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ArbitraryRandom said:It's lovely - and I can't swear, but I want to say a white martagon lily (they're most commonly a purple colour I think).
While we wait for the clever people to turn up, here's some pictures of things wot live in my garden today.Just my opinion, no offence 🐈2 -
I'm making the pond today so looking forward to that, playing with bricks and pebbles and stuff. The price f pond plants is quite a bi these days isn't it? I'll have to ask on a gardening group for some more freebies. everything is ready to go anyway, the rainwater is waiting patiently in the freebies green bin I had off someone, the holes in the tank were siliconed last night so should have completely gone off by now, the extra bag of shingle I bought a few years ago for the trays in the greenhouse will finally come into it's own, and so will the bricks I got somewhere else for a free a few years ago..'m an inveterate collector of freebies..Anyway, enough of my hoarding tendencies..AR, loving the bees, must make a nice beehome this year. I have just realised what use I can put a metal winerack to, it'll be a bug hotel, thanks for the inspiration. And for the conitnued reason to briefly leave the ragwort alone.Farway, enjoy the red flowers...:)Non me fac calcitrare tuum culi5
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Black_Cat2 said:ArbitraryRandom said:It's lovely - and I can't swear, but I want to say a white martagon lily (they're most commonly a purple colour I think).
While we wait for the clever people to turn up, here's some pictures of things wot live in my garden today.No real gardening done yesterday, as I'd to replenish our vittals. I noticed some very scorched plants on Lidl's windy corner, and that was about the limit of my perusals. Still didn't have time to reach B&M, whatever that is.....it might as well be the lost city of Atlantis from my POV!The Hedge Assessment Woman comes today, right at the time when it's forecast to bucket-down, so that should be interesting. Maybe it will actually rain. Yesterday evening, anticipating the forecast overnight deluge, I moved all the logs I've cut this year into the polytunnel and it was dark when I finished. Not a blooming drop!Our water turned a funny colour yesterday....No, no, we'd not been eating tons of iron pills and beetroot; it was our mains supply.Mrs Dusty phoned the water board to find out if they were doing something with the pipes nearby, but no, nothing for miles."Well, what do you suggest?" Mrs Dusty asked."Try running all the taps for a couple of hours," was the reply, " I can see you're not metered."This is in an area with a hosepipe ban.She didn't. Ten minutes was enough.
Not sure what photo will pop up today. I'll push the button and see what there is! Ah yes, an excellent insect plant, seeds of which we 'rescued' from an old, walled garden many years ago.
"There is no such thing as a low-energy rich country." Dr Chris Martenson. Peak Prosperity8 -
-taff said:..... leave the ragwort alone.
"There is no such thing as a low-energy rich country." Dr Chris Martenson. Peak Prosperity3 -
Good pics ARNo gardening planned for today, watering on hold because rain is "promised" tonight, with a damp start in the morning for tomorrow at Wisley, we shall see, like Dusty, always rain on the way that never arrivesHope the pond went well Taff, and Hedge Woman was impressed or whatever is required to say yes DustyI had major loss this morning
, the juicy strawberry I had my eye on for breakfast was scoffed overnight by blooming squirrels, just the green stalks left, little &&&*****s. At least this year, I did manage to eat most of the meagre few I had
Not all wildlife is welcome hereAs mentioned, off to Wisley again tomorrow, they have a wall there deliberately made with soft mortar for masonry bees, I'll see if I can get a photo of them at work but not sure if my close up insect skills are as good as ARsMy baby Gold crest is still around, picking whatever it is off my mucky windowsMy tomato pics turned out poor and blurry, so here are some Alliums from Wisley. I have chives about to pop, which are a very poor secondEight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cats preferred other peoples gardens7 -
Garrya I think
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The rain didn’t materialize except for a bit of spitting for a couple of mins,same yesterday, even though the drunkards had forcast 80% chance of heavy rain all day.
fingers crossed tomorrow is sunny as they predicting as I’m off out for a walk. Hope it’s good at Wisley for you Farway.
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Farway, loved the ducks
My chives have long gone to seed - or at least flower, no seed this year.
Another horribly dry day! How long is that? 9 -10 weeks?
Our plants of all sorts are suffering, dropping and horror looking.
Neighbours and I agree may dig up the lot and grow geraniums.
Just been on a 80 mile round bus trip and lots of gardens the same. Dried dead petals and leaves.
I watered this morning and will tomorrow. Mostly for the veg and fruit. Still haven't planted lots and those that thrive have got enormous!
Was cooler today and thick white cloud but no rain. The rivers are a trickle.
Very tempted to go for trees, geraniums and seed sown annualsI can rise and shine - just not at the same time!
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Got some fairly cool pictures of spiders today - but I'm not posting those as I know some people won't enjoy them.
The only other particularly interesting thing is a significant number of eggs hatched on my nasturtiums in the last day or so. They're a little small for a definitive ID, but I think Cabbage White, which is interesting as I've not seen any adults around.
I don't grow any crop brassicas (at least not this year!), and the nasturtiums are romping, so I'm happy enough to leave them be munching away.
Not a fantastic picture, they are absolutely tiny - this is maximum zoom and the whole leaf isn't 10cm across. Hopefully they'll stay in the same kind of area so I can take some more pictures as they start to develop.
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