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MMF007

nursemaggie wrote: »

MMF007 Rosemary is so easy to grow. They just grow from it little twig. I had two in my garden about 15 years ago. From a tiny twig they grow to a sizable bush so you are always cutting it back. They have the most lovely blue flowers on them in the summer so you can grow it in pots or in a shrubbery. I have always grown it among the flowers or shrubs.

If you live anywhere near me and we can meet I can bring you a few cuttings as there is a big bush in our communal garden.

Hester to see all that money wasted. Especially when without letting your house to her, you would struggle to replace things like vacuum cleaners. They should be going to people who could not afford them not the tip.

What a kind offer, NM, thank you. I live in East Cheshire area. Google East Cheshire Council, or watch out for an article in the Rotten Boroughs section of Private Eye. The Council are bound to feature. Scandal after scandal for the last couple of years, some still under investigation by the Police. I despair.

Just about to catch up on today's posts, have been at the races all day! I lost £25, DH won £84. I therefore expect a nice birthday pressie next weekend :rotfl:

mardatha

I love rosemary but I can't keep it alive through the winter. I've never had one that flowered either, googled pics and the flowers looks so beautiful.
We have a horrible dark morning after heavy rain all night. Pity we can't stash sunshine...

Doveling

Very distressed this a.m. after reading about the attack on an orthopaedic surgeon. Thankfully he is ok.

This man fixed my foot and ankle; saving me from ending up in a wheelchair. He is a kind and gentle man.

Why would anyone do this to a man who just helps others?
Why would anyone do this to anybody?

Beyond my understanding.

ivyleaf

Wet and gloomy here too this morning, though I expect it's rather warmer than the borders!
I was thinking of going to a nearby town to look at some boots, but I'll go later in the week instead, rather than drip in and out of shops.

(#wimp)

maryb

People always overestimate what they"should" be able to achieve in the short term (i.e. Buy house plus all new stuff) but they also underestimate what is achieved by the long haul. every generation has it hard at the time. I do feel sorry for them because though we had very little money our jobs were a lot more secure but I don't feel too much sympathy with the fact they have to knuckle down and struggle per se

pollyanna_26

maryb I think expectations over the decades raised the bar for what people should have . I grew up in the 50s my generation were the first across the family to buy our own homes .

When I bought this house I had neighbours who a few years later were using credit cards , loans etc because they wanted everything at once . Then it was a second mortgage etc, etc . A lot depends on your needs as apposed to wants . I wanted a secure home for my children , warm beds and food in the cupboard othere wanted everything .

Secure jobs are far rarer now but if you want a house on an average income saving is the way to get there . I look at the cost of some weddings now and it's amazing a lot of people ( not all) are putting themselves in debt for the future for one day - or maybe a few if you do it in sunnier climes .

I'd send you some sun Mar but it's raining heavily here , have a bag of virtual jelly babies .

polly

nursemaggie

I don't think It can be the cold mar as it gets pretty cold here. The rosemary in the garden is a substantial bush so I think it may be that you need to bring it indoors or put it in a greenhouse in winter until it is a big bush.

The next two weeks I have a lot of appointments so I will take a few cuttings myself and see how they go. I have a feeling I had a bunch of rosemary in a jar and they grew roots. It does take a couple of years to flower.

I have always grown it as near the kitchen as possible so it tends to be in a sheltered spot. Maybe they don't like snow. The big bush here is well away from the building but is sheltered from the wind. We get a lot of strong winds here.

MMF007 I will PM you in a couple of weeks. Maybe we could meet in Manchester or even the Trafford Centre.

pollyanna_26

We get pretty cold and fierce winds here but aren't much above sea level , hence the flood risk .
I'm wondering if your bitterly cold winds and the height of the location are a factor in the loss of the Rosemary Mar .
I have some planted in the ground front and back and a number in large terracotta pots in the back . I treat them mean as they don't like too much water . The only time I've lost a couple was in rare very hot and dry periods , my own fault as I was so used to the rain keeping them watered I overlooked the fact they were baked in the pots .
I seem to remember you have a little porch . It's worth sheltering them once the decent weather is over .

NM I've rooted no end of things in jars on the window sills rosemary included . I often root carnations when they have a lot of off shoots , I just remove them and put in a jar of water .
Last winter I had lovely red and white carnations from the coop . There was tiny leaved foliage in with them which was glittered in a very subtle way . I could tell it was some sort of tiny leaved evergreen hebe as I grow them myself . I never identified it but the foliage lasted long beyond the flowers so I kept putting it in with the next jug of flowers , lo and behold it rooted after a couple of months .
I hope the appointments and travel go well . Keep warm and keep the property details coming we all need a laugh although I wish you didn't have to wade through the dross .
polly

nursemaggie

polly I have rooted lots of carnations. Most of them take OK. I once got ten plants from one bunch.

No more houses. We have our eyes on two. Neither are available yet. One has been on the market just two weeks but it is not available until December. The other one has been on the market months.

Why do people put houses on the market months before they are ready to let or sell. One is tenanted until the end of November and the other is having renovations.

ivyleaf

A quick question for maryb, please . The Ecco shoes website says there's an Ecco shop in what was The Glades. Is it still there? Last time I was in Bromley (a couple of years ago when they were doing things to the town centre) I headed towards the one the website said was still in the High Street, only to find it wasn't there any more.

Doveling Sorry, just noticed your post above my previous one. What an awful thing to happen! i hadn't heard about this at all. Where was it?

ETA have found the news item now. The poor man