Awful weather - typical Brits talk

twopenny

Not sure if I can remember all that 🙂

Yes the caterpillars got at my greens despite me checking. They developed into big beasts very quickly in this weather.

Wort, Got a piddling little shower, guess Dusty took more than his share. 
Very hot again, the glow is dripping down my face 😕

I'm not going to forget Merton Farway, in my next garden if I move.
Hope the back holds out. Do you do this stuff when you know you can collapse afterwards. I do.

Taff that all sounds like hard work again. I believe you secretly like moving stuff 😉
I used to back in the day. Others moved furniture, I moved plants.

Less, both photos lovely to look at but by a tad the second one also.

So that's what soapwort looks like. For years I've wondered. Grows by streams I believe and for good reason with it's interesting properties.

Bluey, no way to move out of the tourist zone if you live around here. The constant fine weather has bought them all out en mass and they don't understand the concept of taking turns in narrow roads.
There's not much on the market, just what no one wants for good reason. 

No gardening unless I find the energy to do some more clearing up. 
The bit I did last night does look lots better but no flowers except the roses on the shady side. 
Fixing block paving, hedgehog in gutter and cutting down the lavender hedge or what is left of it. Poor thing recovered from storm damage only to be got by the drought.

YoungBlueEyes

Thanks for the acer advice wort, I'll move them into the shade then. The labels say full sun, which is what threw me :rolleyes: I remember you saying about your wooden structure rotting away and what would you do with the clematis - good to hear it survived  

Jeez you don't stop taff! So it seems pig farmers were recycling long before we were talking about recycling then. Pigs will eat anything mind, including dead bodies. but not the head cos they can't open their jaws wide enough to crack the skulls. Booo to your anti-butterfly net not working - I'd be taking that back for a refund! 

I've given up putting stuff on my Want List Dusty but that soapwort might have to sneak on if I see one, that is a belter   Is it fragrant too?

Grrr to greedy sunflower folks and mildewy borage, but yay for your shoo fly Farway What colour's your foxglove..? Did you get some rain, or is dicky back twingeing at the mere thought of the watering can..?

2p I meant move move, like out of the county/across the country type move. Once you start looking at what's out there it seems a bit more doable...   Aww poor lavender hedge will it like/survive a severe chopping? :fingerscrossed: 

OT lovely and cool and a tiny bit of a breeze 13'c currently and a high of 22, possibly. But not rain, perhaps. It didn't rain yesterday  
Oh and those people still aren't in. They still ring daily though, and I wish we were allowed to say sensible honest things to them but we're not  

OffT - thank you the Scots. You won't get credit for forcing the U-Turn, but some of us will remember 

Dustyevsky

Farway said:

My borage has got mildew  , so chopped down, nice while it lasted and hope a few seeds escaped for next year.

If the germination from the one we had last year is anything to go by, you'll have loads. They usually get mildew, but once thy're germinating randomly, you should have them at different stages.   

twopenny said:

Wort, Got a piddling little shower, guess Dusty took more than his share. 
So that's what soapwort looks like. For years I've wondered. Grows by streams I believe and for good reason with it's interesting properties.

Sorry!  We didn't have that much rain, but enough till our return from visit to hospital & shopping.  There are different soapworts. The one I pictured is a double form, but I like another that's single, and white. Neither needs damp soil. I'll get a photo of the white one. There are small rock garden sized varieties as well.

YoungBlueEyes said:

I've given up putting stuff on my Want List Dusty but that soapwort might have to sneak on if I see one, that is a belter   Is it fragrant too?
OffT - thank you the Scots. You won't get credit for forcing the U-Turn, but some of us will remember 

Not fragrant, sorry! 

There have been so many U-turns I'm not sure what that might refer to  , but the one I want to see hasn't happened.  We can't talk politics, but I believe tax is part of this forum's remit, and the new one affecting farmers is beginning to bite. On Rightmove this morning, I saw a friends' modest family farm up for sale for just north of a £million. It's been in the family for well over 100 years, and typically, it's in lots. Most likely, some rich person will buy the house and outbuildings, plus a paddock for Jemima's pony.....and the rest??? At best, it might go to neighbouring farms, but if not, probably to a business consortium. Can't blame them. They're about our age, and thanks to other constraints, they had to diversify to survive thus far. They said if this became law they'd sell, and they weren't bluffing! 

Right, after that rant, I'd better post a pretty picture or two! Here's a close-up of a Thalictrum in the border....don't know exactly which cultivar.

This is the first time I've succeeded with these wee flowers, so here's another!

And before I forget, I like Less's second picture best too. The sunflowers seem to be glowing....a bit like 2p yesterday. 

OT: Overcast, sunny intervals soon, and maybe 21c. No excuse for not getting stuff done! Neighbours 1/2 acre grass awaits! 

Oh, and remember the tree our Numpties nearby planted too close to our bottom entrance? It was moved to the other side of the lane when we threatened to dig it up. Now, it's only 3' tall.....snapped off! Various theories are circulating, but they're wrong. Someone, who's keeping schtum, told me she saw the horse eat it!   Well, the poor thing doesn't have much grass just now. 

twopenny

So I actually did more than rescue mission yesterday.
I took my terracotta pond out and used some old liner to make another.
Despite making the hole bigger it seems smaller and I remember why I got the pot. The garden slopes both ways and the liner will inevitably show but it'll do for now.

It's about 2' across, has a hidy cave for frogs, stone steps for birds.
The plant in a pot on the left was an impulse buy from Tesco's that never bloomed the same and a what to do with it plant so that can go in to help shade.

How the heck I'm going to clean it out I don't know but until then....,....

-taff

Wel, it rained yesterday and it rained today and the ground might actually be soaking it up...my kohlrabi might germinate! 

Lovely soapwort, is that the one you bash the roots for saponin? Sounds like it should be but no harm in asking potentially stupid questions eh...

Farway, that's an extensive list! At least three of those take my fancy, but I'll definitely start with the Merton one.  Thank you for the research! I saved soem white borage this year to scatter about the place, I think I'll do some verges too maybe I might have to get some of them shoo fly seeds too if it seeds about the place, less work isn't it. 

2p, half of one of the two kales in the greenhouse got eaten before I caught them and the other one has four or five squashed egg marks. They are super determined this year. I believe I secretly like it too. Trouble is, I think oh, that'll be good without thinking about the twenty other steps after it. I'm obviously no good at garden chess...But then, there is always something to do, or fix or sort [ I see you doing those three too! ]

ybe, I did not know that's why they can't eat heads. I'm glad I know now  

Farway

Ouch, ooh, ouch. 

That's a soundtrack of me trying to get out of a chair. 

The back has pinged so it's pill time. Due to other ailments, I'm not allowed the common old Iso what name. Reactions etc. so I have to take other stuff that Isop things replaced, and grimace and bear it.

The rain never happened, as mooted, Dusty had more than his share, but with a tree too close to his bottom entrance I think with some justification. 

I did water with a hose [allowed here] but may have to painfully use a watering can at the front in the next few days. Back is twinging thinking about it YBE, foxglove is sort of creamy, I'm waiting for a few more flowers to open before I take a pic.

Every day a schoolday, handy tip about pigs not eating heads, I'll keep it in mind, never know when such knowledge could be useful

Asking for a friend, what is the maximum size head a pig can eat?

Just asked Chat, they can eat a soft-boiled head 

That looks a nice pond area 2P, just move before it needs cleaning out. 

I'd think in this weather, you will get plenty of takers for a pleasant dip & splash once discovered.

Love that Thalictrum Dusty, very airy looking, good capture there.

Only gardening today will be ouching and arring while I stretch up to pick the two ripe figs before the flies & wasps have them

In the meantime, here's my hard red pears, ably supporting Merton blackberry

-taff

So I was just scrolling through reels as you do [ most of mine are DIY, recipes or gardening] [I have just finished taking tiles off two kitchen walls but now need a shower and visit to the Hellmouth = B&Q] and I happened upon one called StratfordGerald who was extolling the virtues of Jeyes Fluid. Most imformative and I may even get some...I very much liked when he put some in a butt to mix it and he said, give it a bit of agitation....Love that. 

Farway, I also love that you asked what size head a pig can eat and then discovered something else I didn't know..Now we need to know how long do you boil a head to make it soft...A recipe I hope never to try...Only because I'd have ot buy a pig then.

Shame about the back too...Can you not fit a hose to a sink tap and run it through? I've got a hose end with a jubilee clip for that eventuality..

Farway

-taff said:

Shame about the back too...Can you not fit a hose to a sink tap and run it through? I've got a hose end with a jubilee clip for that eventuality..

I could, but my kitchen tap is a swivel sort, to match my eyes  . 

I've used the clip on a tap thing before, and also mopped up the kitchen afterwards, which is one reason, apart from mucky hose dragging through the house.

I'll have a look for the Jeyes F reel, not used reels much, but that is just me thinking it's just teenagers singing or something.

On the subject of reels, YT, I've just watched a YT where a garden was arrested, charged and cautioned under knife offences. 

He was coming back from allotment with one of those long fancy pointy trowels, in its sheath on his belt when he was reported by busy body concerned member of public

Mentioning this because I think someone on here has something similar, some wise words about covering up & not displaying your tool in public

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBkSzR8ul8w

-taff

Mines always in my bag

Swivel eyes? :::snort:::

Dustyevsky

Farway said:

Ouch, ooh, ouch. 

That's a soundtrack of me trying to get out of a chair. 

You succeeded, though.  Hurrah! I can think of someone who didn't! 

Hope the 'other stuff' soon works for you. 

Disregarding for now the comment about attempted afforestation around my rear access, I'll move swiftly to the subject of displaying one's Hori-hori in a built-up area. It seems to me, there was little common sense shown on both sides. But, there again, good sense isn't that common now.   

I saw an interesting clip the other day implying membership of 'Team Human' is what gives us our strength as a species. It follows, therefore, an entity wishing to reduce our collective strength, would do best to divide the Team. I'll leave it to others to decide who or what that entity might be, or how messing with the laws to reduce faith in the concept of justice might achieve that end. Personally, it sticks out like a sore thumb, or indeed, a pointy tool! 

At a more mundane level, regarding clip-on tap adapters, the Chinese proverb, "Man Person who use multifunctional hose coupling, soon find themselves deep in domestic nonsense."  comes to mind.