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Awful weather - typical Brits talk

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  • Woolsery
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    What a lovely sit-out area, lily! Love the slate tones and the contrasting fabrics. o:) Wish we had something similar, but knowing us we'd fill it with logs and old lawnmowers. :| One day, perhaps......I recall the Outlaws garden being fairly unkempt until they reached about my age, so I suppose there's hope for us yet.
    There have been a lot of funerals, but only one of them sad. I'm not expecting tomorrow's to be even slightly miserable, though I fear the weather will be. Err...we've been told to bring wellies! :D
  • Farway
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    Lovely area Lily, and the V creeper is magnificent. That's another plant I've always wanted to grow but never had space for

    Sunny start today, but grot is on the way from the West, I will pick the large toms out the front today now weather has made its mind up to go cold and wet. I'll check the self sown ones while I'm there, but not expecting much
    Eight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cats preferred other peoples gardens
  • liberty_lily
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    edited 30 September 2022 at 10:46AM
    Thanks both 😊

    Actually it was filled with logs and tools till fairly recently, lol, and despite clearing out the adjacent boiler room there's still an overspill of stuff just out of sight of my pics 🙄

    The weather has arrived here - or at least the rain has....it doesn't seem to be as windy as forecast (yet) which is good news for our tarped living room!
  • molerat
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    The weather has arrived here - or at least the rain has....it doesn't seem to be as windy as forecast (yet) which is good news for our tarped living room!
    The wind is here in N Scotland, some pretty heavy large planters have gone over.  The rain has eased off now though.  The forecast said it is heading south so I wouldn't count your chickens yet !

  • twopenny
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    Beautiful garden Woolsery, I may get some ideas there for small, easy mowing and not quite a fringe.
    And I love the red leaves, it's one of those stalwart plants that have come to be dismissed but they've been around for ages for a reason. I may pick some ideas from that shelter too :)

    Bad luck with the wind Molerat, I was all prepared but nothing has materialised down south yet. A bit of drizzle, a wisp of wind but I'd reinforced everything in case it strikes at night.

    Very low amount of Bramleys being gifted this year, the dry followed by cold  hasn't given us a good crop anywhere. Blackberries though are coming on late with a bit of moisture.

    Well I've got new pots and bulbs, went a bit mad because I think we'll all need cheering up (again) at the end of this winter but it's just damp or cold so haven't got around to anything in the garden yet other than watering pots.

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  • YoungBlueEyes
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    Morning all.  I'd like to join in, if I may?  I've read the last couple of dozen pages, the photos and gardens are beautiful :blush:  We've just moved house so our garden is being left 'til next year while I work out/research what to do with it - himself is not a gardener so it'll be my job...

    I have a question.  I planted some spring bulbs weekend before last, and the greenery is up already!  Should I leave them? Or clip the leaves off to keep the goodness in the bulb so they can come up properly in spring?
    I removed the shell from my racing snail, but now it's more sluggish than ever.
  • RAS
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    Welcome. My own thought is which sort of spring bulbs and how far down did you plant them?
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  • YoungBlueEyes
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    Thank you RAS.  They're daffs and tulips and tete-a-tete and crocuses and miscari.  I think it's the crocuses that are coming up.  I planted them as far down as the packet said, (a few inches I think) but maybe it wasn't enough?  I've covered them over with more compost a couple of times but they aren't having it.
    I'll go take a pic now it's daylight.
    I removed the shell from my racing snail, but now it's more sluggish than ever.
  • YoungBlueEyes
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    The tallest shoots are about 5 inches
    I removed the shell from my racing snail, but now it's more sluggish than ever.
  • Farway
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    Welcome YoungBE, , the "goodness" is already in the bulbs, there is no more to give, so do not cut the leaves off. Just leave them to get on with it, nature tends to sort itself out in the long run.

    What's probably happened is the bulbs were in a hot / warm shop and thought it was time to grow, they'll come to no harm anyway, unless like me, you have squirrels in which case that's the last you'll see of your crocus bulbs, I just can't grow them due to the little blighters eating the bulbs :s
    A bit of a mixed blessing really, I enjoy watching the squirrels but if only they'd stick to eating acorns

    Dull and breezy, a nothing day really, probably good for tidying up allotments or daydreaming of the paradise that your garden will be in 2023 but not much else, talking of which I have a Paloma fruits catalogue just arrived which I'll look through despite having zero room for any more plants
    Eight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cats preferred other peoples gardens
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