Awful weather - typical Brits talk

greenbee

Acquilegias

Farway

'afternoon folks, the "procedure" was a failure but has a plus side. My ticker went back to normal rhythm but slipped a cog after ten minutes so is not "fixed" but the plus is my heart rate is now down to normal with every hope it'll stay that way.

Jury still out on breathlessness, I was not to Olympic standard but getting out of breath putting socks on is a bit beyond a joke IMO, time will tell on that

Could be worse, chap in the next bed just over prostate cancer & was going down for full set of oversized STENTS this morning

Back on topic, lovely Aquilaga [sp?] pics, now I have to post some, trouble is the only ones I can see are the muddy pink ones growing on a verge outside, descendants  of my Guerrilla gardening episodes, self sown at least

It's very humid here now so a thunderstorm could happen, save me watering some of the pots I suppose

Hoping to get up to the volunteer border tomorrow, watering the pots up there for sure, and all being well I may plant some cosmos & coleus I grew from seed, could be a photo opp up there if a poppy & cistus are open, in bud but ready last week

twopenny

Gorgeous colours Greenbee! I love the dark pink and 'varigated'

Well mixed blessings Farway. I hope it stays put this time. Stranger things have happened. 5yrs of a mysterious pain in my pelvis with accompanying problems bending, walking suddenly went one recent afternoon to be replaced by siatica on the other side which is easier to deal with. Yep, socks has been a problem.

It's been so humid all day. It rained late morning but everything is hot and still now. So I've been looking at the strange patches in the grass, seeing how many plums left on the tree (not many) and watering. I thought about spreading the compost but you break out in a sweat with the tinyest effort.

It will still be there tomorrow.

Davesnave

Sorry your medical procedure didn't solve everything Farway. If it's any consolation, I had a missed beat roughly one in every 6 or 7 when I was 40, which went away of its own accord.

It didn't rain yesterday, though it did become warm and muggy. Apparently the kids walked miles too and no one has stirred..... yet! Variegated aquilegias? I do those....

They even come reasonably true. There are many seedlings round this one, but of course they are weaker than their plain counterparts and may be a bit of a pain to grow on in pots.

quirkydeptless

greenbee said:

Acquilegias

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Farway

Warm again and sun's out now

Today's gardening was up the volunteer border, well the large pots really, planted out the cosmos as planned, plus some nasturtiums as insurance policy, they always do something to make a show

Spotted seedlings of the Shoo Fly I grew up there last year, self sown now so obviously likes it there

With the border we [fellow volunteers] have been plonking plants in as we find them carefully curating the design such that the border is now starting to look as intended, interesting with colour patches from different plants & shrubs

Here's one of those working as intended, it was part of a long past date pack of Rainbow Chard seeds and sown using the grow or die method, idea being we could eat them if we wanted or just leave them to grow. Covid meant left alone to grow and here is the result.

We'll let it flower & seed and maybe self sow to pop up in future years?

RAS

Spent yesterday digging up the self-sown chard from last year, ready for brassicas to go in at the volunteer site I was at. Not the pretty yellow stuff like yours though, and it certainly gives you height in the border. Endives also self seed nicely and the little red frill mustard was trying hard. I left self sown foxgloves and poppies.

I also suspect that some of the beetroot that's germinated out of line will turn out to be chard. Parsnips finally come up; been in the ground since March.

MovingForwards

Bit late to the party, this is the one I donated to a neighbour (flower garden I'm doing).

twopenny

Wow that's a stunner MF!

Can you propagate that and make a fortune?

Unfortunately my lovely blended yellow and peach one dried out because I left it in it's pot so I've dunked it and soaked it and hope for revival.

Just watching birds enjoying the compost I turned out and haven't spread. It's quite an eyeopener just watching, for the smaller birds I desire it looks like I must have more cover - as in being less organised in my planting and have plenty of variety. They do like the cover the random forget-me-nots and such provide.

The Blackbird likes the birdbath now I've cleaned it out and filled with bottled water. Enjoyed watching it over breakfast this morning.

MovingForwards

I've got seeds from last year, mixed up with other flower seeds. I wonder whether they would be the same colour (thanks for reminding me!). I picked it up from a nursery as I thought it would look nice as one of the few flowering plants I planned to have. The other one I donated just appeared in my garden, so I transplanted that one for the neighbour too.