Awful weather - typical Brits talk

Farway

No sun here, just dull, damp & mild after overnight rain

Finally caught up with GW and remained awake long enough to see Rosemoor, medlars and Siberian sage, which triggered a memory about buying some last year after seeing them at Wisley

They promptly booked a one-way trip to see the Northern Lights once I had them home 

Plus GW had the statutory person telling me how Egor whats names grow like weeds and need constant pulling up 

I should have stayed snoozing

Dustyevsky said:

It's not too late to take seeds from dahlias, Farway. I've restricted myself to the tall red one. Hope the beetroot are tasty. They're so full of good things, I'm planning a short row of the golden, non-staining variety next year in the hope of convincing Mrs D to use them. 

I just call it “The Japanese aster.” 

More sunshine promised today, but not being delivered yet. I may be going somewhere pleasant later...

I had no luck with dahlia seed saving from last year, but the Dalek Yellow is nothing special, so I won't Germinate, Germinate [Groan]
If I spot some dwarf on offer seeds i may try them next year, failed this year with slugs scoffing them all

Beetroot were tasty, had better, but being home grown they were lovely of course

I grew the yellow back in the days when I could grow beetroot, radishes, grapes & LIAM, from memory I think the yellow are more for eyes than taste buds

May be a false memory but I think I even grew mixed colours at some time

GW had asters as well, I am tempted, if I spot some they may come home with me, now there's plenty of space in the Scandi Departure lounge

Beetroot time!

LessImpecunious

Dustyevsky said

I keep telling Mrs Dusty, life's about travelling contentedly, not arriving at some place where the sun always shines and there's a surplus of plumbers. 

That's a very useful philosophy to have

Lovely "Asters" and beetroot too Farway, never had much success with the yellow ones but the alternating white and red rings and the white ones do well, and (the latter particularly) are tasty - like sugar beet, which my dad used to grow for home consumption before that was scuppered, one of my fav childhood food memories (I was probably a strange child - loved school cabbage as well...)

Dustyevsky

Farway said:

Finally caught up with GW and remained awake long enough to see Rosemoor, medlars and Siberian sage, which triggered a memory about buying some last year after seeing them at Wisley

They promptly booked a one-way trip to see the Northern Lights once I had them home 

Plus GW had the statutory person telling me how Egor whats names grow like weeds and need constant pulling up 

I should have stayed snoozing

I grew the yellow back in the days when I could grow beetroot, radishes, grapes & LIAM, from memory I think the yellow are more for eyes than taste buds

May be a false memory but I think I even grew mixed colours at some time

Whoops! I forgot the statutory warning about Erigeron. Sorry!  At least it was a different species. 

Warning about beetroot noted. I'll need to look at recipes first. Mrs Dusty doesn't like having the reds grated into her salads.

LessImpecunious said:

Dustyevsky said

I keep telling Mrs Dusty, life's about travelling contentedly, not arriving at some place where the sun always shines and there's a surplus of plumbers. 

That's a very useful philosophy to have

(I was probably a strange child - loved school cabbage as well...)

 I agree with much of what Alan Watts says about life. The problem is convincing others to do the same!   

Yes, school cabbage and many other canteen 'delicacies' were enjoyed here too, but I drew the line at those so cold they were beginning to congeal. I recall being smacked very hard for 'accidentally' dropping a stew that had lost its appeal, sitting for ages in the school porch.