Awful weather - typical Brits talk

wort

Wow YBE , that’s some rain. They got the council on the job quickly though. If it was here they would be still staring at it a year later.

Pp were you not tempted to add some little eyes on the post with green hair? 😂

Farway that’s a tiny snail, did you not send him for flying lessons !? 

OT it’s grey mizzle here. Too wet to garden .

pink_poppy

That snail must be tiny, Farway, or that's a very large leaf    I like the raindrops on it. I used to love the loose cheddar with pickled onion from Morrisons Deli - mmm, must look out for that the next time I go there.

No idea if the leaning Tower of Pisa post is/was a waymarker, Dusty, how can you tell?? It was just off a public path, so maybe??

wort, you read my mind about putting eyes on the post - it could end up looking like Beaker off the Muppets, but with green hair instead of orange!!    

This is the same view as yesterday, but the mountain has done a full disappearing act today...


Horrible mistiness and murkiness and we've got a yellow weather warning for snow and ice next week.

Dustyevsky

Rosemoor was sunny, until about 15.00. Clouds then began rolling in from the Atlantic. We were on our way home by the time it went really grey, though.

More photos tomorrow.

Dustyevsky

Yesterday, walking around Rosemoor, I was informed last night would be the final opportunity to see a Supermoon this year. The fact it's officially a 'Beaver' Supermoon caused some hilarity interesting discussion about potential reasons why.

Well, I tried, but clouds and severe technical issues (puzzling camera settings ) thwarted any ambition to capture this  event in full-frontal form.  So, I hid behind a birch tree, stuck one finger over the flash, and this was the spooky result.

The clouds still haven't produced any significant rain, but I see it's supposed to be with us by 11.00. As for the Supermoon, there are plenty of pictures online, and the likely connection with beavers is also explained.

twopenny

Nice one Dusty

Surprising what you can do with a supposedly automatic camera. I used a bit of white paper partially over the light meter (when they had them exposed) to get a pure white toadstool to stop bleaching out.

I've looked at the garden this morning and wondered how to arrange for more veg, better pots etc but like Dusty, rain is due in. Mind I shuttered all the windows last night because previous one was a condensation on the windows - but of course it's warmer than said.

Did anyone notice that the Met had declared night time at 3pm a few days ago   Another 'glitch' I guess.

Washing out for the second day to try and get dry.

Off to see an exhibition about bee keeping and another on monochrome photography so a bit of indulgence. Short days so probably won't get out for jobs. 

The lawn is all moss and clover from the rubbish year weatherwise so I've got prepared for the gathering of uric acid and may have time to stick a fork around the lawn for drainage. Soooo exciting - not.

Dustyevsky

twopenny said:

Did anyone notice that the Met had declared night time at 3pm a few days ago   Another 'glitch' I guess.

Yes, I was puzzled about the moon symbol appearing then. I wondered if it meant we'd be able to see the moon easily mid-afternoon. While that would be daft and confusing, that wouldn't rule it out!

pink_poppy said:

No idea if the leaning Tower of Pisa post is/was a waymarker, Dusty, how can you tell?? It was just off a public path, so maybe??

pp, I thought the post might be a waymarker pp, because it seemed to have one part of it indented, and the remains of a notice or something like that on it. It could just be where the strainer, now long decayed, fitted onto it.

Farway

Dull & grey again.

Like Dusty I was all set for the supermoon, but clouds blocked me, so no mooning here

I'll keep eyes duly peeled just in case moon appears mid-afternoon

Nice spooky moon Dusty, and getting the Rosemoor visit in. I'm still waiting to try again for Wisley, maybe when the blizzards arrive next week? No point recently with all the dull yuck.

Bargain Time? With all the recent talk about Japanese anemones, I thought this offer from T & M may tantalise and tease. 

Collection of 3 different for £3

Collection comprises:
Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' - A classic anemone, which is incredibly easy to grow, and gives impressive displays from late summer to autumn.
Anemone x hybrida 'September Charm' - Rose-pink blooms, with outer petals softly tinted in purple, will revive fading borders right through to early autumn.
Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Prinz Heinrich' - From late summer, each tightly rounded bud reveals semi-double flowers, with delicately rolled petals that fade to paler pink as they mature.

Offer ends midnight, 17th November 2024 or while stocks last. Limited to 1 per order. Normal delivery charges apply. Use order code TM_TN5431W

https://www.thompson-morgan.com/p/anemone-trio/T82338TM?source=newsletter-anemd-161124&acq_source=

Postage is not included, nearly £8 .

 I've ordered but added some offer 89p veg seeds on to use the postage paid.

Veg is sweet pepper Liberty Belle, patio pot sized and a mild chilli ,Cayennetta, also patio pot size, plus some rocket, chives  & cress

I've never done very well with peppers, but maybe 2025 will be the year? Only six seeds in the packet, so fingers crossed.

twopenny said:

Off to see an exhibition about bee keeping and another on monochrome photography so a bit of indulgence. Short days so probably won't get out for jobs. 

The lawn is all moss and clover from the rubbish year weatherwise so I've got prepared for the gathering of uric acid and may have time to stick a fork around the lawn for drainage. Soooo exciting - not.

Beekeeping, something for Rottery Acres? One of those things needing far more space & time than I have.

Mono photography is something I try now & again, with meh, useless, results. I've just not got the eye for it so far, but maybe one day?

Hope Uric Acid harvesting goes without any hitches or trips

wort said:

Farway that’s a tiny snail, did you not send him for flying lessons !? 

No, I spared him / her / they. Mainly because there are no food crops there, and in a day or so the frost will kill the nasturtiums anyway, so poor soul will be homeless. Can snails be homeless?

Today is the last of my outdoor fuchsias, before frost gets them next week. They are hardy but the flowers will go

twopenny

Farway I have something for you to play with on a dull day.

Have you seen the 3D stero photo maker? The one I saw was Owl3D images printing 2 photos with one minutely offset and using an old fashioned victorian viewer

https://frankenfiction.com/stereophotography-victorians-3d/

The photos were amazing! you could look right through a dandelion head or a multi headed flower - and of course all sorts else.

Aparantly you can also photo something a tad offset but that sounds hard to me.

-taff

Dusty, yep, shes a lady indeed and a very vigorous one finally after langusihing for years. For a property you're not keeping? You don't mean you're moving again? Or is it just potential barn selling? I liked your hit and hope moon too.

wort, lovely autumnal scene there.

blimey ybe, that's a proper amount going through there to lift up stones. I'm sure I saw a quick video of that yesterday too, you could see the stones bouncing down the hill in the water.

2P, the sun does come through when you opn it in a new window...and I'm envious of your kale..I just looked up how to make a stereoscopic image...looks difficult...I'll stick with cake

farway, love the beading water on the nasturtium least..maybe the snail is going for a swim not a launch...and har har, can a snail be homeless I suppose it could if you stood on it but then it would be permanently homeless..I do like japanese anemones even if they are supposed to take over the world but they say that about crocosmia which died in my front garden...Plus, I think as well as just going as simple as it can get gardening, now I'm beginning to like the idea of something thattakes over i.e. doesn't need the attention and isn't bloody fussy...

Weather was cloudy with no chance of sun, high of 11 low of 4 tonight..I'd like to put the fire on bu it does play havoc with my chest at the moment so waiting on the sweep to get back tome in case its a fire not a me problem. No gardening, making eight christmas cakes and sitting on my butt instead...I have though finally planted the garlic, field beans and onions. So now I sit here thinking about next jobs...

Dustyevsky

It didn't rain, but after chainsawing for 2 hours, I had to stop. I was trying to finish the field hedge between us and departing neighbours. It's nearly done, and one more session will finish it, but I was sure I'd complete it today. We've no idea when the neighbours will move, but we want the incoming folk to know that the hedgerow is maintained, not allowed to grow huge, as it was before I began. It would be lovely if they take on trimming their side properly, but I'll not hold my breath!

Monday looks wet and windy, but tomorrow seems to have improved a little since I last looked. Will we escape again?

Farway said:

Nice spooky moon Dusty, and getting the Rosemoor visit in. I'm still waiting to try again for Wisley, maybe when the blizzards arrive next week? No point recently with all the dull yuck.

I agree with your assessment on visiting gardens when it's gloomy, though they do switch the 'Glow' lights on at Rosemoor around 15.00.....and then close at 16.00, so we don't get the true glowing experience for free!  I'm sure it wasn't such an early close last year. We were shocked to be sternly warned to be out by then. I replied we might hide in the woodland and pop out at 18.00, but the lady had no discernable sense of humour and assured me we would be found! No, it's more likely we would be too cold!

We have fuchsias hanging-on too, but probably not for much longer. A pleasant couple who left the neighbouring enclave for pastures new, oop norf, bequeathed us a fine specimen of 'Mrs Popple.' I was delighted... until I went to dig her up. She had rampant fuchsia rust, and that's something no one wants in their garden. There's no cure that I've found which works.

Taff, we aren't leaving here. The entrance we were improving is the barn's, and we must sell that shortly to stay solvent and improve what we're keeping. It's no great loss. By the way, have you a CO monitor for your fire? I expect you have. I certainly find ours reassuring.

Since I mentioned the 'Glow,' here's a wee bit of it. This is the tunnel that joins the original Rosemoor garden & woodland to the more well-known bit, developed since 1990. They're divided by a public road.PS there is a smudgy bit near the centre of all the photos taken yesterday. Got part of my sandwich on my paws and then the filter, didn't I?  Grrrr!!