Awful weather - typical Brits talk

YoungBlueEyes

Ah the one time I knew an answer someone beat me to it. I would have said Persian Jewels like wot Less already did. As shouting at the telly does sometimes work, maybe de-foliage-ing will this time too Farway.

I'm nearly sure Boots still sell glycerine+rosewater stuff, if anyone looking for some. I use their plain cucumber moisturiser and I'm sure it's next to it on the shelf. Bottom shelf, naturally, as it's only cheapo Woohoo for lavendar-y bed linen, your own basil, and a working fountain 2p. It really is the little things. How's your aches and pains today?

Did the kids enjoy a day out visiting different tractors and diggers Dusty? Were there any mumblings of Santa bringing one for Christmas  

Speaking of lavendar oil, here's a useless fact very useful and easy way to fragrance a room. I used to put a few drops on a tissue and leave it on the top of a radiator - lovely smelling room. If you put a good few drops on and wipe it round your lightbulbs first it'll make the room smell nicer much quicker with the heat from them being on Very handy come muck-spreading season *nodding*

Another lovely soft autumnal dawn this morning. It looked as if the sky had been smudged by a licked thumb. Lovely creamy moon last night too, and even better tonight Much more pleasing temps here too, 'feels like' single figures overnight and highs just into the 20's in the day time. Lovely Bit dry mind - round here they're getting the rape/barley/wheat in, beautifully dry apparently. I'm not sure the tatties will be happy about it though.

Dustyevsky

YoungBlueEyes said:
Did the kids enjoy a day out visiting different tractors and diggers Dusty? Were there any mumblings of Santa bringing one for Christmas  

Another lovely soft autumnal dawn this morning. It looked as if the sky had been smudged by a licked thumb. Lovely creamy moon last night too, and even better tonight Much more pleasing temps here too, 'feels like' single figures overnight and highs just into the 20's in the day time. Lovely Bit dry mind - round here they're getting the rape/barley/wheat in, beautifully dry apparently. I'm not sure the tatties will be happy about it though.

The kids were happy enough, but not the parents, who spent a lot of time queuing, only to discover the child was too small, or they were too large for some things! I expect they didn't read the signs.

We had a good, pink sunset last night, so why is it dull and on the chilly side this morning? 

I had a friend visit yesterday, whom I'd not seen in 20 years. We intended to go for a walk in the forest, but there was so much catch-up to get through, it didn't happen.

YoungBlueEyes

Bluddy 'ell, that's some picture Dusty! That's a calendar one for sure A 20 year catchup?! Surprised it's not still in progress ha haa.

YoungBlueEyes

So is it Dusty No Grapes and the Eff Meister now is it...?  

Edit - let us know when yous go on tour cos I'll be wanting tickets!

Farway

A quick pop in, had invite out to visit a GC [+ café] later, there's's also a long border there, with, sobs quietly here, loads of cannas.

Mine is OK but still no sign of flowering, but it's alive at least

The seed pod photo is Nigella, the remnant of my Persian Jewels, at least I'll get some fresh seeds to fight the squirrels with next year

Close & ponced up of same below.

I'll have to be careful over the GC, avoiding all cut-price clearance stuff, there is a Farm shop there as well so could come home with some Brighton Blue cheese I suppose and chops from happy Sussex pigs

Dusty pic just popped up, a cracker there trumps my LITM seed pod by a country mile

Oh, before I forget, I picked plenty of runners, not a glut, but over a pound / 500g

And, one of the fig cuttings I gave away last year, spotted yesterday and has two ripening figs on it.

Seed pods, Persian Jewels

And bonus, pelargonium, from Morries

-taff

Lovely picture Dusty! I love that ou can see all of his/her/their whiskers...

Farway, don't feel bad about the cannas, they probably have an employee witches cricle at night doing things with feed  and drip irrigation io make them live...At least you have beans and broad beans, I have neither

Good tips ybe, lavender is my nemesis though so maybe patchouli for me [ erstwhile perfume of my gothy yoof] 

Less, I did not know this, about one is edible and one isn't, perhaps I will get some sm seeds and scatter those to see if mine are different.

2P, can it not be put through a little sieve?

No builders today or tomorrow so I had a lie in except it wasn't really because I couldn't sleep so late sleeping, late waking...I can see the roses need deadheading [all two of them] from the living room window, I might go out and see what damage there is after the waterless last few weeks. I have a prunus out there that does nothing, it just grows and has glossy leaves, white flowers in the spring/summer. I am debating cutting it down because it does nothing interesting. Another case of me not thinking about the eventual size of things....fast grower though.

Dustyevsky

Farway said:

Dusty pic just popped up, a cracker there trumps my LITM seed pod by a country mile

It's handy having a trusty horse friend for sunsets. The scenery around his paddock is all fences, gates and electric tape, so without him, I'd struggle.

We had one random LITM grow here this year. It was prettier than expected, so I scattered seeds about in the dry soil under the hedge. We'll see what happens.

I really meant to post a photo of' Lulu's Best Ever' tomatoes, which I may have mis-named here as 'Sue's Best Ever,' because they came from a lady called Sue, So here they are, with a handy well-known object to indicate size:

There are 2 or 3 plants and the fruit are swelling nicely, but will they all make it before the end of the growing season?

YoungBlueEyes

Question - (your toms have reminded me Dusty) what do yous do with toms that are too far behind then? My ones are a sprawling mess, they've got diddy wee fruits on a few arms but there are still loads of useless non-opening flowers? Will I chop the extraneous nonsense off so they can concentrate on the few fruits they've deigned to produce...?

You working your builders too hard taff? Or are you deluged with everybody's rain over there? 

Have a good time at the sale rail  garden centre  cafe/shop F-meister

Also - are you flat out on your kitchen floor with your belly sticking out a mile from eating all them tatties Arb? Give us a shout if you need someone to come lift you ha haa  

Working_Mum

Well I haven't been plagued by the gremlins on this site all weekend as I can't seem to log in from anywhere other than my work PC. I tried over the weekend on both my phone and laptop but couldn't do it - hey ho....less procrastination out of office hours for me this way!

Loving the various hauls of seeds - I notice your foxglove seeds Dusty do foxglove flower in their first year or will it be a case of seedlings in the greenhouse and potted on for a couple of years?

Just seen your wall on your thread YBE - love the wall. It's exactly as you'd drawn in your plan. Looks ace.

-Taff thank you for the pragmatic, sound advice. 

I have to say I love all of the -BER months PP - this year it'll mean less time in my garden or dog walking as the nights draw in. I'm back working full time for the foreseeable future. To paraphrase "the wind's about to change Mary Poppins"  

I got a fig too Farway !! I was so pleased when I saw it nestling under a leaf. Homemade crumble is my fave pudding of all time.


Those Coleus seeds look so TINY!! I'd be petrified I'd lose those if I tried to plant them. I am clumsy and have a tremor so anything delicate is not for me! Lugging Freecycl3ed greenhouses under control on the hand.....this is how my greenhouse currently looks! I wrestled it good and proper but got it up and sprayed over the weekend. I'll measure and order the Perspex over the next week or so and get that fitted early September I'd imagine. In the meantime I'm happy with having it in situ! Saved myself a few quid I reckon.



There are a few dings in the aluminium which make the paint look patchy but it is quite a good coverage in real life.

Your comments about mugs made me think YBE - I have mugs which are imprinted with words - some are nice like "love" or "sunshine" but some have other words on them - "drama queen" and "really" and "phwooar" have been handed out to visitors when I've been feeling a little passive aggressive 

Thanks for the cotton whitening tip 2p - My daughter loves wearing white!! I used N4pisan to keep her whites white. It's a never ending job. I love your knitted clown but sadly that's way out of my capabilities. I can knit a twiddlemuff - they're great for people with dementia - and that's about my limit. As the nights draw in I have a couple of sewing projects I'm going to do. I made this for a friend as a housewarming gif - she loved it which was the main thing



It's definitely cooler here which I am grateful for as I'm stuck in my office working. I've got a patio area and garden to spruce up ready to celebrate my Mum's 81st on Thursday so that'll be my focus when I get home. Have a productive day everyone.

WM

Dustyevsky

YoungBlueEyes said:

 A 20 year catchup?! Surprised it's not still in progress ha haa.

It is, but I'll give you details elsewhere!

What a fantastic job you did on that greenhouse, WM. Extreme MSEing too!  From experience, I know how hard just doing the reassembly can be.

Regarding the foxgloves, they're biennial. Being realistic, I might get 10 plants from each packet, but at least I'll know what the flowers will be like in 2026.