Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper

bugslet

Good news all round on the Generali front:beer: - very, very pleased for you.

I thihnk some of the gardeners on here would be jealous of my situation at the moment. I've lifted around 80' x 10' of turf up from the side of the house. Bit less than 10' to do. Slopes gently upwards, until the last 15-20' when it rises quite sharply. It's a blank canvas :eek:; that emoticon reflects how I feel quite well:o. Was heading down the waterfall/stream design idea, but then was introduced to dry creek beds, which are quite taking my fancy.

google images has a lot to answer for:)



Can't decide if this is naff or rather impressive

lostinrates

bugslet wrote: »

Good news all round on the Generali front:beer: - very, very pleased for you.

I thihnk some of the gardeners on here would be jealous of my situation at the moment. I've lifted around 80' x 10' of turf up from the side of the house. Bit less than 10' to do. Slopes gently upwards, until the last 15-20' when it rises quite sharply. It's a blank canvas :eek:; that emoticon reflects how I feel quite well:o. Was heading down the waterfall/stream design idea, but then was introduced to dry creek beds, which are quite taking my fancy.

google images has a lot to answer for:)



Can't decide if this is naff or rather impressive

Beautiful IMO.


Often the difference between naff and impressive is not enough guts to really go for it with vision, and so trying to make something inoffensive.

( that said, poop scooping could be fun between some of those vertical rocks on that stunning dark path. )

bugslet

lostinrates wrote: »

Beautiful IMO.


Often the difference between naff and impressive is not enough guts to really go for it with vision, and so trying to make something inoffensive.

( that said, poop scooping could be fun between some of those vertical rocks on that stunning dark path. )

I think you are spot on with the having guts to do it - it will certainly keep me busy;). I can just imagine me finding a couple of orange stones to add in......

I've fenced the muttlets in, so they are confined to the back garden, I decided to let them wreck only that bit. Stops them running round to the front and barking at people on 'their' pavement.

lostinrates

. Good for you darling bugslet. Btw, I have missed you.


I am making afternoon tea for someone on Sunday who has never had afternoon tea or been to UK before. I'm trying to decide what cakes to bake. I'm guessing a boring old Victoria sandwich is probably a good choice. Still, I can lir it up. haven't decided what else. Fondant fancies are fun and pretty , but a bit of work for so few people IMO. It also needs to be cake that freezes well, because I'm guessing lots left over. Fir can take some to work though......new boy grovelling stuff.

bugslet

I miss you too - just gets a bit ridiculous at work and trying to keep up on here was manic at one point!

Love tea partys, this is the first year where I haven't had the annual tea party for about 25 people. I don't understand this left over concept:rotfl:

Not sure if this is too far away from the norm, but this has gone down a storm in previous years

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/fudgy-fig-roll

as has

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/chocolate-mint-loaf-cake

which turned out to be incredibly moreish, not that I got much of a look in after the plague of locusts, er guests, had passed by.:)

lemonjelly

Nikkster wrote: »

I have two Buddleias in my garden. they are very pretty, but also very effective at growing seedlings (not helped by the fact that I was lazy at deadheading...). I am not sure whether to keep them or get rid...

Google images send up some lovely pics of some lovely purples. I'd keep, at least for now until you've something to replace colour wise.

I was given a clematis by my mom the other day. I'm trying to work out where to plant it.

I also omitted to deadhead a rhododendron that previous owners left. I'd like to keep it for the colour, and also apparently slugs hate them. The lack of deadheading means that although there are a couple of buds, nothing has opened, & I'm sure this time last year they were flowering.

lemonjelly

The above post reminds me, in 2.5 weeks it will be the one year anniversary of me moving in!

lemonjelly

bugslet wrote: »

Can't decide if this is naff or rather impressive

To me, from that perspective it looks like a raging river. Wonderful!

bugslet

PN, sorry I missed that, our posts clashed. Your poor poor mum, that's pretty dire. When Mr Bugs moved finally from hospital to care home, he just appeared on their door steip - no warning to them or to me. Fortunately sponge pudding was on the tea time menu, so he was happy, but it could easily have been traumatic for him. Hope she is feeling settled PN.

LJ, I would have thought it was about 6 months you moved - tempus fugit and all that.

Actually I thought of renting my garden to you, you could pay in carrots and rhubarb:D

LydiaJ

PasturesNew wrote: »

Don't quote, will delete.

So sorry to hear about that, PN.

My experience with my mum being in hospital was that the ward she was in (for gastric/bowel surgery) didn't really have the faintest idea how to deal with a patient with dementia, let alone somebody like her who had not only dementia but Parkinsonism as well. I don't think she'd have eaten anything for the entire 3+ months she was in there if my dad hadn't gone in several times a day to feed her. There just wasn't any provision for somebody who (a) wasn't interested in food and had to be coaxed to eat even though her recovery (and her life) depended on it, and (b) needed help with cutting up the food etc. I think it's because hospitals are so specialised now. The people who deal with bowel surgery know nothing about Parkinson's, and the people who deal with Parkinson's know nothing about dementia, and so on.

lemonjelly wrote: »

I was given a clematis by my mom the other day. I'm trying to work out where to plant it.

I have a clematis that climbs up my garden fence. I love it.

lemonjelly wrote: »

The above post reminds me, in 2.5 weeks it will be the one year anniversary of me moving in!

Congratulations (in advance)!