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Awful weather - typical Brits talk

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  • wort
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    Hope that works

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  • Black_Cat2
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    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. 


    Great pics! Not sure I'd want that first critter in my garden though! 😹
    Just my opinion, no offence 🐈
  • Dustyevsky
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    -taff said:
    ..... leave the ragwort alone.
    Not blooming likely! If our partner farmer is cutting the hay, he stops the tractor, climbs down and pulls it up. If I'm around, he waves it at me and makes 'gestures.' The shame! :#

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  • wort
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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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  • twopenny
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    edited 28 June 2023 at 7:01PM
    Farway, loved the ducks  :D  
    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 annuals  :| 

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  • ArbitraryRandom
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    edited 28 June 2023 at 7:50PM
    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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