Awful weather - typical Brits talk

Farway

Raining here as well, I've put a potted dahlia out for a watering but the tomatoes I've held back because they'll get so wet & become droopy, likewise the runners. If it brightens later, I'll stick them out then

At least the rain will help swell the goosegogs, it's looking like a good crop this year

And, my Little Gem lettuce sown the other week are up, and so far not slugged , but of course today's rain could be ideal slug inducing weather

Tempted to sow another pinch when the dry returns and I sort out the tubs for my upcoming huge crop of outdoor tomatoes

Apart from that, no gardening today, however if the sun comes out I may embark upon a lily beetle safari this afternoon

Dustyevsky

Tell you no lies, Blue Eyes, Mrs Dusty and I aren't big cake eaters. This puts us at quite a social disadvantage in an area where every activity seems to revolve around the consumption of cake and similar comestibles. Anyway, DD2 turned up in the evening, brandishing a huge pack of assorted truffles, so calorie for calorie, the cake's been outgunned during this morning's coronation binge!

I'd planned to have pictures of our crown ready for the appropriate time today, but reckoned without a trip to the vet with a ferret. Ferret's OK, which is the main thing.

So here are a couple of shots. Better late than never!

Not too shabby in the end, but the problems we had getting that purple material in time.....

twopenny

It was wet this morning but not much in the way of rain and quite mild.

Again, too wet to get  out and do some jobs in the garden. Of course my non neighbours is on pea shingle so not sure what my excuse is for not going there.

I've been sorting paperwork and ironing and my desk while watching the coronation.

Sun has come out now but huge puffy clouds hang over. After a lot of wine and nibbles I think a cup of tea + cake and if it's still not raining I'll go for a walk.

Curious Dusty, what will happen to that lovely crown after this weekend?

YoungBlueEyes

Very mild and drizzling steadily here, but it'll be fog soon says Weather channel app. 

Your upcoming huge crop Farway? I'm looking forward to those pics   I didn't realise lettuce came up this early, from growing normally in the garden I mean. I do like Little Gems. I'm not even attempting anything else til the last thing comes up (peppers, they're either idling or dead, can't tell).

Jeez that's some crown Dusty, looks cracking sat on the font! What'll you do with it now?  

2p I thought you said you were ironing your desk while watching the coronation

Anyone know how to get rid of an earworm? I'm still humming Zadok The Priest...  

twopenny

No idea what I meant there! Must have been the proseccco   
Cloudy and everywhere is wet. The sun is supposed to be out all day shortly. I'm annoyed I escorting a friend to a coronation thingy I don't want to go to and would rather be pottering in the garden.

Was hoping to get the front lawn mowed this morning but too wet. So may just have to go and buy a baby Acer on my way out 

My cherry tree thick with cherries but the leaves already thick with blackfly. Squishing not working so the bug gun must come out.
Plum being devastated by greenfly.
Both make the leaves curl badly and weaken the trees. 

I wonder how much garlic I'd need to be sucked up by trees   

YoungBlueEyes

Your last sentence..... did you have a couple of liveners for breakfast?  

I was looking at little acers in my Aldi brochure, I'm considering maybe possibly getting one, perhaps. Those the ones you mean? 

Farway

It did nothing but rain yesterday, so I never did anything garden wise, zilch.

However, rain has stopped now & it's quite warm, so all the plants, toms, beans etc are outside getting ready for life outdoors sometime late this month

It's still very damp & soggy, so unlikely to get much done today

Marvellous effort on the Crown Dusty

2P, sorry to hear about the cherry & plums, but it has reinforced my belief that this year both of mine are nearly fruitless, due to the rotten cold weather at blossom time. Should this prove to be the case, at least I think I'll have lots of apples & goosegogs

My pending massive tomato crop depends on blight free, maybe asking too much there, but last year was blightless for months

YBE, I like L Gem lettuce, but normally buy them, however it was only the lack of veg in supermarkets earlier in the year that forced me to grow my own, slugs & greenfly are the worst enemies of course, but fingers crossed. My Cos ones are coming on, not ready yet but still alive and growing in the conservatory

I have some strawberry flowers, these strawbs are the BVW remnants, [before vine weevil]. Some runners remain and flower, usually I nurture & cherish them & then the slugs eat them the day before harvest day

I wish "things" would get a move on, I think it was Dusty that remarked about long late Spring, seems to have been stuck on dull forever, very tempted to bung a few toms out inside pop bottle cloches sometime next week, if only to get something going, even though I know they may just sit & sulk for weeks afterwards

twopenny

Watching Gardeners world I saw the idea of planting summer Kale.

Wonder if I've enough room?

Blue, which sentance, the garlic or the prosecco? Sometimes it's great living on your own. You can indulge in stuff when you like

Dustyevsky

YoungBlueEyes said:

Jeez that's some crown Dusty, looks cracking sat on the font! What'll you do with it now?  
Anyone know how to get rid of an earworm? I'm still humming Zadok The Priest...  

I can get rid of Zadok easily using some guys who look like they're from round here, but are actually from much further north. The problem is, they'll replace him with something worse! You have been warned! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc 

As for the crown, it's not mine, so I'll have no say. I expect they'll want to recover some costs.... maybe eBay or similar. The artists say the pleasure and learning is all in the making. To them, it's a process, and the product's secondary. They'll want rid ASAP I expect!

The dull, sultry morning is due to give way to sunshine around now, so the toms and other small plants will be going outside. We shall head up to the village after lunch. Mrs Dusty can meet a few folk and see the crown in situ, but we'll not stay very long as it'll wear her out. The op is good, but the after-effects, not so much.

Yesterday, I planted a few more trees in peripheral areas, mainly birches, but also a hawthorn I'm hoping to frame the entrance to our wild garden with. I guess that will take a few years. Coincidentally, it's right in line with the window of a caravan a neighbour who's opposed to our plans installed there a few years ago, overlooking the whole garden. I didn't mind when he was friendly, but feel somewhat different now.

Walking up to the church yesterday, I came upon these ladies. Apparently, some villagers  were annoyed they weren't flocked-down like others' hens. I guess those folk don't know a lot about guinea fowl! 

YoungBlueEyes

twopenny said:

I wonder how much garlic I'd need to be sucked up by trees   

This one 2p. I couldn't make nor tail of it! Do you need to be slightly/very garlicky to be sucked up by trees.... or is there something in your garden that doesn't like garlic so you need the trees to suck it up and get rid of it...?

I'm considering having a go at LG lettuce, my yogurt pot peppers aren't having it, so it's a kinda 1-in-1-out sorta deal. I'm not to buy any more anythings, apparently :rolleyes:

I'm not pressing play on that vid Dusty, well I will do later on. My pure lovely delightful neighbours are sleeping soundly bless them, having spent ALL NIGHT entertaining the road with music and laughter and a few contretemps and a barking loose dog. They've only been in bed a couple of hours, the darlings. 

Lovely neighbour is having a garden party this aft, so I'll need to get me erse in gear to get all the domestic nonsense done by noon.

OT - weather is mild and the sun's trying to make an appearance. Various apps have given rain from 1000-1900 and 1100-1600 and 1100-2300. So there's that