Awful weather - typical Brits talk

Farway

Black_Cat2 said:

Impressive pic F, decided to go down the old fashioned route (not googling it) and would guess that is a pampas grass?  Nice touch with the god rays lol.  Nice capture.

Yep, Pampas it is.

Seems an ideal for nudge nudge folk

Sorry, but you'll have to swing over to Google to find the hidden meaning of having one in the front garden

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Oooer F, yer Pampass in the front is sending out those hidden messages loud and clear  

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Evenin' All  
I'm still around, just not as vocal 
Not much in the way of gardening, other than taking a drink outside and contemplating the meaning of life 

Davesnave

Black_Cat2 said:

How's the tree felling and toothache going D?

Mercifully the teeth behaved today, because I was outdoors from 08.00 most of the time keeping tabs on the tree guys. It rained all morning too.

Daylight began to run out around 16.00, so it became a case of joining-in to shift all the logs and clear up before dark, but we failed. It was pitch dark by the time we finished.

Now I've just had a text from the person who arranged the work, who was mysteriously absent..... It says " I see Mr  Xxxxx did a good job. You seem to have all the logs in your yard. Will see you tomorrow to discuss what we do now."

Well, missus, possession is 9 points of the law and they had to go somewhere.

Sorry, no God rays......

Farway

That looks some job Dave, your rain moved over here in the afternoon, my sympathies if yours was as heavy

I like the "see you later about the logs"

Reminds me of the song I used to hear on the wireless Light programme,  "Children's Choice" I think it was, along with Sparky the Magic piano was one about the Little Red Hen grinding corn, making bread etc without help despite asking, until eating the bread time when everyone wanted to help

Cold wind this morning but suitably wrapped went out for a walk, quite warm & pleasant in the sunshine out of the wind

Still out of season flowers about, including what I think is a camellia bush with lots of flowers & buds.

Frosty tonight so they say, maybe they'll be brown lumps tomorrow?

Meanwhile here's what they are like today

Davesnave

Camellia sasanquas were out in Rosemoor last week, but I'm no camellia expert, so I don't know what sort yours in the lovely picture above is, Farway.

The logs are substantial.....and these are only some of 'em! About a transit-sized pile of woodchips behind!

....And I had this lot arrive this morning:

Time for a workout I fear!

in_my_wellies

Rain overnight and until lunchtime but then it was fine and sunny. I let two hens into the garden now they can't do much damage.  It was entertaining watching them discover the new ground. At first they were a bit timid but soon ran around like a pair of idiots! I was supposed to be planting bulbs but I got distracted. I hate planting bulbs

Dave - What is the new building project? I do like having a project. Is it true, possession is 90% of ownership? Did you get to keep the logs? 

ancientofdays

Davesnave I'm envious of your lovely pile of logs and especially the wood chip.  I've been making my own from very old logs and although time consuming, it is very therapeutic.  I'm saving it as the foundation of my next compost pile.

Davesnave

in_my_wellies said:

Dave - What is the new building project? I do like having a project. Is it true, possession is 90% of ownership? Did you get to keep the logs? 

The building project is a conservatory floor. I made a bad decision over the type of floor to install, but unlike some people in the news, when I mess up, I accept the consequences. The original floor sat for 3 years with me unwilling to complete it with tiles as I won't throw good money after bad. Getting a new one down will be a good move forward.

The logs are a grey area, due mainly to the vagueness of the person who made the arrangements around the tree felling on behalf of a residents' management group. We aren't in the group, so I've no idea what others were told, or what they paid, but common sense tells me that most have no facilities for dealing with big chunks of tree or places to store them. I've stacked  the logs, so they're tidy and we can get into the yard again. We'll await developments!

Davesnave

ancientofdays said:

Davesnave I'm envious of your lovely pile of logs and especially the wood chip.  I've been making my own from very old logs and although time consuming, it is very therapeutic.  I'm saving it as the foundation of my next compost pile.

Wood chip takes years to rot down, and in the meantime it robs the soil of nitrogen to do whatever it does chemically, so consider that carefully. I always know where I cut up logs the year before, as the large amounts of sawdust make the grass go yellow.

I'm thinking of putting the chips on Gumtree next year on a 'fill your own trailer' basis.