passed off as 'character!' :undecided

I've had contact from the buyer of the Aga, but I'm now worried they won't get it out of here without damaging something. I've been looking-up "Dismantling Agas" and there isn't a lot of help out there.... Hopefully, I will have all the nutsand bolts freed-off by tomorrow when they arrive to take her away. They seem to think she will go out whole! :rotfl::eek:

The oil tank left here without a fight, but the buyer of the steel lintel in Peterborough backed out. :mad: Did I tell you that already?

The window in the en-suite was approved around 11.30pm yesterday and the opening was there, complete with lintel, by 5pm. Builder went home to walk the dog at lunchtime and 'found' the latter in a shed!

By contrast, Mr Rod brought me a bill from one of the other plasterers, dated 5th March. "It's been in the van for a while." :rotfl:

choille

Very ruff day here. Chucking it down & the wind is really blowing up.

Filthy Spring. Supposed to get the plasterer today for the bathroom, but plumber is being a plumber & gone AWOL. What is it with plumbers?

Off to check the sheep.

pink_poppy

Rummer wrote: »

I took a elk in the garden today as it was dry for once and there are a ridiculous amount of weeds to clear The shaded bed looks great this year and only needs a couple of small gaps filled. However the sunny bed is looking grim and I will have to think of what to do to improve it.

I'm surprised Dave didn't comment on the elk I have a wonderful image in my head of you leading it around your garden :rotfl:

I've just ordered some Rosate to tackle the weeds here. It was linked to by Dave many moons ago & I've only just got round to getting it I actually bought it to do the boundaries of our garden, the bit that the council ignore every year. Blow me, this morning the council have been round & strimmed the lot ~ bloomin' typical!! :rotfl: