Awful weather - typical Brits talk

Farway

Cherries picked, the last few days of warm & sun have really ripened them, black & juicy, wouldn't have stood a chance against the birds without protection

Also had a quick thin out of some apples while I was down there, crop is looking good so far. 

And, Ta Ra, I have a Sunset apple fruit after all  , must have missed it first time round, but now it's larger and visible.

My pea pods are filling out, not quite large enough to pick, but I hope to have at least a taster by weekend

Is that a clematis YBE?  I'd like my purple one to do that over my manky plum tree

pink_poppy

Thanks, twopenny, hope you’re feeling better soon too.

My plant app said hairy mock orange for YBE’s second pic, Farway, but I agree it looks like a clematis. I love the purple poppy with buzzy bee 🐝 

I’ve got a few flowers coming on my Lidl Hosta (that is still in the pot I bought it in)…



I was taking pics of the low clouds this morning and managed to capture two UFOs, one even has a go-faster stripe…



And one of my toms is getting some colour…

YoungBlueEyes

Love your border Dusty, doesn't that look well Especially as it hasn't been in that long has it..? You can add my name to the list for one please. I'm not so keen on the topless branchless trees mind, are they some new fashion I've not heard of...? Woohoo to getting your roof fixed, and I did laugh at 'dreckly' being over 3 years  

I like clematis too wort. Mine are only cheapo ones from morries, and all bar one have decided to go for it. I don't know what was the matter with that one, it sat and it sulked and it better sulked, then it grew a few leaves and then died on me for absolutely no goddam reason. I'd lifted an unlabelled suicidal one, obviously.  Now I think about it I think it's still out there as a warning to the others - if you're thinking of dying just do it, don't think I'm coming to save you cos I'm not. #Shawshank 

Good to hear you finally gave yourself a rest taff, even if it did take 30' heat to do it! The Journal is a good little news site, I read it most mornings. The comments section is usually a good read on the light-hearted stories, but they don't open one for the heavier stories from er... let's say sun-kissed lands Similar to this place, they don't want you expressing actual views that might be offensive to the snowflakes advertisers someone    

I didn't think it would be something as simple as the tiny figs still being on it Farway, but anyway. I think I prefer your D. Attenborough description to those poems, but they're still a bit close for comfort. Am I the only one surprised/a bit put out by how good it is...? I don't know what my second pic is, I saw it on the way to work and thought it looked lovely. It didn't smell of anything though. I'll see if I can lean over for a clearer pic today. It's growing out from under someone's fence towards the tiny stream and it did look happy.

Is DH kissing Dirty Girls pp? Very inconsiderate when he knows it could kick off your Bertigo. Grrr. I'd be making him do all the stony patch work as penance himself if it was me, or at least spit in his dinner, but you're probably a kinder person than I am   Love your hosta flowers and your Go-Faster UFOs You've a cracking view where you are  

Hope you feel better soon 2p, you don't seem to be having much luck at the minute Did you at least win at table tennis? 

Thank you kindly for the tree spinach info folks, I'll pass that on today She's a cracking woman, she'd fit in here rightly. I wish I could tell you about her but I think it'd all be a bit indentifying  

OT cool, humid, slightly drizzly out there atm, but once the drizzle's finished in about an hour or so that's it for the day. So I've my cagoule + brolly by the front door ready to go. It rained on and off yesterday after they'd given it dry, naturally.  Did anyone else see that prog on BBC last night about "Why Cities Flood" (or similar)? It was about those frightening floods in Valencia last year. Jeez it was good, well worth the watch  

Dustyevsky

YoungBlueEyes said:

Love your border Dusty, doesn't that look well Especially as it hasn't been in that long has it..? You can add my name to the list for one please. I'm not so keen on the topless branchless trees mind, are they some new fashion I've not heard of...?

Sorry, can't do another. It was digging through the new border that pulled Mrs Dusty's hamstring, and I'm too old.  The poles were to attach netting so that the winter winds wouldn't whistle through and damage the laurels, but like a lot of things, we didn't get around to it. The laurels were somewhat affected by the winds, but they're tough old things and made a good comeback this spring.  The poles are still there, mainly due to our indolence, but they could have secured the building site fencing in gales, and it took a winter to find out whether they'd still be useful.

I'm impressed with your very forward tomatoes, pp, and with your ability to photograph not just one UAP, but two!  (UFO is so last century!) Are you sure they aren't B2s flying back to base and having a quick look at 'Bonnie Scotland' en-route? On that subject, I read a list of 20 safest places to be in the event of a nuclear attack yesterday, and Bideford was on it. That cheered me up no end, until I remembered we're 50 minutes from Bideford, and we only get a 4 minute warning. 

I'm not talking about Clematis. Mrs Dusty bought two very expensive ones at a plant fair last year. On'e's barely alive and the other one has wee flowers, a tasteful shade of brown. If they were a Farrow & Sphere colour, it would be 'Dredgings.' 

Off to see the physio woman this morning with my bent feet. I expect I'll go on the 'dreckly' list. 

Outside, it's humid, and we've had some useless, snail-activating drizzle overnight. I hear it will be warm later, but not very sunny. That suits us. We've been attacking the part of the garden I don't usually talk about or show....the wild area over the two septic tanks! Here, just for once, is part of it:

YoungBlueEyes

Here’s a close up of the wosname - 

Also, if you dog isn’t big enough to get through a postman’s leg (posted too far back to find), you can now get these - 

Poor pic cos it’s in a shop window. 

greenbee

Your septic tanks look lovely Dusty. Mine are right in front of the house, with the drainage field under the drive, so there's limited scope for planting (although I've stopped mowing and sown yellow rattle and wildflowers). I'm sure sorting out the planting would help with the smells... I think I need a low hedge to stop it drifting in the direction of the house!

YBE - dog update for you. He's doing OK, although having extra vet visits as he's had a bit of bleeding. He's worked out that he can just about reach into the leg opening of his PJs with the doughnut on (he leaves it alone if I tell him), so has to wear a cone if I'm not about. He's bored and sleeping lots, wants to know why we're not going for walks and why he has to wear a lead in the garden and can't play with the cats. One of the cats tried to eat his breakfast while he was eating it... they like this new, quieter model. 

pink_poppy

The plant ID app is still saying mock orange for your plant, YBE, Lewis's mock orange to be precise (83%), with hairy mock orange in second place (2%). It's a lovely plant, but I'm surprised it doesn't smell if it is a mock orange.

How are your toms doing, Dusty?? Didn't you say you expected some of them to be ripe in June?? Fingers crossed.

Poor Stinky, greenbee, hoping he's feeling a bit better today. Maybe treat him to some of those W'ZIS? that YBE posted a pic of - they actually sound quite tasty.

OT - grey and miserable (and if I don't get myself to the hairdressers soon that'll be a description of me)...

Farway

Dull, dry & warm, maybe rain tomorrow

Early start with the front steps stuff watering, not really gasping but because rain is a Maybe today I thought I'd do them anyway.

That's an early tom PP, mine don't even have toms to ripen yet  , it's a very odd year for mine this year.

Love the septic tank plants Dusty, nice & politely wild

Never got round to oiking out the yellow flowered weeds, a job for today, maybe. I did move Rozanne, in her pots neared to the house, ready to pant out when I CBA, there is a free self sown foxglove in the pots, 

Must be foxglove year here, I've loads of them coming up, if they survive, next year should be a corker for bee bums poking out.

Dustyevsky said:

I'm impressed with your very forward tomatoes, pp, and with your ability to photograph not just one UAP, but two!  (UFO is so last century!) Are you sure they aren't B2s flying back to base and having a quick look at 'Bonnie Scotland' en-route? On that subject, I read a list of 20 safest places to be in the event of a nuclear attack yesterday, and Bideford was on it. That cheered me up no end, until I remembered we're 50 minutes from Bideford, and we only get a 4 minute warning. 

Off to see the physio woman this morning with my bent feet. I expect I'll go on the 'dreckly' list. 

Did anyone see the photo taken, from ground, of B2 being refuelled in the air? Just pips UF pigeons in flight. 

Dusty, I'm not sure if I'd trust a site that also lists Barrow [where Nuclear subs are built], or Whitby [Flyingdales, prime target] as safe

Hope the bent feet at least get on the Dreckly list. At least you will you have to wear a cone afterwards.

Today is Shoo Fly pods, seeds are dropping out now & I need to collect some while still dry

greenbee

Love the treats YBE I'm not going to tell him about them though, or he'll get ideas. He's just had a lick mat with frozen yogurt and banana and sweet potato while I nipped out to shove some plants in the ground. It's so dry, it was like planting in sand (at least, for the hollyhocks) so I'm not sure they'll make it unless I actually remember to water them regularly. 

Just the 35 perennial plugs left to go... 

Dustyevsky

Dustyevsky said:

Off to see the physio woman this morning with my bent feet. I expect I'll go on the 'dreckly' list. 

Quoting myself for efficiency, if not health. Experienced the new, slimmed-down, war-prepared NHS, and not impressed. Physio woman barely touched my feet, and I'd washed them specially too. Said her approach was 'softly-softly' or something, before suggesting I put a plastic device between my toes to stop them fighting. Showed me some on the Big River site and said any would do. That was it! 

pink_poppy said:

The plant ID app is still saying mock orange for your plant, YBE, Lewis's mock orange to be precise (83%), 
How are your toms doing, Dusty?? Didn't you say you expected some of them to be ripe in June?? 
OT - grey and miserable (and if I don't get myself to the hairdressers soon that'll be a description of me)...

Philadelphus lewisii is a good shout.    Unlike others, it's not very fragrant. 

The 'Cherry Falls' are ready to be picked now, so objective achieved.  I had a single 'Sungold' ripen, and spilt, but it was the only one on the truss that did. Most odd!  I hope your Bertigo is on the wane again, and you have a relaxing time at the hairdresser. 

GB, in my experience a plethora of plants don't seem to do much to disguise the smell. Maybe a carbon filter on the air vent would help?