Awful weather - typical Brits talk

YoungBlueEyes

£2 for cyclamen is cheap 2p, I was in the little veg shop here yesterday and in there they're £3.25 for a skinny wee thing with 4 flowers on it   I hope your anemone was still there Are you planning to get out and take pics of the wonderful colours..? (gammy leg permitting)

Jeez they're some reet champyun apples you have there Farway. They look a bit Cox-y, is that what they taste like? Some age on that tree, all gnarly and twisted What's the big leaf at the bottom of the middle picture that's clearly not an apple leaf..? Looks like a fig, or a nasturtium on steroids..? Did you get your berries tied up? Are they coming along nicely?

You sound properly under the weather wort Fingers crossed you shift that lurgy soon and your chin heals without scarring I don't know what your flowers are but aren't the first ones a lovely gentle orangey colour. I love the middles in the second lot, that's unusual Your phlox looks happy enough where it is tbh

Wm is fine pp, funnily enough I text her yesterday morning. She went to A Bit Of A Do a while ago and one of The Famouses was there (an actual Famous, we've all heard of him and could name stuff he's done), so I asked her if he'd scooped her away somewhere exotic but he hadn't. She's just busy with work stuff and life in general You thought I could add text to photos?! Bless ya I've not sorted anything for the Lakes yet, all suggestions/tips/things to avoid accepted. I was thinking of a hotel somewhere middle-y so we can get to all the good stuff easily. 3 nights in the Lakes, then Friday night in Derbyshire - I want to go to Chatsworth and look at the Veiled Lady. I wanted to see her for years and I've never got, so we'll need a night somewhere round there, then home on the Saturday to get sorted Sunday and back to work Monday. That's the rough plan. 

Dusty I read that as the aster's name is "Useterhave" Bit fond of the fjords is it? I get muddled between the volume and search too now, this jalopy has the buttons on the steering wheel and I haven't learned to stop touching them wrong :rolleyes: I think local radio is one of the joys of this country, - that and the pun-ny names some shops have - and hitting a random station can result in a good little win sometimes I don't know what you could plant in the Rust Belt next, but I hope it doesn't upset your agapanthus...?

Ah your theory makes more sense Less, ladybirds come in for the aphids I didn't know there are aphids that feed on mould, isn't that a good thing..? Like maggots on wounds in days of yore? So you'll have to haul erse up the mountain to see the eclipse then? That's not so bad, at least you've got mountains to look at No real chance of seeing it early enough here I don't think, it'll still be behind the Oracle's house. It doesn't com into view 'til about 8pm here and it'll be long finished by then   I'm beginning to think global boiling might actually be a thing - I was reading on the news yesterday that in Cork they'd found a huge Asian hornets nest, the likes of which we've never seen before. Lots of aphids and crinkly buddleia is one thing, but we don't need them bastuds. 

Speaking of views, I wonder if @the_lunatic_is_in_my_head will get a good shot, weather permitting? :fingerscrossed: 

OT mild and breezy and lovely out there. Dry too, that humidity's ever so low for this time in the morning. The sobers were wise after the event - checking yesterday's weather this morning they say the wind will pick up during the day, which it did, but they originally gave calm all day :rolleyes: 16'c out there currently and a high of 24' to come. And cloudy all day with it. Marvelous Need a good go round my garden, see if my apples are ready and deadhead my roses again and see if I can't get some of those pots planted. 

Dustyevsky

It's still and quiet here this morning after yesterday's gale, but I see we're between two big blobs of rain, and soon to be inundated again.    It did calm down yesterday evening in time for Mrs Dusty to get somewhat muddled over the Blood Moon date. So there we were, abandoning the evening meal to get photos.... I see cloud's expected tonight, so even if this isn't the Blood Moon, it may have to do! 

Thanks for the suggestion of nuts in that bed' Less. We have nuts about 25m away, and they took many years to become truly productive. Most of them blew down yesterday, so they must be ready. 

My trial of dwarf French beans, 'Purple Teepee' in the polytunnel has gone quite well. Instead of being dwarf, they've grown taller than me, and although not as productive as ones photographed staged in the seed catalogues, they've filled the space usefully.  Outdoors, they're normal size, prone to slug damage and doing less well, but may go on longer.

Tomatoes have also been evaluated. Once again, Mrs Dusty has given her AGM to Sungold, Datlo, and Floridity. She also approves of the huge Lulu's Best Ever, and thinks Orange Parouche is OK too. Personally, I'm not so keen on the latter, finding it too watery. An honourable mention also goes to Cherry Falls, which, in her opinion, is the best small bush tom we've grown. Also rans: only Maja, which looked nice and stocky as a small plant, but didn't impress later on. Of course, these are only unscientific personal findings and YMMV. 

Here's hoping wort and 2p are now returning to fitness.  It looks like a very 'normal' September week ahead, with a bit of everything, weather-wise. With the wild wind yesterday, I couldn't think straight, so jumped onto the ride-on and mowed for 2.5 hours, trying to get ahead of the inevitable growth spurt the rain will produce. Some hope! 

Farway

Nice & sunny, with forecast looking good for Blood Moon viewing. 

Getting a photo may prove harder as it will be fairly low on my horizon, and, just looking, on YT about eclipse photos, low light may also be a problem and requiring a tripod.

Mine will be hand held, poking out of an upstairs bedroom window.

Expect a blurry reddish spot. 

Dustyevsky said:

Farway's apples look great.  I hope he doesn't have the 38-40mph winds we have at present. We have lots of windfalls now!  Otherwise, we have a nice, warm day. However, with the gale, a trip to Rosemoor was abandoned.

Above, Dusty's rusty field beans. I grew them in this spot because my leeks got rust there last year! What to plant next and instead? Answers on this week's winning Euromillions ticket, please. 

Winds have been gentle here, so Champion apples still remain firmly stuck on the tree

Is Rosemoor windy area then? 

Wisley is quite sheltered, probably tempered by all the jet fuel spurting from Heathrow aircraft and noxious emissions from adjacent M25.

Replacement for rusty beans?

How about Copper Iris? [rustproof, geddit  ] AKA Iris Fulva, https://www.plantpref.co.uk/all-perennials/iris-fulva.html

So the tongue-tied can then have iris vulvas & trailing labias. 

Sorry, no ticket from me either.

YoungBlueEyes said:
Jeez they're some reet champyun apples you have there Farway. They look a bit Cox-y, is that what they taste like? Some age on that tree, all gnarly and twisted What's the big leaf at the bottom of the middle picture that's clearly not an apple leaf..? Looks like a fig, or a nasturtium on steroids..? Did you get your berries tied up? Are they coming along nicely?

I've not sorted anything for the Lakes yet, all suggestions/tips/things to avoid accepted. I was thinking of a hotel somewhere middle-y so we can get to all the good stuff easily. 3 nights in the Lakes, then Friday night in Derbyshire - I want to go to Chatsworth and look at the Veiled Lady. I wanted to see her for years and I've never got, so we'll need a night somewhere round there, then home on the Saturday to get sorted Sunday and back to work Monday. That's the rough plan. 

Champion, taste, not Cox like, but it is, [Yorkshire Accent on], reet nice. 

The tree is 2015, reduced in Lidl, £1.49. Bargain. 

The gnarled shape is not down to me, just the way it's grown, with non-expert pruning, lopping bits off here & there.

The big leaf is my Lakemont Grape, the cunning, but failed, plan is grape using the apple for support, bunches of [ non-existent] grapes hanging also from the apple tree

Can't recommend anything in Lakes, went there on a coach trip and liked all of it, some nice pubs in Cockermouth

Managed to tie in my Berries, all shooting along, and found a suitable Boysenberry tip to peg down to root. A successful day.

Dustyevsky said:

Tomatoes have also been evaluated. An honourable mention also goes to Cherry Falls, which, in her opinion, is the best small bush tom we've grown.

If only mine had grown, sob.  As I said, it was Cherry Fails for me

Having posted the other day about how my IOW saved seed was useless, I found I'd missed one at the front, looks nice, the eating is OK, but has thick walls and a bit sharp for my liking

They would look delightful in a salad. The spotty bits rubbed off.

You can just spot, bottom right, normal red cherry toms

Dustyevsky

Farway said:

Is Rosemoor windy area then? 

Replacement for rusty beans?

How about Copper Iris? [rustproof, geddit  ] AKA Iris Fulva, https://www.plantpref.co.uk/all-perennials/iris-fulva.html

So the tongue-tied can then have iris vulvas & trailing labias. 

Rosemoor is quite sheltered from prevailing westerlies, but yesterday the winds would have been barrelling up the valley, like they do here sometimes. 

As for the Latin confusion inherent in the Copper Iris's nomenclature, I'm reminded of the Honourable Member for Tottenham's problems when questioned about the applicability of similar terms. I'd link to the clip, but fear I might be excommunicated! 

Speaking of video clips, what on earth will Intel Lady do, now her best character has been replaced by said Honourable Member? 

Oh dear, perhaps this post might be construed as harrassment...... Maybe they'll send a Small Copper:

Picture credit to Mrs Dusty. I haven't managed to snap one of these, despite seeing them for a week or two now. 

twopenny

Lovely things going on in everyone's gardens 🙂 lovely to see.

I still have an almost flower free garden but the grass is going greener which was a bit of a shock when I drew the curtains this morning.
A few toms of all unexpected shapes and sizes despite what I planted 😮 but all tasty compared to shop ones.

I'll say again, don't buy the white flowered, fruited runner beans. Very poor, weak growing, even the flowers are insignificant. Live and learn to trust my initial instincts.

It's been pouring with rain which is good but the novelty is wearing off shortly.
Very cool temps, around 12c. Hoping to get some more reasonable mild autumn days to get more clearing up done out there. Did some last evening on hands and knees getting the deluge of rotting leaves out of the front bed and the rose and wallflowers so it looks like someone cares 😉

I think it's mostly waiting for some dry to get on with that elsewhere. Was thinking of cleaning up and sharpening tools which shows the season.
Thanks for the good wishes. A little relief today. Been having friends round and going out even if it's mostly for x ray and taking garden detritus to the skip. Learning how to do things that are sitting down doesn't come easily.
 I missed one of Worts posts about the personal damage followed by bugs. Hope it's getting better 🙂

Anyone seen the TV prog gardens of Europe or some such? There was one I saw I'd like to visit. I must watch it on catch up from the start.