Awful weather - typical Brits talk

Dustyevsky

YoungBlueEyes said:

Farway put a peg on your nose and take your trowel out and dig it in = free fertiliser innit  

I would, except I'd relocate it, off the premises, or under a hedge. Like greenbee, our  cats go mostly under the hedges, 'cos it's dry and easy. Everyone else's cats are the problem. Then there's hedgehog poo, which isn't so bad, and we're supposed to be glad to see it.    And finally, there are foxes...oh, and badgers. They're supposedly easy to ID, but I wouldn't know.  

Sometimes, I've seen a poo somewhere and it's looked like dog. As we've no dog, I then wonder if someone's come in at the dead of night with their pet, rather than take it up the lane. After all, we have a phantom bin filler who can't be arrised to pull their wheelie up there. They drive their car up late at night, to fill others' wheelies with their black sacks instead.

So, the padlock on the gate is staying.

Since we're on dogs, some more controversy; they're now allowed in Rosemoor! Once a guaranteed dog-free zone, now we must put up with welcome four legged fiends. Here's the proof:

And yes, Mrs Dusty found a poo!  I'm sure it wasn't these two, who look to be very upstanding citizens, but I doubt the riff-raff will comply with the rules, especially in the woods and quieter places:

It's obvious what a passing bird thought!

 OT: A misty, moisty morning at present, but when it burns off we should have a fine day. The cloudless skies will give us 18c, maybe.   No rain in prospect for a week, nor any frost, so those June tomatoes and cucumbers look even more likely.

Dustyevsky

Farway said:

I'd rather give peas a chance [groan ].

Careful, you'll have us on misheard lyrics next!

Like Neil Diamond's “Reverend Blue Jeans,” the trendy vicar.

Oh, and my favourite, “Take your pants down and make it happen!” from Irene Cara in Flashdance.

I'd better add the real words are, “Take your passion, and make it happen,” but honestly, I can't hear them.

-taff

Well isn't it a great day almost to be! 20 degrees they say here..The greenhouse door and window are already open and I've soaked everything. I've also realised I'm a plantaholic as I seem to have enough to stock a stall at a show and yet more are also on their way and I still have nowhere really to put them...oops...

That's a beautiful wisteria 2p, and fancy having roses now, I'm envious...shame the cake lady hasn;t got back to you yet but you never know

Farway, I have an apple tree planted as a pip from the previous allotment owner, does that count? And the cherry I thought was dead has sprouted from the side [and not as a sucker thank goodness] so I might try and train that around the exploded trunk. Glad your giving your peas a chance too

Dusty, good detective wok there, and what planet does he come from to think people want rubbish? It's like the ones on freecycle saying if no one takes it it it's going to the tip. Well, take it to the tip then because it isn't a rubbish removal service. [and breaaaatthhheee...]

won't be playing table tennis any time soon either...

pp the plant looks more fruity to me but it could also be bramble fruity. Keep an eye...

ybe, and the internet winner for grossest thought and image planted in my head today goes to you! And the winner is Cat Poo Fingers!!! Congratulations and a pair of nitrile gloves are winging their way to you!!

I'm empting the one hotbin today to spread the love on the front garden and transplant and plant a couple of geums..I may have ordered many different ones I don't have from Farmer Gracy...oops again.....

pink_poppy

"Give peas a chance"... Brilliant, Farway   

Thanks for the silicone suggestion, taff and Farway, I'll get some. Just have to lug the top of the bird bath into the garage to dry out, but that'll be a job for another day as it's forecast rain all day. I'll have a google of the aquatic sealant too, twopenny

Dusty, what were you doing up at 2am this morning?? Or shouldn't I ask?!    I'd love Japanese Anemones, although they seem to be unpopular on here for some reason.

I'd probably put a wee bench against the garage wall, facing the newly dug out patch, YBE. I could make it into a wee sitooterie if I got some pretty plants around it. It's private and would be lovely to sit out there on a morning. I quite fancy a wee water feature too   

It'll be interesting to see what the mystery plant turns out to be - it's certainly healthy looking. It's mixed/tangled in with Monbretia, ivy, London pride (??), Winter Jasmine, another mystery plant and Astilbe, so it's done well to get growing in amongst that lot.

My pineapple plant is having babies!! I noticed new growth on one side and on closer inspection there's new growth on the opposite side too   In less good news, my new Calla Lily has lost two stems/flowers due to rotting, I think. It's possibly because I watered it from the top a few days ago, instead of from the bottom    

It's a bit of a miserable day here - rain forecast all day and feels chilly. DH is away, so I might sit and watch gardening programmes all day. I thought I'd found a new programme yesterday, but it turned out to be an old series with an extremely young looking Monty Don as presenter...

Refreshed...

taff, Farmer Gracy has been popping up on my FB feed - are they any good?? I do like Geums.

Dusty, sounds like you should get a 'wildlife' video camera.

Edit - Farmer, not Father Gracy 😂

Farway

-taff said:

And the winner is Cat Poo Fingers!!! 

Nah, I'll stick to fish ones thanks

OT. Remembering some food names when I was Navy, Babies Heads & S**t on a raft spring to mind, and of course Sweet Fanny Adams name came from Navy slang for tinned meat.
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/sweet-fanny-adams.html

Back on T, also have courgettes to start hardening off, only two but as previous years have all gone North I think two is enough for now

twopenny

Lovely and sunny here if not 20c

It's supposed to be my chilling out day before the madness next week but the sunshine makes you want to be out and doing.

Fairway do you think your bad legs are from stomping on so many beetles 🤔

Dusty like the sign. Much nicer than lamblasting people with dire threats 

I like the idea of twisting the new cherry round the old one , can't turn the page on this to see for sure who said that.

Wort, 20c and emptying the hot bed. That's true dedication......or challenging idea 🥴

Bluey where you off to today?

pink_poppy

We have loads of Lily of the Valley plants popping up, so if anyone wants any, let me know as I’ll be digging them out anyway.

Pic taken on a sunny day…

Dustyevsky

pink_poppy said:

Dusty, what were you doing up at 2am this morning?? Or shouldn't I ask?!  
I quite fancy a wee water feature too   

A man of my age usually gets up between 02.00 and 04.00. Personally, I try not to make the wee into a water feature! 

pink_poppy said:

Dusty, sounds like you should get a 'wildlife' video camera.

We have quite a good one, but I became tired of scrolling through hundreds of false positives caused by moving vegetation and cats on patrol. They don't show you those bits on Springwatch!   Anyway, this weekend, we've had the use of a drone.  It's amazing what we can film while still staying within the boundaries of our land, albeit at 100 feet!

twopenny said:

Lovely and sunny here if not 20c

We may have just touched it here, away from the coastal breezes. I had to leave the polytunnel round 13.00.....but then I let myself in for more digging.   Barbecue now, and then more Dronewatch.

Dustyevsky

Farway said:

-taff said:

And the winner is Cat Poo Fingers!!!

Nah, I'll stick to fish ones thanks
OT. Remembering some food names when I was Navy, Babies Heads & S**t on a raft spring to mind, and of course Sweet Fanny Adams name came from Navy slang for tinned meat.
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/sweet-fanny-adams.html

That's interesting about Sweet Fanny Adams. I once had a boss with some military background, and he used "San fairy Ann" a lot. I always thought it was a corruption of SFA, but it turns out not to be. It's a corruption of "ça ne fait rien," or "It doesn't matter." Shows how much attention I paid to context!

Another blossom picture today. The name is made-up. There is a genuine Pig's Nose apple. but this isn't it.

YoungBlueEyes

Morning all Brief one from me for I’m running late. 

Glad you’re giving peas a chance Farway <giggle> Did you get your other bits planted out? 

“Rules of paw” - lovely Dusty Better that than coming down on people. I’m having San Fairy Ann, it’ll go nicely with daddy’s Honi Swanky Mallyponze. 

I’m sure our gardens are all expanding taff. I mean when was the last time any of us said ‘no it’ll have to go in the bin, I’ve actually run out of room!’ ? Thanks for the gloves ha haa! 

I love Japanese Anemones too pp but I’ve a real knack for buying kamikaze ones Woohoo for pineapple babies :clapping: 

I didn’t go anywhere yesterday 2p Sundays now are washing and gardening days. Saturdays are food shopping and Domestic Nonsense. I didn’t get much done yesterday (too engrossed in my book) but the grass got a cut and I did some tentative weeding. And squidged about eleventy squillion greenflies off my rose buds. Erseholes.  It was lovely here but the sun was a bit strong, you forget it can be burny when it’s only April. 

I got the shock of my life last night. I ring Cissie every Sunday night at 1930 no matter what. Well at 1925 my phone went and it was her FaceTiming me She wanted to look at all the things I talk about in my garden, so she made Adored Grandson buy her an iPhone and teach her how to use it so she could see it. God love her, that woman is my heart’s beat 

My fig tree has hit it’s teenage years - it’s suddenly produced fig leaves to cover it’s shame