Awful weather - typical Brits talk

YoungBlueEyes

Ah nooo! Hang on, I’ll try again. 

(This might not be the right answer but I just plant bulbs when I get ‘em. #Shawshank!) 

YoungBlueEyes

Right, saved it to my photos and did it from there. 

Did that work? 

YoungBlueEyes

Bluebells. We had bluebells in a front garden years ago. The roots all clumped together and turned into concrete, they strangled out everything else. I’d only have them again in pots only. 

ArbitraryRandom

Yes, I can see that

Dustyevsky

ArbitraryRandom said:

YoungBlueEyes said:

Possibly the best pic I’ll ever put up, and it’s not even mine  

I don't quite know how to tell you this... but I can't see the picture. Just a blue x. Sorry. 
I just had an email through from T&M offering snowdrops. Thought I'd ask - when exactly are we supposed to plant spring bulbs? 

I'm considering snow drops, bluebells, snakes heads and those honey garlic plants Dusty mentioned a couple of months ago (if I can find them). 

I have a large blank rectangle, but it's stimulated my imagination, if nothing else.

Snowdrops are best planted just after they stop flowering. i.e. 'in the green.' Others, are OK to go in around early autumn, but I'm not sure about the 'honey garlic.' We have wild garlic or Ramsons which is hard to kill or control , and also Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum) which seed around too, but are well-behaved.

Thought the drunkards had got it wrong this morning as a large dark area of cloud made straight for here as soon as I went outdoors, but apart from a few spots, it went on its way  peaceably.

Just realised, it's the first major school holiday weekend, so that's a couple of roads to be avoided tomorrow afternoon, when I plan to fit in a modest ramble.

YoungBlueEyes

Ah I’m glad yous can see it now, it made me properly giggle

Drunkards are back to being wrong. Bladdy scorchio here! I’m de-vetching my grass and it’s hot work. Chemicals didn’t make a bit of difference so I’m doing it properly - hands and knees pulling out each individual one by the root. I shoulda saved the money. Grrr. 

ArbitraryRandom

Dustyevsky said:

ArbitraryRandom said:

YoungBlueEyes said:

Possibly the best pic I’ll ever put up, and it’s not even mine  

I don't quite know how to tell you this... but I can't see the picture. Just a blue x. Sorry. 
I just had an email through from T&M offering snowdrops. Thought I'd ask - when exactly are we supposed to plant spring bulbs? 

I'm considering snow drops, bluebells, snakes heads and those honey garlic plants Dusty mentioned a couple of months ago (if I can find them). 

I'm not sure about the 'honey garlic.' 

I noted it down in my list of things to look for at the garden centre. 

You previously mentioned Nectaroscordum siculum (Sicilian Honey Garlic) but only a bit of it stuck in my brain  

Dustyevsky

YoungBlueEyes said:

Bluebells. We had bluebells in a front garden years ago. The roots all clumped together and turned into concrete, they strangled out everything else. I’d only have them again in pots only. 

We have bluebells, primroses and daffs in the 80' grass strip alongside the road, so no digging involved there. They fight it out among themselves. They also save me from having to mow till late May or June, on the grounds that I must let them seed.

Right, that's siesta over; back to the fuchsia...   

Edit: Large gap! Did I fall asleep with my finger on the return key?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

YoungBlueEyes

Mind the [July] gap! 

Farway

The Boysenberry has landed, not quite planted as planned because when I looked closely at my dying gooseberry it is really dead and even the root seem kaput as I tried to dig it up, so not having any idea why it has died I thought bunging my new boysenberry anywhere near could be a bad move, so initiated Plan B, planted it near the mystery red pear, and it can eventually go along my wall.

Plus layered tip of Merton Thornless to root for next year

While there, I noted some of the outdoor toms have purple fringing on leaves, which is probably a lack of phosphorus seeing it's in an old large tub. Gave it a liquid feed and hope that cheers it up

Next thing, tomorrow I think, is booster shots of vine weevil killer. It's clouding over now and could just rain by the looks of it

I have bluebells slugging it out with mint at the front, no clear winner yet