Awful weather - typical Brits talk

Farway

2P The Miracle Grow certainly sends the plants into hyperdrive! Almost scarily so. The geraniums are enormous. So I'm thinking of mixing the Poundland stuff with the MG to eeek it out a bit and so the plants
don't outgrow themselves Glad it worked for you, possibly a reflection of just how hungry the plants were. FWIW I use it weaker, can't remember exact ratio but maybe a capful in a 2 gallon watering can

One thing that's come up trumps this year is the Morrisons Pinks. I gave them a jiggle in the spring and they seem to have appreciated it. The smell is gorgeous I wanted some but there were none, hence I finished up with fuchsia. When I grew some previously the Vine Weevils gave them a good shove to the fiords

Planted out last of the clematis before th sun came round, sit back & wait now. Feeling lucky I also sowed some French Breakfast radishes in the pot, but as I have Prime membership in the Rubbish at Radishes Club I am not expecting much.

This is one I'm saving for seeds, Purple mangy toots. Cooks green, but nicely ornamental

twopenny

Awww that's pretty Farway 😍 I'd like to do things like that but everything here is so crammed in it wouldn't be noticed.

The pinks were back along, must have been a good price but I did give everything multiple feeds, bfb, chicken poo etc and at the wrong time of year because I reckoned all the rain and potential baking heat to come they needed help. I have a list of what and when to feed from when I started but now it's such different weather I think it's take a guess.

⛈️ Cloud, thunder and lightning like I've not seen for years for an hour. Very very frightening when it rattled the windows. Covered a huge part of Somerset and finally heading off to Barry. I've not seen the like before looking at the storm map.

Didn't make it down as far as Dusty I don't think but we're had a good dose of rain and now cooling off. Shouldn't be too steamy being evening and temperature drop. Of course I had my pillow airing and a chair outside as this wasn't on any forecast 🙄⛈️

-taff

I hadn't long put out the third load of washing 2p, which is now soaked but will smell lovely when dry hopefully as will your pillow and chair :)

MIA due to various things, weeding interminable bindweed at the lotment, planting out, cutting grass, making the garden look better, painting garden furniture, meeting up with friends, broke a toe, more dodgy ankle, filling and sanding holes in walls, two rooms were plastered [the plasterer can talk… insert wobbly smily face] and OH painted them, so we almost have half a presentable downstairs, OH has been commandeering the compuster so that makes it difficult to get on it, as does falling asleep on the sofa every day :) And all the usual stuff in between…It has just chucked it down royally with accompanying thunder and lightning. Still raining now but I've put the jade plant and the cheese plant outside to enjoy it. OH asked me should he take a coat to work during the 27 degrees earlier…naw, I said…Oops…

Some really gorgeous pictures, the sitooterie is lovely, as are your poppies 2p. I've noticed a proliferation of them this year, never seen them before, but there's some in my front garden, some at the lotment, some just spread about willy nilly. Also good to hear pain free, that's just so great [ had an injection in my ankle a couple of years ago, no pain for almost a year, was bliss] so I feel your joy :) As for your squirrel..I found a dead one in one of my waterbutts, still stiff so probably only happened the day before, poor thing, covered it up now..I'm not a fan of them but I still don't want to see them needlessly kark it.

OH ybe, what an absolute shame, I'd be pretty livid too, I'd write to your councillor too, point out what a carp job they're doing and hoe much law breaking is going on. Shame bushes don't have the equivalent of TPOs.

I see everyone is pretty much keeping keeping on, how's your knee dusty./ Good shout on cancelling GB, it's just going to be far too hot to bother doing anything the next few days. I'd kind of like ot set up an irrigation system but it sounds a lot more complicated.. Ish manages to make it look simple but I don't believe him. ..

That's a prize sky too wort, front page worthy for sure.

Dustyevsky

2p: ⛈️ Cloud, thunder and lightning like I've not seen for years for an hour.

Didn't make it down as far as Dusty I don't think

What? 😮 It came up to you from here, and it was in that funny Cornwall place before we had it. Last seen heading for Milton Keynes, but Farway will get a wake-up call from another storm around 03.00 if the predictions are correct. 😁

I knew it was on the way. I told Mrs Dusty, but would she close the conservatory roof lights before we headed-off for the Club's garden visit? NO! 😬 Now she's drying everything out……🙄 Apparently, the storm struck at 16.00, only lasting 15 minutes or so, but creating flash flooding and knocking-out the leccy. The cats must've fled. They returned a few hours after we did, very wet! 😅

At the garden, 15 miles from here, I reckoned the rain would hit at 15.45, and it was 5 minutes early. By then, the members had done their tour, had tea, cake. and a good chinwag, so it was a natural conclusion to the event. We heard the thunder, but it was quite a civilised deluge there.

-taff : I see everyone is pretty much keeping keeping on, how's your knee dusty.

Better than it was, thanks, though not up to serious walking. We're really missing adventures in wild places this summer. 😪 There's no substitute for exploring, and still a stack of places not visited.😐️ It sounds like your ankle's similar; not preventing you from getting on in the garden and lotty, but shaking confidence, and giving unpredictable pain. 😯

Picture below of us 'on safari' this afternoon.

I like Shiraz, Farway. Stuck with T&M's and Lidl's cheapies at present. Used to grow Norli too.

twopenny

Well we had more rain after the storm, not as much as would be wished but pretty good all the same and soil is wet.

I notice the met forecast put up thunder storms after the fact 🙄

Been out to put water in the bird bath, it's curtains drawn and windows closed on the sunrise side. When the sun moves round I'll water the pots out front regardless of time of day. And think that's going to be it today.