Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

chris_m

GDB2222 wrote: »

green fingers

I'm impressed. Our garden is somehow becoming a cross between a jungle and a desert.

I've only got dirty fingers so far

This morning I have mostly been giving the lawns another haircut and pruning off the bits of plants that are obviously not growing nor going to - haven't a clue what most of them are but they look a bit tidier

I also gave the "trench" across one of the lawns a turning over with the fork. This is part of my cunning plan for dealing with the moss on one lawn. The worst of it is in the half further from the house, so that's going to get dug up and turned into my veggie patch. The "trench" will be a flower bed dividing the remaining half-decent lawn from the veggie patch.

When the compost arrives on Monday (Wickes were cheaper than the "local" garden centres and will deliver for free, saves getting the car dirty on the inside as well as the outside, LOL) I'll dig a few bags of that into it.

Then, assuming that I survive the dentist's ministrations next Thursday, I'll pick up some form of lawn edging and 6-10 rose bushes from the garden centre in Ambleside on my way back and plant them in the "trench".

Over the next few months I'll then dig up and thoroughly turn over the mossy half of the lawn and mix in plenty of compost ready for planting whatever veggies I decide I fancy for next year. The planned list currently comprises my favourites, parsnips - but I dare say I'll think of a few more to try as well

silvercar

We have vague thoughts of a vegetable patch.

They haven't got much further than vague.

Generali

If you're not feeling old already how about this:

The Muppet's A Christmas Carol was released closer in time to the moon landings than to today.

chris_m

Generali wrote: »

If you're not feeling old already....

I can go off people, you know :rotfl:

Still, at least most of us are approaching summer - unlike you

SingleSue

I've been going out and strimming the front and back garden...at a rate of about a 10ft x 1ft narrow strip a day. It's all I can do before I am beggered, got stuck in the back garden on Friday, had attempted to do a little more and took it just that little bit too far and then found I couldn't actually walk back to the back door. It finally took me about 20 minutes to go approx 30 feet and that was with me physically picking up my right leg by the leg of my jeans material and moving it each time I had to take a step (I 'lose' my right leg when I do too much, if I do even more, I 'lose' all legs and the power to stand!).

Keep saying I will get a gardener in but every time I do, brother promises to come up and do it...and then doesn't. Goodness knows what the point of having a fully trained landscape gardener is in the family (and the deal we had with storing his stuff in my garden), when I am left with a 140ft back garden which looks like a blooming jungle.

Generali

chris_m wrote: »

I can go off people, you know :rotfl:

Still, at least most of us are approaching summer - unlike you

Haha.

It's still nice in the day; mid-20s and sunny. It's cool at night though, about 10C.

Given that we don't have central heating, insulation or indeed doors that fit the holes that they are in generally in Sydney houses, 10C is very cold indeed.

chris_m

Generali wrote: »

Given that we don't have central heating, insulation or indeed doors that fit the holes that they are in generally in Sydney houses, 10C is very cold indeed.

Does it never get (much) colder than that?

chris_m

SingleSue wrote: »

Keep saying I will get a gardener in but every time I do, brother promises to come up and do it...and then doesn't.

Get a gardener in but bill brother - then he'll come up and do it :rotfl:

PasturesNew

Gardening robots .... 100 years from now everybody will use them. All people will have to do is choose what they want online, the items will come in specific types of package that the robot can handle - so if you order 20 lots of seeds, the robot will have slots to fit the packets into ... and goes off and digs/plants/covers the seeds, then pops out each day to water them etc. When something's ready to be eaten you'll get a text - choose "YES" and he'll fetch the item and bring it into the house for you.



He'll even understand your garden/soil type and you'll get an alert when online shopping if something's not the right product for your garden and asking if you want to order it anyway (it might be a gift, or you might just be a risk-taker)

chris_m

PasturesNew wrote: »

Gardening robots ....

That sounds horrible - you might as well just use online shopping and have the store's delivery robot bring the stuff to you.

I think I'll just stick to my robotic vacuum cleaner, leaving me time to get my hands dirty in the garden