Awful weather - typical Brits talk

Dustyevsky

twopenny said:

I opened a bag of shallots today from the discount baskets and they have grown a mate.
If I separate the smaller bulb and plant do you reckon it would grow into anything or just bolt?

Do you know the origin of the onions? I know with cheap supermarket garlic it's best to just keep it potted, in case it's carrying eelworm or some other nasty. If you pot it, you could cut the tops for salads, stir fry, etc.

Farway said:

Talk of seed sowing, now thinking about mustard,  after the talk of watercress, Hmmm, scratches head and starts daydreaming 

I'm probably going to sow more salad leaves, and anything that should have gone in the cold frame by now to be frosted.  I'm holding off with the chillies until the middle of February......but it's hard!!  

I'm glad the photo of the Honesty seedlings proved handy. I didn't have much else!  

Farway

Damp, with a light but steady mizzle. 

No gardening again, I could do with clearing some of the dead bits now, but not in this cold & damp

Dustyevsky said:

twopenny said:

I opened a bag of shallots today from the discount baskets and they have grown a mate.
If I separate the smaller bulb and plant do you reckon it would grow into anything or just bolt?

Do you know the origin of the onions? I know with cheap supermarket garlic it's best to just keep it potted, in case it's carrying eelworm or some other nasty. If you pot it, you could cut the tops for salads, stir fry, etc.

I'd go with Dusty, pop it into a pot and use the green tops, or let it flower & call it Allium Dupondius should anyone ask 

I gave up on printers; there's not much to print these days anyway. Back in the day, you could get a new one with some ink for about £20. My last one was on a clearance offer for a tenner ! those days long gone so I gave up

Dusty, beware of modern printers, many now come with inbuilt failure mode after xx number of sheets. 

Super brainy computer software nerd DGS, studying clever stuff, at Bristol, is unable to crack his HP printer. Probably teaching granny about eggs, but check internet first. 

Unless colour is a must, a laser may be a better option. If you dare, the clever Techs on Tech forum  may know what is toxic or not

Only slight gardening is look up mustard seeds, but that is a daydream so far

Here's what Rosa Car Parkii should look like if it keeps going

twopenny

Gorgeous Farway! Fingers crossed 🤞 

Remember this?

Farway

OT, Printer PS

 Dusty there's a thread just started on printers if you fancy lurking 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6651550/need-new-laptop-and-printer-needed#latest

Dustyevsky

I'm late today.   It was one of those.  Firstly, a hen expired right in front of me when I opened the hen house this morning. I didn't think I was that scary!    Then, when Mrs D didn't feel up to driving, and I volunteered to do her medication run, I had my scariness confirmed. The female whose stuff I picked-up won't have dealings with men; even harmless old farts like me.   So, I was stuck with a boot full of elixirs.    Eventually, a very kind lady in the village offered to complete the delivery. 

I wouldn't have minded, but it was warm and sunny while all the nonsense was going on. By early afternoon, it was persisting down again. 

Thanks for all the advice, warnings, and the link re printers. I must have colour and the ability to print on card for the Gardening Club, but on the up-side, they pay for most of the ink and paper.  Any machine I'm likely to own will be using the generic ink I usually buy and (hopefully) putting up with occasional periods of idleness. It is possible to get a 5-year guarantee nowadays, but naturally, it comes at a price, and may be is probably full of caveats. 

Rosa carparkii is a stunner. I was going to add “and it looks floriferous,” but couldn't get my tongue round it. The colour is exactly what I want somewhere out front, where it will be seen. 

Little real news of a gardening nature, but I spotted some snowdrops poking through by the stream and also noted Mr Canute had reinforced his dam.   Also, the farmer, whose land runs on the other side of the stream, has just planted half a dozen beech trees in the field corner. It could be coincidence, or it might be his way of saying "Thus far, and no further." Canute has recently annexed and cut some woodland beyond the stream. 

After saying I'd no photos yesterday, I found some. They're from December when the Viburnum tinus began flowering. I'm not sure if it's the one 2p was referring to. This variety is pinkish and called 'Eve Price.' I prefer the white one, 'Gwenillan,' but this is what grew in our local park in the 1980s! 

Farway

A very wet morning, stopped raining now, just for a breather while storm whatever gets going for the weekend, but I think I'm in the better bit, just the leftovers from what I've seen

Dustyevsky said:

I'm late today.   It was one of those.  Firstly, a hen expired right in front of me when I opened the hen house this morning. I didn't think I was that scary!    Then, when Mrs D didn't feel up to driving, and I volunteered to do her medication run, I had my scariness confirmed. The female whose stuff I picked-up won't have dealings with men; even harmless old farts like me.   So, I was stuck with a boot full of elixirs.    Eventually, a very kind lady in the village offered to complete the delivery. 

I wouldn't have minded, but it was warm and sunny while all the nonsense was going on. By early afternoon, it was persisting down again. 

Thanks for all the advice, warnings, and the link re printers. I must have colour and the ability to print on card for the Gardening Club, but on the up-side, they pay for most of the ink and paper.  Any machine I'm likely to own will be using the generic ink I usually buy and (hopefully) putting up with occasional periods of idleness. It is possible to get a 5-year guarantee nowadays, but naturally, it comes at a price, and may be is probably full of caveats. 

Rosa carparkii is a stunner. I was going to add “and it looks floriferous,” but couldn't get my tongue round it. The colour is exactly what I want somewhere out front, where it will be seen.   

I warned you to take off that Gimp outfit before you went out! 

Printers, hope your search ends well, generic ink has always been a problem 'cos no money in it for the printer manufacturer.

I really hope Rosa Car Parkii grows well, it's parent does, with minimum care. Once the weather & proper Spring arrives I will give it a liquid feed, the ground is carp, which is fine for the daises, sedums etc I have there

No gardening, weather again, went out to bin [bin day] and it's blooming cold & wet. I think YT may get a bashing later

With my watercress urges, I bought a bag this week in my shopping delivery. The ready washed Spanish stuff

It was OK, not as fiery as English in season of course. 

However I have put a few stalks into a glass of water, on the kitchen window sill, just to see if it roots. 

And that is today's gardening 

-taff

With you on the warm and woolly clothes 2p, I seem to be living in the same three fleeces and definitely showering less...hope you can jumpstart your bay and viburnum. I know what you mean about fighting brambles. I had to take a deep breath planting a thornless blackberry, but fingers crossed. I'll blame Farway if it all goes wrong. 

wort, is your garage empty now? and oh god, evergreen viburnum? another plant on the list...I need a bigger garden...Your printer advice is absolutely spot on..

Thanks for the advice Farway, I'll move the loganberries to the fruit cage then. Which I still haven't dug out. But to be fair I've been firefighting the prunings, but now all hedges are made. There may be more in the future though, maybe this time with wooden supports, not used up sheep fencing. If anyone can suggest a further use for prunings, I'm all ears...There's still one little pile of shorter pieces to use up somewhere. Rosa carparkii is very pretty too...I put some watercress in my 'pond' to see if it would root, and it did [died later of course], so I have high hopes for your glass on the windowsill.

That's a very well rooted boysenberry cutting there..So, just as a spanner...I attended some talks last year, one was about soil health and roots and had pics and everything! about root structure etc. One of the points was that if the soil is good, the root structure will be good, but conversely, if the soil is bad, there could also be a good deal of root growth because they're all out looking for the right thing to eat. I did see that last year with some of the rubbish compost I bought [ which is still hanging about, destined for the raised bed on top of kitchen waste though]. It's just another future headache really isn't it. 

Are honesty biennial then Dusty? another thing I didn't know...they look superhealthy though. Lovely allium and much easier to pronounce Funnily enough, my printer is also not working.It's not talking to my computer no matter what I do, and asking chatgpt only goes so far. Is Canute planning a land grab then? This should be interesting reading in the future now that's a pretty hedge! 

You'll all be pleased to know I put an autocorrect on my browser so I should start making more sense in the future. Potential lotment visit today if it stops raining...

YoungBlueEyes

Afternoon all  

Cool windy and raining here atm, 7'c but FL -2, they say, with 35mph winds.

Did you BottomLeftLandia dwellers survive the storm Autumn weather this week...? Did woodshed and greenhouse survive Less? 

Hopefully you're well on with clearing your garage now wort, if the extraneous stuff has been rehoused? Watch the space magically refill ha haa! Fingers crossed real life rubbish eases up/passes through soon  

I've just read 2 pages but I've already forgotten wots wot So Mr Canute is stepping outside his box is he Dusty, sounds like he needs sorting before he properly oversteps imo. And I'd be wrapping Do Not Touch tape round that lovely tree too. 

Did you get all those plants shifted Farway? Your 3ft penguin joke made me chortle, I'm taking that to work with me on Monday  

Did you plant those onion parts 2p? I would've, cos you never your luck Love your 'Critical Detector' sign too, that'll make an appearance at work on Monday too  

I don't know what you could do with prunings taff, are they compostable or are there too many for that? Ooh fill carrier bags with them and leave them at the gate with a sign saying "Help yourself, I'm freee!" People will take owt if it's free. Job jobbed  

Well the house swop people clearly aren't taking actual legal advice cos they've decided to just move back in, regardless of the other people there We haven't been instructed to stop working so as far as we're concerned it's still going through. The estate agents are going mental! Which we don't laugh at all, because we're professionals and our calls are recorded (sadly). BBM now takes all their (clients + EAs) calls so I'm not sure how many more updates I'll get to know about. Ah well, it'll not be long 'til the next one.

Dustyevsky

Farway said:

I warned you to take off that Gimp outfit before you went out! 

Printers, hope your search ends well, generic ink has always been a problem 'cos no money in it for the printer manufacturer.

I must've lived a sheltered life.  The only Gimp I knew was the photo editor one!  Anyway, I'm not known locally for my submissiveness! 

The generic inks I use are guaranteed to work or your money back, but some new printers with refillable ink are pretty frugal anyway.....like 0.7p a colour sheet. That means letting it sit idle and dry out is less likely to happen.

-taff said:

Are honesty biennial then Dusty? Lovely allium and much easier to pronounce Is Canute planning a land grab then? This should be interesting reading in the future now that's a pretty hedge! 

You'll all be pleased to know I put an autocorrect on my browser so I should start making more sense in the future.

Yes, Honesty are biennial, but if they establish well no one notices and whole banks of them can go on for years. We've not reached that stage here for some reason, so they can slowly die out. 

Mr Canute's deeds (yes, I have copies!  ) appear to show some land the other side of the stream, as do ours. I think this is about sharing the rights for animals to drink from it. Obviously, animals can't drink if there's a hedge in the way, as there is on one side, or the other, all the way along. However, nowadays, we have piped water and people tend to put interpretations on things to suit themselves! Mr C has gone some metres beyond the trees that lined the opposite bank....and cut them down.  In our section, we've carefully cut back the trees on our side, but left them growing. That's what any sensible person would do. So, Mr C is chancing his arm, possibly because the land opposite him is neglected woodland, but that doesn't mean the new owner doesn't know.

Haven't your posts have always made sense? 

YoungBlueEyes said:
Did you BottomLeftLandia dwellers survive the storm Autumn weather this week...? 
And I'd be wrapping Do Not Touch tape round that lovely tree too. 

It's worse weather now!  The rivers are full to bursting, and we have much heavy rain to come in the next 24 hrs, to say nothing of the windy hooley that's blowing now.  I saw what was coming, and in the absence of either logs or sheep, I shopped. We're hunkered down for the weekend. 

I think the oak trees are safe enough. While our neighbour at that point will never be our pal, we know he won't do anything to negatively affect his own 'privacy.' 

OT: I've covered the weather. Gardening today was perusing Lidl's seeds and buying 3 packs: Sugar Snap Peas, Beetroot, and a Yellow Dwarf Bean. P.S. it's also free postage weekend for T&M, Browns, Fothergill's and maybe some others, making me wonder if they're all the same thing!

 Love the house share story Bluey; it just gets better.  As for emptying the garage, wort, is that a real possibility? We began on the barn, and loadsa stuff left it, but somehow, the gaps  filled-in again. And we still have a 20' container in the garden! 

I found the alternative Viburnum tinus picture....Sorry, taff, this is another good 'un for winter. 

twopenny

Yup that's me Taff😄
Your printer? Remember they are all in the same union  so no amount of sweets talking will work.

Dusty I'm getting a bit agitated by all these photos of thriving viburnums 😬
Glad you're tucked in. I've been doing the same and a bit afraid I may get to like it too much.
Watched 3 episodes of Asia , fantastic photography. Each time I'm amazed at how good it's got but this is stunning.
Tonight it will be garden on the Rhine or wherever.

Bluey, do you know the secretarys prayer? I was going to paste it but my tablet has come out in support of the printers. It online.
I also have 'how to recognise secretary burnout ' and an application to take a dog to work......that was just for our office.

No gardening today other than Farway s template to watch and make plans. Did rescue my cuttings which had blown out of their pot.
Usual wet, windy and dark.