Awful weather - typical Brits talk

Farway

Blue sky & sunshine so far, much the same all week, allegedly. 

Sad Hog news Dusty, but at least with Mrs D the young ones have a fighting chance of seeing 2026

Good spot on the leaky pipe, I'd guess there is some magic two-part epoxy paste to bung the hole up, sort of Araldite for fuel pipes, or chewing gum if out on the moors.

Or even use a plastic one slipped over the old ends plus some Jubilee clips from Bodgit & Run?

YBE that sea hardly miffed  Very good. 

Pansies settled in, and not blown away or devoured yet

2P, those apples look great, Cox's I think you said. Once a crop arrives, all the previous failures are forgiven. 

I have a mystery with the large tomatoes that arrived unexpectedly. I picked two that were just showing ripening colour, and put them in a safe spot to ripen indoors. 

Now I can't find them. 

Searched everywhere, all very odd. I've picked another one and that is on the mantle piece, under my nose.

The vine weevils have returned!   

Some foxgloves in pots have suffered, with roots nibbled & gnashed

Only some at present. I've planted them deeper and applied Jeyes F to the affected pots, time will tell if replanting has helped or not

If not I'll pop something else in, not sure what yet, plastic Tulips probably 

On alert for the Super moon, ta YBE, last time it was behind trees so completely wasted. 

But I can AI fake it now, I wonder if Elvis or the double-decker bus will show up there? 

Dustyevsky

Farway said:

Blue sky & sunshine so far, much the same all week, allegedly. 

Sad Hog news Dusty, but at least with Mrs D the young ones have a fighting chance of seeing 2026

Good spot on the leaky pipe, I'd guess there is some magic two-part epoxy paste to bung the hole up, sort of Araldite for fuel pipes, or chewing gum if out on the moors.

Or even use a plastic one slipped over the old ends plus some Jubilee clips from Bodgit & Run?

The grey didn't arrive until about 12.30, so our forecast was uneccessarily downbeat. Grey mostly for the rest of the week too, but no rain or big hoolies, so potentially working weather. 
The petrol pipe is rubber, so it's a 'straightforward' replacement job, supposedly. The Chinese will have it covered.
As for the hogs, we've been asked to capture all four and take them to a special wildlife woman who'll test their droppings for parasites, feed them up etc etc. Then, later, we'll get them back, to release at Dusty Acres.Sounds good, but she's 15 miles away, and we're committed to other things tomorrow. Maybe Wednesday. 

YoungBlueEyes

Oh Dusty, RIP Mrs Hog   Good news that the babbies are big enough already that they should make it   Gomphostigma Virgata looks appealing eh, is it fragrant too? Reminds of my three that are not called cystitis. Is that a common plant? What are the odds of some sticking to me while I'm out and about..? 

I hope the Wandering Tomatoes show themselves soon Farway   Grrr to vine weevils, they really are relentless bu99ers eh. Looking forward to your supermoon pics... I wonder if Lord Lucan will be up there... he's been gone ages now, I'm a bit worried about him  

Here's a top tip for people buying houses, with possibly filthy lucre. Don't be giving your children large sums of money so they can 'gift' it back to you so you can buy a house outright. I don't doubt that'd fly in some countries, but this ain't one of them. I mean, how many 11 year olds have earned £680k !!!!!!?! *sigh* You'd think that'd be page 1 of the playbook - make it believable - but apparently not. Luckily there was also a language barrier, or the whole thing would've been cleared up quickly and BBM wouldn't have had his share of fun out of it  

No Super moon pics here. I got a pic of the supermoon but it looks like all the pics I take of the moon - like you're looking up the end of a torch :rolleyes:  It's a shame for it was lovely in real life - 



OT lovely and mild if a bit damp out there this morning. Currently 12'c with a high of 17' to come, they say.  Hopefully the SSEN folks will get cracked on in the good weather  

Is everyone still in their beds from being up late to get pics of the moon then...? 

Dustyevsky

Not in bed here, but my piddlymoon photos will have to wait, 'cos it's the big rectification of drainage event here today.  Mr Digger's on his way....

And your picture's better than any of mine, Bluey. I shall blame Mrs Dusty, running around with her torch, hedgehog spotting.  Now we have 5,but there's also a young fox, so discovering where it has a den is useful. Eviction will follow....maybe with the digger! 

Another calm, mild day here, allegedly. Just right, wind from the west, taking the smell of poo in the right direction....

Farway

Brighter shade of grey this morning, mild though.

My Moon pics were a complete flop, not even "end of torch" quality  . 

Yet again, Earth was in the wrong spot, so Moon half hidden by trees, and what there was, I managed to blur.

Can we have an Observatory in the grounds of Rottery Acres, please, maybe on the lake shore?

Good news on the baby hogs care, Dusty. Do they ever get "tame" like robins? Free to come & go but turn up for photo shoots

Jeyes F applied to Vine weevil hotels, now wait & see

Just looking out of my window, the Ash leaves are an excellent golden colour, if the sun gets up & right angle it may make nice photo, small compensation for moon blur

Bluey, thanks for Top Tip, I was about to hand zillions to DGS but somehow his PT job in Sainsbugs may not cover it.

I guess in the "Old Country" a suitable Arrangement fee to ensure smooth running would also have to be paid during the transaction.

Good news, the wayward tomatoes have been found. 

They were in the fruit bowl with the apples, of course  , and had ripened, so my wonky eyes thought they were apples 

Weren't toms called Love Apples when first introduced?

Here they are, a couple more are still ripening outside

I'll smear some seeds just in case this unknown breed is super duper special one

Ignore the ventilation hole in right-hand one, it lets the wood lice out !