Awful weather - typical Brits talk

-taff

Those hydrangea are super blue aren't they? I thought for a sec they were ceonothus or something to be that strong. It's really lovely. Went for a walk around a local walled garden again, I took some of their figs too because no one appears to pick any of the fruit so sod it...I also took some windfall cookers..Well done Mrs D for showing him he's behaving like a dock. And that's a very subtle butterfly. 

2p, no different from your amount really, and I have ordered some paper packets to store them instead of old chinese takeaway tubs, takes up less room I recommend a permanent bowl of water for your feet to cool you down...And accept losses this year and plan for next year instead. {I've just ordered some stuff from Franchi and She Grows Veg as well as the half price dobbies ones, well...I can dream future me will be more competent can't I?] That is stupid expensive for plants. Not got a local gardening group ro freecycle/freegle? 

ybe, that was funny, I'm not sure whether to say well done or not for ego massaging..

wort, olives are ok in pots but they definitely grow bigger and better in the ground, even in dry clay soil. 

Farway, glad you are feeling better, the ouchometer has been a useful tool for estmation And yes, definitely a good sign of zero snobbery. And the blackberry is a Merton Thornless [ see, sometimes I learn!] cost six reduced. I'ts quite big too, needs another pot for what's left of the summer I think. 

YoungBlueEyes

I knew before I came on here that your back would be improving/better Farway cos I've gotta an ouchy thumb Does it mean you're imroving/better too 2p? I worked too hard yesterday, lots and lots of writing, and now me thumb is all fat and hot. There's always something *sigh* I'm glad you recognised Mr Pottage, I thought of you when he said Whizzley. He did mention another name but I forgot it in trying to remember Matthew :rolleyes: He was another RHS something something though. If I see him this morning I'll ask him again. I've seen him too many times now to ask him his own name, itms.

Dusty I'll show your sunflower/dandelion bastud children pics to 'Denise' the gardening woman at work, see what she suggests.  If I saw your Throne-sitter I'd do lots of waving and shouting for him to come have a cuppa tea and a wee bun. Make him feel exposed that you know he's up there. And if he misses the point and does come round, you can put laxatives in his tea or something  

I hope your body clock gets straightened out wort. Being up really early can be a bu99er when you've nothing to do.  We've geese here too, they're flying that low you can hear their feathers creak  

Christ they're some toppy prices 2p, who's paying all that for them?! Somebody must be or they'd not charge them. 

Less your WallTreeArt is A Thing I was talking to Denise yesterday and apparently them yanquis love it. She was showing me pics on her phone and a lot of them seem to be in New York. I don't have a link but I'll ask her today what she searched for. 

Swishing your feet round in a bowl of cold water is an absolute winner when you're over-hot, I agree taff. Also mmmm free figs  

Gotta go into work early this morning for an 'appraisal' with Office Micro Manager. I don't think it has anything to do with the fact I took the face off her yesterday cos she was waaay over the line and didn't back down...  I think it's purely because I've been there nearly 9 months now so it's time for my 6 month appraisal. 

OT Cool again but due to warm up later, again. It unforecastedly showered earlier which is a bu99er cos I put a wash out last night. Sunny now though and a bit breezy. The heat is coming back in a few days, they say. 

twopenny

Oh dear, too late to say be careful of appraisals.
I was in when they began and we said what a daft idea and sat drinking coffee and eating chocolate biscuits.
The last was a strange one. In the first she asked to be my friend against the other woman in the office.
The last was when I said I had to get under the desk to switch on the computer and she said she'd do it, she was younger 😲
I said I'd do it because I was slimmer and fitter 😁
She used to come late to work and take scales from under her desk to weigh herself before tucking into yoghurt and such.
I wasn't there much longer!

OT wild winds, cool to chilly, no idea what's going on .
Had a tidy of the badger run last night, today watering with bath water.
Someone ran into my car last week and it's in the garage for an eye watering amount so I'm stuck. Chores I've ignored will have to be done.

Dustyevsky

YoungBlueEyes said:

I knew before I came on here that your back would be improving/better Farway cos I've gotta an ouchy thumb Does it mean you're imroving/better too 2p? I worked too hard yesterday, lots and lots of writing, and now me thumb is all fat and hot.  

If I saw your Throne-sitter I'd do lots of waving and shouting for him to come have a cuppa tea and a wee bun. Make him feel exposed that you know he's up there. And if he misses the point and does come round, you can put laxatives in his tea or something  

If that's how the wellness thing works, Farway and 2p will be much better, because I'm feeling carp. The cat had to wake me this morning.... I was nearly late for letting the hens out.  It's nothing; just overtiredness and some stress, which gets worse when you think, “I shouldn't be as knackered as this at my age!” and then you remember how old you are!   

You've also reminded me of a bad deed I participated in, suggesting laxative revenge. A few of us did that to a nasty fellow pupil when we were about 14. Beecham's Pills were ground up and added to home-made something.  He was off school for about a week. The others thought it was a hoot, but I knew a line had been crossed, and I'd gone along with it.  Not in the spirit of British fair play.  Ooh-er, can I say that? 

Anyway, a few of you might remember the line of 20' tall laurels we had in our 'not pretty' dumping area, almost every real smallholding has. Well, yesterday, I finally got the job virtually completed, and the van filled with the last of the green stuff. From now on, the hedge will not be allowed to grow more than 6' tall, so it'll receive an annual trim back to chest height. I never want to have a job like that again!  Here's the state of play now:

The commercial neighbour's yard isn't beautiful, but hiding it, and our own gubbins, wasn't the best answer! 

I think you're right about the butterfly, Less. I thought it was a tatty example of a Wall Brown too. Back in our home garden I've seen a couple of Commas now, equally ragged, and a very smart Painted Lady. No camera, though! 

It's dull here, and the inebriates say 70% raining, but we must be in the 30% area. Yes, scorchio predicted for the beginning of next week. I'd better go fill those blue drums!

PS. Good luck with the appraisal Bluey, and congrats on the passed MoT Farway! 

Farway

Dull and cooler this morning, but I want rain while my watering function is limited.

Back is at same 5/15 on ouchometer, mostly just twinges but sometimes a hefty stab to keep me on my toes.

No gardening again, I had hoped to try & pick blackberries, but I'll struggle with the garden steps

-taff said:

Farway, glad you are feeling better, the ouchometer has been a useful tool for estmation And yes, definitely a good sign of zero snobbery. And the blackberry is a Merton Thornless [ see, sometimes I learn!] cost six reduced. I'ts quite big too, needs another pot for what's left of the summer I think. 

Congrats on the Merton T, that sounds a bargain price. Is there a reason to keep it in a pot? 

It would be better in the ground in final location, but I'm guessing with allotment still being worked on you may not know where it will finish up. 

I've a Thorn Free growing in large pot, not ideal due to regular watering & feeding needs, but it fruits just fine

twopenny said:

I went to look at the price of pots as they are selling off geraniums cheap at Morrisons. A big pot £50.
No offers on compost 😟
GC the price is the same as before but a third or more less for your money.

Plant lady back, seems she has composted the dead and hopeless so there's not a lot left.

The GC has pond plants. I got excited till I saw they were £30+ and a tiny water lilly is £50 😢

That £50 pot must be a cracker, but I assume you want a posh one?

I got some massive fit tree in ones from Morries a bit back, down £8 clearance for the last two. All "pot" luck

Shame about compost, maybe my Morries needs the space for Bank Holiday BBQ tat?

Pond plants have always been daft prices,, possibly somewhere like FB could be better?

YoungBlueEyes said:

I knew before I came on here that your back would be improving/better Farway cos I've gotta an ouchy thumb Does it mean you're imroving/better too 2p? I worked too hard yesterday, lots and lots of writing, and now me thumb is all fat and hot. 

Gotta go into work early this morning for an 'appraisal' with Office Micro Manager. I don't think it has anything to do with the fact I took the face off her yesterday cos she was waaay over the line and didn't back down...  I think it's purely because I've been there nearly 9 months now so it's time for my 6 month appraisal. 

Hope thumb improves

Appraisal, as 2P says, funny old things. Still got a job? 

They started on the magic KPIs [Key Performance Indicators] while I was working, but doing what I was doing it was not really possible to measure, except shuffle paper faster. 

The whole thing was a  farce IMO, and I'm glad to be out of it.

I may get the hose out and squirt the back pots, I'm sure Autumn has arrived, yellow leaves now on the plum tree

My sedums are starting to colour up, a bit of tinge to the flower heads, more butterfly spotting ahead

PS, just refreshed, Dusty, hope you get rain and pass it on, and carp goes away

wort

YBE good luck with the appraisal, I hate those, usually want you to big yourself up, and say what you still are needing to learn. When you’ve done the job 25 years it’s a bit difficult to say I know more than you, you’re only 25 years old anyway. 

Dusty well done clearing the laurels, I’m in the process of keeping on top of shrubs but they keep on getting too big too quick 🙄
2p I’m on the look out for a couple of pots , I got the last half price from the nursery, hoping if someone is going I can hitch a ride.

I’ve been for bloods this morning and it’s doing the thin misty wet stuff, looks like it brightened now though.